AMPLIFIED

Aaron 'Amplified' Parra grew up in Oracle, Arizona – once a prospector's town – his musical mining came from when his dad would play 'Mr. Blue' by The Fleetwoods and 'Runaway' by Del Shannon.

He trained in piano for nine years, applying those lessons to the keyboards and instrumentals he contributed to J Boog's 2016 Grammy-nominated 'Rose Petals.' He got to contribute to BattleCat's production on 'Intrology,' which featured George Clinton on Snoop's 'The Blue Carpet Treatment.' For that, the kid from the gold mining town received a gold record.

Amplified's producing career took shape from there, working with a slew of hip-hop, rap, reggae and R&B artists: Kurupt, Young Buck, Iggy Azalea, Butch Cassidy, Kokane, WC, Mykestro, Focus and Tha Dogg Pound. The music took him from Arizona to Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Las Vegas.

Creating a replica sound to blend in with others' success is fool's gold. The music Amplified is mining for is the real thing.