Hey everyone, please reply to these questions for everyone to get to know you better - What do you hope to gain from Elevate Your Craft? - Tell us a bit about yourself: What inspired you to start making music: - Where are you at in your journey right now? Your Stats - - What’s the biggest challenge you're currently facing in your music career or creative process? - Have you released any music yet? If so, feel free to share a link — love to hear it! - What’s one goal you’d love to achieve with your music over the next 3–6 months, 12 months?

Hello - I’m Ryan Bird, and I go by the moniker Squid Leader for most of my music. I make psychedelic inspired music of all styles. So for myself I say the “genre” I play is Slime because there came a time for me in 2020 where I realized I didn’t want to pigeon hole myself into one genre and I wanted the freedom to mix genres or play any genre. I was also hearing new sounds from my inner ear, and from around the world. That made me think Slime could very well be a “genre” or music culture of the 2020’s and beyond. I created my label Sound of Slime (soundofslime.com) to put out my music, and to further explore this idea of music and slime. Slime became a big part of my brand as I reinvigorated Squid Leader’s identity and created a stronger identity for Sound of Slime. Along with my son who was about 4 at the time - we started an electronic punk band called River of Slime. In the last 5 years I’ve put out over 50 songs, over 100 videos, and several albums, along with merch, a blog, and social media presence. I have several artists we are planning on releasing their music on physical media. In the last year we have explored Crypto and Web3 Blockchain technology and how that can play out for musicians. We have had success in the past with sync licensing and are currently beginning a fresh pursuit of that opportunity. Our goal is to figure out Web3 and Sync Licensing in a way that we can help other artists travel these avenues with ease and success. More than that we want to create a supportive community linked through Slime. I recently moved to Fort Collins, Colorado from Colorado Springs where I had been for 8 years. I happened to move a 2 minute walk from The Blasting Room which is a legendary punk rock recording studio. I plan to master a drum n bass song there this summer. We have a really cool spot here in Fort Collins called The Music District. (https://www.themusicdistrict.org/) - This town is awesome! It’s really big on local arts and music and has one of the largest local indie music festivals in the states. There are some great venues here if you’re a touring artist I recommend looking to play a show in Fort Collins. The Music District has boarding for touring musicians! If you’re a musician that does talks or group lessons, The Music District might be interested in booking you. I feel blessed to live here, and it was just rated the most peaceful town in the US. Before living in Colorado I lived in Seattle, Washington for 17 years. In 1999 I moved from Sacramento, California to Seattle after being born and raised in CA since 1977.

Hello everyone, my name is Antoine Montmory. I'm a composer of original melodies and songs. I live in Montreal, Quebec. I'm happy to join your group to learn and to share my experience. There's no better way to introduce myself than by listening to my music. Here's my blog : https://www.poesielavie.com/2019/04/aaa-antoine-montmory-chansonnier-melodiste.html Have a nice day, Antoine Montmory

Hi Guys, My name is Joel based in Glasgow Scotland. I have been a DJ for 11 years and getting into production now. Been learning for while now. I run my own Fire protection company installing fire doors etc. Just wanted say Hi to everyone 😊

I'm Gilgamesh. You can also call me Gil or Gilga for short. I took a break from production for a while but I'm hoping to get back into things. I'm interested in producing drum and bass and dubstep. I'm also learning guitar and DJing.