hello all,

my name is beanie boy, and for the past four years i have been making music, posting videos and making art for all to enjoy. newgrounds has always been in the background of my life, being the stage where some of my favorite creators got their start. i myself have never made an account, nor posted anything myself, but i seek to change that today.

first, a little background on me: i was born in 2003, in the middle of cornland, iowa. not too much time was spent before i was moved out to california, where i spent most of my childhood, my parents playing all the music i would come to love today. i would just doodle for hours on end, sketching any ideas i could come up with as the sounds of Bone Thugs, Beastie Boys or Foo Fighters would blast through the car speakers. if it wasn't that, i'd be constantly chatting my parent's ear off about whatever came to mind next. growing up, i would also come to find a fondness for the internet, coming upon many of the animators and video creators that would be my first taste of independent artistry.

around 2014, we made a major move to the east coast, whisking me away from all that i once knew. it hurt at first, every move does, but it came to be a blessing in disguise. once settled in farmland, pennsylvania, i found myself sketching more and listening to even more music. i would come to find myself falling in love with all decades, often spinning 60s classics or 80s pop hits. i was a kid, still finding my tastes. soon i would pick up the cello, finding myself falling even more into ideas of musical creation and artistry. i would find myself disillusioned with it years later, finding it to feel more like a chore than my passion. to this day, i could probably play Canon in D by heart.

this was my first true experience with playing music, and it only fed my curiosity. soon after, i would receive an ipad for my birthday, immediately investing all my time to garageband, making little electronic songs for my friends and i to listen to. this too i would slowly become disillusioned with. this lead me to join the school choir, learning to find my vocal range, control it and perform with it. i would go on to try and join every production or performance i could, loving to play different characters on stage. at the time, i didn't realize it was planting the seeds for something special.

it wouldn't be until the year 2020 i found myself thinking of creating music once more.

this year too came with a major move, finding myself in the middle of desertland, arizona. at the age of 17, i found myself in a new land once more, with even more time to think on what i wanted to do with my life. if anytime was good to figure it out, it was now. i found myself diving deeper into hip-hop, a genre i had always found myself surrounded by throughout my life. it wasn't until this year, that the musical making cogs in my head started to spin once more.

something about the sampling, the artistry, the stylization: it called to me. i found myself still listening all around, through many different decades, finding the things i loved, the things i loathed. some creators inspired me to push myself harder, while others showed a cautionary tale of what fame could bring. still, i knew that this was something i could see myself doing. artists like madlib, thundercat, childish gambino, mac demarco, nirvana, tyler the creator, freddie gibbs, pharrell and many more showed that this was something that i didn't need all the expensive gear and equipment to make something in the world.

i may have been just a kid, but with a computer, a couple samples, a shitty usb mic and a little bit of musical training, maybe this could work.

i would jump on the chance to start creating again in 2021, after having moved back to pennsylvania to be with my girlfriend and all of my friends. one of these friends would inspire me to create music once more, wanting to start producing, rapping and performing himself. having been friends since my move to pennsylvania, our bond presented itself in a new manner over the mic. the creativity flowed out as we came up with lyrics, art and full songs, releasing our first two singles in May of the same year. from this point on, we would be known as Daneyl and beanie boy of West Wind Records.

since then, i've released 7 EPs, four singles and a full-length instrumental project. i got to perform at my local pride event just last year, marking my first ever on-stage performance as beanie boy. i've helped to produce, mix and master my best friend's first ever album, alongside a couple more singles of his own. i've designed countless pieces of art dedicated to showing off who we are and what we stand for.

this is my invitation to you to join this world we've created. thank you to all that join us.

west wind forever

beanie boy ⸮