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What is your artist name? Allison Leah

What kind of music do you make? I make folk-pop music. I grew up in an extremely musical household, so I was exposed to all kinds of music growing up, from Joni Mitchell, to classic rock, Crosby Stills and Nash, the Grateful Dead, John Mayer, and so on. As I grew up, I started gravitating toward singer-songwriters like Sara Bareilles, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, and folk/alternative artists like Bon Iver, Daughter, and Bishop Briggs. What I’ve loved about all of these artists is their story-telling, and I love writing songs that tell a story. My most recent single, “Coffee Cup” is a warm, dreamy, folk song that tells the story of falling in love in a coffee shop. My song “Colorado” tells a story of coming of age and moving across the country. I love writing music that paints a picture in your head and celebrates certain aspects of life, whether it’s a moment of happiness or growth.

How old are you and when did you start creating music? I am 23. I started when I was really young! I started singing when I was 2 and creating music in the studio age 5. When I was 8-years-old, I started singing in commercials such as the Hess Truck Commercial, GE’s Healthy Imagination’s “Say Ahh”, and I did radio tags for Z-100, WCBS-FM, and others. Although I started in the music industry from a young age and had periods of time where I would perform my original music live, I became serious about my artist career once I went to college. That’s when I decided “this is it”.

What are your goals when it comes to your music career? To continue releasing original music and sharing my music with everyone I can. And touring! I love touring because it gives me a chance to meet those connecting with my music in person. I am so excited to announce my 2020 Spring tour on March 1st!

What do you want the reader to know about you and your music? I write from a place of truth, and a place that celebrates the beauty of every day life – the sadness, happiness, growth, loss, and the curiosity that comes with growing up. I hope my music encourages you to be unapologetically who you are.

IG: @AllisonLeahMusic Twitter: @AllisonLeah_

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Z7W615KWC9UpT72lN8RPs?si=tKRGjvhBSmqLws4ecXlllQ

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/allisonleahmusic

Website: https://www.allisonleahmusic.com/

What is your artist name?  JJ the Black Arrow

What kind of music do you make?  Vocaloid, Hip Hop, R&B, Trap, Future Bass, Lofi, and EDM. When I first started making music I was using a Yamaha DJX keyboard to make my beats, that was back around 1999.  I heard Lil Jon in the early 2000s and I tried to emulate his style of crunk and trap beats initially.  Various other artists have influenced my style, especially in the underground, producers such as Natsu Fuji, Jvst X, ChopGodLewi and Raisi K.  I’m also influenced by j pop, japanese EDM, and anime music in general. In general when I make beats I try to make a good melody or find a sample (although I have been sampling less recently) and build my beats around that.  In the case of my vocaloid tracks, sometimes I will make the vocals first, then build the beat around it, and sometimes I make the beat first then add the vocals later. What I hope my listeners gather from my music is that they shouldn’t be afraid to express themselves.  It’s ok to find joy in the things you like, and to express that joy.

How old are you and when did you start creating music?  I’m 29 years old and I started making music in 1999, but I started uploading beats to Soundcloud and other streaming services with FL Studio in 2019.

What are your goals when it comes to your music career?  I would like to be able to make a living off of just music.  Being famous would be nice but not completely necessary especially given my type of music, I would think it would be more of a niche genre.  So as long as I find those fans that love what I make and are willing to play it constantly I will be happy.

What do you want the reader to know about you and your music?  I’m pretty much a nerd.  I love anime, mathematics, video games, and Pokemon.  This should be evident when you listen to my music because the influences are all over, in the music and in the cover arts.  So if you are a nerd as well I hope you can connect with the things I create.

Find him on IG and Twitter: @JJTheBlackArrow

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jjtheblackarrow

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/45mpLPGJ3y8YCoLNGBQsh6?si=6E6hjxPkRDi0kFZY4InaYQ

What is your artist name? Robby Monroe. It is technically my real name just with a twist. My stage name’s last name is really my middle name. My real last name didn’t make me sound like an artist, more like an accountant. 

