Talented Students Explore the Music Industry

Junior Jeremey Mitaux is a bass player for the band White Collar, which is based in Orange County. Mitaux joined the band about three months ago when their previous bass player went off to college. Mitaux can play the guitar, bass, drums, and a little bit of the mandolin. Before Mitaux joined the band, White Collar had been together for about a year. The drummer and the guitarist are both original members of the ban...

After collaborating with two of her friends, Senior, Nicole Hernandez recorded and produced her own extended play record (EP).  “I made it in my room on my mac,” said Hernandez, “I chose to make it because I love music and I just felt like it.” Hernandez had always had a passion for music and has been a member of the SJHHS Choir for two years. “Last year I was in advanced women’s [c...

As a member of the group with Nicole Hernandez, sophomore Thai Nguyen helped produce some of the songs that were found on the same EP as Hernandez.  “Last year, during commercial music in like March [we started recording and writing the record],” said Nguyen. The EP consists of six songs, one of which is repeated on the album-- one version is acoustic, and one that is synthesized. Because ...

After being urged by his friends to put out music, senior Sam Cowen released an EP of short, unfinished, random songs that he wrote.  “It was a little more ambient, a little more weirder, kind of like background music,” Cowen said. Cowen generally does session work where he would fill in for bands when they need a guitar player, or drummer, or keyboardist. In addition to playing instrume...