HardSleeper Music Group Specializes in Hip Hop & Electronic Music for Artists, Radio, TV and Film. Biography
Music teacher & Oakland native Jaye Sanders made his first melody at the age of eight. By
the time he was thirteen, this singer/songwriter/producer was writing his own songs and
making beats! Jaye spent most of the 90's in the company of music-loving friends, roomates, deejays and
producers
who exposed him to a wide range of musical styles and blends. He would spend all day in the studio making beats, strike out at night on his bike to shop at
all the stores, and then, finally, on to the hippest clubs to sample the new music. Needless
to say he had “Dummy Dedication.”
A true Hip -Hop head at heart, Sanders' music started becoming reflective of all the records
his roommates were spinning at the time. They jokingly gave him the nickname, “The Black
Moby”. “I didn't mind really, Moby's a great musician! I heard lots of different artists that my
roommates would play..Moby's records were just very popular in the house”, Jaye
remembers. “His sound was definitely starting to come out in my beat production..” that
quirky, funky type of thing...". In 1998, Jaye started acquiring a fan base. These partyers would frequent the places
where he performed and deejayed. They would also lend support to the infamous “Rent
Parties” they'd have each month. Jaye decided to take his passion for music to the next
level and start a music entertainment/production label of his own. After running a couple of
names by his girlfriend, Jaye came up with the name HardSleeper (Music Group) for his
fledgling hip-hop production company. He explains:"One night , coming home late from a local club, I found myself locked out the
house. I tried banging on the door and windows to wake my roommates. Realizing they
weren't going to get up, I wedged a side window, pulled myself up and slipped inside. To my
amazement, I found myself in the midst of my roommates, who were sprawled out asleep on
the living room floor.There was loud music blaring in the background! I couldn't get over the
fact that they were such hard sleepers". This perplexed him and also left him slightly jealous. Later, he tried ripping into them for not
being awake to open the door for him and they all just laughed. They had absolutely no idea
what he was talking about! “I could have been anybody! I made a ton of noise climbing through the window... and none of them wakes up?? A relatively light sleeper himself, he couldn't help but think, “It sure must be nice!”
Jaye admits to having this silly fixation towards 'hard sleepers.'
"It's like an ability I want but don't have!". Jaye has found it easy to follow his affinity for music. HardSleeper Music Group boasts a
sound as eclectic and diverse as the Bay Area itself! HSMG is a throwback to the Hip Hop production style of the 1990's with a contemporary
edge. In 2010, Jaye's company moved into a much larger space for artistic and commercial
productions. In the last 3 years, because of the support of the label's core audience, they've been able to
service and cater to the best underground Hip Hop, Electronic/Dance artists; locally,
nationally and abroad!
