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JANUARY 2011

Barry Southgate

Featured Song: Don't You Think ? (Direct link to purchase it on iTunes)
1. Where are you from?
 I'm originally from Cape Town (South Africa), but live in Sydney (Australia) now.

2. How long have you been an artist for?
-I've been around for a bit, mainly behind-the-scenes writing & doing background vocals for other people, but this is the first time I've released an official single of my own.

3. In what genre would you categorize your music in?
- Pop/Soul.

4.What makes you different from other artists who share the same genre of music as you? 
- I describe my music as universal, feel-good Pop music with Soul.  Commercial but stylistic.  It's easy to feel the pressure to follow the pack & just put out another cliche, generic, women-degrading Urban song.  But I think more people just want to be happy, you know?  Hopefully, my music does that.  

5. What are your influences?
- Inspiration comes from so many things for me. Sometimes the expected things like maybe a deep, personal experience, but then other times I’ll get hit with an idea while doing random stuff like hanging out laundry or going for a run (haha…).  So lot’s of things.

6. Do you have any upcoming shows? 
- I do.  My dates will be updated for twenty-eleven soon on my official website.

7. Do you plan on releasing an album or mixtape anytime soon?
-  Totally.  "Don't You Think?" is actually from an EP I'm releasing, called "Epitome".  That's coming out 1st quarter of this year, so look out for it.

8. What do you do for fun?
-  May sound kind of simple, but spending quality time with great friends over some great food is always a huge win for me.  I also really love to travel, movies & catch great live music.

9. What are of one of your goals for your music career?
-  To use my platform to help educate & equip other aspiring artists.  

10. Anything else you would like the readers to know?
-  Off-topic, but one thing a lot of people don't know about me is I'm the biggest superhero junkie.  My favourite being Wolverine & as a kid it was Power Rangers (haha...).  Funnily enough, I got to star in the Power Rangers TV series later on.  I want to be apart of the X-Men franchise next, so if any casting agents or directors are reading this...  Haha.  Just putting it out there!

11. Do you have a  Myspace, Facebook fan page, Youtube and/or Twitter that the readers can follow? 
-  Sure do.  Here's my info.
My official website is:  http://www.barrysouthgate.com
YouTube channel:  http://www.youtube.com/barrysouthgate




TheFlyKidds
Two young mcs trying to fulfill their dreams.TheFlyKidds consist of Leekerz & J-Real.
 Featured Music:
 TheFlyKidds - Moment 4 Life
TheFlyKidds - Final Hour ( Big Sean ) Remix

TheFlyKidds - Black and Yellow ( Wiz Khalifa ) Remix

 Interview
1. Where are you from?
We from a Town called Willingboro in New Jersey

2. How long have you been an artist for?
We've been artists for about 2 to 3 months now 
 
3. In what genre would you categorize your music in? 
Hip Hop , Rap 

4.What makes you different from other artists who share the same genre of music as you?
I feel that we are trying to bring actual lyricism back into Hip Hop while still making good music you could vibe too. I believe that since we are still teens in high school, kids our age can relate to the music that we make.

5. What are your influences? 
Some of our influences in Hip Hop are Nas , Common , Jay Z , Kid Cudi, Drake , Wu-Tang , Big L , Big Sean, The Fugees , Wiz Khalifa & Bone Thugs- n-Harmony.
Some of our influences in music in general are Jimi Hendrix, The beetles, Marvin Gaye & Curtis Mayfield,  We try to keep an open ear and listen to any and all "good music" we can.

6. Do you have any upcoming shows? 
We are currently not booked to play any shows , but would love the opportunity. 

7. Do you plan on releasing an album or mixtape anytime soon? 
Were trying to finish our first mixtape as soon as possible. We're calling it "Never Landing." Hopefully by the end of this month we will have it finished.
 
8. What do you do for fun?
Hang out with our friends , movies , video games, basketball, anything regular teenage kids would enjoy, I suppose  haha. 

9. What are of one of your goals for your music career?
To be on a European Tour by the time we're 24.

10. Anything else you would like the readers to know? 
We really appreciate all the people who support our music. We just started not to long ago and we already have some great fans!
We think Hip Hop has been missing a decent "rap group" for about 10 years now, hopefully we can fill that missing space.
11. Do you have a  Myspace, Facebook fan page, Youtube and/or Twitter that the readers can follow?  
We have a youtube and Twitter - www.youtube.com/TheFlyKidds , www.twitter.com/theflykidds (@theflykidds) .
Some of our vids:
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