Today we’d like to introduce you to Trent In The Trees.
Trent, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
I was born at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA. My birth parents were not able to take care of me so I was given up for adoption. I was adopted by a local family. I grew up in Marietta/Kennesaw. When I was three, my adopted mom passed away. It was just my brother, dad, and myself. My dad remarried when I was older. From as young as I can remember, I wanted to make music. It was a refuge and true friend at all times. I used to write songs and make fake album covers since 3 or 4. I was influenced by all kinds of amazing music around me and remember latching on and really listening to and loving music early on. When I was 13, after becoming obsessed with “808’s & Heartbreak” I began learning guitar. A few years later, I saved up for a MPK drum machine. That led to me interning at a studio at 16. I learned a lot about making music. When I was 18, I started releasing my own music on SoundCloud. In college, I began to really pursue things and find myself. I did every open mic in town for years which led to me putting a band together and playing more legitimate venues around the city. Since then, I’ve been consistently learning, growing, connecting, creating, and performing. Within the past year, I teamed up with rever agency…we’re plotting…
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Life is for learning. Everything has been a lesson. I have made many many mistakes in the past resulting from my ego being inflated… Like many locals, I have had issues with Cobb County PD for one … they gave me a tough year and a half .. but I really like to focus on the beautifully abundant and joyful future that approaches me. On a mentally personal level, I have had to find inner peace. I have overcome many demons through a spiritual connection to the Most High. There is so much more I could say about financial struggles too but I am focusing on the abundance coming my way.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I make music. The album I currently am working on is psychedelic funk soul-pop space groove stuff. Stelladelic is the project. I really want to make classic music for music lovers. I want to innovate and create new sounds, taking what we love about the old to the future. I also perform locally with a band. The live set is currently more of a psychedelic funk rock take on the records. I am most proud of track one from Stelladelic. It’s like Funkadelic, Zapp, Tame Impala, and Frank Ocean had a baby in 2077. That’s really how I wanna be…musically in 2077. I am also extremely proud of Tree Fest. I created a music festival that raises money to plant trees in Atlanta. Before covid, we sold out Drunken Unicorn and raised a lot. This year we are doing it October 9th at Aisle 5… I’m so excited. I really just love making music. So much. I don’t believe in genres. I love what I love and I make music that I would love. Everything will be different. I am also so proud of my music videos. They are on another level and I love that medium of expression in conjunction with music.
What sort of changes are you expecting over the next 5-10 years?
I feel like the big shift will be me playing festivals and touring…and the world discovering Stelladelic!
Contact Info:
- Email: info@rever-agency.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trentinthetrees/
- Facebook: Facebook.com/trentinthetrees
- Twitter: twitter.com/trentinthetrees
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyXwf7jkDv4
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/trentinthetrees
Image Credits:
@banvoa @Penelope.josephson @wire_atl
