{"id":7051,"date":"2012-08-02T14:47:44","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T21:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=7051"},"modified":"2012-08-14T12:00:10","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T19:00:10","slug":"baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/08\/baker\/","title":{"rendered":"BAKER"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7052\" title=\"baker-June-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/baker-June-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/baker-June-2012.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/baker-June-2012-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>BAKER<\/h1>\n<p>HOMETOWN: New York City<br \/>\nINFLUENCES: David Bowie, Jack White, Kanye West<br \/>\nALBUM: <em>The Baker <\/em>EP, out now<br \/>\nWEBSITE: bakermusic.com<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Baker was playing cello by age 5, eventually played Carnegie Hall and graduated from Harvard University. Since transitioning his career path from classical cellist and vocalist to electro-pop singer, he has earned rave reviews with his cover of Nirvana\u2019s \u201cHeart Shaped Box.\u201d Since releasing a seven-track EP, Baker has also emerged as a viral sensation. Baker\u2019s debut video, \u201cEcho,\u201d has received more than 300,000 views on YouTube. Baker\u2019s ambition is to create the \u201ccatchiest, most danceable pop album ever,\u201d and he\u2019s now collaborating with producers Cutfather and Damon Shape (Kylie Minogue, Jennifer Lopez). Their guidance affirmed his decision to pursue a pop-music career path. \u201cPop has always resonated with me,\u201d Baker says, \u201cand it was the people I met in the studio who helped me figure out why. I\u2019ve been lucky so far, and feel blessed to have met such a diverse and talented creative group.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\u2013 Blake Boldt<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAKER HOMETOWN: New York City INFLUENCES: David Bowie, Jack White, Kanye West ALBUM: The Baker EP, out now WEBSITE: bakermusic.com Christopher Baker was playing cello by age 5, eventually played Carnegie Hall and graduated from Harvard University. Since transitioning his career path from classical cellist and vocalist to electro-pop singer, he has earned rave reviews [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[4481,4482,4525,206,3408,4300,4484,4483,10160],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7051"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7121,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7051\/revisions\/7121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}