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| Interview: Smoove Gotti |
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What got this band together and started in this business?
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We have been doing music for a while but we just started my own independent
label I.C. Green Entertainment Ltd. this year in August.
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Who writes and produces all the material?
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I, Smoove Gotti, write all my own music but we have a couple other writers and
performers on our label such as Polo Tae and Young Bee. We have been finding
different beat makers.
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Has the band played in front of or with any acts our readers would
know from the mainstream?
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We are just getting our feet wet in the game but we look forward to working with
anybody who wants to make good music and put it out.
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Where can people access your music on the web?
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My music is everywhere. I have four singles on iTunes, Amazon and Rhapsody.
I am on YouTube (youtube.com/smoovegotti),
and I'm always on Facebook, day and night. I also put a lot of my music on
hotnewhiphop.com
which you can download for free.
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Any embarrassing moments on stage?
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No, not yet thank god, haha. But I do get really sweaty and thirsty...
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Who are the band's musical influences?
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My biggest musical influence is my dad. He is an avid collecter of music and I
remember him playing music sipping a beer all the time. He taught me to judge
a person's music by their music and not on their dead on personality. He got me
into R&B and hip hop.
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What is your musical background like?
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I have been singing since i could remember. I remember back in 8th grade
singing at a play at the state theater in front of my whole school. I started
doing Hip Hop after one of my close friends dropped a local mix tape and it was
very inspiring to me.
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Any other members in your family that are musicians?
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My father can sing but I wouldn't call him a musician. Sorry dad haha. My
artist on my label are family to me and they do music so Polo Tae, D low, and
Young Bee are my brothers from another mother and they are real musicians.
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What is the top reason why you want to play music?
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I want to do music because music it is a part of my soul. It has gotten me
through very rough times and happy times and its universal. I do music straight
from my personality. You get little to big pieces of me when you hear my
material. I do music to be felt not to be judged or categorized, but to be
felt. I want people to feel my art.
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What has been your best show?
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Every show gets better and bigger. They all seem to keep growing and more people
show up and know me. So ask me that question in a year and hopefully I will have
a favorite by then but right now they all are great.
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