“And the fact that the school was new, it felt so serendipitous that I was having a fresh start and the school was having a fresh start. “I really feel like, for me, when I started at Skyline it was a new beginning because I was in a brand new environment, having grown up in Minnesota, so I had a fresh start in a new place,” he said. Rawlings entered Skyline during the school’s first year of existence, so to him it was a perfect match. “I got my hands on anything I could,” he said. Once his sophomore year rolled around, there were a lot more opportunities to become involved, from the drama program to different school bands, and Rawlings ended up writing the school’s alma mater. “High school is when I really got serious about music,” he said, explaining that Skyline was where he took his craft and strived to be better. Rawlings knew that if he could match his talent with actual practice, he could do something amazing. Having been used to playing music by ear, Rawlings was devastated when he failed to make it into jazz band because he didn’t have a strong grasp on reading music. He moved to Seattle when he was 14-years-old and started attending Skyline High School.
“I really connected with the piano because my parents got me that toy keyboard.” “For me, getting that first keyboard…a small Yamaha toy keyboard with no more than 20 keys and buttons…it was more than a toy,” Rawlings said. Before that I was banging on pots and pans and having fun interacting with music. Croix Falls, Wis., and grew up in Minneapolis, said he was kicking to music in his mother’s womb, but his connection to the art became solidified during in 1985 when he got his first keyboard for Christmas. He is an Earshot Golden Ear Award recipient and has performed at the internationally recognized Earshot Jazz Festival. Most recently, he has been touring nationally with the Jason Parker Quartet and The Teaching, having shared the stage with Al Green. Rawlings said that while the album is Grammy-winning, it’s also cool that it also features many local, Northwest artists.Īnd “The Heist” is just one of Rawlings many projects.Īside from being a full-time dad, Rawlings plays the piano and drums, sings and is a composer.
“Being able to say those things alone makes me so proud to be a part of this city and what we’re doing.” “I know that we can definitely say we were nominees for Album of the Year, probably the most prestigious award in the Grammys, and associated with this multi-Grammy winning album,” Rawlings said. Technically, The Teaching members are ‘featured artists on the multi-Grammy winning album’ opposed to official Grammy-winners. Rawlings was unsure as to whether they were official Grammy winners, and just heard back from the Grammy Association clarifying their involvement. Since Macklemore and Lewis were getting ready for the telecast show, nobody was there to accept the award, and Rawlings had to keep himself from jumping up and running down to accept it on their behalf.
Rawlings said that he and The Teaching members attended the pre-telecast of the Grammys at the Nokia Theatre where the Rap Album of the Year award was announced.
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