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| Published on 3/13/2007 |
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| By The Phantom |
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AUTHOR: Artistopia
HEADLINE: Interview with The Phantom
ARTICLE TEXT:
Q. At what age did you realize you wanted to become a music artist and why?
Probably about 14. I liked music but never thought of doing it myself. My mom and dad would listen to the oldies like Hendrix, Beatles, The Suprimes and that's what I listened to. My dad tried to keep me away from rap trying to brainwash me oohhh it's for assholes and what not. I'm white I lived in a largly black nieghborhood in Cincinnati until I was 12 before I moved to the burbs. So I would hear alot of rap playing but ignored it. Finally people started letting me hear there rap cd's. The first I heared was Bone Thugs, DMX, Jay-Z. I heared it and said these guys are cool as hell and I payed attention to the lyrics and found rappers were some of the smartest lyrical people. Now here I am doing a fake interview on the computer.
Q. Most music artists have that special someone or thing that influenced their decision to do music. Did anyone or something in your life play a major role in influencing you to go into the music business?
Yes, my first influence was Jimi Hendrix. He played his music like I felt and like I would wanted to. To me as a kid Jimi Hendrix was the best ever. Second my rap influence was mostly Nas. His rhymes and the way he does it makes me think alot of myself I don't know why I just see myself in his raps if that makes any sense.
Q. In terms of the music, which major artist(s) influenced your style and why?
I love fast pace rapping like Bone Thugs and Twista and what not. I don't really like that slow rapping that's going on now. I just love that rapping flowing non stop not really fast but flowing and not even taking a breath in your verse kind of like Eminem. Also hard rock and heavy metal. I love the riffs like DUN DADA DUN DADA DUN DADA BAA BAA. I love that shit man. So I just to put metal and rap together and try to do hard rap or something.
Q. With so many independent artists trying to make it, what makes you stand out from the competition?
My lyrics I guess. Give me any topic to rap about and I can do it and it will be good.
Q. Music industry professionals are quick to say that being an artist means to gracefully fit a marketable niche in the industry. If you were offered an opportunity that asked you to be something you are not, would you do it to get your foot in the door?
No. The only time I want to sell out is in stores.
Q. Making music is one thing, selling it is another. What types of strategies do you use in promoting your artistic work and getting it heard by the proper professionals?
I don't really do nothing. I might send some demos soon or something.
Q. In regards to wheeling and dealing, how important do you feel business knowledge is to making it in an industry filled with much heartache?
I don't understand the question could you rephrase it.......no.....okay fine.
Q. Let's fast forward to 5 years from now. What advice would you offer to struggling independent artists?
Five years from now i'll be 25 and i'll tell a struggling artist hey being the best don't mean shit. You got to do songs about what they want you to do songs about, act how they tell you to act, do what they tell you to do. So practice on you ass kissing cuz the best ass kisser will make it not the best artist. They will tell you it's what the people want but people don't know what they want. 90% percent of people are followers. So if the record companies say singing about premature ejaculation is cool....everybody will want to ejaculate prematurly the next day.
Q. Most successful artists are involved in charitable organizations that stand for a cause that hits close to home. In that regard, once you reach success, what charitable cause(s) would you like to be involved in and why?
First I would do something for the kids. Admitt it people kids are getting more and more fucked up. First kids with learning disabilities I would want to help them cuz i'm dislexic and I know sometimes it's not fun. Do you know I have to have somebody read the shit I right and make sure I didn't put hi i'm motnahP ehT. I'm not talking about the kids in the LD classes cuz it's just an excuse cuz they are brats and they're mama never whipped their ass. Which is another thing to. Parents don't know how to take care of kids. First now everbody is a kid themselfs when they have kids and there's this bullshit you can't spank them or whip them. Shit your punishments ain't shit to them parents are jokes to kids now. While kids are sleepin at night mamas out getting high and having sex with guys she don't even know. and daddys never even seen the kids.That's why I would want a place to for kids to go just to lax. Help them stay off of drugs and out of gangs and get a job. Also I would try to make some affordable houseing for poor people cuz ALMOST 400 BUCKS A MONTH FOR A LITTLE ASS ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS FUCK THAT! I've seen some shit man with poor people man. Most of them are good people just cuz they're poor don't mean they do drugs or are an alcoholic.shit some never even smoked a cigarette. So I would demand affordable housing for lower class people.
Well, we thank you for taking the time to interview with us and certainly wish you the best in your music career endeavors. There you have it ladies and gentlemen, an inside look into the mind of an independent artist struggling to bring their hard work to fruition in an industry where perseverance and thick skin means survival. No one said it would be easy.
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