Casey Dunmore 🎧

Definitely a fun & unique placement of my music to date. Having written a song that inspired this @coorslightcanada spot is crazy. Shout out @rethinkcanada & @vapormusic for putting it together. The iconic Raptors on TSN Theme by your boy. 🔊🎶🏀 @ASCAP @SOCANmusic

This day belongs to MLK. #MLKDay

Through struggle and discipline, persistence and faith, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. helped move this country forward. As we honor his legacy today, let’s remember the lesson he taught us: that even in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can help change it. In honor of #MLKDay, I hope you’ll do what you can in your community to create a better future for us all.

Music creation is for humans. I’ll die on this hill.

While the devastation of Los Angeles has left me heartbroken for my friends who have lost their homes or been evacuated, and afraid of what I can't predict or control, the rallying of the music industry around its community has made me feel proud to be a part of it.

@mpatti x.com/musicares/stat…

It’s probably early, but what are the top non-profits serving the LA area?

@mpatti @MusiCares

@AnneKathrinDern “Sync Licensing” has become the latest buzzword where everyone’s an expert too. There’s no shortcut . Put in the work & educate yourself w reliable sources.

I swear there’s more “composer coaches” now than actual working composers. The sheer amount of ppl selling you vague secondhand “professional” advice to “make it” when they themselves never managed to have a successful career in the field is astounding. It’s a pyramid scheme.

This is what happens when we pay with our attention, not our intention.

@ThatEricAlper youtu.be/E0E0ynyIUsg?si…

What's a great song that features slide guitar?

If I was Kamala right now:

Quincy Jones on his approach to music (1980)

RIP to a great man, Quincy Jones

Very sorry to hear about the passing of our old label boss and collaborator, Quincy Jones. We were on his label Qwest for many years, he did a great remix of Blue Monday in 1988. We send all our condolences and thoughts to his family, he was a true legend!

There will never be another. A truly singular example of modern artistic excellence and profound humanity. When I'd call him, he would dive right into telling stories and I was all ears. I wish those conversations had been recorded because they were drenched in unlimited insight, wisdom and soul. Whether it was his equal parts awe-inspiring and ridiculously humorous recounting of how he helped shaped cultural history, or our shared love of family, world travels, exploring faith and rising from dark times. Almost everything was discussed and I was always grateful for our relationship. To fully unlock and reflect upon it all right now is just too much to process. His anecdotes about work ethic and his constructive feedback of my work were significant factors in sharpening my craft—for instance as a collaborator and unofficial producer on the We Are and World Music Radio albums that changed my artistic trajectory. But some of the most powerful advice he shared with me was rooted in how to develop your humanity. The power of prayers and mantras, which he said every morning . His insight about how "Your music can never be more or less than you are as a human being, so work on the human part" or how he and Ray Charles developed inner strength during the civil rights era by instilling within that "Not one ounce of my self worth depends on anyone else's acceptance of me" , a few examples of MANY. When I won the Academy Award in my speech I evoked his words about the power of 12 Notes, how we all get the same ones and it's up to us what we do with them. When he wasn't able to travel anymore I would always make a point to visit him in LA to show love, talk life and play for him. The last time we saw each other in person I played for him but this time asked if I could record him listening to me for posterity sake . In the clip I'm playing his "Ai No Corrida" then going into a Chopin waltz, then some blues and then Thelonious Monk's "Round Midnight" . Always the best for Q. You will be forever missed but my goodness did you make your mark sir !! It's on us now to carry it forward 🤲🏾✨

We’ve lost the most influential producer of all time. His work on this earth is finished, and he did so with such brilliance. Rest in peace, Quincy Jones.

The Best Advice Quicy Jones ever got

RIP Quincy Jones, who defined the highest level of musical genius for 5 generations. Perhaps the greatest producer & soundtrack composer of all-time. The most quotable, the coolest, who made everything from Thriller to Vibe to the Fresh Prince. Who did it all, better than anyone.

スッキリですね😇

I see why they needed the dome 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