June 14, 2024 • 20 mins
In this compelling episode of "Rhythm and Resilience," host Kudzai sits down with rising star Arlington Taylor to delve into his journey through the music industry. From his early beginnings and the influences that shaped his unique sound, to the obstacles he's overcome and the milestones he's achieved, Arlington shares an honest and inspiring narrative. Tune in to hear about his creative process, the challenges of staying true to his artistic vision in a competitive market, and his advice for aspiring musicians. Whether you're a fan of Arlington's music or curious about the behind-the-scenes realities of a music career, this episode offers a deep dive into the highs and lows of the musical path.
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What's Up? Everybody? Welcome tothe Chatroom, a podcast dedicated with having
interviews with upcoming stars and influencers ofour generation. Please follow us on Facebook
and Instagram at the chatroom dot tcrand on Twitter at the chatroom underscore tcr.
Also, don't forget to become oneof our valued Patreon members, which
(00:21):
allows you to unlock exclusive content.Why are also supporting this podcast? Enjoy
the episode. Hello everybody, andwelcome to yet another episode of the Chatroom.
I'm your boy kids. I'm withChinde Bayer and I'm so excited to
have you guys with you today.Today I have a very special guest and
(00:43):
award winning musician Allanton Taylor. Howare you doing? My brother? What's
up? Bro? What did itdo? What it is? Hey?
You know how it is? Man, I'm just chilling here in Zimbabwe at
the you know, during this thirtyday lockdown. You know it's getting too
long. But tell me bro howcypress man? Yeah? Not? Cypress
(01:03):
is good, bro? The waythe Hella code now, so staying indoors
and we're not really going through alockdown per se, but it's more of
a curfew thing. So after ten, you know, it's when people are
allowed to move as much. Butotherwise, you know, it's mostly business
as usual apart from you know,going out and stuff like that. But
now it's still good vibes, youknow what it is. Yes, I
(01:27):
remember those days. I remember thosedays. It seems so far away,
man, but a man, itis right, it is so man.
We're just going to be talking aboutyour music today and we're just going to
have a good time man. Andyeah, let let the fans know what's
going on. So before we diveinto it, I just want to know,
(01:48):
bro, your stage name is atright, Tell me how did that
nickname or stage name rather, howdid it come to be? Well,
you know, the stage name hasgot two different stories to it, you
know what I mean. It's it'sgot like one side of it, which
is the truth side, and theother side which is more of like the
convenient side of things. So onthe convenient side of things, basically eight
(02:13):
is just my initials, you know, Arlington Taylor. But if you if
you really look at it under reallike, the reason why the name came
up is when I was younger,you know, starting off high school,
where people really couldn't say my namein this one home of mind. He
fumbled. He was trying to sayArlington and he said eight and then they
mocked me for it, you know, like how high school kids are.
(02:35):
Like. He used to be aboutit for a couple of days, and
then I kind of I kind offigured that, you know, the vibe,
why not keep it? Because Imean, it's convenient. People can't
say my name anyway, so whynot give them something easier to say.
So that's where at came from,all right, man, And it's pretty
cool. How you know there's actuallya background story because you know, some
artists just you know, think ofsomething in the NDA wake up on DND,
(02:59):
like, yeah, I should justcall myself this. So it's pretty
cool to see that it came back. Well, it came from way back.
So my second question, Bro,is and it's in line with your
name. I noticed that your Twitterhandle is very interesting actually, and I
find it really cool. But it'syou know, underrated artists. So I
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just want to ask you, bro, why do you think you're the most
underrated artist? I feel like,you know, I've been doing this music
thing for a very long time,but I only got serious with it in
twenty fourteen. But I've been makingmusic since like two thousand and eight,
so it's been a very long timesince I made music. And during the
(03:42):
time when I first transitioned into theserious stage of music, I literally started
creating as a producer and stuff likethat, and I got to rob shoulders
with some of the some of thebest artists in Zimbabwe and a few collabors
outside of the country. And whenI'm now transition and into becoming a complete
artist, where I'm now the actuallead, I hadn't gotten that same type
(04:06):
of you know, relationship that Iwanted to get, that same type of,
for lack of a better term,hype, you know. And I
feel like my music is worth thehype, but it's not getting the hype
that it needs. So that's wherethe underrated artist thing comes from. All
right, gee, and just tellme just along those lines as well,
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Bro, why do you think it'sso difficult for artists, especially zimbolbing artists
to break out because the music industryis rough in a way in Zimbabwe?
