Juwon Simmons

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What is music to you? What does it give you?

It gives me meaning and direction. It's an introspective instrument that helps me discover and understand myself

What is your music dream?

To create music that makes everyone understand everyone else... an impossible and possibly meaningless dream, I guess

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

The mirror, always start with the mirror

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

Kotto Bass's ''Yes Bamenda'' and every song by Tracy chapman, my mother played them religiously while we did chores on saturday mornings.

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

The Cunninglynguists, Lupe Fiasco, Eboa Lotin, to name a few

What inspires you to make music?

My love for it.

What is the message you want to send with your music?

That in our difference we are possibly all looking for the same things.

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

Fulfilled, free and in the eye of the world.

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

Everything. It's become a media nightmare relying on everything else but the content of the music itself. technology and social media have done much to help the spread, but the trade off has been music's soul.

What do you think of Drooble?

Why don't we let time answer that question?

What frustrates you most as a musician?

Major labels focusing on all the wrong things just to make a profit at the expense of true talent.

Do you support your local scene as a fan? How?

I do. I attend shows from fellow artist and share their music if I enjoy it with my following.

What qualities should a musician nowadays have in order to get their music heard by a larger audience?

Extensive Social media presence ... I guess, it's unfortunate the lengths some people go to acquire that.

Share some awesome artists that we’ve never heard of.

Blick Bassy, Sadistik, Jovi, Gasha,