At the age of 8, Coop (Cooper McGill) wrote his first song called While You Were Gone. He recorded it at The High School for Recording Arts in Minneapolis. The song was produced by a Minnesota rap artist known as Kasper. Coop works on creating beats and writing song in his home studio. The studio is equipped with a iMac computer, loaded with music software programs like Logic, Reason and Recycle. Coop’s studio also hosts an MPC 2000 XL and an MPD 32 beat machine, along with a Novation Remote SL 61 keyboard. Since the wait time between Christmas and birthday gifts is too long for Cooper to endure, he elected to purchase his studio equipment using his own money. Because he’s too young to get a normal part-time job, Cooper decided to make CD’s of his music and sell them outside of busy coffee shops and music stores. “I tell people I am an aspiring music producer and ask if they want to support my music by buying one of my CD’sâ€, says Cooper. His goal is to be the next Scott Storch. Coop also dreams of signing artists to his record company (DSM Music Group). He believes in encouraging others to go for their dream. Cooper moved with his parent from Ottawa, Canada to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2003, - then to The Bay Area in California in 2006 and has now returned to Toronto, Canada. Cooper skipped Grade 8 this year and is doing Grade 9 and 10 combined, through the Independent Learning Centre (ilc.org). “Being home-schooled allows me to get through my work faster, so I can spend more time making music in my studioâ€, says Cooper. His goal is to graduate high school by the time he’s sixteen, so he can pursue his dream.
The following is a comment made by Chris Clancy from Interscope Records, in response to reading the lyrics to Cooper’s While You Were Gone. The song won the Hip-Hop category for the West Coast Song Writing Competition and made it to the semi-finals in the International Songwriting Competition.
“Pretty impressive to express a topic like this at his age. Much like Eminem, lyrics like these strike a chord that kids can relate to, as opposed to the standard girls, diamonds, and pool party stuff. I think it's a great start and he should keep heading in that direction.â€
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