Glassy

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Son of a jazz/blues player. I go beyond producing/composing/arranging to orchestrate emotion and mix soundscapes that bring the listener on a journey. I have spent the last 2 decades honing my ears and cultivating my sound. I pride myself in being able to build a vibe and add that silky polished sound to tracks in many genres. I am eager to find artists to work with that are looking to develop a unique and rich sound to support and transcend their vocal/musical presentation. I challenge artists to bring uninhibited authenticity to tracks while I build frameworks of frequencies to enhance and engage.

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What is music to you? What does it give you?

Music is life. It gives me purpose, direction and bliss.

What is your music dream?

Travel the world and play my music for large crowds of adoring fans. Produce albums for various artists to help sculpt the sound of our generation. Create soundtracks for films tv shows and video games.

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

Peace.

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

Particle Man

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

King Crimson, J. Cole, Anderson Pak, Lightin Hopkins

What inspires you to make music?

Truth and my own heartbeat.

What is the message you want to send with your music?

Smile and nod, while considering the profound ramifications of your actions and choices in this karmic realm in which we live.

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

Nervous and alive.

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

Making high quality and well produced music is easier than ever...Seems to be difficult to nurture the spirit of collaboration, and extremely difficult to overcome the barrier of getting some momentum and attention when starting from zero views likes and followers... hard to shake people out of their malaise to open up to and value new music and new relationships.

What do you think of Drooble?

There does not seem to be a lane here for producers...which seems odd. But we'll see how the site functions over the next few days.

What frustrates you most as a musician?

2 top frustrations: Promoting my music and finding collaborators.

Do you support your local scene as a fan? How?

I seek out local artists to listen to and introduce their music to my people.

What qualities should a musician nowadays have in order to get their music heard by a larger audience?

Relentless and shameless self promotion.

Share some awesome artists that we’ve never heard of.

Joe Bruce https://www.facebook.com/joebrucemusic1/