Producer, Andreao ‘Fanatic’ Heard

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Whom have you signed contracts with as a musician?

I’ve been fortunate enough to produce some of the biggest artist ever in popular music from Michael Jackson to Beyonce. It was cool.  Especially Beyonce’.  We had a really special chemistry but didn’t really get the chance to explore it because of other projects I was working on. The first day we talked for 2 minutes and then silence.  Day two we talked for 2 hours non stop.  I would like to work with her again but in a situation where we are just recording and experimenting.  No concept of direction on inhibitions.  She has the gift of interpretation. That’s special and also rare.

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You won a Grammy for producing ‘Speechless’ (2003) for the superstar Beyoncé… 

That was a big moment for me, because that was the first time Beyoncé had ever been that candid about a sexual experience on a record. Previous to that, all her records were just about love and relationships. And this was the first erotic record that she had ever done. 

The day I made that track with Sherrod Barnes, the first thing I was thinking was “This has such a sexual erotic Isley Brothers vibe.” I was really studying Ernie Isley’s guitar solos at that time. 

When I got the track to Beyoncé, she interpreted exactly what I wanted to say where I was going with it. It automatically connected, and that’s why the record came out like it did. 

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