As soon as Brandon Downs was born in October of 1982 he was immersed into the world of music. Both of his parents are singers and have performed in a number of musicals; even Brandon himself took to the stage a few times in his youth. After picking up the trumpet in the fourth grade, he soon gave the bass a try.

Brandon was all over the music program throughout high school; he played the upright bass in the North Shore Youth Symphony Orchestra for three solid years, the trumpet in concert band, and bass in the jazz band. In addition, he played in a number of different kinds of bands that ranged from ska, to punk rock, to jazz.

Growing up, Downs listened to a lot of relatively popular alternative music (Sublime, Nirvana, Deftones, Lagwagon, and Stone Temple Pilots), but he also took interest in past artists such as Bob Marley, Miles Davis, Shuggie Otis, Frank Sinatra, and Led Zeppelin. Yet the most notable influence for Brandon was Britain's "rock" band Radiohead, "[They] were a cool influential band because they kept hitting me at different ages."

During college he became more intrigued by jazz, finding himself drawn to everyone from Charles Parker to Thelonious Monk. Thus, lowercase p was a perfect fit for Downs. When he met Phil and Gabriel at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell everything just fell together like the pieces of a puzzle. Six years later lowercase p is a hit in Lowell's local music community and the band mates can also call each other roommates, best friends, and sometimes even coworkers.

Brandon now considers himself to be proficient in a number of areas musically and can easily call himself a composer, a singer/songwriter, and a producer and engineer. Ultimately Brandon just wants to play music and travel, "If I ever find myself with just my four strings, a van, and the drummer and keyboardist in my band driving from town to town, I have reached an ultimate goal."