West Side, Chicago 
the_stepchild
eMcee/BEATmaker/Producer
Roots of influence are Chicago's House/Hip Hop/Jazz/R&B/Soul
For booking and inquiries:
stepchild708@gmail.com

606 Records is an independent record store & label located in Pilsen, Chicago est. 2015. We carry new & used vinyl across all genres with a focus on independent labels and artists.

:::open TUESDAY thru SUNDAY 12 to 6pm:::

1808 S Allport St
Chicago, IL  60608
312-585-6106
orders@606records.com

mmry (fka ghoultrane) is an ongoing alias/project by Bay Area native Mason Moss. Primarily focusing on sample-based music, he gives past sonic textures a contemporary spin. In an era where music has lost all physicality, hours of archiving and research create the work that calls back to a time when things might have seemed simpler.

Andrew Emil // Change Request 

A preeminent artist of Chicago's 3rd wave, Andrew Emil is one of house music’s most staunch stalwarts. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, he earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony before eventually moving to Chicago. 

As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions, cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios. 

Credited on over 200+ recordings, his composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions. 

After a life in live music performance, from orchestra percussion sections to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones. 

One of the earlier innovators of the “Jackin House” genre under the Broadway & Wilson moniker with Jeff Bloom, Andrew is never content to stay in one place or style of musical thought for very long. 

He is the only recording artist to do production work simultaneously for Derrick Carter’s Classic Music Company, Mark Farina’s Great Lakes Audio, Gene Farris’ Farris Wheel Recordings, and four-time GRAMMY nominee Steve “Silk” Hurley’s S&S Records.

A string of double-digit singles for prominent labels, including remixes for artists such as Common, Kanye West, Little Louie Vega, Jamie Principle, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Iz & Diz, Fast Eddie, Shalamar, Roland Clark, David Morales, Colette, Amp Fiddler, JT Donaldson, and Gene Farris, to name a few. 

2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion. 

Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records. 

The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext. 

Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions. 

www.andrewemil.com

Sometimes, it's better when recordings are imperfect.  For instance, why not put a microphone in front of an upright piano and record?  I heard a program on the radio that people from New Orleans pride themselves on playing instruments that need not "plug into the wall".  I find that notion very curious; you should, too.  Sorry the vocals are TOO loud.   

Dan Plays Guitar Sometimes is following