Hip-hop musician Anthony Morales, aka Old Soul Era, likes his music old-school.
For Anthony Morales, the beauty of music is its ability to capture a memory. The photographic power of a song often transports Morales back to spaces and moments long lost to the flow of time, and he hopes that the music he creates ascan do this for others. In a decade defined by technology, he just wants his listeners"to feel human."
He remembers hearing Chicano jazz as a child, but he didn't notice its influence on his musical taste until years later."That's why I was so into," he explains."The cartoon one is just so full of jazz, you know? King Louie's song on that — he's just going away at the horn." He embeds ideas from Chicano culture in his music, sampling jazz and then"putting some Chicano vibes to it.
Morales does more than perform and create music: He also teaches beat-making and hip-hop dance at the, running classes for both youth and adults. He loves introducing students to something they have not tried before, and says it is as addictive as it is rewarding. And he uses samples in his work all the time."Even if it's a bird chirping," he says,"I can take that and just throw it in the sampler and add a bunch of effects." By the time he's done manipulating the original sound, a bird tweeting can end up sounding like a piano roll."I think that creativity is something that you tap into — so when it's there, it's up to you to take it.
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