Over my years as an indie artist i have encountered a lot of personalities. I have observed and interacted with professional artist and non-artist from hiphop, jazz, and on an academic level throughout my education and work history. I have achieved by anyones measure a "fair" amount of success for the amount of effort i have put into it. The thing that frustrates me the most is how as indie artist we are our own best resource as far as marketing and support of projects, shows, hell even buyin...
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One certainly doesn't have to listen to much hiphop music to hear that violence and the threat of violence are often central themes in the music. I myself sometimes use dark themes and profanity when trying to paint my soundscapes. It was a long thought out decision whether or not to do this and my desire as a writer to represent things "as they are" prevailed over my desire to be seen as acceptable in the eyes of polite society (which i found out at an early age was a waste of time anyway). ...
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