LIFE ON HIMES
Aidan Bissett '21 signed
with Capitol Records
this spring after three
self-released songs
were well-received
The senior joins
icons such as Frank
Sinatra, the Beatles,
and Katy Perry under
the legendary label
Aidan Bissett '21 was bored.
A sophomore in high school
-
basically his whole life. However, his
passion for the game had waned, and he
stopped playing.
A guitarist since the second grade,
Adam Dieck '21, George
Guerra '21, and Brett Fedorovich '21, with
Bissett on guitar and vocals.
But his bandmates' hunger for athletic
competition outweighed their passion to
play music, and soon Bissett was on his
14 JESUIT PERSPECTIVES • SPRING 2021
AIDAN
BISSETT ’21
Signs With
Capitol Records
own. So he decided to dive further into
the musical realm.
He downloaded Logic Pro, a digital
audio workstation, on his Mac and
began fooling around with it. He had
no experience singing, drumming, or
producing, but he committed to learning
the software to create originals.
Little did he know that newfound
commitment would lead to a major
record deal less than two years later.
This spring, Bissett signed with legendary
Capitol Records, joining an epic list
of luminaries who have produced music
under the iconic label such as Nat King
Cole, Frank Sinatra, Garth Brooks, the
Beach Boys, the Beastie Boys, and Katy
Perry,
Beatles.
the video released the following day,
three self-released singles – "Different,"
"Worst Girls of All Time," and "More
on Spotify, Apple Music, and TikTok.
After his short-lived band broke up in
talent and ear to teach himself music
theory, Bissett spent countless hours
in his room studying, creating, and
"I would break down instruments, and
I would go in and kind of lay out what
instruments they are using, how they're
layering them, and why they're laying
them a certain way," he said. "That gave
me an idea of how to arrange choruses,
verses, and bridges."
songs before forming just one into a
single he actually released, and he had
music production on a website called
Monthly.com. It was taught by a Dutch
music producer named Blanks
YouTube channel has more than a million
subscribers.
complete it, laid down a few chords, a
/Monthly.com