I love my Fiends : ThaTown and Cokeboy-P

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hiphop, music, rap

THE TOWN photo by Jaymes Leavitt

In Dudley Square Boston, an old commercial building basement hosts a crowd of artists who come together to share the mic http://ilovemyfiends.com/ Micro Fiend show, is produced by Jason J-Hops Collins.  The Micro fiend showcase provides local entertainers with the dream and desire of entering the music industry a platform to fully display ones talent.  It creates an environment that allows an artist with the passion to win to groom him or herself while practicing stage presence and crowd command.  It is an outlet for music lovers that live in a city that suppresses it HIPHOP culture. It serves as a dwelling where those that love the rawness, realness of a genre of music that speaks to the core of the inner city struggle….. with  performances including THA TOWN,  Roxbury Rell, Minnie Clay and Cokeboy P aka Peterbeatz, this was an amazing show!   These artists all share a mic for an incredible show! Mixture Magazine interveiws PeterBeats and ThaTown.

ThaTown, your performance was amazing tell us about your set and your music.

ThaTown – So our set went well, what we did was introduce a few original songs and, some of our hottest mixtape songs. Whats behind our music is our stuggle, our lives, our experiences over a beat. We work hard everyday for this. We write everyday and make sure we are prepared for any and every show. We make sure we set the standards high when we rock out. ( perform) We in it for the long haul so get used to these faces. 

Make sure you guys swing by the page to get updates for more shows and interviews. http://www.thatown.com  

We are also working on a couple films for this summer. Can’t say much about it, but were working everyday towards the goal of becoming successful. Thank you Mixture Magazine for the opportunities, thank your whole photography company for always taking great shots. God bless…

ITS THATOWN, AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT. 

WWW.THATOWN.COM

Peterbeatz is a producer from Boston that currently lives in New York is an in house Producer /Engineer /Rapper,Singer Song-writer for the Cokeboys. 

Cokeboy P Your set was phenomenal.  Your singing is amazing!  Tell us what makes you creative?

Thank you and shout out to Mixture Magazine for coming through and helping support.

I’m a producer, first and foremost, then I’m an engineer and then I’m a rapper as well.  I make beats, engineer them put some vocals on there and pretty much, I have an ear for the music.  I connect with the artists I work with because I understand rap, and I know how to rap too.  Not to knock other producers, but if you are a producer working with rappers you should know how to do it.   To see where the rapper is coming from, realy understand where the rapper is coming from, and to know where to leave the spaces and when to work in a beat.   For example, if the beat is 75% then the rapper has 25% to rap.  If the beat is 25% then the rapper has to do 75% and you wouldn’t know that if you were not into rapping and producing this kind of work.  It gives you way more insight into the artists you are working with.

Cokeboy – P Photo by Jaymes Leavitt

See a clip from the performance here ——> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEXdjqND1Io

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CHAMP CHUCK

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DJ, hiphop, host, interview, music, Radio, rap, show

Champ Chuck

In a small bed room, where CD covers, vinyls, and cassette racks cover the walls, a dresser is topped with trophies, a Boombox and tapes, Champ Chuck clears the remnants of an earlier Dab session to interview with Mixture Magazine about his inspiration with hip hop and his radio show, OverDogRadio on WEMF internet radio.

Champ how did you get into radio?

Two things happened actually, I was at a stage of my life where I was just beginning to record. I was doing music, and I was rapping, Making tracks and just being in the studio for the first time. You know, it was just someones bedroom with a mic and a laptop and all… and this dude got me an interview on UnregularRadio.com. It was awesome! I went on the show, I gave a good interview; I rapped and they loved it!  They were like “Yo come back next week” and sure enough, for like eight months, I was on that show every Wednesday night. Eventually I went on 4 other shows, after that I ended up getting my own show.

What got you into Hip Hop?

Overdog Radio Show

Actually Beats got me into Hip Hop. With Hip Hop I could understand what those cats were saying. With Rock there is just too much gong on for me! I could understand what DMX was saying.  It’s just too much gong on for me!   I could understand what DMX was saying and I liked it. I really like every type of of music in some way or another, its just that Hip Hop really does it for me. 