What do you think the problem is? Like? Where are we missing it?
Just you know, I'm just justin general terms, not even just
you, but like, way arezimbobeing artists missing the mark. That's actually
(04:53):
that's a think piece that has beengoing around the industry for a long time,
and a lot of people have hadconversations about it, you know,
and different perspectives come up. Butin my personal opinion, I feel like
the reason why we're not reaching wherewe want to reach to is simply because
we're not selling a complete package.Well, beginning of I think closing out
(05:15):
twenty eighteen, that package is slowlybecoming more wholesome, you know what I
mean, with the lights of peoplelike Holy Ten, who are really who
are making good music, good videos, pro Beads, the same thing,
Germo Griffiths, Tommy Morile. Thisis the new age, you know what
I mean of the industry, andthey're now competing on a continental scale,
(05:36):
and I feel like that transition needsto happen with the whole industry to a
point where it's competing in the continent. And the only way we can do
that is like moving on to theInternet. And a lot of people are
really resisting it in the industry.A lot of them just are focused on
trying to get radio and trying toget shows in the cities or local areas,
(05:59):
but they're not really focusing on theInternet the way they're supposed to feel.
All right, Gee, So alongwith now getting into your music,
bro, and we just we're tryingto understand who you are. Do you
get what I mean? Like thelisteners want to know what you stand for
and just you know, beyond pleasingthe fans, beyond releasing bangers, beyond
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producing content that's appreciated, Bro,Like what are you really? What are
you really hoping your art will have? And you know what's fueling that?
The dream? Do you get whatI mean? Like? What's driving you?
Man? Well, for me,a lot of things are driving me,
you know what I mean? Socreative, It's it's really difficult to
(06:45):
stay motivated. It's truly during thesevery isolated times where you're always in your
house, you're with us like avery finite number of people, you're not
really socializing, So inspiration is veryhard to come by. But one of
the main motivate motivations that I havekeep to keep going is basically to prove
people wrong, those that think thatI can't do it, and for those
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that are are supporting me and feellike I am going to like progress with
this is to just prove to themthat, you know, like I'm worthy.
And also, on the other hand, another thing that's motivating me is
the reason why I got into musicthe first place, is for me to
propel my lifestyle to a point whereI can give back to people, you
(07:32):
know, as people that have beenyou know, as a person that's been
exposed to a lot of adversity andstuff like that. I'm really, I'm
really I can't say passionate, butI'm really focused more on making life convenient
for people in my country and andall of that. So creating being able
(07:54):
to create opportunities you know, forjobs, employment, creative spaces and things
like that, some things that Ireally want to do. Once you know,
the success comes into fruition. Soyeah, all right, cool,
And gee, I hope this questionis not too deep. But you mentioned
that you know, you're trying toprove that you're worthy. Has there been
a group of people or someone inparticular that, as you know, made
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you have the drive to prove becauseyou know, I know, with a
number of musicians, usually it's justabout you know, they make music because
they love it and I don't know, and they just you know, it's
it's their thing. But you're sayingthat you want to prove a point to
people. And why do you feelthe need to prove a point to people?
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Well, initially, initially, makingmusic was a form of expression,
you know what I mean. There'sa difference as articulate with words or who
wasn't articulate with words when I startedwith music, Like, making music was
a form of expression of my thoughtsand my perspective on life. And once
(09:01):
you get into the music industry,you're medt with a lot of pushback,
you know what I mean, Alot of a lot of producers, a
lot of managers, A and r's, record labels, you name it,
TV channels, music, little radiostations, all of that. Most of
the times, when you're still creatingyour sound, or when you're still building
(09:22):
your brand, they're always pushing youback. They're always bringing you down.
