"Million Dollar Neighborhood" by Joy Guerrilla

The million dollar neighborhood isn't so much a place as it is a temperament. With the right lens, you can see it anywhere and everywhere. Here is our attempt to sonically describe that state of mind.

Maggie Dave collaborators Magdalena Daniec (keyboards) and Adam Grab (bass guitar) have excavated this funky gem of a song with their band, Joy Guerrilla. Oozing with vintage charm complimented with stacks of horns and flutey synths, “Million Dollar Neighborhood” is joy to listen to and a perfect walking companion song for any neighborhood!

"The million dollar neighborhood isn't so much a place as it is a temperament. With the right lens, you can see it anywhere and everywhere. Here is our attempt to sonically describe that state of mind. Recorded (almost) entirely analog in our apartment, we hope this will elicit the paradoxical feelings of morose-filled hyper-stimulation, chipper-agitation, and promise-with-a-backdrop-of-chaos that are part and parcel of the place. Ultimately, you should feel like a million bucks." -Joy Guerrilla

Personnel

Written, arranged, and produced by Magdalena Daniec and Adam Grab / Associate produced by Julian Nicholson / With: Magdalena Daniec - keys / Adam Grab - bass, percussion, synth / Tim Aristil - drums, percussion / Elijah Zhang - guitar / Les Lovitt - trumpet / John Grab - trombone / Doug Webb - sax

Recorded at our apartment in Los Angeles, CA / Horns and guitar recorded at Route 2 Studios in Glassell Park / Engineering by Zak Mouton / Mixing by Julian Nicholson and Adam Grab / Mixing assistance from Brian Starley at Bergatron Music and Saif Bari at Fixed Mastering / Mastered by Saif Bari at Fixed Mastering in Los Angeles, CA / Album artwork by Adam Grab / Art Direction by Saddiq Abbubakar