Exposed Vocals Interviews ‘Bigmayne’
Jermaine Christopher Chism, also known as “Big Mayne” was born January 3, 1989 and raised in El Centro, CA. He was influenced through out his childhood to begin a music career, however, he was always too shy. The courage within him came out after his cousin; his role model and inspiration, deceased in 1998. (Sean C. Fuller) He began putting together his rhymes and working with his home made studio. Big Mayne started influencing others as his cousin did him. He became very familiar with all the technicalities of the music industry, and started developing a plan of attack. He has achieved many mixtapes, ranging from love songs to freestyles about the experiences he has had through his life.
When “Big Mayne” was asked what he could possibly bring to the music industry, his response was simple. He stated ” My music is real. My music brings my all to the table. It is something almost everyone can relate to. The best thing about it, It gives me a chance to release all of my emotions.
“Big Mayne” has goals to turn the music industry into his carreer, and do something with his amazing talent. His plans are to have a big finish, give back to his community and take care of the people that mean the most to him; his family.
Big Mayne is an artist at ill state street musik ent.
Exposed Vocals: So tell us your story. Where did you grow up? What made you decide to become an artist?
BIG MAYNE : I grew up in a small town called El Centro CA, close to the mexicali border born and raised nothing ever to really do out there
so of course being a knuckle head  gang life found me started thinking i was bad hanging out then i start seeing all my big homie get locked up or young cats on drug already so i just wanted to be something bigger then that and choose to go on the music path also due to the lost of a cousin sean c fuller  who was music passionate by all means and would always want me to make music but at the time i was young and very shy so thats pretty much how i wanted to become and artist.
Exposed Vocals: How did you come up with that name? What was your inspiration behind it?
BIGMAYNE : my name also came from my cousin sean who passed he nick named me maine maine so everyone would call me lil mayne then as i got older i got bigger and bigger so then it went to bigmayne and bigmayne stands for BEST IN GETTING MUSIC ABOVE YOUR NEGATIVE ENERGY AS FOR THE STREET SIDE OF IT BIG MAYNE STANDS FOR Blood i get money all year no ego  which means ima huslter by allmeans but im not cocky with it at the same time so thats how that came about
Exposed Vocals: What do you think about online music sharing? Do you ever give your music away for free? Why?
BIGMAYNE: I LOVE ONLINE MUSIC SHARING JUST NOT WHEN THEY SPAM IT UP ON A DAILY BASIS AND ITS ALL ON Y TIE FEED HAHAH OTHER THEN THAT I LOVE IT . I ALWAYS GIVEM Y MUSIC AWAYS FOR FREE AND THE REASON IS I WANT THEM TO KNOW I’m not necessarily in need of there money its the bond with my fans that matter to me at the end of the day i love doing music so with or without a deal im going to make music  its my passion and i belieeve i got a gift for it .
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?
BIGMAYNE the biggest tip i can give for that is to network never be afraid to go outside your boundaries and i gave up alot of years begin nervous and shy if you want it go achieve your goals
and always stay humble .
Exposed Vocals: Where do you usually gather songwriting inspiration? What is your usual songwriting process?
BIGMAYNE i gather my song writing inspiration thru my life and the stuff im going thru at the time and what i want to be heard or announced thru my music  my writng process is basically find hook write verse and then get it in usually i can wirte a nice 16 bars in bout 25 mins  tops
Exposed Vocals: Do you have a band website? What online platforms do you use to share your music?
bigmayne yes im on mos social media sites reverbnation twitter instagram youtube soundcloud etc . all @therealbigmayne
Exposed Vocals: If you were given half a million dollars and a year off, what would you do? How would you spend it?
big mayne: first and foremost  im buying a house for me and my parents  and then go take wifey on a nice little trip and come back and get back to buinsess
Exposed Vocals: How do you find ways to promote your music? What works best for you?
bigmayne: promotion teams  friends  family  fans  and most of all social media  if im out in the streets i just let people know go check out big mayne or ill make shirts and the name has been getting notcied
Exposed Vocals: So, what’s next? Any new upcoming projects that you want to talk about?
bigmayne: as we speak i have my new mixtape in process  its called reachin out basically i reached out to thos who wanted to be apart  mostly all feature just to show i reached out and gave alot a chance to work with the kid those who didnt its there lost i have no time for negativity and go buy my new single  sagg my pantz produced by kaliredbeatz rest in jbmajick on itunes and support  thank you all
Exposed Vocals: If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?
bigmayne: to be honest out in the street or dead by now i was on a bad path  that wasnt right im glad i found this gift to do music
Exposed Vocals: How do you juggle the rest of your responsibilities while trying to stay ahead in your music life?
bigmayne: i just tell myself my life goals are important  as well as my music goals and for 12 years now i been keeping up with both
Exposed Vocals: What should fans look forward to in 2016?
bigmayne
more videos, more music alot more promotion and  a better image of the boi big mayne  clothing brand coming issm ent ill state street music
more support and we pushing a bigger movement