AJ Cleveland, produces under the name NODAZEOFF, he is an “all inclusive” producer, although he produces all genres of music, his primary emphasis is originality.
He is from Memphis, TN, the same hometown as Justin Timberlake. AJ is 19 years old, and has been creating music tracks for 10 years. He started taking piano lessons at seven years old.NODAZEOFF is a global producer. Due to hard work, dedication to, and focus on his craft he has mastered Protools and Logic production software by age 18. He recently completed his freshman year at Austin Peay State University majoring in Mass Communication, with desires and ambitions of becoming an audio engineer, in addition to producing.
AJ began creating tracks on a DJ Mixer and Wavy DJ board in the 4th grade. One year later he was making tracks on Fruity Loops, after quickly accomplishing that, he soon graduated to Reasons. While a junior in high school he grasped the dynamics of Protools and Logic, which he currently uses today. He studied music by taking piano lessons from the 2nd-7th grade, and additionally the 11th and 12th grade. His driven work ethic and music education has resulted in superior tracks of professional quality.
He has copy written an extensive amount of original tracks consisting of EDM, Pop, Rock, Trap, Techno, Hip Hop, and R&B, since his junior year of high school. He has a publishing company named, Tree Shaker Publishing with BMI affiliation. Less than 1% of his copy written music contains “samples”. He is a one man production team, he plays the keyboard, arranges other instruments, MPC, and mixes/masters his own tracks. As a result from him taking music lessons for 7 years, he has an intelligible understanding of musical arrangements and he has the familiarity of the fundamentals of music, i.e. melodies, chords, bridges…etc.
His future plan is to become the Super Producer of all genres music. He is a new producer with a fresh perspective on good music. Hence the name of his company, Tree Shakers because his tracks grab you and make you want to dance (shake), like the leaves on a tree when they are blown. He has paved his own lane and created his own original style, instead of fitting into the box of someone else’s. NODAZEOFF is committed to signing with a major label or produce independently.