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Vaughn South
Vaughn South
Today's 19th lesson and session was amazing! After mastering 19 song the music we have been working on has came out phenomenally... Read More >>
Major: Audio Engineer
About Vaughn
I was born in Philadelphia Pa. Both of my parents were soldiers in the army. I traveled a lot. As an armybrat I attended 7 schools; Wilson Elementary, Seoul American Elementary, Taylor Elementary, Evergreen Elementary, Springford Intermediate, Springford Middle, Springford High & Uppper Darby High.
At age 4 I was fascinated with art and drawing. I thought I would pursue a career in art after I graduated. That all achanged when I was 12 years old.
My mother wanted me to be apart of the choir at our Baptist Church we went to every sunday, I did not see myself as a singer. One famous christian song at the time was called Joyful Joyful and it had an artist rapping. The chior had the idea to sing that by the next Sunday and the church wanted me to rap that part of the song. This was the very first time I ever rapped & performed onstage. The people at the church loved it!
By 8th grade I decided to rap on my own. My mother bought me an hp laptop. Microphones for us were too expensive, so I managed using a headset that attatched to it had a microphone. My mom also bought me a software recording program called N-Track that I still use to this day. I recorded raps, freestyles & cover songs on famous artist beats, put them on CDs, or caset tapes, and sell them at school for 20 dollars. I also recorded students at my school as well for 30 dollars a song.
By 10th grade I saved up 2,000+ dollars and created a home studio called Psycho Studios. I bought an iMac computer, a television, an HDMI cord, foam for the walls, speakers, furniture, pro tools 8, and Audiobox USB and a Cardioid Capacitor Microphone. For the last 2 years of highschool I engineered and conducted studio sessions for rappers, singers, and my fellow students.
I\'m 22 years old. I still rap to this day. I still audio engineer to this day. From that performance at the 2nd Baptist Church to this day the journey has been 10 years. I\'m very proud of my sound and how it developed. It is stilldeveloping to this day. It\'ll never be perfect. As soon as I feel it has it continues to become better.
