Switch Griffens
San Diego, California, United States | SELF
Music
Press
"Switch Griffens is the truth! Dope Beats, dope rhymes and a definite "IT" factor. Church!"
Jericho Adams
Interscope Geffen A&M Marketing
2220 Colorado Avenue, 4th Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310.865.7976 Direct
310.865.7908 Fax - Jericho Adams
"I give it five stars on a four star scale...Switch Griffens earns my money for his latest release."
K. Nikolas
The Underground Railroad Magazine RADIO SHOW - K. Nikolas
"One of the freshest independent writers/performers in today's music scene...It's only time before Switch Griffens gets his props from the mainstream, but for now they just don't know what they're missing."
Duane Womble Editor-N-Chief
The Underground Railroad Magazine - Duane Womble
Discography
The Answer Mixtape
Smoke Signalz Lp
Mental Criminals Ep
Tigers Temple Compilation
The Drifters Ep
CTC "This Is Raw" feature with Romanian rap group
Crate Digger Mixtape by Scion-Toyota
San Diego Colleagues Mixtape
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Bio
Switch Griffens, birth name Quincy Michael Griffin De La Cerna, was born into a military family in 1980. Beginning in Rota, Spain, Switch's birthplace, he spent most of his early years traveling around the world before finally settling in Southern California at the age of 12. Switch had numerous musical influences throughout his life, most notably his step-father, who’s background as a D.J. during the 80’s influenced his love of early hip hop as well as R&B, Jazz, and 80’s pop music. Along with his passion for these genres, his experiences traveling resulted in a love for others like Flamenco and Classical music. However, “It Takes Two” by Rob Base and DJ EZ-ROC was the song that truly made him appreciate the art of hip-hop. Recollections of this song resonating from his fathers turntables gave way to a life dedicated to making hip hop his life’s work. Today Switch has a living room full of his step-fathers original vinyl which he received after his parents divorced in the 90’s. His grandmother is of Filipino decent was born in beautiful Oahu, Hawaii. His mother was also a hula dancing instructor and similarly to most of the women on his mothers side, was deeply rooted in the Hawaiian culture. Switch learned how to play classical guitar and acquired the basic principles of music theory early in his career. His experience with the instrumental side of music enabled him to truly understand songwriting and enabled him to better express himself through music. Thus, Switch Griffen’s extremely unique style derived from his culturally enriched background and diverse upbringing. Switch Griffen’s hands on style as an artist has allowed for him to evolve as a songwriter, as well as in aspects such as arrangement and production to name a few. Switch and his producer Deville Slim were involved with all of the production on nearly every original track on his newest mix-tape, “The Answer”, expected to be dropped some time in early 2012.
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