Kiefer Trio
Kiefer is a central figure in the diverse independent music scene of Los Angeles. His sound fuses various modalities of Black American Music, from jazz and R&B to hip-hop and electronic music.
His own music projects aside- Kiefer worked on Anderson .Paak's album Ventura, co-producing the track Yada Yada and the album's lead single, "King James”. He is also a fixture in Mndsgn's live setup, worked with Kaytranada, and played with Terrance Martin, Moses Sumney, among others.
What is success in the music world, to you?
“To be successful is a couple of things. First off, my job as a musician is not to judge how good or bad my music is. My job is to release my music. My job is to be myself every day and let all my music be heard. There’s only one of me in the universe, and if it does not leave my body, it does not exist outside of myself. The second thing, and this is more specific: I want to win the respect of my peers. I want to make musicians around me look at things in a new way. It’s not that I’m focusing on innovating every day—it can be a natural thing.”
- Kiefer Shackelford, excerpt from Bandcamp interview by Patrick Glynn
