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Interview with DJ Tee Y

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Interview with DJ Tee Y

By: Where It Begins

Q. What made you want to be a DJ?

A. I’ve always been a DJ to my family and friends. I’ve always been the one to trust with the aux cord. I have loved music my entire life, so I just decided to buy equipment one day and create an opportunity for myself.

Q. What differentiates you from the rest of the DJ’S?

A. My ability to adapt to different crowds is an advantage because I can take more gigs and get the chance to become more creative.

Q. How would you define your “Style” pr approach to providing DJ Entertainment?

A. I feel like my style is pretty open. I feel I can adapt to any crowd. I love a lot of different genres of music so it’s always fun to create different vibes.

Q. Who or What influenced you to be a DJ?

A. My Dad is a huge music lover and has collected tons of classic albums! He is definitely a big part of me knowing music and becoming a DJ!

Q. Can you give any advice to upcoming DJs?

A. Don’t be scared just go for it! You can practice at home, but you learn the most while in the moment! Take the next upcoming DJ opportunity and prove to yourself that “YOU GOT THIS”!

Follow me @_itsteey

To read the full interview go to https://issuu.com/cecewibnet/docs/final_wib-revision__8_

 

Interview with Dj Silver Knight

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Interview with DJ Silver Knight

By: Where it Begins

 

Q. How did you come up with the name DJ Silver Knight?

A. In middle school all I wore was silver jewelry and a girl in my class started calling me Silver. I went with that as a rap name for me. Around high school a friend added Knight because I was really into medieval era stuff. So, when I started to DJ, I went with Silver Knight.

Q. What made you want to be a DJ?

A. I’ve always loved music and have been rapping and producing since I was a young kid. I fell into it by going to see a coworker spin and I fell in love with the atmosphere and energy of being a DJ.

Q. What differentiate you from the rest of the DJ?

A. My personality. There are thousands of DJS but I’m me and my music selection and blends.

Q. Who would you consider to be a DJ Legend?

A. There’s many of them but Jazzy Jeff comes to mind first. His timing, skills, and career history is unmatched.

Q. Who or what influenced you to be a DJ?

A. Mr. D, a reggae DJ was the first person I heard that made me want to be a DJ. The way he spun and controlled the crowd I was all in at that point. After that my mentor DJ Cowboy made me grow and build my skills.

Follow DJ Silver Knight @djsilverknight

To read the full interview go to https://issuu.com/cecewibnet/docs/final_wib-revision__8_

Interview with Dj Aasha Adore

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Interview with DJ AASHA ADORE

By: Where it Begins

 

Q. What made you want to be a DJ?

A. I always liked to put songs together, at the time I was doing it and it didn’t dawn on me that people actually do this for a living. It wasn’t until I was old enough to see a live DJ and think “This is what I’ve been wanting to do!

Q. What differentiate you from the rest of the DJ’s?

A. I play what I want. I can’t be anyone’s jukebox, that wasn’t the foundation that Djing was built upon. Trusting a DJ to mix your party means trusting their ear. My ear is quite the variety of genres.

Q. Who is your favorite DJ of all time?

A. DJ Scratch & Jazzy Jeff can’t just pick one.

Q. Can you give any advice to upcoming DJs?

A. I can say, trust your process and keep going?

 

Follow her at @aashaadore

 

To read the full interview go to https://issuu.com/cecewibnet/docs/final_wib-revision__8_

Interview with Shawny

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Interview with Shawny

By: Where It Begins

 

Q. What made you want to be a DJ?

A. I really got my start in college. I was the co-host to a radio mixer and personality named Y. Dot. He had a drive time show on our college station, WANM 90.5 on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. I would just watch him mix on a software program called Virtual DJ. I would sit in the studio and think to myself “I can do that”! So, one day I downloaded the program, asked him for some music and I began practicing.

 

Q. What differentiate you from the rest of the DJ’s?

A. I PRACTICE. Even after I mastered the skill. I still practice and take the time to sharpen my skills. I’m also HUGE on my blends and transitions. For a long time, that’s all I worked on creating different ways to transition from song to song so that it never sounds like a train wreck. Of course, I’m human! Sometimes I do mess up (lol) or can just be moving too fast, but I genuinely love my craft and I think it shows. You can really tell who’s having fun and who’s just there to be there.

 

Q. How would you define your “Style” or approach to providing DJ Entertainment?

A. I study the crowd, I am always thinking about how I want to set the vibe and what’s going to be my first song. I’m also from Florida… I talk on the microphone! Also, one thing I’ve learned from being in ATL is that they don’t give the DJ a chance to rock the mic. They hire a host and a DJ and then they want us to work together when really, I’m my own show.

