Exposed Vocals: So tell us your story. Where did you grow up? What made you decide to become an artist?
Lisa Good: I’m from South Africa. I grew up in a very musical family, they just love to sing, wherever we are or whatever we’re doing we just start singing, but none of them thought of taking it as a career, so I decided to take it further and be the first 1 in the family to become a musician.
Exposed Vocals: How did you come up with that name? What was your inspiration behind it?
Lisa Good: Lisa is my middle name. My full name is Sandisiwe Lisa Ntonga but people started calling me Lisa because it’s much easier to pronounce than my other name, then my producers started calling me ‘Good’ cause all things are good when I’m working with them in studio, so I decided to make it my stage name “Lisa Good” cause I love saying I’m all “Lisa Good” when someone asks me how I’m doing hahaha….
Exposed Vocals: What do you think about online music sharing? Do you ever give your music away for free? Why?
Lisa Good: Music online sharing is great. I do give away my music for free to get more opportunities to push my career and also to test the market, I like knowing what people think of my 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?
Lisa Good: Practice a lot, get more gigs and build relationships with people through social media.
Exposed Vocals: Where do you usually gather songwriting inspiration? What is your usual songwriting process?
Lisa Good: My family and friends inspire my music the most also people who are living positive lives, yes they may face many challenges but that doesn’t stop them from being happy and that inspires me a lot.
Exposed Vocals: Do you have a band website? What online platforms do you use to share your music?
Lisa Good: www.lisagood.com. You can become my fan on ReverbNation as well. I also promote my music on social media:
-twitter- lisagoodmusic
-instagram- lisagoodmusic
-Facebook- Lisa Good
Exposed Vocals: If you were given half a million dollars and a year off, what would you do? How would you spend it?
Lisa Good: I would travel all over and see the world as I am extremely passionate about travelling.
Exposed Vocals: How do you find ways to promote your music? What works best for you?
Lisa Good: I promote my music online mostly social media works the best for me as it allows to engage with my audience on a personal level. Promoting at gigs is also extremely helpful.
Exposed Vocals: So, what’s next? Any new upcoming projects that you want to talk about?
Lisa Good: We’re planning the EP launch, after that I have to go back to studio and get busy with an album. I’ll also be performing in New York and Miami for Coast2Coast live in May this year.
Exposed Vocals: If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?
Lisa Good: I would be probably dead…….kidding, I think I’d be busy with my acting career because I love acting.
Exposed Vocals: How do you juggle the rest of your responsibilities while trying to stay ahead in your music life?
Lisa Good: My family and friends are very supportive, they help me push my career, so whenever I’m busy they’re also busy, if I don’t sleep they’re also don’t sleep, so I’m never away from them and I love it. So it is through them that I am able to strike a balance between the two.
Exposed Vocals: What should fans look forward to in 2016?
Lisa Good: I want to make my mark this year in the industry and I hope people are ready to have fun because Lisa Good will make them dance.
