My Style: Black American Music
Everything from Jazz, Rock, Pop, to Hip-Hop, started with Black Americans. All western contemporary music is rooted in black history.
What I listen to
My Spotify Wrapped
Check out what I’ve listened to in 2021!
Check out what I’ve listened to in 2020!
My Top Songs of 2020
How my journey began
At Northwood High School, I joined the symphonic orchestra and the Gladiator Drumline. That experience—especially under the mentorship of Drumline Captain Khalil—transformed me as a performer and person. I learned leadership, discipline, and respect, eventually becoming Drumline Captain myself and helping the team earn top awards.
In 2019, I attended Berklee’s Summer Groove School and Victor Wooten’s Music Nature Camp, both of which confirmed that Berklee College of Music was where I belonged. Since 2017, I’ve performed widely, grown a loyal fanbase, and continued developing as an artist. I graduated from Northwood in 2021 and now attend Berklee in Boston, studying Music Production and Engineering.
While at Berklee I’ve turned my photography hobby into a side business, as well as started working in live sound. Since 2023 I’ve done sound at countless venues in and around the Boston area, as well as for many weddings and private events.
At the end of the summer, I will be leaving Boston for LA where I’m going to start a new chapter with hopes of working in a studio as a recording engineer.
From a young age, I was immersed in music. My mother, sister, and I attended monthly drum circles, bringing small percussion instruments and joining in communal rhythms and dance. Early influences like Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, from my grandmother, Eleanor Friedenberg—who sang songs from the Great American Songbook and took us to musicals—deepened my love for music.
I memorized song lyrics easily, with Iyaz’s “Replay” being the first at age six. My first formal instruction came in 2011 at the Richardson School of Music with drum lessons. Though I quit due to recital anxiety, I resumed drumming in middle school, eventually becoming the school timpani player. In eighth grade I joined School of Rock Silver Spring, where I explored Rock, Blues, Funk, Pop, and Soul.
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