6th Grade Songwriter Kae Von Mitchell on what inspires him
By Tyler Foley
By Tyler Foley
Kae Von Mitchell, a 6th grader at Eastern Middle School, writes music - inspiring music.
One of his latest compositions is the theme song for the popular club No Place for Hate and every student and staff member at the school got to hear it in February on the week of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday in a video that was played during advisory class.
Mitchell was in fourth grade when he started composing music, and he’s mostly influenced by rap and R&B.
“I do it for fun,” he says.
Mitchell said one of his favorite artists is rapper Trippie Redd, a 21-year-old American who independently released songs on SoundCloud and YouTube and quickly became a sensation thanks to his hit single “Love Scars.”
Like Redd, Mitchell’s songs take on tones that are similar to “cloud rap” which is a subgenre of Southern rap that people have described as hazy, dreamlike and relaxed.
He said that of all the songs he’s written he’s most proud of the one he wrote for No Place for Hate.
In his piece - which plays in the background as Principal Matt Johnson, Assistant Principal Charles S. Feamster and Eastern teachers and students pledge to work together to build a learning community of inclusivity, respect and equity - there is a strong, but mellow deep beat against high notes that are lighter and a bit ethereal.
“Me and my friend were just messing around with the beats” one day and came up with it, he explained.
Mitchell, who hopes to become a music producer one day, is also a member of the school’s Art Club and said he is really enjoying his first year at Eastern. His favorite part?
“The teachers,” he said. “They really understand you.”
One of his latest compositions is the theme song for the popular club No Place for Hate and every student and staff member at the school got to hear it in February on the week of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday in a video that was played during advisory class.
Mitchell was in fourth grade when he started composing music, and he’s mostly influenced by rap and R&B.
“I do it for fun,” he says.
Mitchell said one of his favorite artists is rapper Trippie Redd, a 21-year-old American who independently released songs on SoundCloud and YouTube and quickly became a sensation thanks to his hit single “Love Scars.”
Like Redd, Mitchell’s songs take on tones that are similar to “cloud rap” which is a subgenre of Southern rap that people have described as hazy, dreamlike and relaxed.
He said that of all the songs he’s written he’s most proud of the one he wrote for No Place for Hate.
In his piece - which plays in the background as Principal Matt Johnson, Assistant Principal Charles S. Feamster and Eastern teachers and students pledge to work together to build a learning community of inclusivity, respect and equity - there is a strong, but mellow deep beat against high notes that are lighter and a bit ethereal.
“Me and my friend were just messing around with the beats” one day and came up with it, he explained.
Mitchell, who hopes to become a music producer one day, is also a member of the school’s Art Club and said he is really enjoying his first year at Eastern. His favorite part?
“The teachers,” he said. “They really understand you.”