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Exposed Vocals: So tell us your story. Where did you grow up? What made you decide to become an artist?

 

Tetrykx:

 

I am from St. Lucia. It is a tiny island in the Caribbean and I grew up and lived in the capital, Castries, for the better part of twenty-six years. I was the second of Four children and we lived in a one- bedroom house with a very hard working mother, who I can now say did her best without any male presence to help.

Money was tight so my mother made the decision to sacrifice myself and my two brothers’ education in order to put my sister through school and further learning. As a result, I only started school when I was nine years old and missed out on the basics of early learning such as reading and writing. Ironically, because of my inability to read or write I did not last long and dropped out after one term spending the next two years on the streets an at home. I was sure my mum thought of me as “no good”, which was confirmed in my eyes when she sent me to a Juvenile Center for badly behaved boys when I turned eleven. However, it was at that center that my life changed.

I was taught how to read by another of the boys who was aged fifteen, who at the time was the only educated person in the center and ever since then developed a great thirst for knowledge. I did so well in that juvenile center that the director agreed to send me to a public school. Although because of my age (sixteen) I only spent the last year in primary school but still got the grades I needed to go to a secondary school which was private and expensive. I spent three years in the boys training center, or “B.T.C”, as it is widely known and they paid my secondary school fees for me but that too was cut short and so I never graduated. All I needed was one point to get to the last grade or form but the Principle refused and so I lost my scholarship. Yet again I had to leave school because I could not pay on my own and my mother was broke.

Out of school, I began work in a joinery/carpentry shop and became a skilled tradesman. After finishing my apprentice-ship I worked for a while then tried to start my own shop with my older brother, a fellow carpenter but that also failed for –  as I came to realize – money, family and friends don’t mix. So I left joinery and started working as a waiter in a hotel. It was shortly thereafter that I moved to the UK, settling in Scotland where I’ve been for the past twelve years. I have been married twice, both times failed badly and then I met my son’s mother and that was when things got really tricky.

After finding out that he was my son through a D.N.A. test it was all good, or so I thought. Here is a brief verse to describe what went down it her and myself and why I did not see my son for almost three years;

“Betrayal is a game that can turn deadly, especially when money is involved

Girl, you’re a problem that I just can’t solve

It was all good at first but then you evolved

Into the cookie-monster, the greedy cookie monster”

I thought moving to the UK would be a dream come true, but boy was I sadly mistaken. She cleaned me out by going to the C.S.A (Child Support Industry), a government body who have the authority to take money from your wages before they even arrive in your bank account. That’s what is messed up about this law – the woman can simply just make a call, give them the man’s work details, then they call your boss and, well, the rest is history. That’s half of your money gone.

After working in a dead-end job for two and a half years I had finally got a job where I was able to save money and could finish my schooling. I was so happy because I could now save up and even take my son to see my family back in St. Lucia. By that time, it had been well over five years since I had seen my family. But Baby Mama had a very different plan to mine, which boiled down to her calling the C.S.A just one week after I got the job, taking one thousand pounds in only one month for my three-year old son. This actually left mefifteen thousand pounds in debt, due to a loan I was helpless to renege on and a renewable energy course I was unable to complete that I had paid seven thousand pounds towards. I also lost the flat where I was living in to the bargain.

Where it gets interesting is that, at the time when all of this was happening, I was living with my so-called “Best Friend” who I had done so much for. Yet when I needed him to show me some love and understand what I was going through, he asked me to leave his flat! This is the dude who, when he was kicked out by his children’s mother I opened my door to him and gave him a place to stay, even though my one room was my living room and bedroom. All I had was this one room I paid for but I didn’t care because, as the saying goes, “A friend in need is a friend indeed”. Believe me, there is so much more I could tell you but this is not a novel!

Basically, all hell broke loose and it happened in three ways; she took all my money even after I begged her not to go through with it, she did it regardless of the ramifications to me but more so to my son. In the UK, only the mother can stop the C.S.A proceeding. They say big men don’t cry, well I cried like a baby with tears streaming down my face begging her not to follow it through; I also lost my job after six months (two months or so after the C.S.A first got involved); and the icing on the cake was when my “Best Friend”/ landlord asked me to leave the flat, virtually making me homeless.

