Today we’d like to introduce you to Trevor Henning.
Trevor, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
I grew up in a family of five and always had instruments around the house. Inspired by my older siblings, I started playing guitar, piano and drums when I was 15. I never felt the need to look up tutorials or learn how to play songs that already existed and used my own inspirations from the music I surrounded my self with and always had more fun improvising and discovering the instruments on my own. When I was about to graduate high school, I gained an interest in production. I downloaded a cracked version of FL Studio and bought a beat pad for $50.
Since then, I haven’t looked back and have been consistently producing for three and a half years. About and year and a half into producing, I felt I was ready to get vocals on my beats and have been networking and creating music with people in the San Diego area and abroad since. Now I use Ableton Live 10 as my go to program for beat making. While the majority of music I make aligns with hip-hop/rap, I don’t limit myself and have made EDM/house music as well.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
As a college student, I have been mostly supporting myself the whole way. When I first started working with other artists, I was working two jobs working 40 hours a week and going to school full time. As I get closer to graduation, my classes have also become more difficult. The main struggle for me has been maintaining consistent schedules and timelines while balancing so many things.
Can you give our readers some background on your music?
As an artist, I feel my music is genuine. I try not to copy other styles or sound like anyone else’s and over the years, I have been able to see my style develop. I also like to incorporate guitar solos, piano solos, or real bass to set my self apart from other producers who don’t play instruments. I like to try to incorporate live instruments, and also try not to sample very much to make a more original sound. I also enjoy challenging myself, such as synthesizing all my sounds, including the drums with a single instrument plugin. As well as making music, I enjoy making cover arts and using adobe illustrator to express myself visually.
Any shoutouts? Who else deserves credit in this story – who has played a meaningful role?
My family and my friends have always been very supportive of my music the whole way. My roommates have seen my music go from 0-100 and it’s cool to see their input of my music and see them sing all the lyrics at our shows. I also would say the artists I have worked with have helped me learn a lot about making a fully thought out track and music in general and I would say I’m able to learn something valuable from every artist I meet, whether they are musicians, painters, fashion designers, etc.
Contact Info:
- Phone: (805)345-7163
- Email: playthatshitback@gmail.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/p1ay_bacc/
Image Credit:
Jacob Smith
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