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Everybody has something to learn about each other and everybody has similarities. “‘Creations’ was me in the garage, just feeling things. Let's grab acoustic guitars and go on your back porch.’ I like being vulnerable when I'm writing songs that's when the best emotions are captured.” We were sitting in there and I was like, ‘Dude, it's a beautiful day. He has a cool house and studio in Beachwood Canyon, which is a similar vibe to Laurel Canyon. I'm not very smart theory-wise, and so the background vocals are super crucial.” I don't really know what I'm playing when I'm playing it. The way I make music is all based on feeling. That’s my favorite part of recording music: listening through and seeing what needs to be highlighted.

I want to get kids to open their mind to love and understanding.” That just means the world it’s breaking the norm. And the song broke me down.' And this kid is an athlete, a football player in Kentucky. There’s a kid who’s still in high school, and he told me, 'I've been going through it. Something else takes over me in those moments, that frustration. So I wrote ‘Light It’ in my room at my piano. I was living with my parents, and it was a weird thing to come back to me and my dad got into it a little bit. “This song came when I was back home over quarantine. There’s always similarities to be found.” Below, Mills breaks down Train of Thoughts, track by track. “Ultimately, I want to bring people together that otherwise wouldn’t talk or connect. I want to be a bridge-making music that people can listen to when they’re feeling bad,” Mills explains. “You hop on a train of thought and you go until you can't think anymore.” Luckily, none of the songs are rushed, from the confessional acoustic ballad “Hollow” to the seductive R&B of “Slide Thru” and its riff that would make John Mayer jealous. “I've always used the metaphor of the train of thought for songwriting,” Mills tells Apple Music. Inspired by his new home of Laurel Canyon (once the residence of legendary performers Crosby, Stills & Nash, Joni Mitchell, and Brian Wilson), Mills placed value on meticulous musicality above all else, as evidenced on Train of Thoughts, his ambitious second EP. Of course, none of that would be possible if his music lacked distinction. Born and raised in Bowling Green, Kentucky, an hour north of Nashville, the 21-year-old singer-songwriter moved to Los Angeles in 2019, met a manager outside a gig he was kicked out of, and signed to RCA Records-which eventually led to a full-fledged career and a Justin Bieber cosign. The other is a 10- to 12-month intensive program that will give them the skills to become a developer and possibly start their own business.In essence, Mills Turner’s story is musical folklore. The academy will offer two programs: The first is a 30-day introductory program aimed at helping participants better understand what it means to be a developer. 'Detroit has 50,000 small businesses that are owned by Black and brown owners, and we thought this would match very well with that entrepreneurial spirit and the kind of folks who are rebuilding and building in Detroit,' said Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives.

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The program in Detroit, a collaboration with Michigan State University, is aimed at Black entrepreneurs and coders and is free for students. The move is part of Apple's $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, which the company launched in June in the wake of the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. will open a school to train developers in Detroit later this year, its first 'Apple Developer Academy' in the U.S.

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