Where do you find inspiration for your shows? 

 Actually it’s being in the city and seeing young cats making amazing rap. Everything has been local for me. Listening to music is like a drug to me! Sometimes its bad (Used as a crutch, or a numbing agent)… but I think its a great thing! I would never want to be without it. I’m at a lot of shows nowadays, honestly I like  seeing the bigger names but I’m more excited to see the new up and comings. My man Seti threw a show a show called “The Art Of The Cypher” at Oberon. We had the local DJ Vet, DJ Reel Drama, live cyphers, live artwork and burners from Brian Life and another artist. It was REAL Hip Hop, DOPE for the culture. 

When did you last sing to yourself?

 I’m not gonna lie this one’s for my ex… she took my heart and I wrote a song for her. I sang to her and it was the first time I ever wrote a song for someone I thought that was pretty cool but I sing to myself all the time. I love that shit. I love free-styling and all that.

When in life do you feel most grateful?

I feel most grateful when my family is doing good. You know, when my niece gets good marks on her report card (She is actually a grade A student who inspires me every day of my life) , or when my nephew rode his bike for the first time. I get to reward them for doing something awesome. When I see someone smile that makes me smile.

Is there something you have dreamed of doing for a long time?

Champ Chuck and Uncle Sam of http://livefreeordieradio.com/

Man I give so much respect for women because they see long term so much better than guys. Guys suck at that! My dreams change constantly… I once wanted to own a club. There is so much going on all the time for me that it is hard for me to pin down one thing. 5 years ago or ten years ago I couldn’t even tell you what I wanted to do… I didn’t know I even wanted to rap or have a radio show. I have always wanted to own multiple businesses and have my good friends working with me making lots of money! To be able to put people positions where everyone eats is the dream.

Would you rather play a game with someone who is more talented than you and would it matter who’s watching?

No, I love doing any type of exhibition or sport where the opponent is more skilled than me because I get to learn things from that. It doesn’t matter who’s watching. If folks want to clown me step right in! If you think you can do it better than me…first wait till I’m done than step up and try. At the end of the day I don’t give fuck who’s listening, I’m not shy at all.

Have you ever disliked someone for being better or more successful then you?

Yea… when I was in wicked and weak mind-state! Now you know we’re all one energy under the sun and Karma balances me now. I try to look at it like yea some people are born into money and some people are not but you know… I’m on my own path! If I don’t got the girl I’m not going to go chase her I’m going to so make it so she will just fall into my lap! We all have our own lane, and I should never compare myself to anyone else, and I don’t.

Are there people you envy enough you would want to trade lives with them?

No, because when I meet someone who has something appealing to me I look at it like how am I going to put myself in that position. How can I add his arsenal of weapons to mine. When I met these dudes at the radio station it was like the first time I was on I said to myself “I want my own show!” I’m a sponge, that soaks up the knowledge around me. I learn from my mistakes and triumphs, and yours as well.

What would constitute a perfect evening for you?

Champ Chuck

One where I get paid, make sure my bills get taken care of and my family is safe, secure and ready for success.. One where I know that I have money coming in the future, go host OverDog Radio and then go see a show. There is no place in this entire world I feel more at home then a Boston Hip Hop show/event because I consider the people in the scene to be family. Big shout out to the boss Mark Merren for providing the city Motivate Monday. That’s also where I first performed with N.B.S. When they asked me to perform “The Come Up” with them. Dorchester legend Akrobatik dapped me up and said I did good right after too (I was ecstatic.)

Who do you admire? Who inspires you?

Champ Chuck

I couldn’t even tell you… I look at a cats like DJ premier doing his thing and being just the greatest of all time I really look up to a cat named Scram Jones he’s phenomenal he’s one of the best MCs of all time, plus he DJ’s great and has produced grammy nominated records. He wears many hats but wears them well. But in all honesty, my mother and father have inspired me more the I could ever say. I do everything I do, with them and their legacy in mind. I go by Champ Chuck, but I just see myself as the son of Thomas Welch (R.I.P.)

