I’m writing this blog post at the end of week 3 of the quarantine. It’s week 1 of the official Washington State stay-at-home order, but as far as I’m concerned I’ve been on lockdown for 3 full weeks now. It’s been a little tough, but with the public health at risk, I’m just happy I am able to work from home and ride out this storm in relative safety.

One of the projects I have been keeping myself busy with during all this time at home is a compilation album I am calling “Quarantined Beats.” Music producers are lucky in the sense that their work is mostly solitary, and the hours just fly by when you are doing it, the perfect activity to pursue while you are being forced to stay at home all the time! I put out a call to all PNW producers to make an awesome track during this time and submit to me, and I plan on packing them all up into a release that will come out when this is (hopefully ) all over!

My goal for this project is two-fold: One, to give myself and other local producers a goal to work towards to help keep themselves entertained and occupied during this crisis, and also, to use the album release to gather donations to help support all the parts of the dance music scene that are having their income taken away because of coronavirus: Bartenders, promoters, full-time DJs, bouncers, and the like. It’s been increasingly hard for me to see all my friends in these positions being laid off during this time and I really want to be able to give back to them in some way.

The deadline for the compilation is 4/7, and it will be released on 4/20. So excited to share this with everyone!