We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Darius Harrell. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Darius below.

Darius, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. When did you first know you wanted to pursue a creative/artistic path professionally?

I knew I wanted to pursue music in 2015

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

Well I’ve always been a laptop guy. I used to be heavy into Adobe After Effects, and Photoshop. I remember one specific day I stayed home from school, my mother was never the type to allow me to be home but for some reason she allowed it. While I was home my producing partner Jamison sent me a battle of the beats competition. I remember seeing Metro Boomin competing, and It inspired me to make beats. On that specific day I downloaded Fl studio 11 and never stopped. I’m musically inclined so after I learned the program music was kind of simple to create. My ability to create high level melodies and hard drums is what sets me apart from everybody. I truly have an ear for music, and its been like that since I was a baby. I want the world to know I have a lot of hard music on the way, and that I’m oxdarius and I’m coming.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

For me this answer is simple. A lot of producers do this for the money, but I truly love the reactions I get. When I make a hard beat/song and people tell me I went crazy It means everything to me. I love being able to make someone lose their self in the music moment.

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

I went through a tough time where I lost my girlfriend of 2 years Ramya Sha’ ra Fuller. She was my first love truly, and my biggest motivator. Losing her was a huge set back. I was in a deep depression and started developing bad habits. I couldn’t keep a job after she passed so I just started going hard on the beats. The week after she passed I went to ATL and linked up with my artist chomurda6, and my engineer Mayhem. We did the tape “EP51′ and it shined a little light on me. I think that’s when I finally started realizing I great I was at what I do.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oxdarius/
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/1oxdarius

Image Credits
https://www.instagram.com/amateur2professional_photos/ (took the donjulio picture) https://www.instagram.com/newlife.prod/ ( took the studio picture )