Dj Proper

Keith Thomas Jordan (born Nov 13, 1978),known professionally as DJ Proper, is an American record producer , disc jockey, event / radio host , A/V technology developer, A&R Manager, video director, podcaster, and civil rights/ social justice activist from Los Angeles, California . Executive Producer for Local Bartender which was nominated in 2019 for Best New Media at Idyllwild Film Festival. Known for his association with the University Of Southern California studying at Thorton School of Music at night and working on campus in their Learning Environments Department. His noted business ventures with Trojan Alumnus at GBE Entertainment as Music director for Family Still Matters, a Reboot. His soundtrack scores have been featured in national advertisements ad campaigns for Rolling Stones Magazine and Complex with XR Live, a prominent VR Concert company with Anthony Brewster of House of Vibe/ Beacon House Production. He is a frequent collaborator with South African musical artist Moses " Eyezon " Biko , upcoming German musical sensation J Lamotta, main production partner Derick "Solpowa" Rice , and has produced numerous official remixes for hip hop icons such as Black Eyed Peas, Nas , Rakaa Iriscience of Dilated Peoples, Mos Def, and Talib Qwali. Proper's production style has been described as timeless music, funk to trap inspired, a balance of classic to groundbreaking influences, festival friendly, turntablist with a live band based hip hop style. He is the founder of the non profit(s) Social Justice Association and Civil Rights Forum , collective of artist Worldwide Familia ,and Podcast Equality Radio . Early life Born in Staten Island , NYC his parents were Woodstock hippies and his father being a musician / Production Supervisor at Fillmore East, had him surrounded by music at an early age . His earliest memories are going to watch performances at the Victory Tour of the Jackson 5 and being backstage at Madonna (Blond Ambition Tour) .His family relocated and moved to Los Angeles when he was 9 years old. When Proper was 12 years old, his Godfather a prominent music production manager Mo Morrison ( Grateful Dead, Lady Gaga, Woodstock 2 , Justin Timberlake) , let him dance with Michael Jackson twice onstage for his birthday during Bad Tour at Los Angeles Convention Center and James Safechuck appears in video also. Proper attest his career was influenced mainly by his good experiences with MJ backstage and watching numerous productions in childhood. Exposure to many factors in the music business resulted in his love for being on stage and performing. Musical career Dj Proper started Djing and producing music at 17 yrs old, building his first DJ system from various audio components and computer hardware. Performing initially at local house parties and underground warehouse raves . He developed his first audio production system, from an IBM compatible desktop computer he built in college with a first version DAW of Acid Music . He wanted to be able to fix all the components in his studio without paying someone, so he studied and received a degree in Computer Networking from CEI Los Angeles and became an MCP with MCSE Certifications in 2000. He started djing professionally on Technique 1200s and a Gemini mixer, that he received in a sponsorship gift for him and Dj Motiv8 from company. His production at first was for hardware was using an MPC 2000 XL, that he custom built with glow in the dark pads and expansion pack. He received various endorsement deals from Propellerhead Reason for DAW software and EMU for their original E-MU 1616M PCIe from NAMM show connections. His production also included now Fruity Loops , that he incorporated as a MIDI controller and trigger. At an illegal underground warehouse party ,he meet his first musical partner DJ Rilla N20's King of the Jungle , who was a disc jockey for Scarub from Living Legends an iconic group that pioneered the genre underground hip hop . He was part of a group called Universal Scientist with Poet Named Life , who produced the first 8'1 mixed album. They did numerous shows with acts like Aloe Blacc, who at the time was still a rapper using stage name Emanon . His first official remix was of Where Is The Love for Dj Motiv8 of Black Eyed Peas at their Burbank studio where he first meet Will.i.am , the track was used for their European tour Mixtape with NERD. He attended a Common/Nas show in Los Angeles, where he meet Nas's Dj LES that lead to numerous remixes he did for Ill Will Records that were released as a promo on Myspace music. This show lead to him meeting there a then upcoming Kanye West walking through crowd with no security, Proper recognized his face but called him "Cain" West , which he corrected pronunciation of name and connected him with his then manager Don Crawley. During this time Proper's Godfather was managing Britney Spears and Good Music requested a studio session to record a single for her which never happened. He eventually took a Studio Engineer job at Love Studios, which was Herbie Hancock's old production house. At this time in his career , he meet Q Bwoy of Jamaica Gold Productions. JG Productions is Los Angeles longest running Reggae & Hip Hop production company which held weekly events at the legendary Century Club / Cinespace for artist such as GURU of Gangstarr , Slick Rick , Busta Rhymes, Sizzla ,Gyptian, Damian Marley, & Shabba Ranks . He started djing and working as a VIP artist relations contact, helping the company accommodations for events. This lead to his remix of song Mathematics by Mos Def for the New Danger Album release party for Heads For Dreadz. He was also a judge for a pilot DJ competition talent show with world champion disc jockey, DJ Rocky Rock that was never picked up by any network. He first appeared on television with exclusive dj cameos in music videos both played in rotation on MTV and BET, for Flipmode Squad artist N.O.R.E . with Cals Drinking and Smoking video and by NBA star Carmelo Anthony with his label Krossover Entertainment artist Cassidy Drumma Bass premiered on tv show 106 and Park. He was also featured in an interview with Rakaa Iriscience on Breakbeats and Rhymes for Rebels to the Grain on 90.7 KPFK radio station. He has also been featured on various online radio stations such last.fm and OGhuskeyradio.com . He has performed at iconic locations such as Harvelles with Chali2na of Jurassic 5 / House of Vibe (Santa Monica) Pacific Grooves Festival at Home Depot Center with Sean Paul, The Troubadour with DMC , House of Blues (Foundation Room) for Unicef , Whiskey A GoGo , The Roxy , Club Nokia opening for MC Hammer, Orange Show Fairgrounds for Kushstock 2018 with Baby Bash / Immortal Technique / DPG , Club 705 ( Hermosa Beach) for Resin Music with GZA / Dj Muggs / Pharcyde , has had long term residences at prominent LA venues Saint Rocke (Hermosa Beach) / Salvage (Los Angeles). He has been the co-host of the UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival from 2015-2019 with Jamaica Gold Sounds and production manager of Santa Monica Main Street Festival 2011-2019 .