Exposed Vocals Interviews Yung Juice

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

Yung Juice : i grew up inon the up town of  a small town called lex-veg also known as Lexington in North Carolina. what made me become an artist was being inspired by ppl around my town that was involved in the music i always wanted to get on a beat/track with them and put our city on.

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

Yung Juice: everybody that knows me calls me juice that’s just a name i had growing up my grandma blessed me with the name and it stuck ever since i just add the yung cause im tryna make it at a young age.

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

Yung Juice: what i think about online music sharing, i think its a great way for artist to get heard given them a better chance to get a career  started. right now im not making money off of my music im going to give it away free around my area and hopefully i can put it on a website soon. why? i see it like this why charge for something you have a passion for something you enjoy doing.

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?

Yung Juice : just keep working, keep grinding don’t take no for an answer and if anybody tell you you wont make it use that to fuel your engine.really though just get out there and promote yourself dont give up.

Exposed Vocals: Do you ever make mistakes during performances? How do you handle that?

Yung Juice : i havent performed any of my songs yet but i have practice them so how would i handle that is a good question. i guess stick to what i do best and have a good time while making sure the audience do as well.

Exposed Vocals: Do you tour? Anything interesting happen on tour that you think our readers would enjoy hearing about? 

Yung Juice : havent toured yet hopefully it willl happen one day

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

Yung Juice : i usually just go by what im feeling or what happens in my life. My song writing process is usually listen to different beats till i feel that i have the right one come up with a hook or just write the verse first then go off what i feel the hook my based on the verse.

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

Yung Juice : No band website starting to use soundcloud twitter facebook and youtube.

Exposed Vocals: What are some really embarrassing songs that we might find on your mp3 player?

Yung Juice: you wouldnt find it on a mp3 player its mostly stuff i written and havent record it yet lol.

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

Yung Juice : what would i do ? i would buy my mom a car then just invest in a studio in my town for upcoming artist

Exposed Vocals: Any planned studio upgrades? What are you working with now?  

Yung Juice: i have a little set up in my room but i mostly go to my friend/ producer place where he has more setup than i do and more space lol.

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

Yung Juice : i feel as if i keep the same routine as of going to soundcloud youtube twitter facebook and etc then I’ll probably have more success but what best works for me now is soundcloud and pretty soon youtube.

Exposed Vocals: If you could perform anywhere and with any artists (Dead or Alive) where and who would it be with? Why? 

Yung Juice: thats tough but I’d have to go with J.Cole on a small city tour in NC and the two stops i would most be looking foward to  would be  Fayetteville , Lexington even though my city is smaller and we probably have to go to the greensboro coliseum lol.

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

Yung Juice : uhh New mixtape hopefuly on the way Late night vibes early morning tunes hopefully can drop it on my bday 9/26/16 trying shoot a music video as well so just stay tune

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

                 Yung Juice : i would be playing sports maybe still alil football or baseball

Exposed Vocals: Do you remember buying your first album? Who was it? What was going through your head?  

 Yung Juice :first album was lil wayne the carter 2 i was thinking like wow this has got to be the best of this time i think i was like 10 or 11 and didnt know much of what he was talking about till now

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

Yung Juice : i just try to find time i work a busy schedule that sometimes i dont get to go to the studio when i want too so i just come home and turn on my computer and record whatever im feeling and save it till i do go.

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

Yung Juice: the rise of yung juice lol