What is GRiZ's message?
“I want to empower people to be able to create systems of economic and financial and emotional, intellectual support with each other,” GRiZ shares passionately.
I play an Andreas Eastman 52nd Street-version alto saxophone.
After releasing his debut, End of the World Party, in 2011, GRiZ spent several years on the road with artists like Bassnectar, Pretty Lights and Big Gigantic, honing his live performance, which often includes him playing the saxophone.
Grant Kwiecinski, also known by his stage name GRiZ, is an American DJ and electronic producer from Michigan. He is known for playing the saxophone along with producing funk, electro-soul, and self-described future-funk. Kwiecinski was born and raised in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
Soprano Saxophone
It is the smallest of the four main saxophones. It can be either straight or curved. The soprano is known as the hardest saxophone to play.
The soprillo, or sopranissimo, saxophone is also a rare instrument. At 33cm long, its highest note is an octave above a soprano saxophone and the corresponding key is positioned in the mouthpiece.
One of the leading independent artists in electronic music today, GRiZ is the Detroit-born, Denver-based multifaceted artist who's funkin' up dance floors worldwide with his self-described future funk sound, which mixes electronic music with his fiery live saxophone, energetic funk, and sweeping electro-soul.
GRiZ, whose real name is Grant Kwiecinski, publicly came out earlier this year in a Huffington Post story that detailed his journey of self-acceptance.
What year was the first GRiZmas?
What started in 2014 as a hometown holiday concert with a kitschy name has blossomed into a full-blown extravaganza, but Kwiecinski and his team say their goal is to keep the GRiZmas spirit alive, not just during the holidays but all year-round.
Griz is proudly independent, a maverick who insists on releasing all his music for free via his All Good Records, including his fourth album, "Say It Loud," posted to SoundCloud in March.
To the rest of the world, his name is GRiZ, the Denver-based multifaceted artist who's funkin' up dance floors worldwide with his self-described “future funk” sound, which mixes electronic music with his fiery live saxophone, energetic funk, and sweeping electro-soul.
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