They're telling you you're not worthy,you can't do this, you can't do
that. So the fact that I'vebroken some of those barriers was just a
proof of concept. It means thateverything that was saying the whole time was
wrong. So why not just gothe whole way and just become a complete
(09:43):
you know, a complete quote unquotestaff. You know is basically the proving
point, the proving factor. It'snot necessarily a person, but proving to
the energy of the industry that I'mwith you know the time. Oh man,
that's some crazy stuff right day,and we love to see it.
Bro. And again, you know, your genre of music is love for
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most of your songs are love songs. And is there you know someone in
particular, you know, a ladyfriend that you sing to, or you
know, is it just you know, a genre that you you know,
you decided to get into because youknow you've got the voice for it.
Well, initially when I started,I started off rapping as most artists do,
(10:28):
trying to get a hang of themusic thing. But like as time
went on, I started discovering thatI could sing. And a friend of
mine always used to assist that,you know, you should always make music
for women because I mean, likethe men always listen to the to the
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music that women listen to and liketrying to impress them. So as a
business strategy for me, that wasa really good angle to look at.
But also artistically, I feel likethere are a lot of emotions that men
don't express towards women. You know, we try to suppress like a lot
of emotions, a lot of thoughtstowards women. And it's sort of my
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way of speaking for the general malepopulace that are quiet, you know what
I mean, sort of expressing forus men, like our more sensitive aspects
of our emotions that we don't reallytalk about. And in terms of like
a female friend or girlfriend. NowI'm completely single, but I go through
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situations. I watch movies and Iget tied to their emotions and it inspires
me or my friends have in relationshipsand it really inspires me to write.
That's really where most of it comesfrom. All right. See, and
you know you've got a trademark thatI've noticed in most of your music,
and you know it's something like arap up something like that. You know,
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So I just want to ask thisis this is just a question for
me man for my for my curiosity. Basically, where did you get that
from? Dog? Like do youlike Jamaican music or something? It was?
It was It was a mistake.It was a mistake. It came
in layers. Like one of thefirst things that I started making sort of
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like my my thing was the wholedirty thing. So a lot of tracks
on I when I do started goingduty and stuff like that. And then
I was trying to make a reggaerecord one day and like I'd been listening
to a lot of dub. Ifyou know what dub music is, it's
like it's like psychedelic reggae music.Yeah, it's really psychedelic reggae music.
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Not not the electric dub, butlike like dub reggae stuff that they listen
to when they're on some some otherstuff, you know what I mean.
And I was young, and alot of it is as chance and stuff
like that, and I was like, you know, I'm trying to make
this dub reggae and I want tostart doing these chances. So when I
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was when I when I just pressedrecord, I started vibing and I said
pan, bang bang bang, andI was like, oh, that sounds
nice, that sounds nice. Letme keep that. Yeah. I just
kept doing that. And also itwas kind of an extension from when I
was producing my tag goes eight backon the beat like bang, So I
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was like, let me just findlike a reggae way to extend that,
you know what I mean. Sothat what That's what it was, right,
cool man? And like outside ofmusic, bro, do you have
any other passions I have. Ihave a really strong passion for video games.
I like, I like playing videogames. I like discovering new video
games. I also have a verynot a passion. But I'm really intrigued
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by science. You know, Ialways thought I was going to be a
scientist, so that didn't come outthe way I expected because science is not
a joke. It's not a game. But like, yeah, that and
video games. So that's really theother side of me and food because yeah,
like because of the whole COVID thing, I really got focused with cooking.
(14:11):
So I mean food has become sortof a passional I guess all right,
coo, so we can expect youto become a shift one day or
is that stretching it? Yeah?You never know. You never never know.
