Music producer JMJ, was a recording artiste at the initial stages of his music career, before later transitioning into music production.
JMJ, born Joshua Raphael, has stated that he grew up in a Christian home and was trained in the church band, giving him the opportunity to learn how to play a variety of musical instruments.
According to him, he eventually got the ability to write his own music.
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He told Joy FM’s entertainment writer Kwame Dadzie on Showbiz A-Z that his collaboration with KK Duah and Appietus at Case Frequency sparked his passion in crafting beats rather than singing.
“I was a church boy so the music I wanted to do was gospel but I was a complete R&B boy. I loved Brian McKnight, name them,” he said.
He stated that he would always listen to Kofi Kum Bilson and Doreen Andoh perform foreign songs, record them on cassette, and attempt to play the keyboard along.
JMJ stated that after Appietus recorded his demo song for him at KK Duah’s Case Frequency studio, he discovered an aptitude for music creation.
“I thought I would just record my demo and then move on to me being an artiste but I fell in love with the process of creating music so much that I ignored my singing. What really became the interest was being a part of the compostion,” he said.
When asked how he eventually got hired as a music producer at Case Frequency, JMJ explained that after finishing his demo recording, he kept visiting to the studio, and KK Duah wondered why I was there so often. He later became employed there when Appietus left.
JMJ, a music producer for nearly two decades, has collaborated with artists including Stonebwoy, Kaakie, Samini, Sarkodie, Obrafour, Ghetto KB, and Jah Lead.