At the time all of this was going on, I had met a lady who had witnessed everything and so I asked her if she could hold down the thought and give me time to learn how to make music as I did not like how my last few bosses had treated me. She agreed. All of that happened at the end of 2012. So I made the decision to trawl youtube and learn everything I could learn about music. I used to be a drummer back in St. Lucia, however the theory of music was something that I wanted and needed to master. I am not there yet – it’s only two years that I can say I have fully done music as, in 2014 I had a spell in church because the rage I felt at the betrayal was killing me. I felt for a while I had lost everything and that my future was in tatters and so my spell in church helped me to forgive and to seek strength and guidance. I am sure that without that spell I probably would have done something very stupid as when you mess with a man’s brain then he has nothing left – especially when he is in a country that is not his homeland. Some people take pleasure in keeping you down when it is clear your face is already on the pavement.

During my time in church I learnt forgiveness and so I got in touch with my son’s mother and asked if I could speak to her face to face, which she agreed to. When I asked her what she told our son, Brian, about myself not being present in his life for the last two years she replied; “I told him that you had to go away”. End of story. I kept my cool, although her and myself both knew that this was absolutely not the case. Six months or so later, she got back in touch and for a short while Brian started coming to stay with me most Saturdays. Although, keep in mind that I am still broke and bankrupt in a foreign land… Every time he comes over he wants treats and, well you know how spoilt kids can be. The last time I had Brian overnight wasSunday 9th August 2015 and the last time I saw him would have been the end of October 2015. The overnight visits were put to a halt after I had a conversation with him about what his mum was giving him for breakfast – as every time he came to stay he wanted “chocolate porridge” which I thought was nuts – no wonder every time he comes to stay he’s like a bouncy tiger with far too much energy. And so in trying to get him to understand that it wasn’t a healthy or correct choice for breakfast every day, Brian got mad at me then went home and told his mum. As I said before, the overnight stays were swiftly brought to an end and then afternoon visits were brought to an end a couple of months thereafter.

So that’s how it is. I can’t say anything to my son. She has absolute control of our son. That was the straw that broke the camel’s back, that was when I really got back in to music. My so-called best friend whom I was renting accommodation from still owes me money and still has all my furniture at his crib… All this is just the gist of what I have been through both in the UK and in St. Lucia. I have always had what you could say is “a hard life”, but that was fine because I know how to survive but when you have people in your life, and they make your life hard and bankrupt you and with-hold your deposit and your furniture just because they can, then that’s enough to unleash untold rage from within.

l or music. It’s that simple – the rage was too much.

Exposed Vocals: How did you come up with that name? What was your inspiration behind it?

 

Tetrykx:

well I loved playing Tetrice   and because it’s a game of building blocks and my  life’S   story HAS  is enough BLOCKS TO  FILL  6 BOOKS  OR  WOULD BE  THE BEST GERRY SPRINGER SHOW YOU HAVE EVER SEEN  LOL  . and   SO  instead  of call my  name tetrice I changed the (I) to (Y) AND (C) TO(K) AND ADDED X .AND THAT WAS THE START OF MY  MUSIC PATH  AS TETRYKX.

 

Exposed Vocals: What do you think about online music sharing? Do you ever give your music away for free? Why?

 

Tetrykx:

WELL I HAVE   NOT RELEASED LOADS OF MUSIC   APART FORM   GHETTO LIFE AND  I  AM NOT  SURE WHY I GAVE IT AS FREE DAWNLOAD OR FREE STREAMING CONSIDERING  I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO MONEY WHATSOEVER, AND I AM  IN SERIOUS DEBT. HOWEVER ITS MY OPINION   THAT AN  ARTIST  OR PRODUCER  HAVE THE RIGHT  TO DO WHAT EVER HE OR SHE WANTS WITH THIER  MUSIC  . NOW WOULD I DO IT AGAIN   YES  . WHY BECUASE I BELIEVE IN   A WORLD   SOME TIMES YOU NEED TO  GIVE  TO GET  AND THATS WHY I AM GIVING  A TWO  FOR ONE  FOR THE FIRST 2WEEKS  OF RELEASING MY NEXT  TWO SONGS.AND TO FURTHER   CLARIFY  THAT POINT   .AS THE BIBLICAL SAYING GOES  ITS BETTER TO GIVE THAN TO RECIEVE. . BUT MORE  SO  I THINKED ITS GOOD BECASUE IT SHOWS YOUR FANS THAT YOU ARE NOT JUST A TAKER  BUT  YOU ARE CONSIDERATE AND GENEROUS .

