Hazardis Soundz Bio

Christian “Hazardis Soundz aka Haz” Rodriguez was born in Queens, New York to a long line of family musicians. He moved to Miramar, Florida at the age of 10. In his early teens, he began rapping and later on expanded his talent to producing as well. Haz attended the School of Audio Engineering (SAE) in North Miami and graduated with professional training in 2003 as a certified Audio Engineer. From 2003-2006, Haz worked on projects with Vico C, Rick Ross, Daddy Yankee, Sean J of Field Mob, and B-Real of Cypress Hill.

In 2006, Haz released his first independent solo album, Hazardis Material Vol.1, all comprised of his original production and featuring such artists as Gunplay of Triple Cs, MayDay, and B-Real, among others. Haz’s music started taking much notice by DJ EFN, Miami’s Mix tape King and founder of CrazyHood Productions. Haz was added to the CrazyHood producer roster, a partnership that led him to work with Pitbull and very closely with NORE. Haz produced & engineered Militainment/Crazyhood radio – hosted by DJ EFN & NORE – on Sirius Satellite Hip Hop Nation from 2008 through mid-2010. Apart from being part of the CrazyHood family, he is also the Head Engineer and Producer for Thugged Out Militainment – platinum recording artist NORE’s recording label. Haz oversees and manages all projects coming out of the label. One of the first songs Haz worked on with NORE was “Cocaine Cowboys” which brought a lot of success & recognition gaining over one million views on YouTube. This song was loosely based off the documentary Cocaine Cowboys that had a large cult following. Haz went on to also produce the “Set it Off” remix featuring Talib Kweli, Red Café, Joell Ortiz, Mims, Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beats, Cassidy, and CNN. Haz has since recorded, mixed, and produced on NORE’s & Capone’s last 3 projects: NORE’s NOREality (2007) – “Cocaine Cowboys”, CNN’s Channel 10 (2009) – produced 5 tracks, and CNN’s The War Report 2 (2010) – “The Oath” featuring Busta Rhymes & Raekwon. Through these 3 projects, Haz had the opportunity to work with the likes of Faith Evans, Nas, Mobb Deep, Fat Joe, Dogg Pound, Clipse, Just Blaze, The Alchemist, Maino, Juvenile, and The Lox.

Currently, Haz is working on his second project, HazMat 2: The Outbreak scheduled to release April 26th, 2011. All songs are produced, recorded, & mixed by Hazardis Soundz. Artists on this project are Rick Ross, NORE, Curren$y, Ace Hood, Fat Joe, Raekwon, Busta Rhymes, Rass Kass, Sean Price, Torch & Gunplay of Triple Cs, Sean Kingston, Bernbiz & Wrekonize of MayDay, Imam Thug, Capone, Peedi Crack, Reks, LMS, Dynas, Garcia, Saheed, J Nics, Mike Beatz, Brian Breach, Kevin Cossum, Anjuli Stars, Fred da Godson, Reek da Villian, Webbz, Vado, & Ekko. Haz has recently executive produced N.O.R.E’s NOREaster EP along with DJ EFN.

In this day and age of over saturation and carbon copies in the music industry, Haz is definitely bringing a breath of fresh air to hip hop with his distinguished sound. He’s quickly building a brand to be known for top sound quality & innovative production. Not only does he have the skills to knock out the perfect production, but he will give you a flawless mix down as well. Haz is definitely on route to becoming a production power house!

Hardware
Analog Consoles: SSL Series 9000 J Series, 6000 E/G Series, Mackie Analog 8-Bus, MPC 2000, MPC 2000XL, MPC 2500, MPC 4000
Digital Consoles: Yamaha O2R, Mackie Digital 8-Bus, Avid Mbox 001, 002, 003, Sony Oxford
Platforms: Mac OSX, Windows XP
Protools Control 24
Roland Fantom
Korg Triton/Trinity

Software
Pro Tools 9 (HD & LE), Reason, FruityLoops, SoundForge 10, Acid Pro 7, T-Racks 3, ReCycle, GarageBand<

Affiliations
ASCAP (American Society of Composer, Authors, & Publishers)


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