What kind of music do you make?  I am an artist with no boxes. Some would call me alternative because I venture into all genres, but that’s what being an artist is all about. I like to make music I grew up listening to like R&B, Soul, Gospel, Old Skool, and Hip Hop, but also stuff I got drawn to really young. That was more Pop, Rock, Country, French Pop, Reggae, Jazz and Spanish Pop. So now, I try to fuse all those style together on one project, or have eras where I’m dedicated to one genre, but then switch it up to another on the next project. I first started out making music because I liked writing but then those writings became my story so it became a personal expression. After my first project came out, I noticed the serious connection many people had to my story and it became more about singing songs for myself, as well as everyone else. If my story is similar to yours or someone you know, and you want them to overcome as I have or try to work out issues like I’ve been trying, then that’s whom my music is for. My Musical influences are broken down into four major artists I have watched grow, succeed, and dominate the music game and image for decades and became legends, like I want to be one day. Usher is first; I try to use his dance moves, openness on albums and cool guy 90’s flavor within my own image and style. Beyoncé is next; I try to approach live performances, music videos, and strength that she portrays within my own projects. Mariah Carey is next; I try to use her as the blueprint for my own vocals and songwriting skills. Because of her I have worked hard and began mastering the whistle register. Last but not least is Prince; I try to use his creativity, collaborations with others and live instruments, and image within my own process of creating. Creating characters within my music and crafting an image is something I have studied through him. What listeners should take away from my lyrics is one, that I wrote them so it is all of me in each and every song. Second, that this is my own story or a dramatic version of it to help me get through tough times, but can be a great warning or a sense of understanding to those who feel so misunderstood. 

How old are you and when did you start creating music? I just turned 24 only two months ago. I first started making songs back when I was ten. Back then I didn’t write them down, it was kind of like freestyle singing. Kind of acted like my life was a musical and would sing a remix or a random original of a song about a happy or sad situation that would happen to me. Later in middle school, around age 13, that’s when I started writing, remix songs of hits or deep cuts from artist I looked up to. It wasn’t until 2013 in high school when I decided to collect my best remixes and record them in my bathroom and put them out on Soundcloud. It was called Perfectly Human and started my venture into music heavy.

What are your goals when it comes to your music career? Vocally, to be the best I could ever be. I had a music teacher back in college who said I could have the potential to be the male version of Mariah Carey, so that has always been a striving goal. Lyrically, to be as transparent, inspirational, and empowering as possible with each and every album or EP I do. Sonically, to show how expansive black artists can be. There are a few black artists who have been declared alternative because they do music that is far away from R&B/Soul or Hip-Hop and it seems sad that those are the only two options for us to be in. I love those genres but that’s not all I like, listen to, or feel I should do. Black artists created all genres of music so it is only right we start being unafraid to dip a toe into something else. 

What do you want the reader to know about you and your music? I am just a guy who liked to write poems and stories and found a way to do that in a musical form. Then found out I had some vocals, worked them out, put these writings out and became an artist. I’ve realized how important and serious a job like this really is when it comes to influencing the masses, but also I’ve discovered how much music really means to me. How it has been instrumental in my life literally since birth. It fuels me and is my personal secret to having a happy life. It makes me fearless and strong even when I am my most shy, which I am often. Robby Monroe is the star, but Robby, is a regular guy who likes writing, music, and watching Netflix.

IG: @Rbeenhere4ever Twitter: @Robbybeenhere

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/robbybeenhere

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RobbyBeenHere

What is your artist name? My name is Scarless Arms.

What kind of music do you make? I’m into Ambient and its specific subgenres I feel at home with. I do this kind of music because I don’t like the stress of the normal every day things around me…I feel comfortable listening to ambient and all kinds of soft, dreamy, spacy tunes with a cinematic and melancholic touch. I get so easily inspired by soundtracks of Trent Reznor and/or Atticus Ross or the drifty tunes of Rafael Anton Irisarri or records from the cryro chamber label. There are of course lots more of artists I really love and feel inspired by. Some of the projects have also a voice on and are not an ambient specific band/project, actually there are only 3 genres I can’t get warm with. They are opera, operate and musical. I fall easily in love when music has some depth and when its come with a melancholic touch then its fully mine. When it comes to creating some new tracks its SO different to me how I start or go on with. Sometimes a field recording of mine gives me the direction and the impulse to form some ambiance and sometimes its a mangled beat or a sound of one of the 1000 synths I work with. Mainly I go with synthetic/electronic sounds. I also work with some good pieces of hardware, synths, midi keyboards from native instruments, also the Maschine jam by native instruments and a big bunch of effect pedals and things. My music is 99% instrumental kind of nature therefore I focus next to the track itselves on the title of the track. I like titles which tell a story in its own or at least that the listener can easily imagine any story for it. Yes, i like that. Ok, to keep it as short as possible (LOL) when a listener tells me after trying to listen an album that (s)he slept away after 3 trax then I have done a good job. People laugh about that fact but I’m really serious about that. 

