Previously published in June 2010
By: Milan Staples
Stats
Name: Brandon*
Age: 25
What: Musician and Producer
Musical Genre: No specific one
Instruments Played: Piano, organ, drums/percussion, harp
Meet Brandon*, talented musician and music producer who is going places and doing major things. This Toledo [Ohio] born, musical fascination has been producing music for 8 years now and has been an accomplished musician for just over 20 years. He started his adventure in the world of music at the age of 2 banging on pots and pans. The piano later followed at the age of 4. The roster of instruments he plays include piano, organ, percussion/drums and the harp. The harp? How ill is that? If you pay attention closely, you can hear it in many of his songs.
With an eclectic mix of musical influences including gospel, jazz, classical, and various film; tv; and video game composers, we can’t put his sound into one expertly, gift wrapped box. It can be best described as urban contemporary, the future, honest, and rhythmically stimulating. It plays on the human experience and the menagerie of emotions we experience throughout life.
It’s no secret the music industry, in so many ways, has been getting repetitious, predictable, boring, and downright depressing. It is so close to being completely saturated with pre-packaged, sex and/or violence loaded and super marketed garbage. Brandon* said often times, present artists become consumed by their image so you can’t see who they are. With an industry he feels is lacking diversity and a wider range of talent, he wants to add the industry’s livelihood by producing music that complements artists and their personal style so that they sound their best.
What makes him different:
His music has feeling. He is unique in that he is genuine and strives to create and share music that he passionately describes as honest and can reach people; tapping into the various human emotions. He shared that his greatest achievement to date is, and will always be, when people let him know how much they enjoy his music and when it’s made a positive influence on people and how they feel. Brandon* stated no matter how big he gets, he will always share his music. This includes sharing music with listeners that is free to download. We also like that his music isn’t genre specific. He likened his style to water in that it’s formless, shapeless, and is constantly adapting to its surroundings. His music can be interpreted so many different ways when fallen on different ears and promotes nothing but positivity. He creates for the love of music and celebrating the human experience. We predict he will be the Quincy Jones of our generation, in his own right, of course.