 

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?

Tetrykx:

THERE ARE THREE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT . ONE IS (PAITENCE) . ITS A VIRTUE THAT ALL ASPIRING ATSTIST,  PRODUCER , OR ANYBODY  THAT WOULD SEEK TO REACH NEW HIGHTS  BUT PERTICULARLY FOR MUSICIANS . BECAUSE ITS A GAME OF TIMING  AND HAVING THE (RIGHT SOUND) . NOW I AM NOT  A BIG TIME EXPERT ON THESE MATTERS THERE IS A LOT I NEED TO LEARN.  BUT I AM A  QUICK LEARNER AND I ADABT .THIRDLY BE WILLING   TO SACRIFICE  TIME ,ENERGY , RESOURCES AND EVEN SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHO  ARE MORE OF A HINDRANCE .AND  NEVER GIVE UP NEVER GIVE IN  . BUT MORE SO NEVER STOP WORKING ON YOUR CRAFT .. AND TO ADD SOME EXTRA FLAVOR   TO THIS Q&A .PLEASE  STOP DOING COVERS PLEASE STOP TRYING TO BE LIKE YOUR FAVORITE RAPPER, SINGER  ,OR, PRODUCER  .THERE IS ONLY ONE 50CENT  JUST LIKE THERE IS ONLY ONE DRAKE  OR KENDRICK . BE ORIGINAL AND YES THERE IS ONLY ONE OF  YOU  SO DO YOU . THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH LEARNING FROM THESE ACOMPLISHED ARTIST , WE ALL MUST START SOMEWHERE .BUT LEARN TO  BE YOU . .WRITE YOUR  OWN STUFF THAT GIVES YOU  MORE  PROPS AND  YOU STAND A BETTER CHANCE OF  THE INDUSTRY  RECOGNIZING  YOU .

 

Exposed Vocals: Where do you usually gather songwriting inspiration? What is your usual songwriting process?

 

Tetrykx:

HMMM.! WELL   FROM THE TIME I STARTED IN LATE 2012  I STARTED WRITING . NOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE NACK  FOR DOING JUST THAT WRITTIN SONGS , THATS WHY YOU HERE ALL THAT TALK OF GHOST WRITTERS  AND LET ME  STATE VERY CLEARLY  I DONT THINKED  THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG  WITH THAT HE EVERY MANS MUST EAT AS LONG THE DUES ARE BEING GIVE TO THE WRITTERS  WHEN SOEM IS SING SOMEONES  SONG  AND CLAIMING ITS THEIRS THEN THATS NOT ON .AND AS A RESULT  I  TAKE PRIDE  IN WRITING EVRY SONG  MYSELF . INSPIRATION CAN COME FROM ANY WHERE. A DAY IN THE PARK , A BUS RIDE,  A DAY  AT  BEACH  IN COLLEGE OR UNI  OR COOKING SOME OR WATCHING A TV PROGRAM (NEWS). AND MY LIFE STORY .I HAVE LITERALLY STOPPED  COOKING JUST SO I CAN RECORD A CHORD PROGRESSION OR A RIFF  OF A MELODY . NOW  DO YOU GET INSPERATION FOR OTHER ARSTIST  . THE ASNWER IS YES   . THE TRICK I USED IN MY SONG WRITING  IS   COME UP WITH THE CHORUS OR HOOK FIRST BECAUSE THAT IS   TH EPART OF THE SONG THAT  WILL STICK   IN THE LISTERNERS  EYES  MIND HEART. AND THEN YOU BUILD THE REST OF THE SONG AROUND THAT  AND IF YOU DOUBT ME  THEN  JUST THINKED BACK  AND ASSESS YOUR  FAVORITE ARTIST OR ARTISTS  WHO HAVE HAD   GREAT SUCCESS . I AM SURE  YOU MIGHT NOT REMEMBER ALL THE VERS OR EVERY DETAIL IN THE VERS .BUT  I CAN ASURE YOU  THAT THE CHORUCS OR HOOK  YOU WILL REMEMBER SO PRACTISE  COMING UP WITH  CHORUSES  .IN MY OPINION THATS HAVE THE BATTLE WON .WORD TO THE WISE  AN ARTSIT NEVER STOPS WRITING  SINGING  OR PRODUCING OR CREATING.