OverDog Radio is LIVE from 9PM til 11PM every Tuesday night on WEMFRadio.com, hosted by Champ Chuck.

Free and Elevation Theory

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Elevation Theory, inspiration, music, musician, Original Band, R+B, rock

Free in the rehearsal studio warming up on the drums. Photo by Jaymes Leavitt

Free is the founder of the Elevation Theory band.   We met up to talk about inspirations and insight into the beginnings of what has grown to be one of the most talented leading bands to come out of Boston.

MM:  Free, How did you first get into music?

FREE:    Amazing question,  I was introduced to music of course though as every great music legend well… lets not say every but close to it,  started playing in a church band when I was 7.  I got my first drum set when I was 7 too so that was cool too.     I was playing on pots and pans so much my dad just decided to do it before I tear up the whole house so he got me a drum set.    Upon getting the drum set I was able to not play in church.  from 7 going on to 9 I didn’t have a lot of patience.  I  thought that if you weren’t learning you weren’t growing so either you are playing of you are not.

Photo by Jaymes Leavitt

MM:    Where do you get your inspiration from?   Who inspires you?

FREE:    My inspiration comes from John Roberts who is by far the biggest musical inspiration in my career.  I met him at the age of twelve   I was able to go to Atlanta and He was playing in a church.   To actually meet him was something.  One thing he told me…”Never forget your identity, never compromise your sound, and believe when no one else does.”   From that day, that inspirational speech has forever stuck with me.   I pay homage to him every day.

MM:    When did you first start elevation theory?

FREE:    I started Elevation Theory in March of 2007.  The idea came in around  2007 before I got into Boston I was in South Carolina.  The name of the band was B Free and it was me, my best friend Brandon Williams.  I knew it was kind of weird because B was for Brandon and Free was because everyone calls me free so it was a little weird. I was telling him I was planning on moving to Boston and in 2008 I had gotten accepted to Berklee College of Music.    I knew I had to change the name of the band, and Believe it or not I came up with the name of the band from watching ET the movie.   Its true!  A lot of people don’t know that but its true.   I was sitting home with my Brother watching ET the movie so I was watching it,  from top to bottom because I had never seen it.  And I thought…. ET… Extra terrestrial and I was moved by the whole theoretical part of the movie.  Part of me knew I was going to Berklee and I was about to study the theory of music and that’s where the word Theory came in.   I saw ET and I thought of the word Elevation.  When I thought of Elevation thought to be big to be higher to be stronger and above the norm.  When I put the words together Elevation Theory it just stuck.   The logo,  I have to give credit to my room-mate Robert Jordan, My Marketing Director who came up with the UFO thing.  Everyone looks at it like “Yo! That’s a crazy logo!” .. and it just spring boarded.   Right off that movie.

MM:    How do you warm up for a practice session?

FREE:    Its a matter of coming in with a mindset.  Having mental preparation is the first thing I do.  Coming into the studio with the right frame of mind is important.  The first part of rehearsal is getting the programing part of the show together.   Then we get into the records and putting the arrangements together.  then comes the practice part.     Learning the material and retaining it are huge factors.

I don’t do anything particular with my hands, but I do a technique I learned from a good friend.   Its a technique of stretching while holding the drumsticks in your hands.  From your right hand to your left hand, you stretch your arms around the sticks.  That’s a real good start up.  I tune the drums making sure the drums sound right and I go from high hat, to toms, to snare, and the rest of the kit.   One by one, all the time carefully making sure the sound is right.

MM:    Whats a typical rehearsal; like?

FREE:    Hell!   Really.  H-E-L-L And I mean…  We say ET Boot Camp.  And when we say that Be prepared for 12 hours of just hell.  Blood, sweat ,tears and cuss words, just everything!    I say that with so much sincerity.  I  give credit to my band member my bass player Keithen Foster.   I call him the anchor of Elevation Theory.  He came in as my musical supervisor and just anchored everything in together.     Keithen sets the tone and is consistent which is the best part of elevation theory.  Keithen brought in my music director Mathew Johnson he’s really the sergeant.   Matt is more like a coach than anything.   He puts together the show and we have a phrase we say before every show.  He says  “When Matt presses pay on the pro tools, we’ll see you at the end!”   See  you at the end means I don’t care what happens or what you do I will see you at the end.  Meaning If you make a mistake, make it big and keep moving on.