Cooking show is gonna happen? Ohman, we love to see.
Well, you know what, I'mjust gonna remind you this about this and
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maybe five years and I'm gonna belike, remember when you said you're gonna
have a cooking show, So becareful what you say, bro. I'm
speaking into fruition. A friend ofmine says, always manifest what you want.
So you know what I said isgonna happen. Smart friends. So
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we're just gonna take some time,you know, to answer. Well,
I'm gonna ask you questions which requirea one word answer. So I think
I'm gonna ask about five for six. I hope you don't mind, but
yeah, the first one was gonnabe single or taken, but as you
mentioned, you're single. So thesecond one is pineapples and pizza. Yes
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or no? Definitely? Yes?Oh yes, we love to see it.
And it's a tomato of fruit orvegetable. I feel like it's a
fruit, alright, you sure?You sure? I feel like it's a
fruit. Now I'm kidding. I'mkidding spot on there. And would you
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rather have money or fame? Idefinitely want the money. The fame is
is something that's so much pressure.I just want the money, right,
Okay, that's a good reason actually. And the last one that I have,
which genre of music do you likethat people would never think you like?
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For me, I personally think peopledon't think I like afro jazz or
jazz per se, just jazz,all right? Cool? And I'm sorry,
but I have to interrupt because I'velistened to some of your Soul Vibe
sessions on your Instagram page and Iactually think you quite You do quite well
with jazz, bro, So areyou sure about the Yeah? I mean,
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like, well, when people hearthe live sessions, it's me sort
of leaning more towards the jazz thing. So it's me kind of just giving
a notch to jazz and making surethat they know that I like jazz,
but I don't like me always tryingto think as like, for lack of
a better term, I always thinkno one knows anything, so I wouldn't
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assume that they know I'm doing that. You know. Yeah, no,
no, no, that makes sense, bro. And just as the last
question, just to end things off, bro, what advice would you give
people in your position? Because youknow, as the youth, we're growing
up with or with all these howcan I put it? All these obstacles
and barriers you know in front ofus? So what advice can you give
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us to? You know, shy? I feel like the one thing that
all of us young people need todo firstly is to diversify, you know
what I mean? They a lotof people always say stuff like they always
say stuff like don't be a jackof all trades, blah blah blah.
But truth be told, is youat least need at least need you at
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least need to know at least twoskills, like and not skills from school
or stuff like that, but skillsthat that can earn you income or skills
that can help you create credibility,you know, like photoshop or premiere pro,
so something that's something that you havea passion what can be your primary
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your primary skill and have a secondaryskill like, for example, I do
music, so I know a wholebunch of music software, but as a
means of trying to sell or maybeproject that music, I've started learning video
editing and photo photographic designing and photoediting. So it's it's just one of
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those things where you always need toknow how to diversify. And like everyone
else says, if you like whateveryou're doing, just stop it, you
know what I mean. So ifif you're doing something you don't like,
you might as well not do it, all right, man, Yo,
that's so straightforward and so deep,bro listeners. As Ellington said, you
know, if you're doing something youdon't like, just stop it, but
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ellington, Bro, thank you forcoming on and you know, letting us
into your life, bro and justletting us know a little bit more about
your music and yourself. So shoutout for there, Bro. No best
believe Bro, this this was greatto relyabreach me on here and like,
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I'm excited to see your platform expandbecause this is like literally the foundation of
a data collection for Zimbabwe. Thisis such a great channel, man,
like a great channel to channel thatfor lack of reputation, but you're doing
some good stuff, Bro, likevibes completely. I like it. Thank
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you so much, Bro, andI appreciate your words, Bro. And
just to let you guys know weare I'm no longer doing this alone.
I have a few guys on boardthat are helping me out and yes we
basic believe it is going to continueto grow. But that is it for
this episode. Thank you listeners forjoining us once again. Please do remember
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to follow us on Facebook, onInstagram and on Twitter, and please remember
to engage guys. We really wantto know your opinions. We really want
you guys to ask our guest questions. I'm sure they are willing to answer
some of those questions. Within reason, of course, but thank you Ellington.