Exposed Vocals: Do you have a band website? What online platforms do you use to share your music?

 

Tetrykx: http://kxrl%20radio%20los%20angeles,%20california%20usa/w

ww.theakademia.com/home5

https://t.co/N8ybxd8VSA

https://www.reverbnation.com/q/6kf5wb

http://www.khsx-radio.com/houston8

http://www.wmic-radio.com/miami8

http://www.reverbnation.com/q/6iuenl

http://www.musicclout.com/tetrykx

http://www.theakademia.com/home5

https://twitter.com/yaz2932

https://twitter.com/hashtag/SoundCloud?src=hash

https://t.co/rxMszRixTK

https://soundcloud.com/tetrykx/sets/revenge-is-in-my-music

Exposed Vocals: If you were given half a million dollars and a year off, what would you do? How would you spend it?

 

Tetrykx:

HMMMMM . WELL  DIFFERENT  CIRCUMSTANCES  WOULD CALL FOR A DIFFERENT  ACTION AND SO   IN MY CURRENT STATE  I WOULD  BY MYSELF A HOUSE WHERE BECAUSE  NEVER HAVE TO  BE HOMELESS AGAIN  OR WORRY ABOUT FOOD  . AND AS I HAVE  NOT SEEN MY FAMILY  IN YEARS I WOULD CERTAINLY GO HOME   .I HAVE BEEN  IN THIS COLD COUNTRY  . I NEED TO GO  HOME TO DEFROST . AND THE REST  BUILD MY OWN STUDIO WITH ALL THE LASTES GARE. AND GET THE LAWERS IN  TO  HAVE A CHAT WITH  MY SONS MOTHER.  GIVE SOME TO MY FAMILY AND REAL AND NOTE THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE WORD (REAL) FRIENDS  WHO HELP TO KEEP MY HEAD ABOVE WATER WHEN I FELT (NO THATS NOT RIGHT WHEN I  KNOW) I WAS DROWNING  IN MISERY , PAIN  AND DEPRESSION. HELP THOSE  WHO LET ME SLEEP  ON THIER COUCH . AND FED ME  AND TAKE MY GIRL ON A MUCH NEED VACATION TO MY HOMELAND

Exposed Vocals: How do you find ways to promote your music? What works best for you?

 

Tetrykx:

