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+title: Music
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+# My musical journey
+
+- <span class="gray">2022</span>: Began releasing music under my own name
+- <span class="gray">2019</span>: Produced multiple tracks with other students at [*Studio 225*](https://www.facebook.com/studio225beal/)
+- <span class="gray">2016</span>: Produced a full-length theatrical soundtrack for *Lester B. Pearson SFTA*
+- <span class="gray">2016</span>: Released 8 albums
+- <span class="gray">2016</span>: Released 5 albums
+- <span class="gray">2015</span>: Released 11 albums
+- <span class="gray">2015</span>: Formed [*RetryLife*](/music/retrylife), an electronic music collective & distributor
+- <span class="gray">2015</span>: Composed two orchestral pieces for [*Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson_School_for_the_Arts)
+- <span class="gray">2013</span>: Started playing upright bass
+- <span class="gray">2012-2014</span>: Competed in multiple Drum Solo competitions, accidentally meeting some of my highschool friends 7 years before becoming friends with them
+- <span class="gray">2013</span>: Formed *Killer Hamsters*, a metal-leaning rock band
+- <span class="gray">2012</span>: Formed *Lizard Ninjas*, a rock band
+- <span class="gray">2011-2012</span>: Played every variant of recorder I could get my hands on
+- <span class="gray">2010</span>: Formed *AMPED*, a rock band. I was drummer and occasional vocalist
+- <span class="gray">2010</span>: Started playing the drums
+- <span class="gray">2008</span>: Started playing the piano
+
+## Streaming platforms
+
+- Evan Pratten
+  - [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1aLNEmgqBJkhfkEZvf8Vh5)
+  - [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/evan-pratten/1611566708)
+  - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrHT3Lt0Mg90bspbMHJfTcA)
+  - [Amazon Music](https://music.amazon.com/artists/B09TBHQCM1/evan-pratten)
+- RetryLife
+  - [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/retrylife/1626304389)
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+title: The History of RetryLife
+aliases: [/retrylife]
+---
+
+**RetryLife** (previously known as **RetRY Life Music**) was a Canadian electronic music collective based in London, Ontario, Canada. Founded mid-2015 by [Evan Pratten](https://va3zza.com) and [Nathan Desjardins](https://www.artstation.com/kondroel), the group was dedicated to publication and distribution of experimental Electronic dance music produced by a small group of local friends who struggled to find their own platforms.
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+RetryLife distributed music via their Bandcamp webpage as well as a now-defunct YouTube channel showcasing songs with short music videos and audio visualizations.
+
+## Collaborations
+
+RetryLife twice collaborated with [Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson_School_for_the_Arts) to compose and produce music for various shows put on by the school's students. These collaborations include two orchestral pieces, "Lightining" and "Superspark", composed by Evan, along with a full-length theatrical soundtrack for the 2017 student-directed show: "Imagined".
+
+Near RetryLife's time of founding, Evan and Nathan also participated in an initiative to bring live orchestral samples into the game [Warframe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warframe) as a collaboration between Lester B. Pearson SFTA and [Big Blue Bubble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Blue_Bubble).
+
+## Artists
+
+- Evan Pratten (Co-founder)
+- Nathan Desjardins (Co-founder)
+- Russell Seck
+- Ben O'Brien (2017 only)
+- Garret Beukeboom (2015 only)
+- Corbyn (2015 only)
+- Joel (2015 only)
+- Amihan (2015 only)
+
+## Discography
+
+### Compilation Albums
+
+- X-MAS 02 (2017)
+- Sir Dankley's MGL Restaruant (2017)
+- Imagined (2017)
+- Lemons (2017)
+- Explosive Christmas (2016)
+- Intergalactic Swirlz (2016)
+- Flare (2016)
+- Project 39 (2015)
+- Silent (2015)
+- Enlarging Elephants (2015)
+- Bring the Onslaught (2015)
+- Insanitorium (2015)
+- Hypernova (2015)
+- Hidden Forest (2015)
+- Death Among Us (2015)
+- Gifted (2015)
+- Memories From the Past (2015, contains songs from prior years)
+
+### EPs
+
+- The Eternal (2017)
+- Radioactive (2017)
+- Reborn (2016)
+
+### Singles
+
+- Refresh (2017)
+- This Is Music (2017)
+- Future Basses (2016)
+- Spike it! (2015)
+
+## Project End
+
+In late 2017, the members of RetryLife disbanded due to relocation.
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-title: The History of RetryLife
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-> RetryLife was a music and video production collective run by a group of friends.
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-I founded RetryLife with an elementary school friend and began producing music under the name. As time progressed, we brought on two more core artists, and a handful of guest artists to assist in content creation. At our peak, we were producing regular albums, weekly YouTube music videos, vlog-style video content, and various pieces of web content. We also produced many full orchestral peices and a [full theatrical soundtrack](https://retrylife.bandcamp.com/album/imagined) for [Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson_School_for_the_Arts).
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-It is through my work under RetryLife that I developed many of my software development, visual art, musical, and group management skills.
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-**The RetryLife project came to an end in 2017 when the group had to part ways due to school.**