Outtasite.....who's given name is Michael Singleton began his music
career in the early 1990's, recording 4 track demo's and doing spot
shows opening for national acts in the Pacific Northwest.Outtasite
was fundamentaly a Hip-Hop kid, seduced by the rhythms of Rock"n" Roll,
and a student of both genres. ....Outtasite also spent a lot of time
listening to crates full of records from the 60's and 70's and became
influenced by mostly every type of popular music known to mankind....the
goal of carving somekind of niche as an artist became priority
one....sort of a "Fitting in, because we don't fit in" mentality.
Outtasite
discovered early on that daring to be different was much more important
than trying to be involved in musical trends of a paticular moment.
After several years of struggling to stand out in the talent heavy
local scene, Outtasite made his national debut in 1996 on the Sir
Mix-A-Lot track "Fonk4da B.L.V.D." alongside fellow members of his group
"The Elite".
Several years later in 99-2000 Outtasite gained
local attention for being the only unknown member of an otherwise
supergroup of famous seattlelites "SubSet".
After that short-lived
yet door opening experience, Outtasite began working on solo material
teaming with guitarist Joel Davila (Fury in the Temple) for his debut
c.d. "Right Side Down"....a full legth c.d. that featured....Chris
Ballew of PUSA , Sir Mix-A-Lot, Sev Johnson of the indy rock band
"Peratus", and 3 tracks with drummer Jeff Kathan, and bassist Lynn
Sorensen (Paul Rodgers, Sex & Violins)
In 2004 a sample of this self-decribed hybrid noise landed on "Project Gothem 2" (x-box)) via the track titled "High Powered"
.....Samples
of Outtasite's debut c.d. have also been heard on MTV's hit show "Pimp
my ride", and Saffire Film's indy movie "Forbidden", among other random
places.
Also early in the decade, Outtasite made several guest
appearences on DJ Funk Daddy's third full legth c.d "I Wan't All That",
and also produced the Sir Mix-A-Lot track "Resonate" which appeared both
on "Project Gotham 1", and the 2003 Sir Mix-A-Lot c.d "Daddy's Home".
In
2004, Outtasite joined "The Presidents of the United States of America"
front man Chris Ballew to form a new duo called "The Feelings
Hijackers" or T.F.H for short.
After releasing their self titled
debut in 2005, the abstract duo began work on T.F.H. vol.2 "Skeletal
Remains", released in September 2007.
In 2008, Outtasite served as
assistant producer on the debut c.d. from alternative/experimental act
"Farchild" titled "Chivalry has Died"
.........and also went into production with Alternative/Hip Hop Group "The Rush Project".
In
2009 Outtasite was featured on the Sony/Legacy release "Playlist the
very best of Sir Mix-A-Lot" on the track "Posin like a player".
Also
in 2009 the hybrid mainstay began filming footage for a video show
called "OuttasiteTV". The show gives you an inside look at the
people/artist that shape both pop, and indy culture.
In September of 2010, Outtasite, and guitarist Joel Davila released their second full length c.d. titled:
"Careful What You Wish For" on Sir Mix-A-Lot's Rhyme Cartel Records.
In
a producers role, Outtasite currently runs a music licensing business
"Going Going Gone Publishing", supplying music for many popular
television shows, including Parental Control, Pimp My Ride, The Bad
Girls Club & The Real World.
Now he brings his show to the Soup Media Network, and the beat goes on...
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