WELL WHEN I RELEASED GHETTO LIFE .WHAT DID WAS JUST  UPLOAD IT TO SOME OF THE FREE SITES, AND BECAUSE I HAVE NO MONEY I JUSTSTARED SEND IT TO MY FREINDS  THE (REAL FRIENDS) GETHEIR OPINIONS . AND ASKED THEM FOR  HONESTY WICHI GOT  FORM THE FIRST PERSON WHO HEARD IT . THEN  BY  THE END OF THE WEE ON MY REVERBNATION I GOT IN ONE DAY 150 FANS   AND WHAT WAS REALLY ENCOURAGING  THE FANS  I GOT  WERE ALL MUSCIANS SEASONED IN THEIR TRADE . SOME OF THEM  WITH 10000 AND MORE FANS EVEN UP TO   A 100000  AND I JUST HAD 1 FAN  WHO HAVE BEEN  ON MY PAGE SINCE I STARED IN 2012 AND EVER SINCE ITS JUST BEEN INCREASING . AND SHE TO IS  AN ARTIST . THEN IT GOT QUIET  FOR  ABOUT A WEEK. AND ONE DAY SOME  FROM A RADIO STATION EMAILED ME AND SAID “HEY I LIKE YOUR SONG IT HAS GOOD POTENTIAL AND  I  WANT TO HELP  TO BRING  IT OUT  TO THE WORLD  AND TO SUBMIT IT TO  (THE AKADEMIA AWARDS) I WHICH  I DID AFTER BORROWING   THE MONEY TO SUBMIT  IT. . AND THEN  I GOT A EMAIL FORM THEM SAY HEY  YOU HAVE BEEN  NOMINATED, AND THEN   THE NEXT EMAIL WAS HEY YOU WON  HEY YOU GOING TO LA FOR A GALA  EVENT OT MEET SOME  PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE MEANS TO TAKE ME TO THE NEXT LEVEL  BUT  I COULDNT GO AS   AGAIN MONEY ISSUES .  SINCE THEN   I HAVE BEEN PROMOTING LIKE CRAZZY  BUT MORE  WITH WORD OF MOUTH  JUST ASKING MY FRIENDS TO CHECK MY SONG THOSE WHO HAVE NOT HEARD IT . AND TO  SHEAR ,LIKE,  DAWNLOAD AND STREAM IT  I WILL BE HONEST IN SAYING THAT I DID NOT OR BETTER YET I COULD NOT  PROMOTE IT THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN  MANILY BECAUSE  PROMOTIONS ALWAYS COMES WITH A BIG PRICE TAG.  AND SO  NOW THAT I HAVE WON THIS  AWARD FOR BEST RAP/REGARE SONG FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH  .2016 .IT MEANS I WILL BE GETTING SOME HELP IN PROMOTING   AND NETWORKING   AND THIS IS  NOT SAY I  HAVE STOPPED PROMOTING  M Y SONG OR  MY UPCOMING SONGS . SO  WHAT AM I SAYING ?  IF YOU   KNOW  YOU HAVE A GOOD THING BUT DONT HAVE THE MEANS PROMOTE IT THEN   UESD THE OLD METHOD ( WALK THE STREETS)   . (ASKED YOUR FAMILY) .TRYING MAKE FREINDS   ON THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL SIGHTS FACEBOOK ETC .BUT THE MAIN POINT IS YOUR FIRST SONG SHOULD BE  A TEST TO GATHER DATA  SO YOU CAN BETTER THE REST OF YOUR SONGS  AND  DON’T STOP WRITTING . GIVE FREE COPIES  . THAT HELPS

 

Exposed Vocals: So, what’s next? Any new upcoming projects that you want to talk about?

 

Tetrykx:

SINCE THE START OF TH EYEAR I HAVE WRITTE 45-50 SONGS    . I HAVE SOME REALLY NICE SONGS COMING  STARTING FROM THE FIRST OF MAY   I WILL BE RELEASING  TWO SONG AND SOME INSTRUMENTALS  I AM WORKING   WITH  5 PERSONS   AND I HAVE  PRODUCED ALL THE SONGS  EXCEPT 2  . I HAVE SOME  PRODUCERS IN THE STATES WHO HAVE EXPRESS THIER DESIRE FOR  ME TO  LAY A FEW BARS AND EVEN  USED SOME THEIR BEATS  AND  TO JUST GIVE  THEM SOME LOVE BY MENTION WHO IT IS THAT GIVE ME THE BEATS . YOU KNOW  THE SAYING YOU SCRATCHED MY BACK  AND I LL DO THE SAME  . MY ALBUM IS READY PRITTY MUCH .  MY ALBUM TITLE  IS  CALL REVENGE IS IN THE MUSIC .. AND I HAVE SONGS  THAT  ALMOST EVRY  PERSON  ON THE PLANET WILL IDENTIFY WITH . ANDI HAVE EVEN STARTED TO PLAN SHOWS AS YET   I JUST HOPE MY NEXT SONGS  WIL BE A WINNER LIKE GHETTO LIFE  AND THE NAMES  OF THESE TWO SONGS   ARE  ITS ABOUT TIME  AND WHEN IT RAINS  THEN FOR MY SON’S BIRTHDAY  IN JUNE ILL BE RELEASIN GA SONG  FOR HIM  . AND ALL THESE SONGS  I WIL BE RELEASING ON   AL MY SITES WITH A VERY SPECIAL OFFER IN MIND . AND HOPPIN GTO START SOME SHOWS OVER SOME  OR ATLIST BOOK SOME VENUES AND  MORE SO TO GET A FEW  EXPERTS ON MY BAND WAGONE  TO HELP WHICH SEEM TO BE HAPPENING  SO FRM THE FIRSTOF MAY  THE METAMORPHISIS OF TETRYKX  WILL BE COMPLETE .

