Printz Board
| Printz Board | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Priese Prince Lamont Board |
| Born |
September 11, 1972 Columbus, Ohio, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop, R&B, pop, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer, recording artist |
| Instruments | Keyboards, trumpet, bass guitar, drums, percussion, flugelhorn, saxophone, french horn, vocals |
| Years active | 1997 – present |
| Labels | Beets & Produce, A&M, Interscope, will.i.am Music Group |
| Website | printzboard |
Priese Prince Lamont Board (born September 11, 1972) better known as Printz Board, is a Grammy Award-winning American musician, recording artist, producer, and songwriter who has worked with The Black Eyed Peas, DJ Mustard, CeeLo Green, Mark Ronson, Fergie, John Legend, and many more.
From the age of 10, Printz picked up the trumpet, “because I knew I’ll be able to sling that on my back and then make it do what it do,” he recalls. He is from Columbus, Ohio and at the age of 12 moved to Los Angeles. As a trumpeter, he explored the parameters of jazz and music that instigated his journey from his hometown, where music legends like Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, The Eagles and P-Funk stoked his imagination with genre-defying artistry. Relocating to San Diego State College, he had to decide between a career in music or soccer and added classical greats to his eclectic mix of musical influences.
After migrating to Los Angeles he met a band that needed a keyboard player. Over time this band evolved into the group Black Eyed Peas. Printz has been an essential part of this hit-making machine. He was the co-writer of songs like "Where is the Love", "Don’t Phunk with My Heart" and "Meet Me Halfway". Besides his co-writing for the Black Eyed Peas, he is the musical director commanding the band's live stadium shows. In 2001, Board founded the production company Beets & Produce, Inc., publishing through Atlas Music Publishing. In 2007 Board and his fellow music group Bucky Jonson released the album The Band Behind The Front on the BBE label.
The inspiration to start his solo career came with the Black Eyed Peas taking a break in 2011. As the artists each took their own separate paths, Printz took the one that he had been thinking of taking for a while.In the fall of 2013, Printz stepped forward to launch his solo project, kicking things off with packed LA and NYC secret shows at the Roxy and S.O.B.’s respectively. He brought on a surprise guest – Natasha Bedingfield - for a special duet of "Mountains". In the span of several months, Printz released an EP Pre-Games, singles "#1" (debut at No.11 in the UK Urban Charts) and Hey You (which was prominently placed in a national Pizza Hut commercial) performed at SXSW, opened for CeeLo Green and Lionel Richie, and received features/premieres on MTV Buzzworthy, USA Today, MetroLyrics, and Singersroom. In the same year Printz Board was one of the top finalists in Macy’s iHeart Radio Rising Star contest.
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