God Bless’ is written, produced and performed by Trey, and is inspired by Tupac’s ‘God Bless The Dead’. It’s a celebration of loved ones that have passed on, and highlights that we are all the same, we all have only one life to live, no life is more valuable than any other.
Exposed Vocals: So tell us your story. Where did you grow up? What made you decide to become an artist?
Gp: I’m from Brookhaven, Mississippi. I have always loved music; It was amazing to me how artists were able to capture the feelings of people whom they have never met. I started making music with some friends an we became How Fly Entertainment and that is when I started to get in to audio engineering and beat making as well as writing.
Exposed Vocals: How did you come up with that name? What was your inspiration behind it?
Gp: Gp stood for many thing but now it is simply Gp.
Exposed Vocals: What do you think about online music sharing? Do you ever give your music away for free? Why?
Gp: I think online music sharing is a double edge sword. It is a great way to hear music you might not normally hear but there is a lot of money being lost. I give away a lot of my music for free because I’m my own boss. I don’t have a Label that I have to listen to so I just put out good music. To many artist are focusing on getting paid that their music suffers. I’m If good at what I do the money will come.
Exposed Vocals: Since everyone was a start-up once, can you give any smaller or local bands or artists looking to get gigs and airplay some tips?
Gp: First Stay true to yourself, never change up. Second don’t be a puppet, take control of your career. Do your research make some connections and it will all pay off
Exposed Vocals: Do you ever make mistakes during performances? How do you handle that?
Gp: No one is perfect. If you make a mistake while performing just finish strong.
Exposed Vocals: Do you tour? Anything interesting happen on tour that you think our readers would enjoy hearing about?
Gp: I haven’t done the touring thing. Right now I’m focusing on getting G92 Productions off the Ground
Exposed Vocals: Where do you usually gather songwriting inspiration? What is your usual songwriting process?
Gp: When I write I can’t listen to any songs that are on the radio. I want to be as original as possible. Sometime when we find a song or artist we like, we tend to duplicate their sound. So to keep that from happening, I don’t listen to anything.
Exposed Vocals: Do you have a band website? What online platforms do you use to share your music?
Gp: Yes. I have a Beat Star Page, FaceBook, Twitter, and Youtube. Just Search for G92 Productions.
Exposed Vocals: What are some really embarrassing songs that we might find on your mp3 player?
Gp: I wouldn’t call them embarrassing because I listen to all kinds of music. But the one that catches everyone by surprise is the “We are Men” parody by Team Four Star.
Exposed Vocals: If you were given half a million dollars and a year off, what would you do? How would you spend it?
Gp: I would put a lot of it into my studio and save the rest. I might travel some but I’m not sure.
Exposed Vocals: Any planned studio upgrades? What are you working with now?
Gp: I’m working with Pro Tools and Logic now. I’m always upgrading whenever I can
Exposed Vocals: How do you find ways to promote your music? What works best for you?
Gp: I find that working with other artist is the best way to promote my music. I can tell you all day that my music is hot but it’s not until someone else tells you my music is hot that will make you want to listen.
Exposed Vocals: If you could perform anywhere and with any artists (Dead or Alive) where and who would it be with? Why?
Gp: I want to work with so many artist, Tupac, Eminem, 50 Cent, to Adele, Amy Winehouse, and so many more.
Exposed Vocals: So, what’s next? Any new upcoming projects that you want to talk about?
Gp: I’m working on a lot of thing but mainly it G92 Productions so it a lot of boring stuff like studio upgrades but be sure there will be some great music being made when everything is up.
Exposed Vocals: If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?
Gp: I have no idea
Exposed Vocals: Do you remember buying your first album? Who was it? What was going through your head?
Gp: 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin was the first album that I could call my own. His story was amazing to me. Going through what he went through and to make it out, that was something that stuck with me.
Exposed Vocals: How do you juggle the rest of your responsibilities while trying to stay ahead in your music life?
Gp: It’s hard but you have to make the sacrifice. Those who really care about you will understand.
Exposed Vocals: What should fans look forward to in 2016?
Gp: Good Music, Good Videos, not jus from me but from all the artist I work with.
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