Erick Nunez Week 3 The First of Many

“Is that you?” says my little sister as she notices the vinyl record hanging from my wall. The cover art consists of me sitting down listening to a record player with the “Parental Advisory” logo added above me. This vinyl is of course my first ever EP, written and produced by yours truly. I have great pride towards this vinyl not only because it’s my first ever project, but because of all the blood, sweat, and tears put into this 5 song escapade of an EP. The production of this EP began all the way back in March of 2020. I began my music career not too long before knowing that if I was going to make an EP, it was going to be special and it needed to be planned ahead. An album was too early for me considering I had a small fanbase so I necessitated another way to build traction. After releasing my single “You” I began to fully focus on the production of “Genocide.”

I stood before my whiteboard of ideas with different titles for potential songs and different chord progressions. This was going to be hard and I knew I would need some help. After calling my friends we brainstormed ideas and started making instrumentals with acoustic guitar, synths, electric guitar, and various percussive sounds. However, I wasn’t interested in anything that I was making. Frustration took over as I was diffident towards my voice and overall sound. Finally, after many sleepless nights, last minute changes, and after replacing a whole song the day before the due date of the EP. I submitted it to be released on all platforms two weeks later. I was relieved but in the back of my mind I knew that this was only the beginning of many achievements to come. I look at my sister and reply, “Yup, that’s me, and there are many more of those to come real soon.”