Hailing from Memphis, Tennessee, Lost Star is the moniker behind the music of AWARD WINNING hip hop artist and songwriter Ramon Dennis.
At age 11, Lost Star has been developing his skills as he began writing music and setting high goals from himself. Influenced by artists such as Nas, Tupac and Kanye West he developed a mindset where he is able to create powerful, meaningful and expressive lyrics, the kind of music that is a true wake up call for a dormant generation.
With determination and hard work his music made it on the Top 10 on the Reverbnation’s Hip Hop Charts and even held the number 1 spot on several occasions. As his career continued to soar, he had a popular interview with Canadian based blog site Violet Banana and Dyme Squad Magazine that was titled “Most Popular Feature” back in early 2014.
Also in 2014, Lost Star was nominated for the M.I.A.M.I Mike Grind Hard Award at the SCM Award Show in Memphis.
As he continued to grow as a artist he learned that hard work paid off, he won a contest on Reverbnation and his music was featured and added to rotation on Dope Souf Radio.
Lost Star was nominated for two awards for the 2015 SCM awards, Slept On Male Artist of the Year and movement of the year following his popular movement “I Am Great”,
where he won and brought home 1 of 2 of those awards. He was presented the 2015 SCM Award for Slept on Male Artist of the year.
Currently, he is setting on releasing two projects this year for his fans. One to be titled “Be Great” which is a prelude to the release of his Debut EP Release.
When asked about how his music differs from the music that is currently out, these were his words:
“The music scene is so over saturated, things are definitely easier for artists. They can make music cheaper which means more recordings even though, more recordings doesn’t equal more quality, care or talent. The truth in most cases is that the music that gets released doesn’t send a message to influence our youth positively and it is no longer interesting.
Luckily, every once in a while a true gem shines through the pile of stones.
This the case of Lost Star.
Exposed Vocals: How did you hear about Exposed Vocals? What made you decide to sign up?
Lost Star: Exposed vocals actually reached out to me in which I felt was really dope! I actually first saw you guys on social media, it was on twitter. And I just signed up from there and now here we are doing this interview.
Exposed Vocals: So tell us your story. Where did you grow up? What made you decide to become an artist?
Lost Star: I was born and raised in Memphis,Tennessee the home of so many different types of music and being from a city full of great music and musicians It was always in me to express myself through the atr of music..
Exposed Vocals: How did you come up with that name? What was your inspiration behind it?
Lost Star: I get this question all the time. LOL…My name (Lost Star) is like the yin and yang. The word Lost in my name represents the darker days of my life being lost in life after my father died when I was just 9 years old and the word Star is like me finding myself, you know like seeing that bright light at the end of the tunnel so that together gives you me Lost Star – the bad and the good
Exposed Vocals: What do you think about online music sharing? Do you ever give your music away for free? Why?
Lost Star: I believe sharing music is a must for people to get to know you as an artist…sometimes who have to give away free music so the fans and supporters can know what to know what to expect.. so when it comes time to buy the music they’ll already know you make hot music and they won’t think twice before buying.. Shout out to all the fans that purchase music!!!
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?
Lost Star: All I can say is build your brand and make good music.
Exposed Vocals: Do you ever make mistakes during performances? How do you handle that?
Lost Star: If mistakes come just keep rolling! Rehearsal and practice is the key to a great performance and the key to success in anything but things happen so no need to beat yourself up!
Exposed Vocals: Do you tour? Anything interesting happen on tour that you think our readers would enjoy hearing about?
Lost Star: No, I’ve never been on tour. I can’t wait for hat experience though!!!
Exposed Vocals: Where do you usually gather songwriting inspiration? What is your usual songwriting process?
Lost Star: I usually get all my inspiration from just life you know. Every day we as people have so much going on and see so much going on and I just take how I’m feeling about different situations and make them into songs. When writing a song I start by just thinking and getting all my thoughts together, you know just brainstorm, then I find a beat a like and begin to write or sometimes with no beat at all.
Exposed Vocals: Do you have a band website? What online platforms do you use to share your music?
Lost Star: Yes, I have a website….thanks for asking! LOL. Let me shout myself out! You can find everything I have going on @ www.loststaronline.com …lol
I share my music on reverbnation and soundcloud and of course I get plenty of promo on twitter and other social media sites.
Exposed Vocals: What are some really embarrassing songs that we might find on your mp3 player?
Lost Star: I’d say none… I don’t find anything I listen to embarrassing. I love all music so you’ll find many different songs and artists on my playlist!!
Exposed Vocals: If you were given half a million dollars and a year off, what would you do? How would you spend it?
Lost Star: I’d spend it traveling and seeing the world and just writing down all my expeiences… Just living and enjoying life freely.. the way things should be
Exposed Vocals: Any planned studio upgrades? What are you working with now?
Lost Star: No, I’m content with what I work with.. Right now I just work with Presonus Studio one.. That’s all I Need … I let he real engineers do their thing!!
Exposed Vocals: How do you find ways to promote your music? What works best for you?
Lost Star: Social Media and Streets…wherever the people are that’s where my music will be.
Exposed Vocals: If you could perform anywhere and with any artists (Dead or Alive) where and who would it be with? Why?
Lost Star: I’d like to perform with Kanye. I say Kanye because his tours/shows are amazing from what I’ve seen online and I’m an amazing artist so I feel it will be a great fit!!
Exposed Vocals: So, what’s next? Any new upcoming projects that you want to talk about?
Lost Star: Yes, I have a Project coming out this upcoming month called “Be Great”.. yall be on the lookout for that and after that my Debut EP will be on its way.
Exposed Vocals: If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?
Lost Star: Probably just writing short stories and movie scripts… I have so many different ideas so that’s what I plan on doing even while doing music…
Exposed Vocals: Do you remember buying your first album? Who was it? What was going through your head?
Lost Star: Yes I remember plain and clear. The first cd I ever bought was Yo Gotti’s album LIFE.. I was thinking I know this album is going to be dope and indeed it was!!
Exposed Vocals: How do you juggle the rest of your responsibilities while trying to stay ahead in your music life?
Lost Star: Just one day at a time. No matter what I will always make time for my music.
Exposed Vocals: What should fans look forward to in 2015?
Lost Star: My fans should be looking forward to more Greatness…especially from my Be Great project and just. Great music, Great Merchandise just plenty of great things in store so get your basket ready…lol .. I love my fans/supporters they are dope correction they are Great!
