Watch Out Coachella! Meet The Northwestern Guy Whose Parents Bought Him DJ Equipment
Mark Green, a freshman from Fairfield, Connecticut, has amassed an immense student following under his SoundCloud name, FieldTr!p.
After securing a highly-coveted interview with the third runner-up of Mayfest Battle of the Bands, Mark sat down with the team to talk about his start in the music industry.
“It was pretty simple getting into the business, actually,” said Green. “I just asked for the Pioneer DJ-400 StarterPack equipment set ($500) and an Anti Social Social Club hoodie ($65) for Christmas. My parents were actually super excited about it, because it was way cheaper than buying me any actual musical training.”
But it wasn’t all handed to him on a silver platter.
“I had to develop my severe nicotine addiction all on my own,” said Green, between massive puffs of a diamond-encrusted Juul.
Working to enter the lo-fi scene, Green sits in his room and records himself intermittently snorting Adderall, moaning, and singing-off key about his dry skin condition and frequent nosebleeds.
“Sometimes I’ll just take a fat shit into the microphone and then just overlay the track with a beat and some acoustic. It’s so raw. Anti-pop, you know?” Green explained, taking a drag from his Suorin. When asked about inspiration, Green listed what he referred to as “underground” artists like Mac DeMarco, Billie Eilish, and Rex Orange County.
The son of a hedge fund investor and a physical U.S. dollar bill, Green says he’s worked hard to procure the “vibe” to wear thrift clothes as a trend, and not based on financial need. Having an original style is “literally” so important to Green, he refuses to shop anywhere else than Depop, the drop-bins of Goodwill, and the actual bodies of homeless people.
“The way I see it, I can get this oversized 2005 Celtics shirt from my uncle, or, I can buy it on Depop and it’ll already smell like stale cigarettes and dirty fuck sweat. It’s more authentic that way,” says Green. [Post-interview, our team of investigative journalists found the Adidas bucket hat he was wearing at Urban Outfitters for $45 and counted six RTVF majors in the Cage wearing the same exact one.]
Looking forward, Green had big plans for the future. He says he hopes to soon start an Instagram-based lifestyle brand to capitalize on his burgeoning popularity. The design for the oversized black hoodie, the only item in the line, will feature words and non-descript phrases like, “Evervescence, No Get Up, We Walk Down.” Further, the words will be positioned as skewed and backwards, overlayed on the eyes of hyper-exposed images of popular Renaissance art. The price of the sweatshirt is set to be matched to next quarter’s tuition.
