1. Where are we talking from today? A. I currently reside in Murfreesboro Tennessee. 2. What would you like to accomplish in 2019? A. The biggest thing I would like to accomplish in 2019 is to get my debut album produced. 3. Has the government shutdown affected you or anyone you know? A.  As far as the government shut down no it really hasn’t affected me or anyone that I know. 4. What is your take on politics? A.  As far as politics I feel our country is broken and we all need to come together as American people and figure out the solution. There is too much dissension among the American people and among our politicians. It’s time to reach across the party lines and figure out how to make this country better. 5. Where did you get your artist name from? A.  The name Derek Smith, as for the first name it was completely random. As for my last name, it was my mothers maiden name and the last name of my grandfather a man that I really admire and hope to make proud one

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 Chicago's very own “ Brandon James" is ready for success, and he wants you to know it. The r&b/soul singer is creating a strong buzz with the upcoming release of his single "So Emotional." "So Emotional,"  is scheduled for release on August 24th, 2019 and is the first single off the upcoming E.P scheduled for release this fall.   Chicago native Brandon James was born "Brandon James Foster". He states that he "started doing music as an outlet for depression early in life. I wasn't very popular in school and I was considered a latchkey kid due to my mother's work schedule and my father's battles with alcoholism." On a teacher's suggestion to find extracurricular activities, Brandon joined the choir. He finished the eighth grade with a determination to elevate his understanding of music and succeed with his own music.  Constantly challenging himself to become better at his craft, he has taken voice lessons from Bob

1. Where are we talking from today?  Waianae, Hawaii 2. What would you like to accomplish in 2019?  Have more of an online presence and backing to put singles out and create videos, annnnnd get a new record, publishing and Management deal. Also have a ton of fun touring. I'd like to go on a USO Tour.  3. Has the government shutdown affected you or anyone you know? No 4. What is your take on politics?  I' dont have any. 5. Where did you get your artist name from?  A Dream about my unborn son Cash 6. At what age did you make music a pursuit?  I started to really pursue music in college 7. Did your family and friends support you in your pursuit of music?  Yes, majorly! 8. Do you have an album/EP out now that readers should check out or are you about releasing singles?  Rockin The Country on YouTube and new music very soon on YouTube. 9.   Do you have any plans to tour?    Yes if the stars align I'd like to do a USO Tour 10. What artists are you listening

 Brandon James, one of Chicago’s most popular r&b performers is pleased to announce the expansion of his Soulful Sunday shows in Chicago.   The shows are held once a month on Sunday at Reggie's, 2100 South State Street. Reggie's, is one of Chicago’s hottest music joints, hosting the best independent and top acts. For two years Brandon has been the driving force behind Soulful Sundays. The soulful singer has tirelessly worked toward growing the shows by recruiting some of Chicago’s most talented artists to perform. Soulful Sundays, offers music lovers, fans, and fellow musicians a soul saving, unique night of music. Come hang out and hear some of the best music Chicago has to offer.   Chicago native Brandon James was born "Brandon James Foster". He states that he "started doing music as an outlet for depression early in life. I wasn't very popular in school and I was considered a latchkey kid due to my mother's work schedule and my father'

Even though the holidays are over, Joe The Bluesman has a lot to celebrate. The recent release of his first E.P "Seasons," has brought the bluesman a lot of joy.  Two singles "Ol Black Cat" and "Leisure Time Blues," were soft released in advance on the Sound Cloud platform. Currently the two singles have garnered the bluesman over 40k in streams on the Sound Cloud platform.Tuned Loud Blog, reviewed the singles in advance. They described the two singles as follows, " When listening to  “ Leisure Time ”  and  “ Ol Black Cat ” , a succession of moods washes over us and at their deepest point they resemble a psychedelic trance."  Joe The Bluesman aka Joe Campobasso was born in Kansas City in 1954. Early in his childhood, his parents moved to Huntington Beach, California where he would spend most of his youth. A natural musician, he was already playing the violin by the third grade and by high school he was playing in the school's

1. Where are we talking from today? -  The planet known by Earth in the English language. 2. What is your take on politics? - Hip hop is politics, we are anti-media, and legalize all the drugs. 3. At what age did you make music a pursuit? - We all started our pursuit of music at various times but we’ve all been at it for years. 4. Did your family and friends support you in your pursuit of music? - Some of us in Sol Minor are very open about our music with people in our personal lives! Others of us keep it a secret from loved ones. 5. What artists are you listening to right now? - Saba, Frank Ocean, MF Doom, Earl Sweatshirt,Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Slim Shady, Neutral Milk Hotel, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Corey Fisher, and Adam’s Song 6. When you are not making music what else do you enjoy to do? - Depends on the member we are occupied by jobs or schooling. We have a lot of gamers some of us play way too many video games, shout out to over watch and Binding

