Metrell Perspective on Dear Father

My name is Metrell and I am a Singer/Songwriter/Artist

I'm a guy who grew up in Church. So, I'm use to Praying about EVERYTHING. I was raped and molested when I was younger and I talk about that in this song. It's a very personal background giving insight to some of the things I pray about.

I've literally been around music my entire life! My cousins are crazy musicians each playing more than 4 instruments, Sangers runs through our blood and I've always loved storytelling, the best stories to me are those that had melodies. 

I've always been shy INSIDE but force myself to sing in front of people to help with my anxiety. I ended up getting some major exposure and I wasn't ready mentally! Focusing on things I needed to heal from and writing songs for me and not something I would right and reference for someone else but ended up being my song lol WRITERS YOU KNOW! I started writing songs for me that was fun to perform and I could have fun opening up a side of me that loves that stage! 

This release is a mix of Gospel and Hip Hop based off of my True Story

Being a singer/songwriter is much different than being a artist! I released a concept album 2 years ago called DON'T MIND ME. Where I explored different genres from country, pop, rock, soul, hip-hop, Pop, Jazz, Spoken Word, R&B. Literally I put all of that on that album lol this Project I'm working on that Dear Father will be on is like I'm Painting on a Blank Canvas with 10 years of industry experience, writing experience, performance experience, singing experience. And I'm just having fun creating, writing my best work, give better vocal deliveries, better production, and make you feel IMMEDIATELY what the emotions of the song will be! The confidence level is all the way up! 

This particular project is titled "Too Whom It May Concern" and the theme is every song is a open letter. Each title will be some type of greeting like Dear Father. Lyrically I'm willing to put my work up against the best writers and artist in the game! 

My favorite artist is a Blender! Lyrically they have some of the best storytelling matched with stellar vocals, but then can turn around and be one of the best rappers in the game. You will never fully understand their artistry unless you see them live because even though the records are amazing they are even better in person and you just leave having one of the best musical experiences you ever had in life. 

I'm a Huge Kendrick Lamar and Jill Scott fan and I've never seen them live and have tried really hard but dates haven't seemed to line up yet.

I'd love to go on tour with Kendrick Lamar just to study his brilliance, Jill Scott to borrow some energy, Beyonce so i could study the perfection of a artist, and John Mayer to hear him play that guitar every night! 

I was having sex with someone who was playing a playlist and heard this dope ass song I really forgot I was having sex for a moment.. a brief moment I got 2 gifts a climax and a new song

This is literally impossible to pick a favorite song, it really just depends on my mood at the time.

Kendrick Lamar his pen game is INSANE! Beyonce her catalog and vocals and the way she puts a album together is INSANE and plus name a Genre she has done. Metrell (myself) because I can create whatever vibe and mood I want and vibe to my own beat. 

My dream performance is very simple! I want to perform at a festival in a park like Coachella and get the crowd involved and create a new song on spot recording it having the crowd in that record and just vibing off that energy.

I actually wanna write songs for the following artist: Chloe, Coco Jones, Chris Brown, Megan Thee Stallon, Demi Lavoto, Ari Lennox, Chris Stapleton, Breland, Tori Kelly, Jazmine Sullivan, Fantasia, Miley Cyrus, and Arianna Grande. 

My music is emotional stories ranging from different genres with the core base being soul. My singing voice is rich yet raspy but I'm able to shift my tone and clarity giving myself freedom to explore whatever genre that inspires me in the moment. 

I would take the age cap that the industry silently gives allowing the industry to be based off just music and not a look. I would give artist freedom to explore instead of being placed in boxes that's nearly impossible to get out of. 

I want them to feel the emotion of the song they are listening to. I want them to understand the context that also lies between the lines. I want them to be able to relate or know that it is relatable and share it! 

Well I'm sexy as hell... So SEXY... I'm smart as hell.. So INTELLECTUAL.. and I'm a Chameleon.. so CHAMELEON.. SEXY INTELLECTUAL CHAMELEON that's a song concept actually!

I use Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal to share most of my music. But my favorite way of sharing my music is inviting you into the the studio to be one of the first to hear what I've been working on and what I'm protecting. 

Of course i practice and anyone who don't I'll never take serious! Practice can't prepare you for everything but for most thing it helps build confidence and I want to be the Cockiest Person in my mind stepping on that stage! 

I'm a Chef, that went to Le Cordon Bleu one of the top culinary schools to every exist. I'm also a personal Trainer with being a athlete my entire life, to military experiences, to love of fitness. So everything I do is about creating and cooking, rather cooking a beat or a meal it's a whole experience. 

I was walking through the airport and someone noticed me. Walked up to me and asked me if I was Metrell. Then proceeded to cry for the relating of the lyrics in my song WHO I AM and cried. I've never forget that moment because it lifted something off me that made it a little easier to breathe

I'm a gay male who's never been in that LGBTQ box that society tries to keep us in. Blend amazingly well with ANYONE yet speak on issues that's not talked about much that's a common threat no matter your racial background, sexual orientation, gender, or age and just waiting on the word to catch up so we can have a much Broader Public Conversation. 

Having an Artistic outlook on life allows me to see the beauty in life, the creation of life, the art that surrounds, the music we hear naturally. Birds singing, the sound of trees when wind blows, wind blowing, people talking, laughter, crying, the sound of EVERYTHING and the visual of it all. I Am grateful I was blessed with these kinds of gifts because I can't imagine seeing life without them. 

I love art of all kind. But, music is my favorite without questions. It's just something I literally get lost in and don't care when I find my way out.

Me, Myself, and I.. I hate when artist compares other artist because I feel like it takes away from what the artist has to offer instead of appreciating what you like or love of the artist. 

Fear or not being heard or understood. Fear of not being like and talked about. Then I woke up and didn't give a $#ck. If I'm gonna present myself if I like or love it it's good enough. If I like and love it I know there's at least gonna be 1 that will as well. Realizing music is subjective helps!

I've had some crazy sexual advances thinking I'm with it because I'm a Bisexual male. Every no that I've received in this industry in the last 10 years for opportunities, I've probably doubled in sexual advancement for opportunity. I'm sure I could have found a joy in oral somehow to better my career but I would have never found the joy inside knowing that it wasn't because of my gifts and talents. 

Always make sure my work is covered and Insured that the use of it is approved by my consent. I've had so many songs stolen, worked with so many artist that help my songs captive and never used or released it, that I figured out how to protect myself and reflect my bank account. 

When I'm in the kitchen prepping and preparing meals, it truly feels like I'm in the studio producing and writing songs. The same thought process, the same creative, and the emotion connection I have for food I have for my music.