How old are you and when did you start creating music? I started creating at the age of 15. I wanted to and did start much earlier actually at the age of 6 my parents brought me to music school to learn how to play the acoustic guitar. Then my grandpa gifted me his guitar but after the first lesson I had to gave it up again because my hands/fingers were so small that I couldn’t hold any chord :o/ and the steel strings hurted THAT much. but as teen I found the way back but this time on keyboards. I loved playing organs or pad sounds. I fell so in love with pads so i started creating first small soundtracks. After a couple of band projects later I decided to go deeper into that ambient cinematic kind of stuff. And this is what I’ve done now for nearly 7 years. Quite success-less but its so much fun and you meet always new ambient music lovers to collaborate with and so on that I’ll definitely keep it going and tomorrow (28th of February 2020) my new single “Dissolve”, a collaboration work with US based ambient artist Andrew Black will see the light of day. I’m pretty excited about that collaboration… it was really fun…

What are your goals when it comes to your music career? Well, for now and 2020 my little goal is to gain my subscribers to 100 on youtube… HAHAHAHA… yes, really 100 not 1000…For 7 years I’ve uploaded things consistently but… eeehm… however… but I’d also love to collaborate with lots of other ambient composers as well… its simply fun to meet people from all over the world who share the same thing… also I’d love to score any independent (short)film…mmmh… lets see what the year will bring…

What do you want the reader to know about you and your music? I know nowadays record sales are horrible and streaming portals like Spotify gain their followers so I’d like to say: Hey people, I’m one of the few ones who really would appreciate it when you would find me on any social to have a chat or something. let me know what you think about my tunes. do they touch you in any way? I’d so love to get in touch with you all…

Find him on IG and Twitter: @ScarlessArms

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4vNVbRGbiqUb48X6d9yiX0?si=ZizoVMVLTguarQi4hu-h5g

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/scarlessarms

What is your artist name? We go by (Chalk x JRich)

What kind of music do you make? We make all different varieties of music to be honest, we can do it all. Our main genre is Hip-Hop, more so in the underground aspect of it! Other than that we range from singing, rapping, guitar, drums, engineering etc. The kind of music we make relates a lot further to us as people rather than us as artists. Our music is very aggressive and shows a lot of the anger built up within. I want our listeners who struggle mentally, who struggle physically, who struggle with every day life problems to have a relation to the emotions we’re portraying. We are by no means condoning violence within our lyrics, we are just expressing compressed emotions no one else can see. 

How old are you and when did you start creating music?
Chalk – 23 (started creating music about 13 years ago) 
JRich – 21 (started creating music about 5 years ago) 

What are your goals when it comes to your music career? Our goals when it comes to our music career is simple. We want to be the best, we want to be challenged, we love competition and feed off of it. We are 2 artists who not only get motivated by competition, but get motivated by the competition within US. 

What do you want the reader to know about you and your music? Our music definitely relates to people who are very aggressive, who deal with every day life issues and have no way of venting it out. Our FANS are practically people just like us, they just don’t put their emotions out there for the world to see it as we do. We love our fans extremely and cannot thank them enough for the love and support they have shown us so far! This is only the beginning! ~ Chalk x JRich

Twitter: @Carter3Chalk AND @ theactualjrich IG: @chalkxjrich

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/chalk96

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/chalk-x-jrich/1472441747

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ADlBh0lXUGD9n2k17BrHy?si=xPMaSMZkSNSZ-jWlKZdZ2w

What is your artist name? Musically, I go by my birth name: Donalveon. 

