Good For Your Health
EP written and produced by Jordan Ramesh,
known on Spotify, Soundcloud, and Bandcamp as Jayu
Jordan Ramesh
“Good For Your Health” is now available for streaming across the platforms listed below:
Bandcamp
Soundcloud
Spotify—in contact with distributors in order to get my work approved for promotion.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-ramesh/
Hand-coded online portfolio: https://externalize.media/
Phone/Email: (609) 235-7964 / rameshj1@tcnj.edu
“Good For Your Health”
This project is an incredibly personal one. It represents both my visions for the future and my reflections of the past. In this EP, I wanted to take the opportunity to experiment as much as I could with the music I create and present the world around us through the subjective lens of my own personal experiences—embodying the fervor with which I have contemplated these issues over the years.
This EP has been heavily motivated by the powerful, yet subtle method with which specific artists are able to articulate both socially-cognizant and incredibly personal messages within their respective genres. The initial title I was working with was “2020 Whoopin’ My Ass,” and while the new title is far more marketable, the message and emotions involved within my project remain stagnant. I’m chro
Last but certainly not least, I set out to create a comprehensive body of music that I can be proud of and happily state that it was created by my own two hands. And with “Good For Your Health,” I believe I’ve done that.
Project Tracklist:
Good For Your Health
KK’s Love Ballad
Ten Toes
FACES
paper house
My Process (Challenges, Inspirations, and Help from Friends!)
I wrote, mixed, and produced “Good For Your Health” by myself, with some key (and incredibly appreciated) helping hands by way of features from friends. I’ve chosen to use my given middle name, Jayu, as my artist name across all platforms, as a reminder to myself to keep my work genuine and to speak on matters that are significant to me at all times.
There are several artists who have inspired me throughout the development process of my own EP, be it due to their technical production prowess, their abilities to delineate large-scale, comprehensive social issues, or their capabilities for utilizing music as a catalyst to tell personal narratives with significant thematic nuances:
A surprising addition to this list of inspirations came in the form of King Krule’s work, as I found his subtle, low almost ambient use of vocals and grimy, lofi production to be really similar, tonally and thematically, to the music I wanted to make. As my thesis project progressed forward, I often found myself gravitating towards Krule’s music—specifically the tracks released under the alias of
Exemplary works:
“Cellular” – Man Alive!
“Thames Water” – A New Place 2 Drown
“Baby Blue” – 6 Feet Beneath The Moon
Kendrick Lamar is widely-renowned as one of the greatest lyricists of all time, able to expound upon powerful, divisive issues in an incredibly charismatic and articulate manner. His body of work ranges from intimate, personal accounts of his life and experiences in Compton, to expansive discourses regarding the racially and politically schismatic state of affairs in the U.S. To give a sense of wh
“Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst” – Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
“DUCKWORTH.” – DAMN.
“The Blacker The Berry” – To Pimp A Butterfly
Kanye West is often regarded as the single greatest producer to ever grace this earth, our ears, and the Billboard charts. And with good reason, too. His compositions are both undeniably unique and extraordinarily intricate. He takes an avante-garde approach to instrumentation in his production and always seems to bring the best out of any featured artist he puts on a song, to the extent that some
“I Thought About Killing You” – ye
“Roses” – Late Registration
“Saint Pablo (feat. Sampha)” – The Life of Pablo
Lil Peep has always been an incredible inspiration and representation of the struggles of addiction and depression that I had battled with for years, to the point that I actually broke down and cried on the night that Gustav Elijah Åhr overdosed. In his work, Gus paints the portrait of a man torn apart by his plethoral addictions and mental health issues. He was a man living with his demons in ful
“Star Shopping” – Single
“Awful Things” – Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 1
“Life is Beautiful” – Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2
Tyler, the Creator is an artist who truly embodies artistic evolution, in all facets of his work. From his boisterous, delinquent, rage-imbued albums such as Cherry Bomb and Goblin to far more melodic and empathetic albums in Flower Boy and IGOR, Tyler defines artistic reinvention in the phases that become apparent when looking at his breadth of work in its entirety. Throughout the course of many
“ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?” – IGOR
“See You Again (feat. Kali Uchis)” – Flower Boy
“Radicals” – Goblin
XXXTentacion was, above all else, an artist defined by controversy. In his lyricism, musicality, and the social perception that surrounded him, his work and personality were as divisive as they were motivating. His music is infused with a tangible energy that is absolutely undeniable, to both detractors and fans alike. What truly inspires me in his work is the transition between an angry, pseudo-r
“Revenge” – 17
“Jocelyn Flores” – 17
“I Don’t Wanna Do This Anymore” – Revenge
Good For Your Health (EP) [LIVE DEMO] + Spotify Preview Loops:
