A few years ago - give or take - a couple of young and rather handsome hip hop enthusiasts put together what would be but another unremarkable bedroom composition left to anguish in oblivion. Muneshine was down by law; I was on the cut. Since then, that tall redheaded guy has been working damn hard, honing his production skills and quietly making a name for himself at home and abroad. This year, Muneshine made his "official debut" with a little collective of rappers known as Lightheaded and I managed to catch up with him, getting the lowdown on shift work, J.C. and the wheelings and dealings of an indie rap sensation in the making.

soso: What's up with the crazy shift work?

Muneshine: Man... it sucks. I can tell you right now I'd die young if I this was it, but it's just a summer job, so I'll be ok.

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Well I recently decided what I wanna do with my life. that's where the story begins. haha. I applied to this dope audio engineering school down east, and was one of 68 people accepted. soon as I heard the good news I had to figure out how I was actually gonna afford to go. That's when fate stepped in and dropped this wonderful job in front of me. It's not that bad though, you just caught me in an "off week"... I've been working the 3am to 11:30am shift to prepare for some big wig who's doing a "walk through"... and that's that. It's all good though, I get paid decently and am on track to saving what I'll need for fall.

When I'm not there I'm trying to stay focused on new projects and hangin out with my lady and friends.