What kind of music do you make?  I’m a R&B act straight up although I like to experiment with my style I have a strong noticeable foundation of R&B. I’m a classic ballad man; people from Brian McKnight, Aaliyah to Usher and Eric Benet I fell in love with the laid back sound. Listeners can get stories of love from my lyrics and a galactic feel from the production value of my music as I like the space theme as well as romantic vibes with some of my tracks.

How old are you and when did you start creating music? I’m 27 now and I was about 9 years old when I began to seriously write my own music and wanted to make it a profession.

What are your goals when it comes to your music career? My biggest goal musically is to reach as many continents as possible and to write for other artists.

What do you want the reader to know about you and your music? I would like for the listener to feel the sensuality from my music, whether it’s an uptempo track or slow jam the song will put you in a tranquil mood. All Donalveon songs are feel good music!

Follow him on Twitter and IG: @Donalveon

SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/donalveon

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LyozPaYdTabJml4HjGe28?si=HdDkC7axSvWes62SMQf73w

What is your artist name? My name’s B-Funk.

What kind of music do you make? Well, it’s kind of hard to describe. I just make whatever comes to mind. But if I had to choose, Funk, West Coast Hip-Hop, and alternative fasho. I’m from West Adams Los Angeles California, so that plays a big part in my life and music. My tunes mainly have synthesizers because of the music that my pops raised me on. My influences are Zapp and Roger, Dâm-Funk, AzSwaye, AzChike, Ice Cube, Nipsey Hussle, Andre 3000, Travis $cott, Waka Flocka Flame, and a whole lot of others. My process for creating is I make the beat sound like how I’m feeling. I time myself  for twenty minutes when writing verses. I don’t time myself when doing hooks though. I want the listener to feel like I’m having a one on one conversation with them. I want them to know that they can depend on me if they’re feeling lonely.

How old are you and when did you start creating music? It was 2006. I had just moved to North Carolina from LA and was in the 6th grade. A friend a had told me about making beats on his laptop. I didn’t think about it because I was concentrating on school. Two years later, another friend of mine had to get rid of his laptop and he gave it to me. He said that there was a program called Fruity Loops and you could make beats on it. So, I started randomly making beats. Eventually, I got the hang of it. Fast forward to today, and I’m still doing it. It’s my passion. My career. My soul was meant for this shit.

What are your goals when it comes to your music career? My goals are to help people escape the problems of the world and save lives through the music. If you ever feel like you can’t make it, just reach out to me.

What do you want the reader to know about you and your music? As far as me, I want them to know that I’m a very supportive person. That they can talk to me about anything if they need someone. My music though? It’s meant to get you through the day, but you can cry if you feel like it. Does that make sense?

Find him on IG and Twitter: @BFunk94

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4bEXGUlVOYvPEHjWD0m4q3?si=KE4j0lVcQ06xycuShmaTgg

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lilmario153

What is your artist name? F R E S S H B O I 

What kind of music do you make?  I Make Rap/Hip-Hop and Motivational music . I Make Music to Grind to. Telling you how I go about mines and the obstacles I face , getting where I’m trying to get to.  

How old are you and when did you start creating music? I am 27 years old now and I started making music at 15 . In studios

What are your goals when it comes to your music career? One of my goals is to go on tour. But first I need enough people to know who I am first . Getting my name out there is first priority . 

What do you want the reader to know about you and your music? I want the reader to know that I can relate to them , or even see if they can relate to me .My music comes straight from My life . Everything I rap , I either seen it or done it myself

Find him on Twitter and IG: @FresshBoi3

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jamir-brown-ennon

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/fresshboi/1344485618

About Music Network 1063: Music Network 1063 is a growing network designed to help artist with promotion by connecting them with other artist, entertainment professionals and media outlets throughout the world. It’s a simple program which is based on support, the artist help promote Music Network 1063 content and the content of the artist who join the network. In exchange for their support, they get promotion and access to free services provided by Music Network 1063. They also offer additional perks to active participants that are not promoted publicly. This is to help avoid communication issues with people who may not be too familiar with a structured approach to social media activity and expect a ton of services for nothing.

The biggest challenge they face is connecting with new artist willing to help promote the platform on a regular basis. With no real structure the participants can help or hurt the program, so the core group of people who work with Music Network 1063 have to do a lot to make sure everyone is doing their part. Monitoring group chats on multiple platforms and keeping on par with the free services provided by Music Network 1063.

