BIG JOEY

people always ask “how u get to meet and work with danny brown,” or something along those lines. so peep.

i never did anything musical when i was a kid. i skateboarded and skated and just loved music. everything. i was born in 89. went thru rap phase early, turned into emo shit, than metal shit. x

in jr high, i noticed in my group of friends being in a band and playing shows seemed like the funnest shit you could do. it was girls at shows. got to write songs. got to act a fool on stage.

when i was 12 my uncle gave me a guitar, that bitch sat there and collected dust for years. than my friend drew came over one day and played smells like teen spirit on guitar, i was amazed, and basically told myself, if he can play that shit , i could too. so i taught myself guitar and started writing songs. at the time i had a house with a basement so band practice was always at my house. with everyone leaving their instruments at my house i learned how to play drums and bass after learning guitar. from 8-12 grade i played in probably over 10 bands. played shows all over, all the time. making bullshit money but having fun and getting to know the scene. after i graduated high school i drove out to rochester new york and joined a band. that was when i first toured. the band was called museums. after that tour i quit the band because i couldnt get along with the guitarist.

so i got home and was kindve bummed out, thought my music “career,” was over and thought i still needed to write some music. now i knew i could play guitar bass and drums just needed a way to record it. at the time all my favorite bands had fake drums on their records so what i did was download a cracked version of reason 4 to program drums. than id bounce my drums into garage band. and record 2 guitar parts and a bass part. i made a myspace account to post my songs on. i was actually hit up by a band signed to victory records to play guitar for them but i turned them down because they were a joke.

so as a kid who just wanted to make music and learn non stop and a rap fan i thought in my free time for fun id make “beats,”