RECORDING artiste Andre Emmanuel Pachico also known as Tidefall, said he is proud of his accomplishments and is motivated to keep working hard – rising above the challenges that come with balancing tertiary education and a growing musical career as an independent artiste.

The musician whose love for film and the natural world saw him pursuing a double major in film and geography at UWI, St Augustine, released his first EP titled Transcending on March 4 and is looking forward to the feedback he will receive on the body of work.

He said the title of the EP represents the capacity of people to “be or go beyond the range or limits of a field”, which was his goal for this project.

Tidefall released his music via New York-based international music distributors One Rpm Records, which he said has a hands-on approach for promoting the music of independent artistes, unlike many other distributors. The company delivers the work of artistes to multiple music streaming outlets such as iTunes, Spotify, Amazon MP3, Rdio, Google Music and Deezer.

[caption id="attachment_945315" align="alignnone" width="819"] Tidefall said he is proud of his accomplishments and is motivated to keep working hard - rising above the challenges that come with balancing tertiary education and a growing musical career as an independent artiste. - Photo courtesy Tidefall[/caption]

“With this distributor, I am able to receive 100 per cent of the earnings from my work with a reasonably small up-front fee.”

The 18-year-old singer and songwriter told Newsday he is pleased with the traction his previously released music picked up, giving him the benefit of an already existing community that now awaits his first collection of music.

“Many people tell me how much they enjoy my work. On the app Spotify for Artistes, the data compiled on my music indicated that most of my music is listened to by people in TT, the Philippines and Australia.” He said seeing that his work is far-reaching and how many people from different backgrounds have an appreciation for his work was inspiring.

Asked about his introduction to music, he said, “I got into music at around form one at ASJA Boys’ School in San Fernando. That’s when I became interested in producing music. Before I even considered being a vocalist.”

Tidefall said his interest in music, however, blossomed when he was in standards four and five at Clarke Rochard Primary School in Penal during piano lessons. He said these classes gave him an introduction to the theory of music, which sparked a deeper interest.

“As I child I got a keyboard and I learned a lot from practising on it.”

It wasn’t long before he did further research and discovered computer applications that allow for the creation of music by merging the sounds of different instruments, while manipulating the rhythms and beats.

[caption id="attachment_945316" align="alignnone" width="819"] The 18-year-old singer and songwriter told Newsday he is pleased with the traction