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Interviews with top Beat music advocates celebrities, musicians, artists, and icons about their current and past music projects.
Ike Rhein Returns with Acoustic Version of "Messed It Up"
Earlier this year, Ike Rhein released a hit song with Luh Kel titled, "Messed It Up." The single has accumulated about 500,000 streams, and the music video has eclipsed one million views. Building on the success of the record, Ike Rhein is back with an acoustic version of "Messed It Up." The acoustic version of "Messed It Up" brandishes heavenly piano chords from KMKZ and is slowed down to accentuate Sogimura's production and Ike Rhein's powerful, emotive vocals.
By Meikhel Philogene4 years ago in Beat
Boss Life With Courtney “O.C.” Smith
Courtney “O.C.” Smith has worked with and on projects with a host of Mainstream Brands and Artists such as: Future, Young Thug, Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Taylor Gang, BET, Empire Distribution, Virgin Music, Universal Music Group, Love and Hip Hop, and Lifetime Television.
By Tammy Reese4 years ago in Beat
Mogul Conversations With Tiffany Ford
"The Childcare Guru," Tiffany Ford is an Educator, entrepreneur, and consultant. She believes she has the answers to giving urban youth the academic spark they need to flourish. Now, she is giving other educational entrepreneurs the recipe for success so they too can spark change in their communities.
By Tammy Reese4 years ago in Beat
Rick Henry Talks with Russell Javors
Russell Javors I have known Russell Javors since 2007 and have interviewed him several times for various projects. The video at the top of this page is an interview I did with Russell for my youtube show called Rick Henry's Talk Show.
By Rick Henry Christopher 4 years ago in Beat
A captivating interview with TAIN aka MainTain Beat$
According to his bio, TAIN first came on the music scene as a hip-hop artist in 2007. While living in Virginia, he began exploring his talents with music and wordplay. He joined a group called The Rich City Screw and performed in places all throughout Richmond. “I remember the first show I did with them was at a restaurant and all the people there loved it,” he said. “after that I knew it was my calling. Shortly after that I did an underground song called ‘pull up to the club.’ I knew the song was dope, but I didn’t realize how much people liked it until I did a small show with about 50-to-60 people and they all knew the words. From that moment on I knew this was something I’m supposed to do.” What U Need is TAIN's most recent song release now available on all music platforms. TAIN took the time to answer our questions.
By mysoundMusic4 years ago in Beat
Women in Music
The music industry has historically underrepresented women. A recent study reported that 21% of all artists are women, 12% are songwriters and only 2% of producers are women. We had the pleasure of recently interviewing one woman making waves and standing out in a major way. She goes by Kira Deevah and she’s by far one of the hardest working women we’ve met.
By Lamore Lifestyle 4 years ago in Beat
Tamwah is a soul rebel, activating positive change through her music!
Tamwah is a vibrant first nations singer-songwriter and producer from Australia, who is currently creating a vibe in the Caribbean. Sounding warm, like a Tropical fusion of hip hop, reggae, samba & RnB.
By Toneman Productions4 years ago in Beat
Shay Mann sets off on his mission to take people on an expedition of sound.
Shay Mann is the alias of Shayan Mannan, a producer and composer residing in Toronto, Canada. Formerly known as 'Disease' & 'DiseaseMusic', Shay grew up in a musical family with a cultural background in South Asian instrumentation. Shay took a shining to learning a variety of new instruments from a young age. He started on the Harmonium, Tabla and acoustic drums. While he gravitated towards percussive instruments, it wasn’t until he discovered the synthesizer that the songwriting pieces began to fit. It opened the floodgates into exploring new sonic territory, and combined with his already established repertoire of musical knowledge, his vision began to manifest as reality. Fast forward to today and the project 'Shay Mann' now sees him combine idiosyncrasies of Electronica, Finger Drumming, Ambient and Downtempo to create his brand of eclectic music. His music echoes influences from a broad spectrum of famous producers ranging all the way from rap pioneer Dr. Dre, to cinematic prodigy Hans Zimmer. It is no surprise that his music also reflects the raw attitude of Hip Hop, juxtaposed against lush, cinematic tendencies and emotive soundscapes. What started off as just beat boxing and finger drumming in high school to lay down the beats while friends rapped over it, grew to a full-scale musical project. Shay Mann sets off on his mission to take people on an expedition of sound. He invites you to join him on that journey. (Spotify Bio)
By mysoundMusic4 years ago in Beat
Richard Lynch's Radio Friend
You’d be hard-pressed to find a musician as authentic as Richard Lynch, whose traditional country music fully embodies his hay-raising, farm-dwelling lifestyle. An all-American, blue collar country man, Lynch has poured his heart and soul into the countless chart-topping hits he and his band have produced. His music is 100% real country, evoking some of the great classics who influenced him, like Keith Whitley. Conway Twitty, and George Strait. For three decades and counting, Lynch has written, sung, and performed his songs with passion and dedication, building himself up into an independent country music sensation. While his musical roots are grounded in pure country, his songs also showcase elements of western swing, honky-tonk and outlaw country. (Richard Lynch bio)
By mysoundMusic4 years ago in Beat
Catching up with Suzic
Suzic is a songwriter based in Waterford, Ireland. Her love for music came from her grandfather, Samuel McNulty, who played the fiddle in a show band. She looked up to her grandfather as a source of inspiration and as a role model. It was in those early years that Suzic fell in love with music, as music has always been part of her life. Her journey through music began in 1982 when she started recording her music in Dick Keating’s studio’s. Keating is known for writing the song 'Here Today Gone Tomorrow' which was a representation of Eurovision. Suzic’s music genre of choice is pop and electronic dance music (dance pop). She has worked on many albums such as “All My Love”, “The Flow of Life”, “Classic Dreams” and her latest being “Worlds Apart” released in 2019. She has also worked on song’s (singles) like ‘Your My World’, ‘Heaven, Crazy Love’, ‘Paradise’, ‘Sunset’ (dance mix), ‘Lovin You’, ‘Heaven’ (dance mix), ‘Horizon’, ‘Our Children's World’, ‘Raising Above’, ‘Wild Dreams’, ‘Skylight, Child's Vision’, ‘Christmas Time’ and ‘This Our World’. She has set off at a good pace where she has dropped hits like High Energy, Only a Woman Heart, This is Your Time to Shine, Peace and I Never Wanna Let Tonight Go, Free, I Love You Babe, Baby Baby, Heaven. Recently, releasing My Life and All I Want is Love. Suzic has been in the music industry for over 25 years and her journey to growth has been one to be emulated by many.
By mysoundMusic4 years ago in Beat
