What’s Brewing with Brandon Vee By Maiya Sinclair
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Spiritual, Intentional, Funky, Groovy and Real are all words I would use to describe the music and vibes that Brandon Vee makes. He hails out of Brooklyn, New York but finds himself a Orlando Florida Transplant of the last 6 years. Brandon’s musical journey begins rooted in jazz and classical composers with Bach being one of his favorites. As a child he would listen to this music on his cassio that he describes as dark and having the ability to paint beautiful vivid pictures. He finds his music career coming full circle as he’s started weaving his lyricism into his music and incorporating live instruments. He now finds that he’s in control and creating music from a place where he should have been creating from all along. THE SQUEEZE
Being that he is one of five children and the middle child, he has found that it has made him more observant. Growing up he described himself as an anti-social nerd. He didn’t really like school or people but realized that he was able to express himself in poetry. During his childhood he thought he wanted to be a stuntman, a pilot, and lastly a doctor. As any adult knows, trying to figure out your life’s purpose can be difficult. When his mom stepped in to help, she told him that he would be confined to his room until he could figure out what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. After sometime in his room he rushes out and tells his mom he wants to be a rapper. His mom was shocked but was supportive. That’s when he decided that music would no longer be a hobby but something that he would take seriously and
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