{"id":12731,"date":"2023-11-16T15:09:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/16\/clark-musician-ready-for-flower-of-life-to-bloom\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T09:27:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:27:54","slug":"clark-musician-ready-for-flower-of-life-to-bloom","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/16\/clark-musician-ready-for-flower-of-life-to-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark musician ready for \u2018Flower of Life\u2019 to bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            \n            <p class=\"intro news-subhead\">Lawson Dunford \u201923, MBA \u201924, and friends, primes release of debut album<\/p>\n            <p><html><body><\/p>\n Musician Lawson Hill &rsquo;23, MBA &rsquo;24, films a music video for his debut album &ldquo;Flower of Life.&rdquo; Photo by Moses Millman &#8217;24.\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote right\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"None\">&ldquo;I can see a future for myself in the music industry, whether on the business side as a manager or financial analyst, or as an artist.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><cite><\/cite>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<style>\r\n  .content > blockquote.pullquote,\r\n  .content > blockquote.pullquote p,\r\n  .content > .pullquote cite {\r\n    font-style: normal;\r\n  }\r\n  .content > blockquote.pullquote.tint {\r\n    background-color: #eaeaea;\r\n    border: 0;\r\n  }\r\n  .content > blockquote.pullquote p {\r\n  }\r\n  .content > blockquote.pullquote::before {\r\n    display: none;\r\n  }\r\n  .content > .pullquote cite {\r\n    display: block;\r\n    font-size: .75em;\r\n    font-weight: normal;\r\n    text-align: right;\r\n  }\r\n  @media all and (min-width: 650px) {\r\n\t.content > blockquote.pullquote.left,\r\n    .content > blockquote.pullquote.right {\r\n      \tclear: both;\r\n\t    max-width: 50%;\r\n      \ttext-align: left;\r\n\t}\r\n\t.content > blockquote.pullquote.left {\r\n      float: left;\r\n      margin: 10px 40px 40px 0;\r\n    }\r\n\t.content > blockquote.pullquote.right {\r\n      float: right;\r\n      margin: 10px 0 40px 40px;\r\n    }\r\n  }\r\n<\/style>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\">Musician Lawson Dunford &rsquo;23, <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.clarku.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=32&amp;poid=6396&amp;returnto=2750\"><span class=\"Hyperlink0\">MBA<\/span><\/a><span class=\"None\"> &rsquo;24 &mdash; who goes by the artist name Lawson Hill &mdash;and Sarah Kane &rsquo;23 had seen each other around campus but never spoke until their senior year. One quick exchange sparked a friendship and artistic partnership that will be realized with the upcoming release of Hill&rsquo;s debut album &ldquo;Flower of Life.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\"><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\">&ldquo;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"None\">I ran into Sarah in the hallway and was like, &lsquo;Hey, I have a few demos. Would you maybe want to collaborate on an EP?&rsquo;&#8221; recalls Hill.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">This collaboration eventually morphed from an EP (extended play) to a full album. Hill plans to release <span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\">&ldquo;<\/span>Flower of Life&rdquo; on Nov. 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">Throughout the last year, Lawson Hill, who has performed with the Clark jazz ensembles Head Check and Violet Times, called upon his connections in the Clark community to find instrumentalists, producers, mixers, and a faculty advisor to help bring his album to fruition. With the help of 15 to 20 peers and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/programs\/majors-minors\/music\/\"><span class=\"Hyperlink1\">music<\/span><\/a><span class=\"None\"> Professor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/john-freyermuth\/\"><span class=\"Hyperlink2\">John Freyermuth<\/span><\/a><span class=\"None\">, Hill gave life to the ambitious musical ideas he&rsquo;s been cultivating since he began songwriting in high school in Gray, Maine.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43296\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43296\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium-large wp-image-43296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023-LawsonVideoShots-MM-00-2-420x236-2.jpg\" alt=\"Musician Lawson Hill &rsquo;23, MBA &rsquo;24, films a music video for his debut album &ldquo;Flower of Life.&rdquo; Photo by Moses Millman '24. \" width=\"420\" height=\"236\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Moses Millman &#8217;24<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">Hill hopes listeners will feel a connection with the project, which is a celebration of his personal journey. The lyrical story chronicles Hill&rsquo;s experiences with embracing queerness, love, loss, and self-expression. Personal growth is at its core.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">&ldquo;My biggest goal was for people to feel like it&rsquo;s their project as much as it is my project,&rdquo; says Hill, who sings and plays acoustic guitar.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">Hill&rsquo;s musical style blends his singer-songwriter roots with the indie rock music he holds dear. His unique sound attracted the help of his collaborators, with an emphasis on teamwork. Hill asked his fellow musicians to listen to his demos and offered them the freedom to infuse their own artistic style.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">Kane offered her skills as a production engineer with the assistance of Marco Marvin &rsquo;25. Together they recorded the instrumental and vocal tracks that would later be mixed and mastered by Josh Girouard &rsquo;23. Other Clarkies contributed, including violist Gerdlie Jean-Louis &rsquo;25, singer-songwriter Mimi Mahoney &rsquo;23, drummer Max Macort &rsquo;23, and bassist Nathan McKenna, a former Clark student who now attends the University of Connecticut.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">Hill and Kane co-produced the album, which was recorded entirely at Clark.