Music

Music has been in my life since I can remember listening to my parent's Beatles records and Michael Jackson's Thiller album. My love of music turned into a DJ career that began around age 18. In college I starting doing massive raves and underground parties in the South, played in New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City and all over Austin. After the cops shut the drug infested parties down I joined a band. We gigged a lot around Austin and recorded some songs. In 2003 I moved to NYC where I've djed all over the city and in the place I call home, Brooklyn, NY. I love to mix eclectic sets of soul, reggae, funk, dancehall, dub, old school hip hop, 90's rnb, heady electronic and indie/dance music.

I also enjoy making music. Last year we released a 10 track album called Green Streets. My current project is called My M.O. and we sing, produce record and now perform a strange mixture of indie, pop, r&b and electronic music.

MIXTAPES
The Gold Diggers “Diggin’ 4 a Livin”
is an eclectic mix that my friend Shelly and I did a few years back and was featured in several magazines including URB. Still classic.

WE LIVE IN BROOKLYN VOL 1.
Worked with Mike Genato on this soul, hiphop, electronic mix that features tracks we produced.

LIVE RECORDINGS
Unemployable NYC #3
One of my favorite mixes I put together from our podcast. Downtempo, soul, relaxing vibes.

Live at Soda Bar, Brooklyn
This eclectic set includes a favorite blend of Fela Kuti into Amerie's One Thing + classic MJ and Prince records.

Side by Side Live Mix
Live recording of a hiphop, rnb, reggae set with some nice transitions.

Green Streets

Mike Genato and I collaborated on this 10 track album. The inspiration for this project varies from Radiohead to Berlin artist, Apparat, Portishead, dub and soul music, film soundtracks and old-school production techniques. The music is hard to define because each song has elements of hip-hop, R&B, rock, soul, funk, and jazz. Some of the songs use loops and samples but the initial ideas started by sitting down at a keyboard and working off interesting chord progressions.

Track Listing:
1. BAD GIRL
2 TIME WILL TELL FEAT. IRENE MERRING
3. SWEET RELIEF FEAT. YADIRA BROWN
4. ONLY ONE
5. FREE LIKE ME FEAT. DEE TEAGUE
6. TWILIGHT ZONE
7. SLOW LOVE
8. LATIN VS. JAZZ FEAT. FABIO MORGERA
9. ISLAND EYES
10. FREE LIKE ME (REMIX)

All songs produced by HandinHand
Sweet Relief" written and performed by Yadira Brown
"Free Like Me" written and performed by Dee Teague , Additional arrangements by Mike Genato
"Time Will Tell" written by Katy Walker , Arrangements by Irene Merring and Mike Genato
Artwork by Lennard Schuurmans
Art direction by Katy Walker
Executive Producer: Katy Walker

Read a review here
License my songs for your project from Freeplay
Get the CD with artwork from CD BABY
Get the the album in iTunes