MY DAD AND I WHEN I WAS BORN. BOY, DO I LOVE THIS PICTURE.
THE ORIGINAL GUFFY CAM STUDIOS - 2014
SO MUCH WOULD NOT BE AS IT IS TODAY IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE OTHER HALF OF GUFFY CAM, MY MUSICAL OTHER HALF, CLAY STRICKLAND. IT IS BECAUSE OF HIS PROJECT DAYZ OFF AND OUR WORK ON THEIR FIRST FULL LENGTH LP (ALSO MY FIRST) THAT I MADE GUFFY CAM AN LLC.
2021
MY GRAMMY U MENTOR AND I WERE FEATURED ON THE RECORDING ACADEMY' WEBSITE! WE MET UP AT AES NEW YORK MY JUNIOR YEAR OF UNDERGRAD.
2022
OUR FIRST T-SHIRT DROP! PLUS MY MOM AND CHILDHOOD BEST FRIEND SHOWING OFF THE COMPLETE LOOKS!
2023
I GRADUATED UNDERGRAD! I AM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE RECEIVED THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING MUSIC TECHNOLOGY SENIOR AND TO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE UNIVERSITY WITH A 'NEW ALUMI' FEATURE! I WAS EVEN SEEN IN OUR SCHOOL'S PAPER.
2024
10 YEARS STARTS HERE
AND SO IT BEGAN...
MY FATHER RAN A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIR BUSINESS OUT OF THE GARAGE OF OUR FIRST FAMILY HOME. HIS DESK WAS BURIED BENEATH A LABYRINTH OF TWEEZERS, CLIPPERS, AND SCISSORS. SINCE HE HAD NO SIGHT LINE TO THE DOOR TO SEE WHEN PACKAGES WOULD ARRIVE, HE INSTALLED A CAMERA OUTSIDE WHOSE FEED WOULD RUN TO A SMALL TV ALONGSIDE HIS DESK. THE CAMERA OVERLOOKED NOT ONLY OUR DRIVEWAY BUT OUR STREET: GUFFEY ROAD. WHY MY FATHER SPELLED "GUFFEY" WRONG WHEN NAMING THE TV/CAMERA SYSTEM IS BEYOND ME, BUT BECAUSE OF THIS, THE NAME 'GUFFY CAM' WAS BORN.
FOUR YEARS AFTER MY FATHER'S PASSING, I VENTURED INTO THE RECORDING INDUSTRY. HIS FORMER BEDROOM BECAME MY FIRST STUDIO, AND A FAMILY FRIEND HAD THE IDEA TO PAY HOMAGE TO HIM BY NAMING THE SPACE GUFFY CAM STUDIOS!
WHAT'S NEXT?
YOU TELL ME! DROP ME A LINE, AND LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN KEEP WRITING THE FUTURE OUT LOUD, TOGETHER, AS THE GUFFY CAM FAMILY.