who is S. FINESSE?

Sean M. Robinson (S. Finesse) is a versatile music producer, musician, mixing engineer, and DJ from Washington, DC. He's a classically trained pianist who picked up the instrument at the age of 2. He studied with former Chairman of the Maryland University Piano Department, Dr. Cleveland Page, from age 9 until age 15, when he transferred to Duke Ellington School of the Arts belonging to the Piano program in the instrumental department, and continued his training under Dr. Haewon Min. He discovered his passion for production at Duke Ellington and instantly knew how he wanted to utilize his musical talent. He attended Penn State where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in General Music with a minor in Music Technology in May of 2019. He also attended Berklee School of Music in Valencia, Spain and received his Master’s Degree in the Music Production, Technology, and Innovation program in July of 2020. He has an uncontested passion for creating and innovating and strongly believes music is the universal language. In 2021, he established Magnetar Records, an independent record label dedicated to creating distinctive music and promoting artistic individuality. He hopes to use his musical knowledge, creativity, and passion driven productions to continue to move the forever growing music industry forward by adding his unique musical perception.

“Sean has multiple musical talents. He was a wonderful ear and excelled in one of my upper level courses that traced the deformation of sonata form and analysis. He’s attentive to the details of score study and did extremely well highlighting the the electronic settings of counterpoint and rearranging these segments in a contemporary style.”

- Maureen Carr | Distinguished Professor of Music, Penn State University

MORE ABOUT S. FINESSE

He recorded his first studio work, a short soundtrack called The Escape, in 2016 and released it the following year just to get his name and platform started.  He then met Chicago MC Abhi D during their sophomore year at Penn State and produced Against Me, the outro of Abhi’s debut EP ‘Martian’.  By the end of their senior year in 2019, they released their debut album Starbound, which was a unique blend of soothing melodic vibes like Assumptions and C’est la Vie and dynamic bangers like Danny Phantom and Starbound (Intro). 

The following year, he wanted to showcase a wide range of versatility and drop a lot more music, so he began working on his next album, Black Winter, with longtime high school friend and artist TaylerTheSinger.  For this project, he wanted to go the Hip Hop / Alternative R&B route and provide some very interesting yet relatable vibes.  Tayler’s songwriting and vocal style mixed with Finesse’s instrumentation made for a great themed project with true impact and meaning.  He also produced Shine, Loyalty, On My Own, Turn Ya Back, and Crazy which are all songs on Tayler’s debut mixtape ‘2 Much’ from 2018.  He prefers using Logic Pro X when creating and mixing musical productions and beats, but ProTools when recording and mixing vocals.  He’s also proficient in Ableton Suite and Serato DJ Pro.  

Genres: Hip-Hop/Rap, Trap, R&B/Soul, Alternative, Soundtrack.