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Genreless | Timeless | Relentless @iamjeridnowell @dgmayne @jrothmusiq 🔽 Listen to our single ‘Together’ 💔

NYC
Joined September 2011
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"Together" now streaming everywhere! 💔 Listen here ➡️ ffm.to/canvastogether
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No matter how many takes it takes, we gonna bring that bass @IamJeridNowell 🔊
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Which track was your favorite? STFU, Just Like Me, Jealousy or Together 🤔
.@Jerid_Nowell’s best take yet? Yah we think so too 😂 #littlebitcountrylittlebitrocknroll
Beats & bagels comin' atcha 🥁🥯
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To go with the live trumpets OR @IamJeridNowell and @JRothMusiq? 🤔 That is the question… 🤣
Something I wish I had heard and learned years ago, shared in this space for those who need to hear it: “This is not who you are. This is who your brain has convinced you that you are.” ❤️‍🩹# #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #mentalhealthmatters
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Something I wish I had heard and learned years ago, shared in this space for those who need to hear it: “This is not who you are. This is who your brain has convinced you that you are.” ❤️‍🩹# #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #mentalhealthmatters
Are you even a band if you haven't ran around with your mates in the rain? 😬 Stay up to date on all things CANVAS by joining our newsletter. Click to sign up ➡️ bit.ly/CANVASmail
When we need bass we call upon a superhero, the Ace of Bass, @PFortunatoMusic. Note the stank face as he funks up our song ‘Jealousy’ in his natural habitat at @thePenthouseNYC. Just magical 🤌🏼🕺🏽 🎧 Canvas.band to listen 🎧
Can you tell iced coffee season is DG's favorite? #icedcoffee #springinnyc #musicproducer
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If you haven’t already: TOGETHER on #Spotify, #AppleMusic, #TIDAL & everywhere else you love to listen: ffm.to/canvastogether
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Don't mind us, we're just out here wondering what your favorite CANVAS song is? Let us know in a comment 👇 #bandsoftwitter #nycmusicians #nycmusiclife
We’re always creating and can’t wait to share what we have in the works 🎵🎤 Find out first by joining our mailing list: bit.ly/CANVASmail
Believe it or not, we used to all live together in #Queens, NY. Creating music was like brushing our teeth. Most times, one of us would begin randomly singing absurd lyrics about a situation, but the melody was always quite catchy. VoiceNote on the iPhone was the peanut butter to
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our jelly, the slim to our fast, the Topanga to our Cory if you will. We’d sit on the melody, and one day, transform it into a CANVAS song. So next time you hear one of our songs, the lyrics most likely started with “Because a hamster wheel don’t turn by itself” 😂
Recording vocals & instrumentation is a lot like acting. If you believe in what you're saying & playing, the listener will too. Confidence is audible. During the verses, I chose to remove my left hand from the equation in order to keep beat simple & spacious, but also to capture
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that fast paced energy. Add studio magic (in this case overdubbing some 16th note rims on the up strokes in a big empty room) & now our drum track has that energy while being relatively simple + a sonic character & spaciousness unique to this song. God I love recording 🤠 - Jes