My First.

I really love to reflect on the warm memories of my roots in music production. I can still very vividly remember assembling a drum set out of trash cans and metal pot lids to jam with my cousin on his electric guitar in the basement of his home in North Carolina. Oh the fun times...

Every year since about 7th grade I would make a trip to visit him and we would spend every day for a straight week locked away in his basement recording funk/rock music with his iBook G4 using Garageband. He would play guitar, piano, and sing. I would play bass and his friend would play drums. It was possibly the most exciting part of my summers when I was growing up.

I love to reflect on those times and see how far I've matured both as a person and as a professional in music production. Comparing the quality of the songs I recorded and mixed back then to what I am able to put out now is so interesting. I think it's really cool that I have a record through music of literally being able to see the progression of improvement I have undergone.

I still go visit my cousin every year. He's now a jazz guitarist attending school at Oberlein Conservatory, and every once in a while we still get to record using our new Macbooks. :D