And yeah that's it for me.Peace. Yeah, thank you peace
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man. M h m hmmmmmmmm
What's Up? Everybody? Welcome tothe Chatroom, a podcast dedicated with having
interviews with upcoming stars and influencers ofour generation. Please follow us on Facebook
and Instagram at the chatroom dot tcrand on Twitter at the chatroom underscore tcr.
Also, don't forget to become oneof our valued Patreon members, which
(00:21):
allows you to unlock exclusive content.Why are also supporting this podcast? Enjoy
the episode. Hello everybody, andwelcome to yet another episode of the Chatroom.
I'm your boy kids. I'm withChinde Bayer and I'm so excited to
have you guys with you today.Today I have a very special guest and
(00:43):
award winning musician Allanton Taylor. Howare you doing? My brother? What's
up? Bro? What did itdo? What it is? Hey?
You know how it is? Man, I'm just chilling here in Zimbabwe at
the you know, during this thirtyday lockdown. You know it's getting too
long. But tell me bro howcypress man? Yeah? Not? Cypress
(01:03):
is good, bro? The waythe Hella code now, so staying indoors
and we're not really going through alockdown per se, but it's more of
a curfew thing. So after ten, you know, it's when people are
allowed to move as much. Butotherwise, you know, it's mostly business
as usual apart from you know,going out and stuff like that. But
now it's still good vibes, youknow what it is. Yes, I
(01:27):
remember those days. I remember thosedays. It seems so far away,
man, but a man, itis right, it is so man.
We're just going to be talking aboutyour music today and we're just going to
have a good time man. Andyeah, let let the fans know what's
going on. So before we diveinto it, I just want to know,
(01:48):
bro, your stage name is atright, Tell me how did that
nickname or stage name rather, howdid it come to be? Well,
you know, the stage name hasgot two different stories to it, you
know what I mean. It's it'sgot like one side of it, which
is the truth side, and theother side which is more of like the
convenient side of things. So onthe convenient side of things, basically eight
(02:13):
is just my initials, you know, Arlington Taylor. But if you if
you really look at it under reallike, the reason why the name came
up is when I was younger,you know, starting off high school,
where people really couldn't say my namein this one home of mind. He
fumbled. He was trying to sayArlington and he said eight and then they
mocked me for it, you know, like how high school kids are.
(02:35):
Like. He used to be aboutit for a couple of days, and
then I kind of I kind offigured that, you know, the vibe,
why not keep it? Because Imean, it's convenient. People can't
say my name anyway, so whynot give them something easier to say.
So that's where at came from,all right, man, And it's pretty
cool. How you know there's actuallya background story because you know, some
artists just you know, think ofsomething in the NDA wake up on DND,
(02:59):
like, yeah, I should justcall myself this. So it's pretty
cool to see that it came back. Well, it came from way back.
So my second question, Bro,is and it's in line with your
name. I noticed that your Twitterhandle is very interesting actually, and I
find it really cool. But it'syou know, underrated artists. So I
(03:21):
just want to ask you, bro, why do you think you're the most
underrated artist? I feel like,you know, I've been doing this music
thing for a very long time,but I only got serious with it in
twenty fourteen. But I've been makingmusic since like two thousand and eight,
so it's been a very long timesince I made music. And during the
(03:42):
time when I first transitioned into theserious stage of music, I literally started
creating as a producer and stuff likethat, and I got to rob shoulders
with some of the some of thebest artists in Zimbabwe and a few collabors
outside of the country. And whenI'm now transition and into becoming a complete
artist, where I'm now the actuallead, I hadn't gotten that same type
(04:06):
of you know, relationship that Iwanted to get, that same type of,
for lack of a better term,hype, you know. And I
feel like my music is worth thehype, but it's not getting the hype
that it needs. So that's wherethe underrated artist thing comes from. All
right, gee, and just tellme just along those lines as well,
(04:26):
Bro, why do you think it'sso difficult for artists, especially zimbolbing artists
to break out because the music industryis rough in a way in Zimbabwe?