Elevation Theory’s website…   http://elevationtheory.org/

Johnny Voltik

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art music, hip hop fusion, jazz rap, Johnny VoltiK, music, musician

Johnny Voltik is a hip hop artist in NY who has been recognized by the underground music scene as one of the most innovative performers in his league. Constantly pushing the edge in music, Johnny Voltik has made an incredible mark in his field with boldly crafted songs, a highly unique style and powerful, energetic performances.  Johnny currently has been re-inventing himself and is putting out a new release called THE LEGENDARY MISFIT.  We met Johnny at Video Producer Roman Bodners apartment and spoke about his work.

Johnny tell us… How did you first start getting into music.

Well ever since I was a little kid, music has always been a part of me.  Before I could play instruments, I imitated and acted like I could.   My sisters bed room was where I started.  I used to get on her bed, take all her stuffed animals and put them around the floor.  I would pick up a baseball bat and a belt and that was my guitar! Then I would play her cassette tapes and imitate the artists.  My pops got me a guitar when I was 8 or 9.  From then on, I knew I was going to do music.

How do keep yourself inspired?

I think changing locations has been really inspiring.  I moved from Boston to NY and that has been a real inspiration.  I get inspired by everyday things, sometimes small stuff.   Lately I have been sampling and I have not done that in a long time.   I have been inspired by watching youtube videos and I would be inspired by the music that I hear and I would sample that.   I think the person I am now, Is that the music I do is authentically real.   Every song I have on the THELEGENDARYMISFIT has something real about it and if you ask me something about any of the songs on that project I could tell you something that is real about it.   I get inspired about all types of stuff.

How do you prepare for a creative session?

It just hits me.   I don’t even know how to prepare because I just write music whenever I have time it is not just a preparation thing.  Sometimes influences just come.  I prepare for shows by practicing…I mean to write songs.   Life just happens and I create songs around that.  That’s how I prepare.

Who are your heroes?

I look up to prince, Bob Marley, and Hendrix.  I look up to a lot of artists.  I think one of my favorite artists is Bruce Lee and he’s not even a musician.  To me he has the ultimate discipline.   I think that as a musician I want to approach my work with the same caliber as Bruce Lee.   Us doing this interview right now has me inspired!  I look up to a lot of film-makers.  I look up to people who are doing things that go above and beyond .

Whats in your CD Player right now?

My own new project!  I have also been listening to a lot of Bob Marley right now.   Ive been listening to Thundercat, JJ Doom, J-Tronius, Sky James,  I listen to all types of music.  Vince Guaralde is one of my favorite Jazz artists.  I like to start my day listening to jazz and that starts my mood off right.  I listen to all types of stuff.  I listen to old school stuff all the time as well.

What makes you creative?

I’m just doing me.  Unapologetically!  I try to bend the mind musically.  One day I tweeted  “Anything could happen within the drop”.  (Clapping rhythm)  Any thing can happen within these notes.  So in between the rhythm, I like to stretch things.  Say you have a 4/4 beat which goes into a certain pocket, people will say you have to quantitize your music.  Sometimes I don’;t like to quantitize the music because I like to have that pull.  That helps people expand their minds.  When the fourth beat happens, your back at the beginning again and anything can happen between that moment.  Inside that constant rotation, that’s how I make music.  I can do something within the beat and it might not be right on that beat but it makes sense creatively.  That’s what I like to do.  I want to challenge the listener and myself to think.

Are there any other artists you have been working with?