Exposed Vocals: If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?

 

Tetrykx:

MOST LIKE  IN A DEAD END JOB WITH NO PROSPECTS OF  PROMOTION BECASUE AS WE KNOW THNGS ARE GETTING HARDER .GONE ARE THEY DAYS WHEN YOU  COULD SAY YOUR JOB  IN THE OFFICE  OR THE PLANT OR THE MILL OR THE SUPPERMARKET  OR DEPARTMENT STORE IS SAFE .. AND  BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN  HOW THE TIDES HAVE SHIFTED  . ITS MY BELIEF  THAT EVERY ABLED BODY   WHO HAVE THE  DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR LIFE WHICH  WILL BRING SOME SORT OF FINACIALL SECURITY  ,SHOULD  IN THE WORDS OF THE BRITS  GET YOU FINGER OUT   AND  AS MY SONG STATES TIME WAITS FOR NO MAN NEVER LEAVE WHAT CAN BE DONE TODAY FOR TOMORROW  WHY BECAUSE TIME IS NOT YOURS TIME IS BORROWED

Exposed Vocals: How do you juggle the rest of your responsibilities while trying to stay ahead in your music life?

 

Tetrykx:

WELL TO BE HONEST  I TOOK THE  STRATIGIC DECISION  TO NOT WORK FOR ANYBODY AGAIN AFTER BEING MADE REDUNDENT ,BY  A   VERY BAD AND CRUEL BOSS AFTER HE TOLD ME MY JOB WAS SAFE . I WANT TO BE MY OWN BOSS   DOING WHAT I LOVE AND SO HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING  JUST   FOCUSING ON GETTING BETTER  IN EVERY ASPECT OF MY MUSIC   THANKS TO MY GIRL , WHO AFTER  KNOWING ME FOR  LESS THEN A MONTH SHE   AGREED TO LET ME DO MY THING WHICH AT TIMES WAS VERY HARD ESSPECIALLY WHEN THINGS WENT WRONG  I HAVE LOST SONGS DUE TO  MY  PC  BREAKING DAWN  ON ME.  BUT THEN I GOT A PARTIME JOB WORKING FOR  EVENTS  COMPANY ERECTTING STAGES  AND THE WHATEVER ELSE IS NEEDING DONE .  SO THAT WAS GOOD BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS WORK AND MORE SO ITS HAD FOR  ME TO  BE AT HOME  WEARING THE APRON BECAUSE I AM THE COOK IN THE  RELATIONSHIP . TO ME  A MAN IS NOT A MAN IF HE IS NOT   WORKING AN DPROVIDING WHEN HE IS IN  HE HAVE LADY STAIGHT UP  AND YES THIER HAVE BEENTIMES ITS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT  . BUT  AM SURVIVER AND I KNOW I HAVE GAIN ABOUT  100POUNDS OF PATIENCE AND  CERTIANLY LOSE  ALOT OF WAIT   . IN ESSENCE WHAT  I DID WAS JUST TO ISOLATE MYSELF FROM EVERYBODY  AND JUST CONCENTRATE ON MY MUSIC  AND THE  BETTER I GOT THE  MORE  OPEND  MYSELF AGAIN TO  PEOPLE  AND MOST OF MY REAL FREINDS UNDERSTOOD . BUT ITS ALL GOOD NOW . MOST OF MY  FREINDS HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH   AND   HELPING ME TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE

Exposed Vocals: What should fans look forward to in 2016?

 

Tetrykx:

I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED  SINGING   IN CHURCH , AT WORK ,ON THE BASKET BALL COURT AND DANCING  YES I  STRUT MY STUFF LOL  OR AS WE SAY BACK HOME SHAKE A LEG ,AND BECAUSE  I  AM FROM THE CARIBBEAN , ITS A GIVEN THAT THE   MUSIC  I  MAKE WILL   WILL HAVE A NICE SWING TO IT . GREW UP IN A TIME  WHEN THE  MUSIC WAS SWEET  SOULFUL ,ENERGETIC INSPIRING ,MOTIVATING,  CONCIOUS ,HEART-WARMING .AND  I HAVE ALSO BEEN LEAVINGIN THE UK FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS