Nick Ngo is the man behind the vision of 17 Hertz. He began in the game as a DJ making mixtapes for dance crews in his neighborhood at the age of 14. It was not long after that he and his friends were DJing school dances all over the Bay Area. Soon after he released a series of break records that were distributed worldwide and every single one sold out. After winning the ITF Western Hemisphere Team Championship with his crew the FingerBangerz he decided to embark on a new venture. He studied at Ex'pression Center for New Media were he graduated and began his career by working on commercials. The first gig he landed was scoring music for a McDonald’s Commercial. The commercial aired nationwide during the 2004 NBA play-offs and finals. It was his first try and he landed something big, the story of his life. After moving into his new office, mainly to work on commercials and sound design, he started recording local artists on the side just to polish his skills as an audio engineer in the music field. Once again destiny was right around the corner. As he was recording artists for fun, a group called the TEAM walked into his office to work on a mixtape. At this time he had no vocal booth and was still devoted to the commercial world where he was beginning to make a name as an engineer in the area. By this time there was a one week wait list just to work with him and he had no time for anything else. Working on commercials during the day and recording artists by night, no one saw him unless they went to his office. Finally it was clear that the business was getting too big and it was time to expand. He moved a few miles from his old building into what is known today as 17 Hertz, now he was ready to provide a commercial recording studio open to the public. His vision was to provide a place for artist to record at a "High Quality Affordable Studio" and that's exactly what he did. Charging his clients barely enough to pay his employees and rent he made sure it was a studio for the people. Nick says "I known many artists that gave up on their career as an artist long before I even thought building this studio. That breaks my heart because some of them could have made it if they had the money, connections, or a place like 17 Hertz. We are a little different from other studios. We treat our clients like family and anytime we get connected with someone, we put our clients on. Ask the producers about selling beats, video games, and commercials. I can no longer do it all, so when I get these calls I send it to my clients. As for artists, we introduce them to each other so they can do collaborations and help each other out." As a man who had a vision he helped change how studios function, he did just that and today many try to emulate his business plan. Nowadays Nick is almost nowhere to be found at the studio because of his drive to advance his company in many directions. He has left the duty to his highly trained staff that has more hits on the radio now then he does. When asked about it he says "your only as good as your weakest link and if I'm the weakest link then I got nothing to worry about, my company is in good hands." For a man who never had a full time job in his whole life he says "my whole life is a job, I just love what I'm doing and that makes it look easy." From being a DJ to owning one of the most successful studios in the Bay Area one can only ask “what's next?” To that he replies, "What's next? I have many things planned. Some will work, some won't. It's all trial and error. But the one thing I believe is that everyone is destined to be something or do something in this world. I'm just too impatient so I go after my destiny instead of waiting for it to find me."