“I started learning how to play guitar hero songs on the piano then I was like well maybe I should just learn how to play the guitar. So then later I just decided to teach myself how to play,” Ratcliff said.
His friend Andrew Tannebaum, senior, met Ratcliff sophomore year through mutual friends, and they’ve been friends ever since.
“I remember thinking he was a cool guy and when I heard him play I was really impressed,” Tannebaum said.
Tannebaum also plays the drums, bass, and guitar as well as having experience playing in other bands.
The Feel Good Project isn’t Ratcliff’s first experience in a band, over the summer, he began playing in a group called Makeout Palace while he was at the Berklee College of Music. With this group, he played punk songs, and they created an album together, recording music in their dorm room.
“It was the first time I had done anything like that, so it was pretty fun,” Ratcliff said.
When it comes to putting songs onto streaming platforms, Ratcliff is no stranger. He first submits the songs to a publisher where they listen to the song submitted for quality assurance, the publisher then publishes the music to the platforms under the artist’s name. The Feel Good Project and some of Ratcliff’s other work can be found on most streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud, and more. His songs on Spotify total up to have thousands of streams, and he attributes a lot of this success to his parents.
“They’re very supportive, I wouldn’t be where I am if I didn’t have their support,” Ratcliff said.