I've never been into brass instruments... especially MIDI brass. But i saw a youtube video of artists doing an orchestrial version of T-Pain's "On The Hill" and the brass arrangement was SICK. So i started working on this one as a workspace to mess with brass. It's probably going to go to one of my artists when i'm finished, but right now it's just a fun space to experiment.

This one came out a little dark. Very 'religious prophecy-ish'. Don't know where I'll use it, but it sounds dope AF.

When the year started, I was focused on putting together a project dedicated to my collaborative efforts with Dantrel "Fave" Robinson. I was taking everything he'd told me and taught me and just putting myself out there, composing songs without the crutch of a lot of sampling. As time went on and I started to get more confident in instrumentation, the project took a turn, and became more focused on exploring my creativity with no limitations. I am finally at a point where I can create the songs I hear in my head almost perfectly. The reason it's called "Open…

Getting back to that music work. I have a few songs under by belt. The goal is to do a nice 12 song project to release toward the end of summer. So far, so good.

So, I think I got the cover art for my next project. The title comes from a running joke I used to have with my boy Trel Fave Robinson. I recently remembered where the name came from. Anytime we worked together, he’d trip about the drums I used. And when I’d try to explain why I picked those drums, he’d just laugh and say “Uh, I don’t understand, man. But keep doin’ what you doin’”. And since this is a continuation of our process of trying to stay away from samples and use all MIDI instruments, I wanted to have…