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\"><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\">&ldquo;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"None\">Thankfully, we were able to do everything in the recording studio in Estabrook Hall. You&rsquo;ll even hear the beeps of construction sometimes,&rdquo; he notes with a laugh.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">Hill credits Kane with maximizing the musical content from his demos in the final song composition. &ldquo;She was able to understand the vision and bring it to life,&rdquo; he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">He cites a particular lyric from his song &#8220;Moonlight Solace&rdquo; that captures the mood of the entire project, particularly his desire to seize the moment:<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\" style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span class=\"None\"><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\">&ldquo;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"None\">Darkness in the light, <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><em><span class=\"None\">Hide behind the fleeting faces, <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><em><span class=\"None\">It&rsquo;s not what you like, <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\" style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span class=\"None\">So, take the life your soul embraces&rdquo;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">Kane feels most energized when a song starts to come together.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">&ldquo;Once you start putting in the instrumental tracks with the recordings you&rsquo;ve been building from the ground up, the song starts to sound like what you&rsquo;ve imagined,&rdquo; Kane says. &ldquo;Nothing else compares to the excitement of that moment.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"csidebar right\"><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Creativity meets career<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/programs\/majors-minors\/music\/\">Study music<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/programs\/majors-minors\/economics\/\">Study economics<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/graduate\/programs\/masters\/master-of-business-administration-mba\/\">Pursue an MBA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">Since graduating, Kane has been completing an apprenticeship with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, hoping to graduate into a sound-engineering position. She embarked on her journey in the audio field when she enrolled in Freyermuth&rsquo;s Computers and Music course in fall 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\"><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\">&ldquo;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"None\">Halfway through the semester, I thought, &lsquo;This is what I want to do,&rsquo;&rdquo; recalls Kane, who says she is captivated by the nitty gritty parts of audio engineering that might intimidate others.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">With the album nearing release, Hill has assembled a promotional team, including photographer Arina Karakhashian &rsquo;24, music video directors Moses Millman &rsquo;24 and Henry Reyes &rsquo;24, and graphic designer Isaac Perreault &rsquo;23.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">Organizing people and delegating roles for the project has aligned with Hill&rsquo;s business studies and aspirations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">&ldquo;This project definitely coincides with my MBA because I was acting as a sort of project manager,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I can see a future for myself in the music industry, whether on the business side as a manager or financial analyst, or as an artist.&rdquo; Hill majored in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/programs\/majors-minors\/economics\/\"><span class=\"Hyperlink0\">economics<\/span><\/a><span class=\"None\"> as an undergraduate<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">The record-making process reminded Hill of baking a cake. When he was composing and recording his demos, it was like going to the store, getting all the ingredients, and preparing them at the counter.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43294\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43294\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium-large wp-image-43294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023-LawsonVideoShots-MM-00-3-420x236-2.jpg\" alt=\"Musician Lawson Hill &rsquo;23, MBA &rsquo;24, films a music video for his debut album &ldquo;Flower of Life.&rdquo; Photo by Moses Millman '24. \" width=\"420\" height=\"236\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Moses Millman &#8217;24<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">He compared producing the record with Kane &mdash; recording and arranging all the sonic elements &mdash; to mixing the batter, with the actual sound mixing done by Girouard to shape each individual song the equivalent of blending the ingredients and popping the cake into the oven.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">Mastering the record meant adding all the finishing touches, which, of course, was the icing on the cake.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">Hill is already working on his next record, which will pick up his life&rsquo;s story where &ldquo;Flower of Life&rdquo; ended. He also plans to release a poetry chapbook soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">&#8220;Even if you feel like you&rsquo;re not ready,&rdquo; he says, <span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\">&ldquo;<\/span>don&rsquo;t be afraid to share your ideas.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"None\">&ldquo;Flower of Life&rdquo; will release on all streaming services on Nov. 17. Find Lawson Hill&rsquo;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7qv5EcyFAKIcPhmzaRWhm5?si=BMdXJh8fT6ODUQlqK4vwgg\"><span class=\"Hyperlink3\">artist page<\/span><\/a><span class=\"None\"> on Spotify.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawson Dunford \u201923, MBA \u201924, and friends, primes release of debut 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