What do you think the problem is? Like? Where are we missing it?
Just you know, I'm just justin general terms, not even just
you, but like, way arezimbobeing artists missing the mark. That's actually
(04:53):
that's a think piece that has beengoing around the industry for a long time,
and a lot of people have hadconversations about it, you know,
and different perspectives come up. Butin my personal opinion, I feel like
the reason why we're not reaching wherewe want to reach to is simply because
we're not selling a complete package.Well, beginning of I think closing out
(05:15):
twenty eighteen, that package is slowlybecoming more wholesome, you know what I
mean, with the lights of peoplelike Holy Ten, who are really who
are making good music, good videos, pro Beads, the same thing,
Germo Griffiths, Tommy Morile. Thisis the new age, you know what
I mean of the industry, andthey're now competing on a continental scale,
(05:36):
and I feel like that transition needsto happen with the whole industry to a
point where it's competing in the continent. And the only way we can do
that is like moving on to theInternet. And a lot of people are
really resisting it in the industry.A lot of them just are focused on
trying to get radio and trying toget shows in the cities or local areas,
(05:59):
but they're not really focusing on theInternet the way they're supposed to feel.
All right, Gee, So alongwith now getting into your music,
bro, and we just we're tryingto understand who you are. Do you
get what I mean? Like thelisteners want to know what you stand for
and just you know, beyond pleasingthe fans, beyond releasing bangers, beyond
(06:20):
producing content that's appreciated, Bro,Like what are you really? What are
you really hoping your art will have? And you know what's fueling that?
The dream? Do you get whatI mean? Like? What's driving you?
Man? Well, for me,a lot of things are driving me,
you know what I mean? Socreative, It's it's really difficult to
(06:45):
stay motivated. It's truly during thesevery isolated times where you're always in your
house, you're with us like avery finite number of people, you're not
really socializing, So inspiration is veryhard to come by. But one of
the main motivate motivations that I havekeep to keep going is basically to prove
people wrong, those that think thatI can't do it, and for those
(07:11):
that are are supporting me and feellike I am going to like progress with
this is to just prove to themthat, you know, like I'm worthy.
And also, on the other hand, another thing that's motivating me is
the reason why I got into musicthe first place, is for me to
propel my lifestyle to a point whereI can give back to people, you
(07:32):
know, as people that have beenyou know, as a person that's been
exposed to a lot of adversity andstuff like that. I'm really, I'm
really I can't say passionate, butI'm really focused more on making life convenient
for people in my country and andall of that. So creating being able
(07:54):
to create opportunities you know, forjobs, employment, creative spaces and things
like that, some things that Ireally want to do. Once you know,
the success comes into fruition. Soyeah, all right, cool,
And gee, I hope this questionis not too deep. But you mentioned
that you know, you're trying toprove that you're worthy. Has there been
a group of people or someone inparticular that, as you know, made
(08:18):
you have the drive to prove becauseyou know, I know, with a
number of musicians, usually it's justabout you know, they make music because
they love it and I don't know, and they just you know, it's
it's their thing. But you're sayingthat you want to prove a point to
people. And why do you feelthe need to prove a point to people?
(08:41):
Well, initially, initially, makingmusic was a form of expression,
you know what I mean. There'sa difference as articulate with words or who
wasn't articulate with words when I startedwith music, Like, making music was
a form of expression of my thoughtsand my perspective on life. And once
(09:01):
you get into the music industry,you're medt with a lot of pushback,
you know what I mean, Alot of a lot of producers, a
lot of managers, A and r's, record labels, you name it,
TV channels, music, little radiostations, all of that. Most of
the times, when you're still creatingyour sound, or when you're still building
(09:22):
your brand, they're always pushing youback. They're always bringing you down.
