Let's be honest, nowadays musicians come a dime a dozen, especially when it comes to the internet. There are thousands of artists that all look, act and sound alike. Quite frankly, there is no way to avoid the fact that most of them have no talent, and are simply just trying to imitate those who really do.
Bau Down is among those select few extremely talented musicians, who continue to set musical trends. In a world where most artists make music to fit the mold and be accepted, this man dares be a light, break standards and be different.
Born Kevan Bauman, a twin to Carsten Bauman in Memphis, TN on August 11th, 1982 - it was evident that he was destined to become a star. Looking back, it is quite clear being raised in a Christian household, with an extremely talented musical family was all the reason in the world to join the parade.
As a youngster, he spent much of his time listening to all types of music, acting in musicals, and hanging around his grandfather’s recording studio. As time passed, his involvement in sports and other activities in high school led to music taking a backseat for the time being.
It wasn’t until high school came to an end that he really decided to take music seriously and pursue it as career. While a full-time student at Concordia College New York, and Valparaiso University Indiana, his unrivaled dedication set in as he spent the majority of his free time writing, composing and recording music while everyone else was living the College life.
All his hard work finally paid off in 2007, when he linked up with fellow musician and friend FAM, striking gold with the creative hit single and anthem, "Take Me Out" which featured the beloved Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray. It was the first of many songs that people really came to love leading to an overwhelming amount of exposure on internet radio, blogs and social networking avenues like myspace and facebook.
In just about 8 years working as a serious musician, Bau Down has literally done it all, and truly made his mark as one of today's elite musicians. Besides the fact that he writes and records all of his original music, he sets the standard as a producer as well.
Since his very beginnings, Bau Down has acted as his own producer - learning the art of composing instrumentals, engineering, mixing and mastering, and really developing an overall ear for quality music. His music has come very far, but nowadays it is safe to say he truly does set the standard for the way great music is supposed to sound.
With a strong belief in creating music with meaning, that will stand the tests of time, Bau Down takes great pride in every lyric he writes, melody he composes and record he records. He makes it very clear than unlike many people out there, he does not create music for any other reason than just the love of its creation, and hoping somebody somewhere can enjoy and relate to his records.
His fresh style and perfect mixture of rap and sing blows most listeners away. Creating a style all his own has really attracted fans, and his music has literally become self-promoting. With over 1,000,0000 unsolicited website hits, close to 1,000,000 authentic myspace plays, and over 900,000 authentic myspace page views total, he has truly been fortunate to be discovered and promoted by thousands of loyal fans via word of mouth and the internet.
All numbers aside, it is clear that he’s doing something right. In the past few years, there have been numerous record label executives, talent scouts, producers, musicians and media personnel continually in pursuit of business relations with him. Through it all, he has found and surrounded himself with great like minded people, but seems to be doing just fine without anyone’s help.
While he has been and will remain humbly appreciative of every opportunity that comes his way, Bau Down continually stands firm with the mentality that until anyone can offer to do something for him in which he cannot do for himself, he will reap the vast benefits of doing everything in house, and enjoy being an independent musician with the entire world at his fingertips.
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