Chris Paradis has found a creative outlet in music-making since the end of high school. What started as a fun thing to do with friends—hanging out in his basement and writing rap lyrics or freestyling to beats—has turned into one of his favorite pastimes and a more serious endeavor. He began making his own beats on Garageband and even reconnecting with his piano skills after stopping at a young age, and has practiced and improved his lyric-writing.
He has utilized opportunities in college to improve his music-making skills. At Cornell, he took the course “Intro to Computer Music” where he learned about music production, DAW’s (ableton), recording, and editing music. Chris is even a signed artist with “Electric Buffalo Records,” a student-run record label.
Several of his songs have been posted on SoundCloud and will hopefully soon make it to bigger platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music. Here is a sampling of his music:
This song was written in December 2019. When asked what it means to him, he said, “It’s about learning to make music and how I had to spend a ton of time in the studio and sacrifice not seeing my friends as often, but that I love the process and the end product is worth it.”
Check out “Light Work” and other music by Chris on SoundCloud!