Abstract

Released: August 7, 2012

Songwriter: Abstract

Producer: Cryo Music

TIME Magazine: Do you care about what you sing?
Bob Dylan: How could I answer that if you got the nerve to ask me? I mean, you got a lot of nerve asking me a question like that. Do you ask The Beatles that?
TIME Magazine: I have to ask you that because you have the nerve to question me on whether or not I care
Bob Dylan: I'm not questioning you because I don't expect any answers from you

John Lennon: And the Left Wing talk about giving the power to the people… you know… anybody knows that the people have the power. All we need to do is awaken the power in the people. The people are unaware, it's like they're not educated to realize that they have power

Jimi Hendrix: I don't know, I don't really live on compliments. Matter of fact, it has a way of distracting me. And a whole lot of other musicians and artists who are out there today, you know, they hear all these compliments, they say, "Wow, I must have been really great," so they get fat and satisfied, and then they get lost and they forget about the actual talent that they have and they start living into another world, you know?

*gunshot*

Have you ever wondered what the big deal about Abstract is?

Growing up in New Jersey, Luke Terkovich, otherwise known as Abstract, was involved with music at an early age. Learning how to play piano, electric guitar, and the drums were Luke’s first involvement with music — and he did it all before 6th grade. With a move across country from New Jersey to Jackson, Wyoming, the distance between learning and playing new instruments got larger. It wasn’t until several years later that Luke began to mess around with freestyling during his high school years spent at Jackson Hole High. Evolving his newly found musical expression into Raised in Jackson, WY, Abstract is known for his immense musical versatility and affinity for providing uplifting music for a turbulent world. With a knack for storytelling, he provides introspective motivation to all who take the time to dive into his work. Notably known for his remix of Ruth Bs Lost Boy “Neverland” which has garnered hundreds of millions of plays on YouTube, his work with Drumma Battalion and Roze, and his 2016 album Something to Write Home About. He heads a collective known as “A Team Worldwide” 5 musicians from 4 different countries. Producers Drumma Battalion of Norway, Blulake of Sweden, Cryo Music of Scotland, and Abstract. Coming off his first overseas tour with YONAS, the ATWW collective is gearing up to drop Abstracts new album/experience late summer 2018.writing detailed lyrics, he began to find that he could vent the stresses of his everyday life through creating music. Slowly progressing through the years of his new town where he calls home; balancing school, life, and music developed Luke to become Abstract.

Trying to find his sound was a young teenager who just looked to get something written down and then translated into music, and eventually rap. Still in his caterpillar stage of metamorphosis was a young Abstract who released his first ever collection of songs, properly named The Dream.

In 2012, through YouTube, Abstract met Craig McAllister, a producer from Glasgow, Scotland. During that period, Abstract was in the midst of working on On My Own Time and was the first time Craig showed up with Abstract. Afterwards, the duo started to mesh extremely well and produced the five projects, Under Lights & Microscopes, A Life To Live By, Dreaming With Eyes Open, The Science Of Feeling Tall, and We Are The Artist.

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Dreaming With Eyes Open

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Dreaming With Eyes Open (2012)

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Intro (Dreaming With Eyes Open)Abstract

Abstract

Dreaming With Eyes Open