In addition to offering management services, Music Network 1063 offers a free blog write up service to indie artist. The reason the write up is free is because it’s not that time consuming and they do not have a large audience, yet. Providing a free blog write up service is a easy way to connect with new artist and work with them in a professional manner. You get to learn more about the artist and explore what motivates them to create music.

Music Network 1063 Internet Radio is the second free service offered to artist by Music Network 1063. Rappers and Singers enjoy the benefit of getting up to 3 songs put in heavy rotation for no less than a two week period. After that two week period the spins are based on a number of factors. Popularity, amount of effort put behind promotion and the feedback from the general public.

Building the audience for Music Network 1063 Internet Radio has been difficult because the majority of the artist who they have in rotation do not have a solid fan base or following. This is why Music Network 1063 includes regular promotion as well as support for the artist interested in getting free spins. Another service that depends on full cooperation between the artist and the people who help organize and pay for the platform.

The Future for Music Network 1063 will include booking services which will help the artist in the network get information about performance opportunities in a few major markets. New York City, The DMV, Atlanta, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles and Seattle. They hope to get this started in April or early May.

To join the network on twitter #Follow @Lizarisms1 and send a message with your email address for a free write up. You will automatically get a offer to submit music to Music Network 1063 Internet Radio after you submit your interview for the blog write up. You can also add Music Network 1063 Internet radio on Instagram by #Following @MusicNetwork1063InternetRadio . Comment on the post to be included in their Instagram promotional campaign which start in March.

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What is your artist name? Hipster Pug

What kind of music do you make? Well I make all kinds of music but most of the time it is Downtempo/ambient/electronic but sometimes it also is Experimental cinematic or Lo-Fi so all kinds of genres. I love making Downtempo/ambient/Cinematic and experimental the most. My biggest influences for the music that I make are Olafur Arnalds, Bonobo, Apex Twins, Ludovico Einaudi, Yann Tiersen and a lot more. 
But I also learn to make my own style of music and to make my own sound. When I work with samples most of the time I put some samples together and listen if I can do something with it if I have a base for a song I move on and look what kind of instrument I want in the song and how much drums or no drums or pads or background sound I want to use in the song. If I have the song ready I’m going to edit it with effects Reverb sometimes a delay or a bit of an echo and after that i’m going to listen of the sound is not to loud and if it is clear. And in the last question I tell a bit more about my music

How old are you and when did you start creating music? I’m 27 and it is a bit of a story how I started with making music. When I was 13 I started to make some songs on a website called MusicShake but I never shared those songs well only one but that was later. After a while I lost interrest in making music and didn’t make any new songs. A couple of years later in 2017 I decided that I wanted to work on music again and share it with other people and I released some songs in 2017 that I also made on a website where you could also make music and people really enjoyed those songs and that was for me the moment that I knew I wanted to make music. And in 2018 I started making my first ep and album as Hipster Pug.

What are your goals when it comes to your music career? My biggest goal is to make music for Movies, Tv Series or Games that is something that I really want to do.

What do you want the reader to know about you and your music? Every project tells another story for Example my latest Ep (Amour Sans Fin) is about Love and I made in 2019 another Ep (Robotto Tenshi) with another story that is more sad . I make Instrumental Music and find it really important to make every song a part of the whole story and that means a lot of me when people understand the story of a song or an album . And sometimes people have their own story or feeling with a song and that means a lot to me also. For me personally making music really helps me to have less fear and give me more confidence. I was (and still am sometimes) afraid that I make not good music or that people might not like the music I make. But  getting a lot of positive feedback and reactions to the music I make really helps and that is also why I enjoy it so much and want to spend a lot of energy on my music. And I’m thankful for everyone who takes the time to listen to my music. At the moment I’m also working on one of my biggest projects making an album without any samples and making all the music myself
this means also that it gives some anxiety and doubt of it will be good enough but I already wanted to this for so long now seems the perfect time and if people like this album it will make me the happiest person ever haha.

IG and Twitter: @Hipster_pug_

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Jbne6elmGTK4Q5SGlvGBu

Bandcamp: https://hipsterpug.bandcamp.com/