Get caught up in the movement. The Chase is
an Atlanta-based urban band. Our mixtape Caught Up In The Chase is now
available for free download on our site!
Band members include Paul Jones, Murphy II, and Jamal Press and We Are The Chase!
Rashaad Jamal Pressley was born in Miami, Florida in 1985. He moved
to Atlanta, GA in 1998 and attended Georgia Institute of Technology. He
currently resides in Atlanta. Jamal has always had an interest in music.
Learning how to play piano at the age of 6, he continued playing
different instruments throughout school. During high school, he
discovered a software sequencing program called Fruity Loops and taught
himself to program beats. He drew his inspiration from many musical
influences, including jazz, hip hop, classical and reggae music. Jamal
worked on songs with several local groups and for a short time was
affiliated with a production team called GHOP (Georgia’s Hottest
Original Producers). More recently he’s had the chance to work with
Grammy award winning producer, Sim Stevenson
Murphy II is a songwriter, producer and engineer. He was raised in a
very musical family in metro-Atlanta, GA. By the age of six, he was
singing solos in the church choir. Throughout junior high and college,
he traveled throughout the United States and abroad, performing with
highly renowned choirs. While attending college in Huntsville, AL, he
began an internship with Sound Cell Recording Studios where he learned
how to produce as well as engineer from Doug Jansen Smith who has worked
with many highly established artists. Upon completion of college, he
returned to Atlanta and began an internship with Bruce Bennett at Bruce
Bennett Studios in Stone Mountain, GA who also has worked with many
prominent artists. Bruce became a great influence by helping shape his
production and engineering skills while encouraging him to become
creative in his writing. He has a strong love for Hip Hop that dates
back to the early 90’s where he was influenced by many poetic artists of
that era. This love has helped him breed a distinctive, unique yet
smooth and captivating sound.
Paul Jones was born in Jacksonville FL. (DUVAL). He started writing
when he was a teenager. As a child, he would recite poems and
scriptures in church. Most of the poetry was written by his aunt. As
Paul grew older, he started constructing personal poems and began
searching for his own writing and performance style. As time
progressed, he added a hip hop approach to his poetic prose. This led
to freestyling, writing rhymes and lyrical battles with friends in high
school. While in college, Paul joined a spoken word group called
Art-n-Soul. This organization played a crucial role in his writing
style and performance development.
After moving to Atlanta, GA, Paul got more involved with music and
writing. He helped start a short lived band called “Alter Ego”
with Jeremiah Turner and Maeling Tapp. He came in contact with Jamal
Press through Maeling. Soon, Jamal Press became a musical mentor to
him. Later, Ms. Tapp introduced Paul to her boyfriend Murphy II. They
were acquaintances but never thought about pursuing music
together. After running into each other at a show in East Atlanta,
Murphy asked Paul if he was interested in doing a song with him and
they began to correspond via twitter and email. Paul was impressed
with his musical style and told him that his friend Rashaad (Jamal
Press) made beats. Murphy invited them to the studio and that was
the start of….The Chase
Thanks,
The Chase (@StayInTheChase)
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