1. Where are we talking from today? - I live in downtown Austin, TX! 2. What would you like to accomplish in 2019? - I’ve been keeping my head down and working non stop since this year began to achieve my dream of being a singer. I’m hoping to release a full EP sometime in the next 8 weeks. And I’m hoping to tour this summer and film a music video soon. I’m hoping by the end of 2019, I’ve created a considerable buzz around me. 3. Has the government shutdown affected you or anyone you know? - I can’t say I was affected personally, as I do not know anyone who works in Goverment, but I feel for anyone who was negatively affected by it. 4. What is your take on politics? - I am not as up to date in the world of politics as I feel I should be, but personally I lean toward a more Liberal view. 5. Where did you get your artist name from? - It’s my birth name! 6. At what age did you make music a pursuit? - I took an interest in song writing at around age 15, and that’s

 Brandon James, one of Chicago’s most popular r&b performers is pleased to announce the expansion of his Soulful Sunday shows in Chicago.   The shows are held once a month on Sunday at Reggie's, 2100 South State Street. Reggie's, is one of Chicago’s hottest music joints, hosting the best independent and top acts. For two years Brandon has been the driving force behind Soulful Sundays. The soulful singer has tirelessly worked toward growing the shows by recruiting some of Chicago’s most talented artists to perform. Soulful Sundays, offers music lovers, fans, and fellow musicians a soul saving, unique night of music. Come hang out and hear some of the best music Chicago has to offer.   Chicago native Brandon James was born "Brandon James Foster". He states that he "started doing music as an outlet for depression early in life. I wasn't very popular in school and I was considered a latchkey kid due to my mother's work schedule and my father'

1. Where are we talking from today? Atlanta, GA 2. What would you like to accomplish in 2019? Hit records 3. Has the government shutdown affected you or anyone you know? A few people 4. What is your take on politics? They both the same 5. Where did you get your artist name from? My classmates in school gave me the name. 6. At what age did you make music a pursuit? Early, but didn’t get on the mic til later 7. Did your family and friends support you in your pursuit of music? They don’t care 8. Do you have an album/EP out now that readers should check out or are you about releasing singles? Yes, Whiteboy Telling Lies out on djhandcuffz.com and major online stores. 9.  Do you have any plans to tour? In the future 10. What artists are you listening to right now? Just me 11. When you are not making music what else do you enjoy to do? Mix and master, build website and graphics 12.  Where you @ online?  www.djhandcuffz.com soundcloud.com/djhand

1. Where are we talking from today? I'm from Toronto, Canada 2. What would you like to accomplish in 2019? For my music and brand to further gain exposure and to continue to connect with fans and inspire them through my original creations. 3. Has the government shutdown effected you or anyone you know? I'm in Canada so the effects haven't impacted us the same over here. For those that it has, my heart goes out to them and their families. 4. What is your take on politics? I have open-minded political views 5. Where did you get your artist name from? I love a good play on words and wanted to highlight that I'm a unique artist Specyal (for unique) and T (first letter of my name) 6. At what age did you make music a pursuit? At two I started playing piano and by six I started my official training.  7. Did your family and friends support you in your pursuit of music? Yes I'm very fortunate to have a very supportive family. They're all behind me 100% 8

1.Where are we talking from today? Atlanta,Ga 2. What would you like to accomplish in 2019? To have my name in the industry,increase fan base . 3. Has the government shutdown effected you or anyone you know?No 4. What is your take on politics? Neutral I will speak on it if being discuss but I wouldn’t bring the topic up. 5. Where did you get your artist name from? Being that Lil Wayne is my favorite artist and when I begin my music career I was little I just took my first initial and added that how  Lil T came about. 6. At what age did you make music a pursuit?14 7. Did your family and friends support you in your pursuit of music? Yes most of them  8. Do you have an album/EP out now that readers should check out or are you about releasing singles? Yes recently dropped my single Lil ‘T on all platforms and coming soon Slimeball. 9.  Do you have any plans to tour?   I would love too but currently im not  10. What artists are you li

1. Where are we talking from today? Good old Detroit, MI 2. What would you like to accomplish in 2019? We would like to record our future hit album of existing and performable material with a proper engineer. Perhaps find a proper label that will help us with this and launching our career as artists. 3. Has the government shutdown effected you or anyone you know? Not specifically, I have friends who needed to renew their medical cards through the government and obviously had to wait a long time to get them processed. 4. What is your take on politics? We don’t like to talk about politics much, it isn’t proper to bring up in conversation. If we would’t share our beliefs at a dinner party, we certainly wouldn’t share them with the world. Activism is another story, if there is ‘wrong’ happening and we have the opportunity to stand up against it….we will however. We will say that what has been happening in politics the last few years is a ‘JOKE’ fueled by the unethical misu

 Brandon James, one of Chicago’s most popular r&b performers is pleased to announce the expansion of his Soulful Sunday shows in Chicago.   The shows are held once a month on Sunday at Reggie's, 2100 South State Street. Reggie's, is one of Chicago’s hottest music joints, hosting the best independent and top acts. For two years Brandon has been the driving force behind Soulful Sundays. The soulful singer has tirelessly worked toward growing the shows by recruiting some of Chicago’s most talented artists to perform. Soulful Sundays, offers music lovers, fans, and fellow musicians a soul saving, unique night of music. Come hang out and hear some of the best music Chicago has to offer.   Chicago native Brandon James was born "Brandon James Foster". He states that he "started doing music as an outlet for depression early in life. I wasn't very popular in school and I was considered a latchkey kid due to my mother's work schedule and my father'