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Branden Green

Don't Be Afraid of Your Own Greatness

About Me

I'm a Baltimore native who is just tyring to change the hearts of people through good music. I'm a trumpet player turned producer turned audio engineer. Graduated from The Baltimore School For The Arts then I attended University of the Arts in Philly where I studied trumpet and music education. There I was a student of John Swana, George Rabbi, and Dennis Wasko; some of philly's best. I have been privy to play with people like Nick Payton, Stanley Turrentine, Mcoy Tyner, Greg Hatza, Darren Atwater. I recently graduated from the Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts where I recieved my certification for recording engineer. I am the CEO of G Major Productions, where I am also a producer, arranger, composer. G Major consists of all family members, Tim, Pam, Darell, Chelai. G Major has worked with people such as 112, Paula Campbell, Isreal and New Breed, Destiny's Child, Mo' Horns, Dontae Winslow, Warren Campbell, Karma. We have shared the stage with Toni Braxton, Keisha Cole, Lil Mo, Eric Benett. Current projects that we are working on are, 92Q's 2009 Music Conference Winner Shannon, Eze Jackson, Jade Foxx ,. Our first release came out in the summer of 05' entitiled Divine Inspiration that featured Tim Green on sax. As a live audio engineer I have mixed FOH and monitors for bands that play at Posh Restaurant in D.C, Zanzibar on the Waterfront in D.C, Bedrock, Private events for various Pres. Obama Inaguration Balls, Kindred and the Family Soul, Grammy Nominee Wayna, Marcell and the Truth, Phoenix Rising, S-Quire, (Amsterdam Band) Kraak and Smaak, Baltimore Music Conference Inner Harbor, Battle of the Rock Bands, The Trinidad and Tobago Festival at Clifton Park, soon going to mix for the Trinidad and Tabago Carnival 09, New Antioch Baptist Church, FCF Church, Emmanuel Christian Community Church and the list keeps growing


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Member Since: 25/04/2006
Band Website: timgreenmusic.com
Band Members: Branden Green (audio engineer, composer, producer, trumpet player) Chelai Green (business manager) Pam Green (writer, singer, WnH CEO) Tim Green (sax player, producer, composer, arranger) Darell Green (photographer, graphic art designer, CEO D and D Enterprises)
Influences: The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit.......Chelai, Kayla, Jayden, Apostle Paul, "Good Music", "Good Musicians", Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Nick Payton, Woody Shaw, Roy Hargrove, Lee Morgan, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Jeff Watts, Coltrane, Branford Marsalis (Requiem), Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (The Un-official Jazz University), Dre, Rich Harrison, Kanye, Juss Blaze, Karma, Brian Cox, Rodney Jerkins, Young Guru, Baby Face, The Great Quincy Jones (who else has put their stamp on just about every genre of music), Harry Mancini, John Williams, John Cage (can you play a piano with nuts, bolts and screws in it?), Charles Ives (the bi-tonality of Variations on America is crazy), Mozart (you gotta love Lacrimosa), Floetry, Nas, Dontae Winslow, The Love Below (who would of thought to put a drum and bass beat with a jazz standard), Brandy (Full Moon.....her greatest album ever), Bilal, Sly and the Family Stone, Kurk Franklin's Hero album, Dave Pensado, Jimmy Douglas, Sam "I Am" Thomas, Manny Marroquin
Sounds Like: I STRIVE TO SOUND LIKE NO ONE ELSE....
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

SOUND IN THE CHURCH...? ATTENTION ALL CHURCH MEMBERS/MUSICIANS

Attention all Church going people and Musicians. Are you tired of feed back while you are at church? Can’t quite hear what the Pastor is saying? What the worship leader is singing? Are you tyrin...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:09:00 GMT

Respect the Recording Engineer and the Sound Man

HOW WOULD YOUR SHOW SOUND IF YOU DID NOT RESPECT THE FOH(FRONT OF HOUSE) OR THE MONITOR ENGINEER. THEY COULD EASILY THROW SALT IN YOUR SHOW AND MESS IT ALL UP. IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH TO PRESS A MUTE BU...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:39:00 GMT