Substance: PUBLIC DOMAIN for Indie ARTIST

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Substance: Big UP's! Thanks for this fresh interview for the crew over at the Substance Portal! Jimmy "CLUTCH" Ingerman: Indeed, thank you for the chance to get some of my thoughts out into text form. Substance: First I gotta ask what is your take on the Independent Music Revolution happening online with programs like Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Viemo and Youtube? Jimmy "CLUTCH" Ingerman: Personally, I'm all for it. Way back in the day you weren't famous because you recorded a track that got played 100 times a day. There wasn't even exact "FAME" for being a musician. If you played music, you were invited to events and such in your area because you were entertaining and usually had a smile on your face. That is what music started as and it's slowly moving towards that again. The only thing I'm not a huge fan of, is the 100% digital aspect we are moving towards. But that's just the way of the times. Substance: Do you feel there ...

Substance:  I just wanted to say Much Thanks for some Q&A with the Substance CREW<3 Gavroche: No problem! Substance: I just wanted to start on the first step and ask what made you into this soulful singer in this time with the abundance of Electro and Bass driven sounds in this day and time? Gavroche:  Well I've always been inspired by old music, my parents have played me an electric mix of tracks since I was a very young child. As a result I tend to find a lot of modern music hugely overproduced. Also I don't have any equipment other than my guitar, keyboard and my banjo. I don't even own a laptop so most electronics are out of the question. I just sing about what is important to me. PS: I'm on my Dad's laptop) Substance:  How or what do you find is important to you in this lifetime? How do you find isolation in this world? Gavroche: I fee that we can never know what is around the corner in life, so having a close family and friends has a...

WEBSITE   FACEBOOK   YOUTUBE Interview with local San Jose Poet, Maestro Gamin. Thanks for taking the time for an interview with the crew from Substance! SUBSTANCE:  What are the changes that you are seeing in California inside the underground music environment? Gamin:   * everybody is not only rapping these days but really trying to experiment with rap and other genres or the live show thing. i think most folks realized that rap is no longer a hard to get item when it comes to your usual show or open mic, etc. everybody and their mama raps nowadays, and the young folks dont seem to have the same hang ups that we did when we were younger. i mean, we were coming out of the tail end of gangster rap and the way society was attacking black and brown males were completely different, so anytime you have a youth culture trying to express itself under certain circumstances, the music is gonna change and be different..i see alot of folks doin...

Ramon: Big Ups from Substance for taking out some time for a couple of Q&A from local Professional photographer, BOSS Shayne Herrera. Shayne Herrera: Thanks! Ramon:  No problem man. First I gotta ask what exactly is it about photography that is unlike any other 9-5? Shayne Herrera: A normal 9-5 has a pretty clear path, a clear road map and you pretty much already know. You go to work, you check-in and you go do the first task then the second and etc. But, as you know, photography takes me to places I have never been. Ramon: How so? Shayne Herrera: I recall you and I were headed to a photo show of mine in San Francisco. Ramon:  Yeah, fucking nuts! Shayne Herrera: You somehow ended up with a CUTIE run away on your lap that hop in the car running away from her Parole. Then the police came around. Ramon: Dude that shit was straight savage. She fucking booked it and crossed the Light Rail tracks and pulled off a WIN! Crazy shit happens when you hang out with a ...

Art is an ever balance between spiritual meaning and aesthetic pleasure. Raquel Sturges embarks on finding her own meaningful interpretation through various types of expressive mediums. Finding pleasure in this time period is something beautiful that is not typically broadcast within this shit storm of media garbage. Ramon: I just wanted to say big thanks for this interview! Getting into the first question, what's your take on art from a personal POV? Raquel : My POV on "art" is that... it is what you make of it. It could be very personal or not. My art and I can only speak for what is mine and it is very personal. I make it known that I had PTSD from a childhood trauma and was very much in that dark period for almost all my life... it was only 2 years ago this month that I started getting better with the help of a team of doctors. Ramon : So do you consider art to be visually pleasing and or emotional as well? Also, what is your take on traditional art such a...

Ramon: First of all I just wanted to give thanks for taking out some time for some Q&A! Chase:   Sure! Ramon: So you are The Chase Williams from Seuss’s Creation, the guy who’s been providing video footage of Indie artist spinning. How did you get started with filming? Chase: I started September 11 th 2010, that was the date of my first rave I ever went to. Ramon: Right on Chase: I had noticed my brother had become a high up ranking inter for the dudes over at Vital SC and been going out to a lot of raves. Being that I had been listening to Electronic music since 1999 with my first song being, “Praise You” by Fatboy Slim. Ramon: It’s a classic Chase: I was eager to try out the nightlife and so I bought tickets to a Benny Benassi in Santa Cruz over at the Catalyst. I went to the show and saw John ZOMBIE on stage filming and I said to myself, “I have to be that guy!” Ramon: That dude runs deep I heard! Ramon: Pressure levels must run super hi...

Ramon: Are you up for an interview at the moment? I had been trying to reach you guys for hella long. Ocalaholics: Yah, I’m down. Let’s do this    Ramon: I just want to say Big Ups and thank you for the pleasure of this interview. How would you guys describe your background? Like food growing up and musical influences? Ocalaholics : No doubt. Oh man I can’t speak on behalf of the whole krew on that one, lol. We all have different Influences. Ramon: Culturally or ethnicity, the world wants to hear on your perspective on living in America but with you know; on that culture SWAGG. Ocalaholics: We’re all Filipino.Jrod is Filipino and Black. We all grew up around the same homies. Ramon: Would you guys say that you grew up on that Fast Food or that Good Ol’ home Cooked GRUB? Ocalaholics: I’d say we grew up on that good Ol’ Mom’s cooking all the time. Comfort food, know what I mean. LOL. There was always food, especially in a F...