SpyHop helps Joel Brown get his groove on record
Joel Brown began his work with Spy Hop Productions as a teenager at the urging of his friend Chaz, who was a film apprentice with the organization. Chaz’s sales pitch was that there was an open mic night when Joel could record for free. Joel walked into the studio and was immediately impressed with it and the amazing sound board.
Spy Hop reaches out “to those students of a lower socio-economic status,” said Joel. He happened to fit the bill. His mother moved from Maryland with her seven children after a divorce. Joel was nine at the time.
Just after moving here, Joel was involved in an accident that left him paralyzed. “Nobody died and no one was seriously injured except for me,” he says in a matter-of-fact way.
His work with Spy Hop gave Joel confidence and reassurance that what he was doing was okay. It increased his sense of self-worth as well. “Matt Mateus made me feel like a rock star.”
Over the years, he kept those relationships that he formed with Spy Hop Productions. They asked him to audition as a singer for the program. Joel was concerned that he was too old for the opportunity, but he was reassured that it was okay. He was chosen to work with a group of teens on producing an album.
“They were really professional; they knew what they were doing,” Joel said of Renzo Miera and Yonatan Barajas, the two teens who under the supervision of Jeremy Chatelain worked on the recording and mixing of the album called In Retrospect.
The music is available on Amazon.
Article originally published at examiner.com. Links updated Feb. 2017.
Spy Hop reaches out “to those students of a lower socio-economic status,” said Joel. He happened to fit the bill. His mother moved from Maryland with her seven children after a divorce. Joel was nine at the time.
Just after moving here, Joel was involved in an accident that left him paralyzed. “Nobody died and no one was seriously injured except for me,” he says in a matter-of-fact way.
His work with Spy Hop gave Joel confidence and reassurance that what he was doing was okay. It increased his sense of self-worth as well. “Matt Mateus made me feel like a rock star.”
Over the years, he kept those relationships that he formed with Spy Hop Productions. They asked him to audition as a singer for the program. Joel was concerned that he was too old for the opportunity, but he was reassured that it was okay. He was chosen to work with a group of teens on producing an album.
“They were really professional; they knew what they were doing,” Joel said of Renzo Miera and Yonatan Barajas, the two teens who under the supervision of Jeremy Chatelain worked on the recording and mixing of the album called In Retrospect.
The music is available on Amazon.
Article originally published at examiner.com. Links updated Feb. 2017.