Meet Reece Canyon of Topanga

Today we’d like to introduce you to Reece Canyon.

Hi Reece, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I was born and raised in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. I grew up playing football and fell in love with music at an early age. My mom played a wide variety of music in the house, ranging from Nu Wave to reggae, rock, rap, and more. I learned to love how music made me feel, without caring what genre or cultural box it was supposed to fit into.

I didn’t start making music until the summer before high school, when I began writing raps with my younger brother, Laike. We wrote verses to Drake and Odd Future instrumentals from YouTube and recorded voice notes on our phones while the instrumentals played in the background. The quality was terrible, but it was my first foray into the art of song creation.
A few years later, around 2014, I started producing beats on a pirated version of FL Studio, learning through trial, error, and persistence. After the family computer was destroyed by Limewire-based trauma, a close friend sold me a laptop with FL Studio for $20, giving me the chance to keep going.

After high school, I attended the University of Florida on a full academic scholarship, where I focused more on teaching myself how to record and build complete songs than going to class. I eventually left school after signing to a small record label in South Florida, my first real introduction to the music business—and a humbling realization of how much I still had to learn.

During the early days of COVID, I moved back home and began reassessing my life and priorities. Trips to Miami and a brief stay in Los Angeles showed me I needed to push beyond my comfort zone. After countless hours of DoorDash and returning to LA with a clearer sense of purpose, I made the leap permanently, subleasing a room and never looking back.

In Los Angeles, I worked a variety of jobs while collaborating with other artists, initially focusing on producing for others. After many near-breakthrough moments that didn’t come to fruition, I shifted my focus back to my own music, choosing to take control of my own destiny. The journey has been unpredictable and challenging, but each step has made me a better man and a better musician. No matter the ups and downs, the goal is always to keep moving forward.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It’s been far from smooth, but I’ve always found that as long as I maximize my effort, there’s no shortage of opportunities in this world. The biggest obstacle has been overcoming myself. I find that some of the brightest people in this world have the most self-destructive tendencies. For me, maturing has meant gaining consciousness of when I’m in a self-destructive loop and trying to break it as soon as possible.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
Im a Singer, Music Producer, Songwriter and Audio Engineer. I’ve put in over a decade of work learning how to do every facet of the music creation process at a proficient level and although this may have initially set me back, I am now fully autonomous. However, I love collaborating high-level people who bring a different perspective to the table.

One of the benefits of being able to do it all myself is being able to craft a sound that is unique to me. What held me back at first has now helped set me apart from the rest and given me the ability to create exactly what I hear in my head.

Is there anything else you’d like to share with our readers?
My sound was shaped by the wide variety of artists that I listened to growing up. We used to listen to a ton of chill music like Jack Johnson, Bob Marley and Jimmy buffet in the car when I was younger – stuff that you hear all over the place as a kid growing up in Florida near the coast. When I got a bit older and started making music, I found that artists like Frank Ocean, The 1975, Tyler the Creator and Fall Out Boy influenced me the most and inspired me to do my own thing.

Pricing:

• Custom Instrumental: $500-$1000
• Vocal production/creative mixing: $400 per song

Contact Info:

• Website: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4YVNb7XJQwc3K86eryIpNg?si=TSdHxkBASBmnvIvyMs7hBQ
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reece_canyon/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZbHKi4NioDxDlF-QICO_Dw
• Other: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/reece-canyon/1714757531

Image Credits
Nicole Alvarenga, Laike Jowers, Elley Duhe, Maddie Evangelista