They're telling you you're not worthy,you can't do this, you can't do
that. So the fact that I'vebroken some of those barriers was just a
proof of concept. It means thateverything that was saying the whole time was
wrong. So why not just gothe whole way and just become a complete
(09:43):
you know, a complete quote unquotestaff. You know is basically the proving
point, the proving factor. It'snot necessarily a person, but proving to
the energy of the industry that I'mwith you know the time. Oh man,
that's some crazy stuff right day,and we love to see it.
Bro. And again, you know, your genre of music is love for
(10:07):
most of your songs are love songs. And is there you know someone in
particular, you know, a ladyfriend that you sing to, or you
know, is it just you know, a genre that you you know,
you decided to get into because youknow you've got the voice for it.
Well, initially when I started,I started off rapping as most artists do,
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trying to get a hang of themusic thing. But like as time
went on, I started discovering thatI could sing. And a friend of
mine always used to assist that,you know, you should always make music
for women because I mean, likethe men always listen to the to the
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music that women listen to and liketrying to impress them. So as a
business strategy for me, that wasa really good angle to look at.
But also artistically, I feel likethere are a lot of emotions that men
don't express towards women. You know, we try to suppress like a lot
of emotions, a lot of thoughtstowards women. And it's sort of my
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way of speaking for the general malepopulace that are quiet, you know what
I mean, sort of expressing forus men, like our more sensitive aspects
of our emotions that we don't reallytalk about. And in terms of like
a female friend or girlfriend. NowI'm completely single, but I go through
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situations. I watch movies and Iget tied to their emotions and it inspires
me or my friends have in relationshipsand it really inspires me to write.
That's really where most of it comesfrom. All right. See, and
you know you've got a trademark thatI've noticed in most of your music,
and you know it's something like arap up something like that. You know,
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So I just want to ask thisis this is just a question for
me man for my for my curiosity. Basically, where did you get that
from? Dog? Like do youlike Jamaican music or something? It was?
It was It was a mistake.It was a mistake. It came
in layers. Like one of thefirst things that I started making sort of
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like my my thing was the wholedirty thing. So a lot of tracks
on I when I do started goingduty and stuff like that. And then
I was trying to make a reggaerecord one day and like I'd been listening
to a lot of dub. Ifyou know what dub music is, it's
like it's like psychedelic reggae music.Yeah, it's really psychedelic reggae music.
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Not not the electric dub, butlike like dub reggae stuff that they listen
to when they're on some some otherstuff, you know what I mean.
And I was young, and alot of it is as chance and stuff
like that, and I was like, you know, I'm trying to make
this dub reggae and I want tostart doing these chances. So when I
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was when I when I just pressedrecord, I started vibing and I said
pan, bang bang bang, andI was like, oh, that sounds
nice, that sounds nice. Letme keep that. Yeah. I just
kept doing that. And also itwas kind of an extension from when I
was producing my tag goes eight backon the beat like bang, So I
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was like, let me just findlike a reggae way to extend that,
you know what I mean. Sothat what That's what it was, right,
cool man? And like outside ofmusic, bro, do you have
any other passions I have. Ihave a really strong passion for video games.
I like, I like playing videogames. I like discovering new video
games. I also have a verynot a passion. But I'm really intrigued
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by science. You know, Ialways thought I was going to be a
scientist, so that didn't come outthe way I expected because science is not
a joke. It's not a game. But like, yeah, that and
video games. So that's really theother side of me and food because yeah,
like because of the whole COVID thing, I really got focused with cooking.
(14:11):
So I mean food has become sortof a passional I guess all right,
coo, so we can expect youto become a shift one day or
is that stretching it? Yeah?You never know. You never never know.
Cooking show is gonna happen? Ohman, we love to see.
Well, you know what, I'mjust gonna remind you this about this and
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maybe five years and I'm gonna belike, remember when you said you're gonna
have a cooking show, So becareful what you say, bro. I'm
speaking into fruition. A friend ofmine says, always manifest what you want.
