Bon Ai (Bonani Jula) is a young producer from a small town Margate, South Africa. I grew up loving music from recording tape cassettes to vinyl's at a time where war was raging music was my sanctuary. No one taught me how to make music, because of my passion for music I had to make myself work though the odds were backed against me.
I do mixing, production, beatmaking, for EDM, Deep House, Nu Disco and Afro house. on FLSTUDIO
Labels Affiliated: DeepnHeat, AlvedaDeep, DiStar and Traktoria
Charted on Traxscource Afro essentials 2021 (MAY).
The world I see through music is universal and I hope to inspire people with my sound which is more Inspirational, tech and groovy dance feel.
My Biggest Inspiration was seeing great artist like Zakes Bantwini, Black Coffee, Demor, Bucie, Shota and Culoe Da Song Take our African Sound to the World which gave us a foundation for the future generation.
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Interview with Bon Ai
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: My recent project So Good i did everything
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Learning some meolodic house
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: No
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both they have their unique use case's
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Good Music
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: The making of music from nothing
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: N/A
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That im a magician
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Are u willing to experiment with Afrohouse sounds?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Lets just make music the groove will guide us.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Laptop, heaphones, midi, power supply
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: Was in construction until i realized i love building house music than actual houses and have been doing this for 5 years now
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Raw authentic Afrohouse
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Rampa : The guy was born with groove in all his songs
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: The Groove makes or breaks your flow.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Afrohouse
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: DRUMS
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Groove, Jungle, Afrohouse percussion
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: DRUMS, Ambient sounds, Chords Vocals and Fx than arrangement to mixing and mastering
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Laptop audio interface with monitors and FL studio DAW
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: MOOJO , BUN XAPA, SHIMZA, Kasango
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Composition and Production from idea to arrangement
I was the Composer in this production
- ProducerAverage price - $50 per song
- Beat MakerAverage price - $50 per song
