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Hoosier Album

by Good Neighbor

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complicated 02:54
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n luv 02:50
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la lune 02:59
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stephtro 03:38
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darlin 02:21
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see u 02:07
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old times 02:25
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spacejam 02:15
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jordana 02:17
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untitled 02:32
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catch up 02:14
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go all out 02:37
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4evermore 02:47
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14.
above the clouds 02:43
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about

2020 was shaping up to be a promising year across the board. But then the coronavirus pandemic came along & scotched up plenty of those plans. I’m not saying this for myself alone, but for so many people around me as well.

I was still working on music but at the same time was unsure of which direction I wanted to take as I initially began recording my next album. Adding to that uncertainty was the growing doubt that this music might not see the light of day for quite awhile. And if I did release my next album, would it sound anything like my previous material? Would it sound like a beat maker committed to evolving & growing, as well as putting in the work? Would it sound like ME?

Then recently, I discovered the Koala sampler app & fell in love with its intuitive workflow almost immediately. With the Koala, I not only rekindled my joy for making music & pulled myself up from the funk which I had to deal with. I also found my voice & identity as well. If there isn’t enough good news to share already, the Koala app encouraged me to sound like myself. That said, I scrapped much of the work I recorded on the Akai iMPC Pro 2 & started afresh on the Koala with a passion.

My debut under the Good Neighbor nom de guerre reflects that newfound joy of making music again on so many levels. Yet it also taps into a newfound spontaneity, being able to kick back & have fun, something which I was struggling to do over the past few months. The tracks are concise, the tracks breathe old school vibes & most of all, each of these tracks speaks from the heart. For me, personal relation & connection to the music have always been paramount & Hoosier Album is no different in those regards. It’s raw, rough sounding, imperfect at turns (“untitled” & “4evermore”), a little wonked out ( “jordana”), but that’s the whole point behind Hoosier Album: for all its imperfections, the music finds ways to stay as golden, beautiful & direct as it can possibly be.

Hoosier Album is not only the end result of a reinvigorated beat maker. It’s also a glimpse of a man coming full circle with his creative muse.

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released August 7, 2020

Recorded, mixed & produced by Good Neighbor during the Spring & Summer of 2020.

Cover photo taken at Collamer, IN by Chad Kelham.

Let the music speak for itself.

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Good Neighbor Indiana

“Live the life you love, love the life you live.”

Instrumental hip hop rooted in samples & a deep love for music.

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