Grant Robertson Music Blog

 I have only ever experienced music as a listener. During middle school for our music class in 4th grade I played the recorder like everyone else and while I played you couldn't tell if there was an animal dying or me playing. As a listener and appreciator of music though I have an ear for good music, and there is no gender difference in how well people can express themselves in music.  Starting off in a field I know a lot about, R&B. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" is one of my favorite R&B albums of all time and the music itself is beautiful, full of energy, and is a timeless classic. What is more important about the album though, story behind the album itself and Lauryn Hill as an artist. What you need to know about Lauryn Hill first is that she first started singing and songwriting for a group called "Fugees" when she was 17 and released her debut solo album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" at the age of 23. For today's standards wha...

 Hello, Im Grant Robertson, I just moved to Converse from my home in Michigan and this is my first time being in South Carolina and living in the south. Im originally from Detroit, Michigan and got exposed to music in general from my father that would always play Kid Rock and AC/DC in on the car radio on the way to school. I originally went to a high school in downtown Detroit but moved to a Spire Academy, a boarding school in Ohio my senior year on esports scholarship to further my career and improve myself and a person and competitor.   The music I've had on repeat the past month has been cut even between an artist I just recently found and fell in love with his work and an artist I've known about and followed for a while but just released a new project. The first artist is a HipHop artist named Smino whose music is an amazing blend of R&B and HipHop with Neo-Soul aspects which he flows together beautifully with his own voice that is blended excellently with his ama...