“There is a personal vulnerability to this song”. Should artists always challenge themselves? Tell us a few things about your new song.
I think we should all challenge ourselves to be the realest us possible. The song in its simplest form is emotional expression from an unfamiliar place, that has long needed to be explored.
Which is your most personal and honest lyric?
“Im not ok with not being ok” … And no one should have to be if they are true to themselves.
Favourite album of all time?
Purple Rain….hands down
When not writing music, how do you spend your time?
As a married father of 5, naturally my family gets alot of my time…gladly ofcourse…personal alone time is usually spent anywhere in nature’s surroundings…and deep meditation.
What advice would you give to your younger self?
Always follow your Intuition(trust yourself), and learn to “be still”(patience) and stay true to yourself and no one else.
One last thing we should know about you?
I believe we’re all connected….why do we act like where not.
Let Me Drive blends different genres. Tell us a few things about your creative process
-You’re right! I love to mix genres like Neo-soul, Jazz, R&B, and Trip hop music. It creates my vibe! The creative process is all about how my feeling and my emotions will be translated at the moment. So it will depend on my moods and physical health. First, It starts with building real connections with the beatmakers that I choose and we create a loving, kind, and comfortable environment based on communication.
They all know that I have my own language when speaking music and my own artistic direction, so they know what kind of vibes I like and how I want them to sound.
Afterward, we start producing together, the beatmaker plays chords until a melody inspires me and then we add the beat, the drum, pads, and all other instruments.
For the rest, I love to try some topline and define the structure of the track.
After a studio session, I like to come home to rest and give calm to my ears. It’s an important part of the process to be able to take a step back and then focus on the lyrics.
It also has a very chill vibe. In which state of mind do you imagine people might listen to your music?
Very interesting question, I imagine that people might listen to this track and when they need to let things go, or on the opposite when they deeply need to feel something, like a music therapy session you know hehe.
Favorite album of the past decade?
-Blonde-Frank Ocean.
You incorporate electronic elements in your music and you also experiment with autotune. Are these extra challenges when it comes to live performance? Also your dream performance venue?
– I love to challenge myself and the people that work with me and push our limits, So I can’t wait to experiment with live performance to see how I’ll manage these details. But I’m kind of confident and positive about it because I think it could be really fun sometimes to add some autotune when I’ll be performing on stage!
My dream performance venue is Coachella or maybe on the moon.
If you could change anything about the music industry, what would it be?
-They must think MUSIC first.
Future plans?
-For now, going to London and drop a debut EP this year!
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