Today we’d like to introduce you to Dwayne Greenhill.
Hi Dwayne, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I started playing sax in 5th grade band and I bought my first guitar that summer, by mowing lawns. I started my first band in 7th grade and played school talent shows. 8 th grade we played smells like teen spirit and that’s when I knew this was my career path.
I began performing publicly in high school and by 21, I was recording my friends. I purchased a computer and Protools interface and rented an office space in hanahan to build out my first project studio. In 2005 I leased my own space and became a live sound guy in a local bar to pay the lease when clients thinned out.
That led to my tenure with wild wing cafe that lasted more than 20 years at the Rivers ave location.
I also played covers around my home town while producing and performing with several local acts.
I recorded rap metal country pop and most genres of Western music
My heart lies in American Rock and Blues.
My son began recording and performing with us while in high school and COVID shut it all down.
After COVID we leased an office and recorded our acts and performed streaming concerts from various empty venues around sc.
One of our first in person performances landed me with windjammer and they asked me to come on full time as a soundguy and now I mix bands on the beach.
I’m currently producing a studio album with Devin Greenhill on Vocals, entitled Red Tape.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
I chose to focus my professional career on production when Devin was born so I wouldn’t be traveling his whole childhood. I created most of my own obstacles trying to wear to many hats, but tech and content creation demand you where them all now.
It’s a small town so I was fortunate enough to survive. House gigs are critical. I did part time work installing sound while my kids were in school and now they’re both musicians. Devin and I also perform and mix concerts professionally. My youngest son, Kaden, plays sax at Summerville high school.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
Antifoniq (an-ti-phon- ic) is our rock act/label that I started in 2004 to release music digitally. My cover band was theCITIZEN and I made a bunch of demos under that moniker throughout the 2000’s. I also produced extreme metal, punk rock, and hardcore rap acts around the tri-county area.
In 2009 My Band EOD opened for several national tours as local support and I joined the local stagehand Union, Iatse 333, to work in the big arenas where I specialized in sound reinforcement.
In 2017 I joined Marytree. An act I produced under antifoniq recordings on 2 Albums. During COVID we performed and released a double live album through all platforms featuring original tunes from myself and Devin.
For 3 years we’ve been working on a debut album as “antifoniq” Slated to be released in early 2026!
I spend my weekdays around the studio promoting my music on social media and my weekends mixing live music on the Atlantic Ocean. Life’s a Beach.
Is there any advice you’d like to share with our readers who might just be starting out?
Focus on the basics until it’s second nature and build on it. Don’t try to play like your heroes first. I learned the basics after an injury and things I’d always done made sense once I learned it. Things everyone else already learned escaped me. I kind of reverse engineered my playing style after learning some common knowledge stuff I’d ignored. Lastly,
Less is More.
Pricing:
- Per client basis
Contact Info:
- Website: https://antifoniq.com
- Instagram: @antifoniq
- Facebook: @antifoniq
- LinkedIn: John Dwayne Greenhill
- Twitter: @antifoniq
- Youtube: @antifoniq
- Soundcloud: Antifoniq
- Other: https://Reverb.com/antifoniq