I’m looking forward to working with a lot of cool people… I don’t want to say just ye!  I work a lot with Oa IM   I am working with J-Tronius and hope to work with Nick Brewer who is in the band By The Bull.  He is a close friend and I look forward to working with him.  I am currently doing a lot of collaborations and I am not going to say anything yet until those projects are completed.

http://www.johnnyvoltik.com/

http://johnnyvoltik.bandcamp.com/

twitter @johnnyvoltik

instagram screen name – voltikgram

FancyBaby

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beats, electronic, music, pop, rap, singer, songwriter

Franchesca Parks, who goes by the stage name “FancyBaby” is a new young singer with an amazingly beautiful voice.  She has been honing her sound and crafting original songs since attending Berklee School of Music.  A mix of Pop, Rap and Electronic styles with soulfully sung hooks over chill beats make up a nice mix of interesting originals.   Franchesca has her eyes set on reaching the stars and has been working hard to reach her goals.  Franchesca offered us a little insight into her creativity.

Mixture:  How do you come up with your ideas for songs?

Franchesca: I song-write a little differently than most people,  and I usually work on different parts of the song at different times.   I will work on the the verse first, and then I’ll move into the hook section and then to the chorus.   I work on the musical ideas first.   I will get beats and listen to them over and over again until they are engrained in my memory.  I will listen to all types of beats and if I’m not feeling it, then I move on and listen to something else.   The song comes together piece by piece.

Mixture: How do you prepare for a recording session?

Franchesca: Depending on who I am working with, or before I record, I like to be alone drinking tea and being chill.  That’s when I start writing.  It’s at that time when the ideas start happening.  If I get frustrated, I just go for a walk.  I Like to be solitary but don’t get me wrong, I love to work with other people too.  It’s just in those solitary moments that I find my inspiration.

Mixture: Tell us about who you have working with.

JTronius(middle) sings with Francesca (to his right)

Franchesca:  I have been working a lot with J-Tronius who I’ve known for a while, and I have

worked with Brady James in NY as well as producer Tyler Rohn from California. Tyler heard my work through Tom Watts, a friend, and Brady just liked my sound so I kept sending him some work.
I have also worked with RoxxRuger and Young Illych, two rappers based out of Boston as well as  DJLH from MI.

Hear Franchescas’ music on these sites below

https://soundcloud.com/fancybaby-tm

http://www.facebook.com/franchescamusic
http://www.twitter.com/iknowimfancy
http://www.fancybaby.tumblr.com/

Shea Rose – BMA Award Winner!

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arts, award, BMA, entertainment, hip hop, music, musician, pop, R+B, rap, rap hip hop, shea rose, singer, soul

Shea Rose

Boston Artist Shea Rose has been rocking it out since we last featured her in Mixture Magazine.  Shea just earned the 2012 BMA Pop/R&B Artist of the Year award, and has captured the music spotlight once again.  We spoke to Shea to find out more about winning this years award.

MIXTURE: Shea Rose! Tell us about the BMA Awards.

SHAE ROSE: It was an amazing surprise!  I was shocked…truly shocked! I did not think I would get it.  I really

wasn’t expecting it.  For Best Pop/R+B artist I was up against Bad Rabbits, Gentlemen Hall, Louie Bello and Karmin.  I thought it was going to be tough, the talent pool is so high!  This is a great push for the New Year and I am excited that people are loving my music.  I am just proud of my city right now!

MIXTURE: What are you currently working on now?

SHEA ROSE:  I am working on an 8 song EP with my band. coming out this spring….DTMA which stands for Dance This Mess Around… a song originally by the B52’s which ill be doing a cover of.  I love their music and I fell in love with this song when I saw their video.  The music will have a more punk gritty sound to it.

Shea Rose With her band members(From Left to Right) Carter Lee, Evan Digi and Maro Chon at the BMA Award Ceremony

Shea Roses’ music is an amazingly fresh approach to Rap, Hip-Hop and rock.  Her live performances are awesome!  See the links below for upcoming shows.

www.shearose.com
www.youtube.com/shearose
www.facebook.com/shearose
www.twitter.com/shearose
www.shearose.bandcamp.com
www.myangelwearsafro.org

Danny “SkyHigh” McClain – R+B Soul Singer

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artist, arts, danny mclain, earthwindandfire, funk, jazz, music, R+B, singer, songwriter, soul, vocalist

Danny “SkyHigh” McClain

Danny Sky-high McClain is an R+B and soul singer with an amazingly beautiful voice.  He has an incredible repertoire and really takes R+B to another level! He can sing multiple genres and styles including hip hop, funk, soul and jazz.  Danny Was The 2008 Grand Champion of New England’s Emmy Award winning television show Community Auditions and has done recording / songwriting with the legendary Philip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire.

