Track List...

1.  ) Give Us the Music (intro)  0:00
2. ) Angel BB  1:24
3. ) Forrest Has an Interview  2:54
4. ) Bluejay  3:22
5. ) David's Interlude  4:00
6. ) For David  4:28
7. ) Real Friends  6:19
8. ) O Ya  7:03
9. ) Forrest Enters the Talent Show  8:37
10.) Lauryn's Interlude  10:25
11. ) I Have a Question  10:47
12.) Kip Meets Professor Tox  12:04
13.) Jams Like Dis  12:56
14.) Shuffle Interlude  14:19
15.) BrightoTune  15:00
16.) World War III (Outro)  16:06


Hello my name is Forrest! This is my debut mixtape The Bicycle Tapes. In the year 2018 my family and I moved to Dallas, Texas. This put me a little over 900 miles away from my hometown, my friends, and all the memories I made growing up. By the end of Summer 2018, I grew to be really depressed from my southern isolation. I never tell people that, but if you find this mixtape and read the description, I guess you mean enough to me to get to know this. As Summer 2018 grew to a close, I bought my first MIDI keyboard, the classic Akai MPK mini II. Playing with my keyboard I began to explore into making music. However, if you remember, Summer was ending and I had to go back to college (in Shanghai, China). 

While in Shanghai, I was super busy but overtime I found myself ditching nights out clubbing and bar hopping to stay in and learn about music. Something about the challenge, the possibilities, and the ability to evoke emotions really drove my passion for music. When I didn't have the money to go on trips around Asia with my friends, I would hide in my room or ride my bike around Shanghai teaching myself music theory and production for hours and hours on end. I probably sound like a loner, or maybe a broke mf, but I just had a drive.

Upon returning to America, I so greatly dreaded recoiling back to my home in Dallas. I got a "9-5" internship at some construction company so I was working over 40 hours a week. I needed the money, but I also felt trapped. So in my free time at my internship I would watch tutorials on audio engineering and other music related topics for hours. Then once I got home I would take everything I learned at work, and apply it to my production. So many nights I would stay up late trying to perfect my songs. And so many days I would wake up for work with just a few hours of sleep, but eager to learn more about music. I wanted IT. I wanted IT so bad.

The Bicycle Tapes is a collection of music and sounds that document the growth of Forrest as an artist over the past year. Certain inadequacies and errors in production are left untouched to showcase Forrest's improvements over the duration of this project. The songs in the track are primarily arranged in chronological order of production. This timeline of growth spans from February 2019 to August 2019. 

Through this process of exploration in music, I have become such a happier person and made so many friends - in person and online. You all know who you are, thank you for supporting me. I am so thankful to have ventured into the world of music. And I am so eager to explore and learn many more things. Thank you for tuning in to The Bicycle Tapes!

- Forrest

The Bicycle Tapes

Dumb Love Songs By Forrest Savant (demo)

I wrote this song over the Summer one night and spent months coming back to tweak tiny details. It’s a song about cyclical regression, or perhaps progression. It’s about a person’s introverted disposition and what led them there. The cover art was commissioned (with a few additional edits) from the very talented @tateerwin (on Instagram) ! Thank you everybody!

Sesame Balls