About me
I love making music. I grew up in a musical family of five, and there was always music playing in the house. We listened to everything from broadway numbers, jazz standards, classical, movie scores, hip-hop, rnb, techno, trance, electronica and dubstep, just to name a few.
I started making my own music in high school when I got my first laptop, and from there I was constantly chasing after the little melodies and soundscapes I heard in my head. Into my adulthood music has further become a space where I can express myself. There are feelings that I can't express in words, and only through music. It feels like the way my soul interfaces with the world.
sometimes I struggle with feeling like my art is worth anything. But music gives me a space to be tender with myself. Anxiety sometimes doesn't feel so heavy when you're banging your head to a beat that you made. It gives me a space to be unafraid, and the truest version of myself.
My passion lies in developing my art, and connecting with other creatives. I love having my perspective changed and working with people much more talented and skilled than myself.
If even one person enjoys my music, if it makes them tap their feet, or feel something, that's what calls to me. That's what keeps me going.
-ThePurpleBishop
A little more about me, I’m from South Orange, NJ. I was born into a family of artists, and from an early age I was immersed in a unique and diverse range of music. When I was a kid I remember my mom would sing around the house all the time. It's become really nostalgic for me. I would hear her rehearsing for choir, or singing show tunes or jazz songs. I ended up learning so many little melodies and songs from her. And sometimes my dad would let me tag along when he was running errands or something and whenever we were in the car, music was always playing. He would play The Isley Brothers, Al Green, and then I would play my crazy 2010s dubstep. So much of the music that my parents listened to was music from the 60-80s and I just thought that that was what music sounded like. My two older siblings are also musicians who inspired me a ton. I’m so heavily inspired by all the music I’ve listened to and all the media I watched as a kid. People might be able to relate when I say that I had imposter syndrome in the beginning of my career.
When I was in college I had no idea what I was going to do major or career wise. Music was one of the only things I could think of. But I didn't know how feasible it was and I wasn't classically trained. No matter how I thought of it, I kept trying to justify to myself why I wasn't able to do it. I never thought I was good enough. Throughout my life I've had trouble showing myself kindness. I had creativity, but I rarely believed in myself. Never imagined myself when I imagined someone successful. I spent a lot of time inside my head that would be better spent living. But throughout my life the way I coped with the difficult things in my life was music.
I think what changed my perspective was the passing of my father. I was overwhelmed with grief, and I suddenly had to try and accept a world without him in it. My whole world changed in a way that I'll never forget. And after some difficult years and witnessing the progressing state of the world, I realized that I had to pursue my passion. I couldn't keep making excuses or finding reasons not to. And I couldn't idle by and be exploited by systems that didn't care about me. I won't let my art be crushed by the weight of capitalism and existence. I wanted to prove to myself that I’m not useless, and that I can make something good.