Mixture: Danny Tell us how you got into music?

Danny:  My mom and dad have always been into music.  They always had music playing in the house.  My mom would play Roberta Flack and my dad would play Barry White so it was around all the time.  Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, you name it there was always music non-stop.  It was like therapy for the home.  Eventually,I just got the knack of singing these songs.  I was very particular about the details when it came to music, really listening to the songs.  I started to really study it and I just had a knack for it.  I enjoyed taking apart songs and learning them.  I would also learn songs from TV shows and commercials.   Back then, TV shows had the greatest theme songs and I memorized them all.   I was connected to the music and I constantly asked myself what was it that gave me the goose bumps when I heard a piece of music.  It just fascinated me.

Mixture: What brought you into Berklee School of Music?

Danny: I was a junior in high school trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life.  The thing about Boston is that the music scene here is not really flourishing. There is a lot of talent here but there is no real plug-in from outside.  I originally wanted to be a lawyer!   I thought, at the time, that I wasn’t going to do the music thing and I just wanted to make some money.   All of a sudden senior year came around and I found out there is an infamous school right here in Boston called Berklee College of Music.  When I applied, I got a full scholarship to the 5-week summer program and from there the staff thought I just might as well just enrol so I was like Boom! Start Me Up! That was all due to some great people over there like Curtis Warner and Linenette Giddeons and Rob Rose who all helped to get me in.

Danny SkyHigh McClain

Mixture: Tell us about some of your accomplishments

Danny: I’ve shared the stage with people like Gloria Estefan,  Steven Tyler , Steve Vai, Jennifer Holliday and I have backed up a lot of other great singers.  The person I feel has really helped catapult my carer right now is Philip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire.  His son, Philip Bailey Jr. received my music from J-Tronius, whom I’ve worked with since 1999.   Phil played my music to his father who then asked to see what I could do… so they brought me out to LA!   I started writing for Earth Wind and Fire!  I’ve been doing that for three years now and the album is finished.  It will be released very soon and I have 4 songs on the album! I have  also been involved with the talent show Community Auditions, a  show from the 60’s which died out in the 80’s and has been revived about 5 years ago.  I won the 2008 Grand Champion Award and since then, they have been playing me on the station constantly.  People recognize me walking down the street!  They are still playing me on the station since 2008.   I think the greatest accomplishment I have done in my life is having my two little boys.   Once they were born I have had a ‘hella drive and I am able to do many things.   It’s one of those inspirational things that keep me going!

Mixture: What else do you do to stay creatively inspired?

Danny: My inspiration comes from solitude.   I enjoy being by myself and when I am alone I have the best ideas.  Don’t get me wrong; I do enjoy working with other people and collaborating, although my best stuff comes from when I am by myself.  Sometimes I like to do activities that are not music related.  When I am doing things that are unrelated to singing I frequently get spurts of inspiration.   I sometimes deal with writers block and I have to dig hard to get those great ideas.  When I switch it up I can open up to new inspiration.

Hear Danny on

Bandcamp http://dannyskyhighmcclain.bandcamp.com/track/what-you-wont-do-for-love

Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/skyhigh-2

Follow Danny on Twitter  https://twitter.com/SkyHighMusicNow

Earth Wind and Fire song – Guiding light with Danny McClain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFuaeSLU4AU

Moe Pope and Rain

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artist, hiphop, moe pope, music, rain, rap, singer

Moe Pope

Indie Hip Hop Artists Moe Pope+Rain, recently won the Hip Hop Artist of the year award at the Boston Music Awards.  Moe has been recording and making music ever since he was a teenager and has come a long way since his days beat boxing in Harvard Square! we had a chance to speak to Moe about his recent award.

Mixture:  How did you transition into the music you are making now?

