After almost an entire year since releasing music, Patryk Tenorio ’11, better known as P-10, put out the final installment of his four part Mashup MIXtape series.
Tenorio has created and released mashup mixes since his first year at Wooster, using a music editing software called Sonar that allows him to mix tracks.† Although many people might compare him to Girl Talk, a well-known mashup artist who has gained popularity and fame in the past few years, Tenorio doesn’t see himself that way.
Tenorio is more of a Renaissance man, moonlighting as a performing artist and serving as the brains behind a much larger operation by day. In his senior year of high school, Tenorio co-founded Cavalry Records, a recording label that currently has three artists. Tenorio teamed up with three friends, David Wylie, Nick Robb and Alex Verderber, to make the company a success.
Although his first album consisted of music mashups, Tenorio sees himself as more of a DJ/producer, modeling himself after other producers such as A-Trak and Diplo, who are some of his greatest influences. Both A-Trak and Diplo started in mashup groups and, after becoming famous, branched out and became producers for their own original music.
“So in the same vein, I started with mashups, and started building my fanbase, but now I plan on expanding into other things,” said Tenorio.† “I may still make occasional mashups every now and then, but unlike Girl Talk or Super Mash Brothers, it’s not my focus.”
Tenorio has made and produced several mashups for a few years, but took his time producing the final installment because he had the opportunity to perform his music in several different venues across the country.
Tonight he will perform at the Ingenuity Festival in Cleveland with Sugar Hill Gang, Dan Curtin and Cubic Zirconia. In October, he is scheduled to perform at Dream Nightclub for Project Loud with Ninjasonik and Nina Sky in Cleveland, and later in† November he will perform at the Touch Supper Club BLKOUT Party in Cleveland.
Tenorio has also had the opportunity to play at different colleges and universities. Last year he played at Knox College in Illinois, and this year he is scheduled to perform at the University of Connecticut, Case Western University and Ohio University in the spring.
Tenorio hopes performing at these venues will help get his music out to the public and gain a wider fan base.† Although his music is available for fans to download for free online, he is paid to perform at these shows.
Since the release of his final mashup, Tenorio plans to record and produce a hip-hop album of his own original music by the end of the year.† He says it will showcase a mix of genres, including electronic, dance and Dub Step music.
Tenorio will also continue in his role as CEO/Producer for Cavalry Records. The company hopes to sign a fourth artist to the label today, a Dub-Step producer from Michigan named Subvader. Tenorio hopes to bring this new artist and other performers together in Wooster for a small music block party in the spring of 2010.
Following graduation, he hopes to move to either Austin, Texas or San Francisco, Calif., where he says there is a large DJ culture. Tenorio would like to see Cavalry Records continue to sign artists and become a grass-roots family that makes connection with its artists and supporters.
“I’m never going to know the president of whoever Justin Beiber signs with,” said Tenorio, but he hopes that his label will be able to reach out to people on a personal level and build a following for his label and its artists.
All of Tenorio’s mash-ups can be downloaded for free at cavalryrecords.bandcamp.com/
You can also follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/cavalry1