The Creatives Over Cocktails crew chops it up with Grammy Award winning producer, Torrance "Street Symphony" Esmond. He talks about how the streets provided cultural influence and the unconventional way he rose in the music industry. He takes us on a journey discussing how his day job fueled his music career and taught him the importance of understanding the value of a dollar. Discussing his unique approach to life, he goes into how essential it is to go after your dreams and how to stay on top of your game.

Torrance Esmond, better known by his stage name Street Symphony, is an American record producer and music executive from Memphis, Tennessee. Through his extensive connections, the music whiz yielded his first industry job as VP of A&R at Reach Records, home to Christian Hip-Hop star Lecrae. Under his leadership, he helped to take the recording artist from underground to mainstream. In 2013, the pair scored their first Grammy for “Best Gospel Album” with Street Symphony serving as both a producer and writer. He was then awarded another Grammy two years later for “Best Contemporary Christian Song.” From there, he racked up production credits with 2 Chainz, Meek Mill, G-Eazy, Ludacris, Wale and Dave East, to name a few. The heat-maker added another Grammy-nod under his belt for his work on Nipsey Hussle’s Victory Lap (“Hussle & Motivate”) in the Best Rap Album category.

In 2015, two prestigious events occurred for Street Symphony; he established the Street Symphony Scholarship for aspiring music business students at his alma mater (MTSU) and March 7th was declared Street Symphony Day that he expanded into a weekend of activities in Nashville. He was also nominated for a Distinguished Alumni Award by MTSU in 2018, which recognizes graduates who have reached the highest level of accomplishment in their respective field and possess outstanding integrity and character.

While continuing to work with the household names in the industry, he also currently serves as an adjunct professor at MTSU spearheading a new Hip Hop and R&B songwriting class.

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Audio Architect: Kamaal Malak https://www.instagram.com/kamaalmalak/
Music Producer: A.B. Eastwoood https://www.instagram.com/a.b.eastwood/