Music
Tattie made his bones busking in Vancouver, BC. His wide vocal repertoire ranges from hip-hop and rap to pop. He used busking to help him refine his vocal practice. Busking allowed him to gauge how well the public received his work, which was mostly freestyle. Such direct public performances also allowed him to gain confidence in his performance ability. As such, he tried to take as many opportunities as he could to get out and busk. Tattie looks at such public engagements as fieldwork, gaining as much data as possible, and says “I’m the kind of person who seeks novelty instead of keeping it in the past.”

On Tattie’s Instagram, he has songs where he is out walking in nature with his camera pointed at trees. He sings to the nature around him. When asked where he drew his inspiration from Tattie says, “it’s a balance, cause you don’t want to be listening to too many others so you don’t become too derivative.”

Currently, Tattie is working on an EP called Mellow-tone-in. He describes his work by saying, “The beats are chill, but the way I rap on some of them is not so chill. The flow and tone are kinda wavy.” He is also working on a more lyrical EP that has more of a lyrical and spiritual underground tone.

Tattie has been collaborating with another artist called Nodiumbearts, who makes the music that Tattie raps over. Tattie does the vocals and contracts out for his beats. He likes being able to pay for beats, and while he has worked with royalty-free material before, he stresses that it is best practice to pay for beats that one puts their voice to. By doing so, he advocates for giving recognition to those who are underrecognized in the industry and using one’s platform to amplify voices and abilities.