Music & Cannabis
- tplsolutions
- Jan 6, 2023
- 6 min read
The only professional studio in Toronto ON, that promotes cannabis use while working. Studio Thirteen32 featuring Star Dat Prince, see how cannabis impacts their creative process, and how you can be a star too!
If you look online, you can see a balance of case studies and experiments that prove cannabis either improves your musical experience or dampens it. Through my own experience consuming cannabis and participating with music in any way, either listening, performing or producing can impact my mind, body, spirit, and soul. Having two powerful stimulants hit you at once is going to totally effect you. Once you mix music with cannabis, all those areas receive a stimulation overload on every plane. It’s one thing to listen to the music and embrace the vibe that the composer is pumping out while your buzzing. But to be the composer and using cannabis as part of your creative process and stage performance,
that’s where the magic happens.
So, with this series of articles, I will showcase talented people who love cannabis with their craft.
To start we are coming in with a BANG!
Meet Studio Thirteen 32 crew featuring Star Dat Prince
I first met Star when I use be a runner back in the day for Legacy Market delivery service. Every time I would drop off, this fly brother would have some mad beats playing and he would always look styling with his own branded gear BMG (Business Minded Gentlemen).
In the past I had worked with artists signed to Time Warner Music like, Harpoon Missile, who sang “Melbosha” and “I try”, so I knew a thing or two about the entertainment industry, and I have a few connections.
I asked Star to send me his EPK (Electronic Press Kit like a digital resume for musicians), but he was in progress of having it updated because he had a whole bunch of new content and merchandise being prepared for a new launch. He sent me links to his videos, podcasts, song, you name it I got it all, and everything was tight, I even got the privilege to go to one of the studios he was working at, and listen in on a fresh track he just laid while blasting a big ass fatty, to think about that now as I am writing this, that was at Studio Thirteen 32, beautiful place.
Ok, now let me introduce you to the crew.
Star Dat Prince, a Hip Hop Artists based out of Toronto ON.
He has been in working at his craft since he was 15 years old, and basically started using cannabis around the same time. He started off in his mom’s basement, the typical Rapper story, and uses his craft not only to tell his side of the story, but to also paint another picture of Toronto.
"It's not all guns, butter and all that shit, its a different type of lifestyle here you know!"
He hit the streets for a period of time, after starting his musical journey and then got involved with a pilot program called the “PACT PROGRAM” with documentary on YouTube. Of his journey with his life coach and mentor who passed , that helped him out a bit. He started working with the studio called the Loft Studios near Ossington Station was picked up by two labels “vigilante music” and “Certified Cash” and did a couple of shows with Raw Dog Entertainment, Jay Don and Mon3y Tree Entertainment before starting BMG (Business Minded Gentlemen) had his group FCF ( Family Comes First) , they use to do a show every Friday at the lambandina lounge and shut it down..
When he is in the studio and working on tracks, he smokes cannabis through out the entire process, which makes him hear everything differently, its where he is totally one with the vide, creating lyrics he wouldn't typically if he wasn't under the influence. As for stage presence, he doesn’t step on till he is blazing a bat back, it clears away any anxiety, and allows the lyrics to flow off his tongue like the smoke off his canon. There isn't a time he doesn't have a nice beautifully roll bat in his hand, I know this I have seen it many times and I wish I could roll it like that!
Here is where you can find Star Dat Prince:
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Stardatprince
What he has learned in the music industry is, how important it is to have a team, and how to start a team, because without a strong team, you can't really make certain moves, sure you could do this on your own, and it might take a little longer. But if you have the right team with the right mindset, and you are all on the same page, you will truly be successful, and cannabis is a big member of that team.
Now let’s look at Star's other team members, first....
Mr. Mint, love his name and brand, his personality matches his brand perfectly ladies, I'll leave it up your imagination. Mr. Mint has been DJing for 30 years, droppin’ mad wax even to this day, with his Hip Hop styles, he started on college radio, and branched off into downtown clubs and jams all over Toronto. Using cannabis is his religion, for Mr. Mint, especially with DJing, it was always there. He would be doubling up and have a spliff in his mouth like it was just part of his performance.
" I mean, people would be surprised, I would do that, and not ash on the records or equipment, it was part of the party and the vibe altogether"
Using cannabis to him was just second nature and a better vibe. He could hear the music better, because it would make all his senses go on high alert and give him the ability to concentrate with crystal clear focus. It was a regular thing, if he would be getting ready for the radio show, he would spark one up. or in the middle of a jam back in the days when you could smoke in clubs, he said Yeah, yeah, we'd be smoking right on the set.
You can find Mr. Mint on:
Mixtape website (free streaming) https://www.mixcloud.com/alec-samuel/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mister_Mint
From there, life happened, he had a family and moved toward another career in the studio biz. He has a real passion for music, and when it comes to using cannabis, he manages one of the only studios I know that promotes the use of cannabis while recording and producing onsite.
Which leads us to!
John & Kerchel co owners of Studio Thirteen32,
They were making music prior to opening the studio in 2017. But they ran into the problems that they were paying a lot of money, just to not get as many hours that they needed to push out the songs that we were trying to do as a song writing company. So, with them forking out so much money and not getting the desired results they decided to make the leap and build their own studio. They looked at 16 different locations, and it only took them a year to build and complete the whole process. And since then, it's been good, Kerchel stated, as any company it has its ups and downs. They have a lot of artists that comes through daily, they find a lot of different types of talent come through the studio as well. So, it's a good investment.
"If you enjoy cannabis, you enjoy doing music, and you want to be an artist.
There's no other place to be than Studio Thirteen 32. You could hit us up on Instagram, and if you really interested come see us and take the tour!"
You can find Studio Thirteen 32 here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/studio1332
This is the studio you want to connect with, not only do they provide professional recording, mixing, and editing services, but they also provide Artist development services, complete with image consulting, artist management or A&R service, plus they can get you ready for market, EPK and all.
But it doesn't stop there, it gets even better, you can smoke cannabis during the whole process...I'M SOLD!!!!
So yes, there is an undeniable impact on you when consuming cannabis and participating in music in some way shape or form, and it safe to say, "it just makes it better".
Well, that was it, and until the next article, where I show cause more talented, and tuned people.
keep er lit!
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