Bio — The art and music of Sean McRae

Sean McRae

Beginnings

I was born on February, 18 2000 in Los Angeles.

My father is multi-instrumentalist and my mother sang in church. My father taught me music, but I picked up a lot on the way. I began playing an instrument at age 8 and composing music at the age of 10, using demo versions of FL Studio 9 and Mixcraft.

3klo era

From 2010-2012, I went under the Moniker Econ/3klo. I spent most of my days playing games and making music at my Grandma’s house in Inglewood. I had a Dell Laptop and an eMachine desktop with the Demo Version of FL Studio 9 installed on both. I learned sequencing on my brother’s trial copy of Mixcraft (which he wasn’t too happy about), then My Dad introduced me to MIDI and that really opened up my world.

Influences: Victor Wooten, Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker/Steps Ahead, Video Game Music (Zelda, Metroid, Need For Speed, Test Drive Unlimited, Mortal Kombat), Skrillex.

Genres: Drum And Bass, Techno/Electronica, Rock

Instruments: Ensoniq MR61 Keyboard, Hartke 4-String Modern PJ Bass.

Sean McRae in 2011, At Grandmother Ruby Dean McRae’s home (d.2010)

XLR STONE ERA (2012-2015)

In 2012, I had moved to a new place. My eMachine died and I was quite upset about it, but I ended up with a Dell Dimension which had a Pentium 4 CPU and AGP graphics. I eventually moved onto FL 11 (Still the demo version lol)

Around this time I met a few friends on Xbox 360 and started a Gaming Clan called XLR (I don’t remember where XLR came from, but it sounded cool), so I became XLR STONE.

Influences: C418 (Minecraft), Call of Duty, Battlefield, Forza, Gran Turismo, GRID

Genres: Drum and Bass, Dubstep, Breakbeat/Jungle, Electronic, Video Game

Around 2014, I lost the data that was on my hard drives, but most of the music I made from this era I still have.

Objective:

Create Media (Music and Art) for the enjoyment of others. My specialty is composing music and collaboration.

Skills:

Digital Art (FireAlpaca), Music Production (FL Studio, Pro Tools, Reason), Bassist, Writing (Story, Some Scriptwriting), Video Editing (Hitfilm Express), Illustration and Storyboarding (Storyboarder, FireAlpaca).

Experience:

Co-wrote music for Sesame Street and 1 other PBS program. 2019

Produced and mixed tracks on Spectrum Laboratory’s ‘Welcome to My Wonderworld’ album in 2019

Engineered at The Forge Studio in East LA. 2019

Co-wrote music for Pomona Hospital Handcheck PSA. 2019

Bassist at True Love Missionary Church in Los Angeles For 3+ Years 2014-Present

Wrote music for Music Libraries. 2018-Present

Education:

Jazz Hands For Autism 2019-2020

Spectrum Laboratory 2018-2020

Hamilton High School -Los Angeles- 2015

Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center -Crenshaw- 2015