So you know what I said isgonna happen. Smart friends. So
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we're just gonna take some time,you know, to answer. Well,
I'm gonna ask you questions which requirea one word answer. So I think
I'm gonna ask about five for six. I hope you don't mind, but
yeah, the first one was gonnabe single or taken, but as you
mentioned, you're single. So thesecond one is pineapples and pizza. Yes
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or no? Definitely? Yes?Oh yes, we love to see it.
And it's a tomato of fruit orvegetable. I feel like it's a
fruit, alright, you sure?You sure? I feel like it's a
fruit. Now I'm kidding. I'mkidding spot on there. And would you
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rather have money or fame? Idefinitely want the money. The fame is
is something that's so much pressure.I just want the money, right,
Okay, that's a good reason actually. And the last one that I have,
which genre of music do you likethat people would never think you like?
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For me, I personally think peopledon't think I like afro jazz or
jazz per se, just jazz,all right? Cool? And I'm sorry,
but I have to interrupt because I'velistened to some of your Soul Vibe
sessions on your Instagram page and Iactually think you quite You do quite well
with jazz, bro, So areyou sure about the Yeah? I mean,
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like, well, when people hearthe live sessions, it's me sort
of leaning more towards the jazz thing. So it's me kind of just giving
a notch to jazz and making surethat they know that I like jazz,
but I don't like me always tryingto think as like, for lack of
a better term, I always thinkno one knows anything, so I wouldn't
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assume that they know I'm doing that. You know. Yeah, no,
no, no, that makes sense, bro. And just as the last
question, just to end things off, bro, what advice would you give
people in your position? Because youknow, as the youth, we're growing
up with or with all these howcan I put it? All these obstacles
and barriers you know in front ofus? So what advice can you give
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us to? You know, shy? I feel like the one thing that
all of us young people need todo firstly is to diversify, you know
what I mean? They a lotof people always say stuff like they always
say stuff like don't be a jackof all trades, blah blah blah.
But truth be told, is youat least need at least need you at
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least need to know at least twoskills, like and not skills from school
or stuff like that, but skillsthat that can earn you income or skills
that can help you create credibility,you know, like photoshop or premiere pro,
so something that's something that you havea passion what can be your primary
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your primary skill and have a secondaryskill like, for example, I do
music, so I know a wholebunch of music software, but as a
means of trying to sell or maybeproject that music, I've started learning video
editing and photo photographic designing and photoediting. So it's it's just one of
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those things where you always need toknow how to diversify. And like everyone
else says, if you like whateveryou're doing, just stop it, you
know what I mean. So ifif you're doing something you don't like,
you might as well not do it, all right, man, Yo,
that's so straightforward and so deep,bro listeners. As Ellington said, you
know, if you're doing something youdon't like, just stop it, but
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ellington, Bro, thank you forcoming on and you know, letting us
into your life, bro and justletting us know a little bit more about
your music and yourself. So shoutout for there, Bro. No best
believe Bro, this this was greatto relyabreach me on here and like,
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I'm excited to see your platform expandbecause this is like literally the foundation of
a data collection for Zimbabwe. Thisis such a great channel, man,
like a great channel to channel thatfor lack of reputation, but you're doing
some good stuff, Bro, likevibes completely. I like it. Thank
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you so much, Bro, andI appreciate your words, Bro. And
just to let you guys know weare I'm no longer doing this alone.
I have a few guys on boardthat are helping me out and yes we
basic believe it is going to continueto grow. But that is it for
this episode. Thank you listeners forjoining us once again. Please do remember
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to follow us on Facebook, onInstagram and on Twitter, and please remember
to engage guys. We really wantto know your opinions. We really want
you guys to ask our guest questions. I'm sure they are willing to answer
some of those questions. Within reason, of course, but thank you Ellington.
And yeah that's it for me.Peace. Yeah, thank you peace
(20:10):
man. M h m hmmmmmmmm
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