323Ci said:

That's sweet!

323Ci said:

I wouldn't expect anything less.

but again.... he has skill with his voice. Sings better than Morris in fact at a similar age

I wish nothing short of infinity for him.

Sounds pretty mature for a 19 year old, but good. His eyes sort of remind me of Prince.

aww..he's cute! he sounds good too. I hope he's a huge success! what's he doing in bean town? going to school there?

Shorty said:

Yes ma'am, he's a sophomore at Berklee College of Music.

323Ci said:

oh very cool! I never attended Berklee but I went there for the John Blackwell/Jia Blackwell memorial tribute.

My initial instinct is to ask, "why is this kid still not signed?" But on second thought I could easily guess why. I'd imagine that his Dad wouldn't want him to get screwed by the same corp-execs that others have gotten the shaft by, and therefore taught him better...

That said, I go back to the first question: WHY IS THIS KID STILL NOT SIGNED? (MPLS sound meets neo-soul), plus when he goes to his tenor register, I can hear his father. Nice!

322Ci, are you Derran's brother for real?

ArielB said:

Actually, I have to take issue with the "garage band/not professionally recorded" remark. I use garageband to make my music, and find that it works virtually identical. But I'm willing to be educated - if you've been in an actual recording studio and thus know better, I'd be willing to consider what you said.

323Ci said:

Aw, he's a cutie.

eaglebear4839 said:

Yes I am Derran's brother "for real" haha he's 19, and i'm 21

eaglebear4839 said:

As for your comment on professional recording. I meant that the tracks have not been "professionally mixed," and the vocals are not done in a booth with a high quality microphone. Instead vocals were done in a dorm room, (which could replicate a sound booth for all i know, i am no acoustics specialist or anything) using the internal microphone on the macbook pro.

323Ci said:

What's it like having one of the funkiest men on the planet as your dad?

Mong said:

Hah, suprisingly normal I guess. He is just dad in the home setting and the character everyone else knows him as only comes out for the hour to hour and a half when he's performing. Aside from that he's a normal dad, real, and down to earth.

323Ci said:

My mom used to know your aunt back in the day

ooooh i gotta check this out

323Ci said:

I went to the myspace and was suprised he had such a mature voice. The boy liike like he 14! I would love to hear him in the studio with some real musicians that can cook up some real music.
[Edited 1/8/09 16:17pm]

paisleypark4 said:

Funny you say that, most of the pictures used on the page are back from when he was either 16 or 17. Hah so you are basically right, the photos aren't very recent i guess...

Is there any way to buy his music?

There are a couple of songs I really like.


I wish he would get signed to a label so that he can get his music out.

I am an old head (older than 40) and I like his style.

Much more mature sound than I would expect from a 19 year.

And he is such a cutie!

I expect him to do well in his career.

prodigalfan said:

Unfortunately there is no way to buy his music yet. Hopefully sometime soon he will be able to get some time in a real studio to make studio quality versions of the songs he has done so far. Once that gets taken care of i'm sure he might be interested in selling his music. Right now he thinks the audio quality is too bad to sell the songs to anyone...

323Ci said:

Hey, do you think you can setup a meet up between me and him? Im a freshmen at northeastern which is right near Berklee and I would love to meet the guy

MajesticOne89 said:

That's not exactly something I am willing to do... Haha i'm just his brother, not a manager or anything like that, but feel free to find him on facebook and contact him that way and see what he says about it.

323Ci said:

ok that works. i checked out his stuff, sounds pretty nice. he probably wants to distance himself from ur dad, but i'd say he should try and get a backing band.

He's fine and sounds Great!

MajesticOne89 said:

Haha I am sure he isn't trying to distance himself from our dad, but he is definitely interested in paving his own way. I also know that he isn't quite ready yet, which is why he hasn't tried to get a record deal, or anything of that nature. He is doing all of this for fun, but I am sure that after he finishes school he will have a different and probably more professional outlook on what he is trying to accomplish with his music. He is just writing as much and as often as he can, because as we all know practice makes perfect, so he is constantly trying new styles and different techniques to figure out what works best for him. Unfortunately myspace only lets you upload 6 songs at a time so it is difficult to showcase all your work while simultaneously leaving songs up that people really enjoy listening to. Maybe a website would be the next step, but he'll have to get his ass in the studio and redo those songs so he could at least make a couple of bucks off itunes or something...
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Cute kid. I'd like to hear his voice without that sound-effect that's so popular now though.

I just wanted to say thanks to you all who had kind things to say about my bro! I really appreciate the support you all have shown here!

323Ci said:

Glad this thread came up again - I see what you mean - I just hope we get to hear more from him soon!

he sounds great

Wow! Nice voice.