Today we’d like to introduce you to Jesse Green.
Jesse, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
In the summer of 2010, I was just getting out of middle school on my way to starting my freshman year in high school. The Kickstart Karate summer program I was attending at Stevenson middle school had ended. That following week I was helping my parents clean around the house for a garage sale. To my surprise, I found this old keyboard piano that had been sitting there for years collecting dust. I asked my parents if I could keep the keyboard to have something to keep me busy throughout the long summer vacation. After a long day of cleaning, I was able to focus my time on teaching myself how to play the piano. Without any experience, I was able to teach myself how to play by ear. During my freshman year, I began writing my own pieces of work and with practice, my mind began to play the piano like second nature. A year had passed and the following summer, I had wanted to venture into other avenues of music especially modern music. From listening to some of my favorite artists my mind was creating an idea of what the next step would become.
After attending a Deadmau5 concert, that’s exactly when I knew I wanted to be a DJ/Producer. I worked all summer long saving money to finally buy my first ever DJ gear. After teaching myself how to DJ at home in my room night after night. I started playing at a few house parties throughout the rest of my high school years for junior and senior going by the name ‘ DJ N30N’ for a short few months to which then turned to my new alias as MultiFace. At that exact same time, a student and friend of mine Lupita and I were chosen to attend Rice University for their CLC Program. That is when I found some students who were focused on film and directing and were looking for someone to do a few scores for their work. Which started a whole new avenue for my music to be involved in. Graduation was on the horizon and I had no idea which direction to take for my college career. I was so focused on composing and DJing that I was beginning to have doubts about my future.
Fortunately, enough Neighborhood Centers were attending my high school for a summer work program/scholarship. Within a few days, I had received an email informing me that I had been picked for the summer work program. After working at Baker Ripley that summer. I pushed myself into learning production to finally put the last piece of the puzzle in place for myself with music. Alex Clavijo, my first ever mentor with music contacted me through email and wanted to talk about my future with music and how he could help me. After our meeting, he gave me the opportunity to be the opener that night at Belvedere. The experience was amazing and that was something I told myself to remember for a lifetime. Once the club was closing Alex introduced me to Alex De la Pena, the next mentor in my music career. He helped me gain the knowledge I was missing and guided me towards figuring out my sound.
Soon enough with the continuation of working alongside my mentors, I became more confident with my work publishing a few singles that got signed to labels and two EP’s. After my first big release with “DULA”, a colleague of mine Brooklen introduced me to my soon to become a manager. I knew it was time to get back to being on stage and starting where I left off with DJing to begin working with my next mentor Ernesto Martinez as known as DJ ICON. With hard work and dedication, I was applying to my music. It opened doors for me to gain the ability to do scoring for the released Gameboy game Quest Arrest, producing hip hop singles for Zak The Tyrant, Legaci, A Legend and many more. While also being a part of the former Green Power Ranger Jason David Franks “In my Head” short film. And now after all the experience and knowledge I’ve gained over the years, I’m on my way to working on my first studio album.
Has it been a smooth road?
The road to success is never smooth. You’ll always have highs and lows. For myself, one of the main struggles that continued to stick out for me was being able to master the art of time and patience. In the beginning, it took me a while to remember that at the end of the day, it is the journey that matters over everything. Even though you want to be at a certain place in time so quickly. You will never appreciate the steps towards that destination. When you learn to love patience than timing becomes infinite.
We’d love to hear more about your work and what you are currently focused on. What else should we know?
I’m a DJ, Producer, songwriter, and composer. What I would say I’m best known for is producing my own music along with producing for other artists. I would say I’m proud of the simple fact that I can continue to expand my knowledge and continue to provide it back into my production. What sets me apart from others is being versatile.
How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
From an artist’s perspective, one huge change that I’m sure will be a thing of the past is record labels. We are currently seeing that change and watching it as it evolves into new artists becoming huge overnight due to the internet instead of a label pushing them.
Contact Info:
- Email: multifacemusic@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/multifacemusic
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/multifacemusic
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/multifacemusic
- Other: https://smarturl.it/Multiface-Dula2
Image Credit:
Steven Osorio (@karangyaan)
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