 

Q. Who or what Influenced you to be a DJ?

A. Radio…. Being just a personality is actually very boring.

 

Q. What are your goals in the next 5 years?

A. Syndicated radio or just radio full-time, more traveling—I really want my craft to allow me to see the world while doing what I love. I want to learn more of the business side as well. I’ll also possibly produce a record and learn how to make beats.

 

Follow Shawny at @shawnytaughtu

 

To see the full interview, go to https://issuu.com/cecewibnet/docs/final_wib-revision__8_

Interview with Kiara Craft

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Interview with Kiara Craft

 

By: Where it Begins

 

Q. Tell us about yourself: who is Kiara Craft?

A. I am originally from Las Vegas, Nevada raised in Houston Texas. My family has a background in music. Everyone sings. My mother sang lead for a group called “The Platters”. She introduced me and my siblings to music. We married young and didn’t really get to explore our musical paths. But now that we’ve raised our kids, we’re revisiting music and creating a platform for our message on love, relationships, and marriage.

 

Q. Let’s get the background of the song “Sophisticated Freak”?

A. A lot of times people tend to put their cards right out on the table. You see exactly who they are, or who you think they are. So, I’m saying that just because a woman is not marketing her sexuality right off the bat doesn’t mean that she’s not a problem in the bedroom. Looks can be deceiving.

 

Q. Who is the artist that influenced your career?

A. Diana Ross, she is the personification of a pop star. From being a recording artist to a performing artist. She is the prototype and total package. Even my modern-day influences, like Brandy, Beyonce, Mariah Carey have pulled from her blueprint.

 

Q. Who would you like to collaborate with?

A. Definitely, Cardi B.

 

Q. How do you feel about women in the music industry and how men do not take them seriously enough unless they are passive. What is your observation on it?

A. I’ve had to deal with push-back, but not a lot. I come to the table to do business, and I refuse to let my gender be treated as a negative or a limitation. Also, I have the right people on my team. 

Interview with Phase VI

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Interview with Phase VI

By: Where It Begins

 

Q. You have this company called Phase VI tell us about it?

A. Phase VI is a platform where we educate up and coming artists, executives, producers, songwriters and pretty much everyone that wants to be in the music business on all the ins and outs of the music video. They can:

1.      Protect themselves

2.      Promote themselves the correct way.

Everything you need from A to Z is out in front of you. Concise, easy understanding. That’s what Phase VI is all about, also making sure people are there and businesses are other support services connected to those things, so they can get assistance they need to win, we are here for the future of music that’s what we all are about.

Q. What made you want to start Phase VI?

A. It’s been a long journey. I spend a lot of time working in the entertainment business. I was blessed to get in at a high-level business being young and in the mist. I did a project with a nonprofit here in Atlanta called Chris Kids. We partnered with NEO Foundation (NEO Compound Foundation), and we did a music therapy program, we are working with a lot of youth in various misguided situations. A piece of that was teaching the music business. I did that for two and a half years when I shut down, I saw there was a huge need to continue the business portion cause all the students kept reaching out to me.

Q. Tell us about your books?

A. Follow me at Phase VI and check out all my books. All my books I try to take complicated information and make it sound simple and be a great read. 

July Issue

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Another dope issue with the Legendary @dareal_sugarbear on the cover make sure to check it out

Thanks to everyone:

@raheemholt @rogerhillmusic @rick_marcel_ @kbulluckmajor @mildredmuhammad @djmozaofficial @heatxtremeatl @shugmusic @thisiscanon @tylerchronicles @vincentingala @realgoodsax @thereallarrydodson @only1jackieb @lamoniquecosmetics_too @elizahull @officialsincurr @dareal_sugarbear

Thanks

Where it Begins May 2022 issue

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Happy Tuesday

Another  issue celebrating these women.

Got to give thanks to all the ladies for being in this issue.

@taliestrategies @coachelladestiny @shantalana @realtalklouanna @dretonamaddox @zbody_llc @drjadamd @ebony_j_karim @rebeccalynnpope @cheesecaked @mgkeva @iamdeblair @dreamnorthfoundation @rachelmwilson44 @sherrionicavallecole @iamathetawoman @shopwayneanthony @avisbrownriley @only1_reshaedanielle @ccbeautyinstitute

Thanks everyone

Check it out
https://issuu.com/cecewibnet/docs/wib_may_2022-final