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'I call my music Pop Soul. Pop because I strive for simplicity (not stupidity). Soul because that's the heart of everything I do. Everything I sing, dance, write, speak, or share-it boils down to SOUL. I try to lay my soul bare in what I create, and I encourage you to take a look. Like, subscribe, follow, comment-do whatever we must these days to connect. Your feedback is my life. I love you for sharing with me.' -RW Never confined to one form of expression, Russell's successes journey far beyond his writing and producing music for himself and other artists.

The young multihyphenate served as an editor for industry champion, Jeff Rabhan's book on music careers. He also recently completed a mini-ethnography based on fieldwork regarding non-verbal communication among band mates titled, Talk Without Talking . His writing in industry, academia, arts, and otherwise all share a refined, purposeful voice. The young artist is currently writing a book of his own in the fiction/fantasy genre. Further varying his artistic expression, Russell has trained in contemporary dance for almost a decade, allowing him to showcase his own dancing and choreography in music videos. It is this experience, in fact, which led him to serve as Artistic Director for his breakout music video, Already There (2010). He has trained classically on the piano and in the Linklater vocal discipline. A graduate of JMU (anthropology and foreign languages), Russell recently passed on an opportunity to attend NYU for graduate school (music business). Russell hopes one day to return to academia, but holds strong to his visions of creating music in the current moment. Russell currently resides in the Washington D.C. area where he spends entirely too many antisocial hours in his basement studio. He is bilingual with Spanish as a co-dominant language. He is a wordsmith with a marked proclivity for all things pedantic. His biggest audience (so far): A few thousand at the Kennedy Center (Washington DC) His weaknesses: Boarder Collies, Game of Thrones, and a kick-ass crowd Fun fact: He worked as a group fitness instructor Not-so-fun fact: He wore a corrective eye patch as a child.