Moe:  I was first with a band called the Electric Company and I switched to a group called Project Move.  There was a different sound and a different dynamic of working with these other artists.   I developed my own unique sound out of these collaborations.  After Project Move,  I have been working with producer Rain.   Rain develops amazing original beats and, rather than working with samples, he makes it possible to have our own unique sound and vision.   It is a lot better for me to be able to work with someone to create original music with rather than work from samples.

Mixture:  What are you currently working on?

Moe:  We are coming out with a new album on Jan 22 called “Let The Right Ones In:” on Brick Records.

Mixture:  Moe what was it like winning the Hip Hop Artist of the Year Award?

Moe: I almost cried!  It is amazing to have the recognition from the city and the support from my peers.  I am so proud to have won that award.  It’s amazing that people are finally starting to get it.  Hip Hop can be whatever it is you want it to be, and whatever you want to take from it.   I am proud to have my own unique translation of what Hip Hop is… and it’s nice that people love it!

Moe Pope In our 2009 edition of Mixture Magazine

Moe Pope and Rain have a CD release party on Jan 25th 2012 at the Brighton Music Hall in Allston MA check out the event info here—> Moe Pope CD release Party

Moe Pope and Rain Website —-> http://www.moepopemusic.com

Soundcloud —-> http://soundcloud.com/moe-pope

Twitter—-> https://twitter.com/moepope77

Sarah Blacker – Folk/Pop Music

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entertainment, folk, music, music therapy, musician, performer, pop, sarah blacker, singer

Sarah Blacker

Sarah Blacker is an amazing inspiration in Folk/Pop Music!  In addition to her non-stop performing, club dates and “House Concerts” all over New England, she is also a part-time Music Therapist for children and adults with special needs.  Sarah recently opened shows for Grammy Award winning band America as well as the Wood Brothers (Chris Wood from the trio Medeski Martin and Wood) In addition to getting a lot of stage time, Sarah recently had one of her songs titled, ‘Smell of Caramel’ air on the hit television series “Jersey Shore“

Sarah is currently working on fundraising for the recording of a brand new EP called, “Little Things” for which she has many new original songs and re-released ‘full band’ versions of acoustic songs.  “I get my inspiration from my life experiences and the amazing breakthroughs I have experienced within my life.  Through songwriting I make sense of life events and hopefully am able to shed light on similar situations for the listener as well.” Sarah states.   Sarah has not let the cost of doing all this creative work stop her from her goals.  She self funds her projects and is now fundraising for her new album.  Amazingly, in such a short time she has already has reached 23% of her goal to get her project rolling.  When it comes to personal projects Sarah said “You just have to follow your dreams, now!”

Sarah Blacker

See Sarah in a Berklee Music School Pulse Spotlight video on Music Therapy—-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_EGYQxV8eg

Her website can be seen here——> http://www.sarahblacker.com/

Follow Sarah on Twitter —–> https://twitter.com/sarahblacker

Sarah Blacker’s Pledge Music Fundraiser for her new EP ——> http://www.pledgemusic.com

Jyshoun – Love Overdose

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2010 Cover with artist Jyshoun

We caught up with R+B Singer songwriter Jyshoun to find out what projects he has been working on.   Jyshoun just signed a new publishing deal with three time Grammy award winning producer LA Reid and is now working on his first solo EP entitled “Love Overdose“.   Jyshoun was influenced by having only released singles in his solo career and never took on a full EP project.

Jyshoun tells Mixture…  “It will be my first solo EP and I want to show everyone that I can do it.  My biggest influence is to take on my first EP project.  I take real life experiences and I put it in my music. I look at my secure and insecure side and write about it. I think about what I love about sex and write about it. There is a difference between myself and all the other male artist that are in my lane.  I am not made up, created or cleaned up.  I am official!   I want to be known for being myself and not being afraid to do so.”

Jyshoun has been collaborating with Magneto 7 who has produced for artists Eminem, 50 cent, & Jay-Z and he is also working with Dirk who has produced records for Day 26 and rapper The Game.

Get a sneak preview of his upcoming new EP —> https://soundcloud.com/jy-shoun/making-love

Follow Jyshoun on Twitter —> https://twitter.com/Jyshoun