♕Real Don Music♕ WEST COAST USA TFW a hellish bout of writer's block gives way to an endearing, enduring creative endeavor: For an artist, no feeling could be more relieving—or more inspiring. Real Don Music, the ongoing experiment of inveterate weirdo and serial bandleader Kirk Huffman, emerged from struggle and stasis, a time when Huffman was between bands, between jobs and at a pivotal point in his personal life. When the world offered nothing but dullness and darkness, Huffman found gold within himself. Calling upon his copious experiences and influences, he channeled his affinity for dusty MoJazz-era soul, European acid jazz and smokey 90's trip-hop into a timeless sound that surprised even him. He found his sense of humor, too, naming this new project after the genius singer-songwriter of Sesame Street, the eternally frustrated, occasionally masochistic Muppet known as Don Music. Since that harrowing summer of 2013, Real Don Music has become one of Seattle's most unique and enigmatic acts. Huffman operates as an autonomous force free from the obligatory and increasingly irrelevant cycles of the music industry, releasing songs and playing select club and festival gigs when the mood strikes. First came the singles — "Emeralds and Angels" and "Smoke by Day" were deep slices of heavy vibes, evocative of both silk-suited swing and blunted soul; which Huffman paired with wildly inventive videos. The "Dank Sinatra" and "Dank Zappa" EPs followed in 2015 and 2018, respectively, the latter with a deeply disturbing video directed by acclaimed Seattle photographer Steven Miller. Showcases at taste-making festivals like Capitol Hill Block Party and Summer Meltdown followed, Huffman fleshing out the band's live set with a trio of horns, a limber drummer-percussionist and turntablist. Striking album art, compelling videos, tight performances and of course the music, weighted by groove and driven by melody, composed and precise: Together they reveal a Real Don Music as Huffman's latest and greatest gift to a world hungry for the real. booking: Seth McDonald - realdonmusicbooking@gmail.com press: Mike Kaminsky - mike@kmgmt.com ♕Real Don Music♕’s tracks Real Don Music - Got One by ♕Real Don Music♕ published on 2021-06-11T06:57:49Z Crazy Bob by ♕Real Don Music♕ published on 2020-02-25T17:22:42Z Downwinders by ♕Real Don Music♕ published on 2019-09-23T19:07:38Z Loss of Face by ♕Real Don Music♕ published on 2017-03-26T03:34:29Z Exciting or Excessive by ♕Real Don Music♕ published on 2017-03-26T04:06:13Z For Real (Pezzner Remix) by ♕Real Don Music♕ published on 2019-06-06T16:47:50Z For Real by ♕Real Don Music♕ published on 2019-02-12T07:24:36Z Born On Inauguration Day by ♕Real Don Music♕ published on 2018-09-21T19:31:23Z Real Don Music - Loss of Face (Chong The Nomad Remix) by ♕Real Don Music♕ published on 2017-10-16T19:01:14Z Sugar Coated by ♕Real Don Music♕ published on 2017-03-26T04:14:30Z
Real Don Music - Loss of Face (Chong The Nomad Remix) by ♕Real Don Music♕ published on 2017-10-16T19:01:14Z
