The Hilltop Glove Podcast

Dooozy | Can't You See | Episode #47

October 06, 2022 The Hilltop Glove Podcast Episode 47
The Hilltop Glove Podcast
Dooozy | Can't You See | Episode #47
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THG interviews guest Dooozy. Dooozy is Columbia, South Carolina based singer, songwriter, and actress.  Her family is also the owners of The Donut Guy,  a local gourmet donut shop located in the Vista.

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Episode 47 Dooozy
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[00:00:00] Hey everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the Hilltop Love Podcast. Today we have the pleasure of interviewing Doozy. Doozy is. Hi, how are you? I'm good. How are you doing? Good. Thank you for joining us today. No problem. Thank you for having me. So Doozy is an artist born in Connecticut, but residing in Columbia, South Carolina, and she changed her name after hearing Justin Timberlake suit and tie.

If you guys heard that song, he refers to her as a doozy. When she does it doozy, meaning bizarre and unique. But the difference between her, she added an extra. So doozy with three ohs. Yes. Yes. Can't forget the third. It was really hard finding you on social media and I was like, oh, three oho. That's a doozy.

How are today? I'm doing well. Doing well. Just, you know, living , right? Aren't we all right. So can you tell the people a little bit about yourself so they can get [00:01:00] a, a little bit about your background, your upbringing? Sure. So like you said, I was born in Connecticut. I stayed there for half of my life.

I have the pleasure of having both my parents in my life. They've been married for 25 years. Beautiful. Yeah. Yeah, so then like they started a donut company and so we all worked there as of right now downtown Lincoln Street. And You know, I've always had like pretty strict parents, but also very, very, very supportive.

So they're a hundred percent supportive of what I do and my dreams and aspirations in life. So I'm truly blessed for that as well. We've always been like a family who you know, as long as we see you try. My mom always says, As long as I see you trying. To, you know, do or be whoever you wanna be. They're gonna be 10 toes behind you, no matter what it is that would, So we've always been a pretty creative family and a pretty busy family, I should say

But you know growing up, you know, I can't, I can't lie, it was, it was. One of the people who were blessed to [00:02:00] be in a family were, you know, it wasn't really hard, you know, we've always been kind of loved and taken care of and you know, just well rounded over well overall. So no complaints there as far as my parents go.

But I had a pretty good upbringing and nothing really major or anything like that, so I'm just truly blessed overall. That's the most I could say truly. Good. Good. Do you have any siblings? I do. I have two sisters. I have a younger sister who is 20. She just turned 20. And I have an older sister who's 28.

And they're truly my best friends. , my best All girls. Mm-hmm. , all girls, No boys. Okay. Wow. Wow. Y ain't get no brothers. No brothers. , . I'm so sorry for my dad. Oh, that's, that's true. That's true. . Could you give us a little bit more information about the business that your parents run? [00:03:00] Yeah, so we started about 13 years ago when we moved to South Carolina pretty much.

And how it happened was my little sister's always been a fan of the fried mini donuts that she can get at the flea market. Yeah. So Oh yeah. And the fairness. Yeah. Yeah. And the fair. So like, she's always been like a huge fan of those. And so, My dad, you know, he came up with the idea of maybe, you know, I should buy a machine and see how it goes.

And so he took a chance, bought one machine, and we started over a tent and we would do under a tent, I'm sorry. And we would do like church events mostly. And you know, little things like that. We would sit up under that tent for hours and hours and hours and wouldn't make any money . But we stayed consistent and.

You know, staying consistent really worked for us. And then my mom got on board, she quit her job and We just started doing it full time and we went from under a tent to like a trailer, from a trailer to a truck, from a truck to the brick and mortar. So right now we have we still have a [00:04:00] location in Winnsboro, South Carolina.

We're just not opened yet. And then we have the shop now in downtown Columbia on Lincoln Street that's open almost every day. And then we still run the trucks too. . My sister, my little sister pretty much is in charge of all the flavors. So all the crazy flavors that you see, she usually comes up with them

And she's in charge of the media too, so she does like the reels and the picture taking. And then my older sister, she's more of like marketing, branding. And then I'm more of like the hands on, so I make sure everything in the shop and on the trucks are going well. And my mom is more so the booking.

She makes sure that we know where we're going and if we have an event this day or this day, and who's working. My dad is pretty much the muscle of it all. So he's like moving generators, he's fixing problems, he's doing like the maintenance man for, for the most part. So we all have like our special, you know, techniques that we use within the business, so it works out well.

Did y'all sit down and figure that out, or did it just kind happen that way? It just kind of happened that way. We had to figure out how we were gonna be able to work with each [00:05:00] other without getting angry with each other. So we just figured out, we figured out. And who does what the best and just kind of stick them to that one section.

So that's pretty much what we try to do, man. It's, I've been seeing the truck around town too. Mm-hmm. . Nah, I have to I need to get my, myself up to that brick and mortar and get me some donuts, man. Cause yes, I kept talking trash about every time I tried to go donuts. Y'all, y'all have a line. So long waiting.

Wait 30 minutes to get one of them donuts, man. When they open the store, I'm gonna get, so I stop by and pick me some donuts up. But please, that is so interesting. Now I have to ask this, since your family did that and you all have. You know, marketing, branding, mindset, business, pushing forward, et cetera.

Does that affect the way that you handle yourself as an artist and the way that you work on your branding and moving yourself as an artist through the industry? I'm not gonna lie, gets hard. It does get hard because, you know, one thing that a lot of [00:06:00] local artists forget is that, With, with being a local artist comes with you have to support others.

Like you have to get out there and support other local artists too. And like, that breaks my heart when like work gets in the way of that. That's probably like the, the number one thing that. Bothers me. But as, like I said, my parents are, are completely, you know supportive of what I do. So if I have a show or I have somewhere else to be because of music, they're a hundred percent, you know, Okay, we're gonna try to make it happen without you.

We just have to go ahead and do what we have to do to make sure that, you know, we're still good without you, but you, you need to go. You need to go. Like, it's never a, it's never a, I don't think you can go cuz you need to work. It's never, it's never that. So, It just really gets in the way of when I'm trying to support other local artists in Columbia and I can't because I have to work or things like that, But for the most part, they make it as easy as they possibly can.

Wow. That's That's good man. It's good. Head at support. Yeah. See, these are the things, these are things, and this again, why we do the podcast. So learn how to adult, These are the things that I'll [00:07:00] have to do with my children. I'm gonna make sure I'm not stepping in their way or keeping them from getting to where they need to get to.

And I know especially as millennial, I know our parenting style is gonna be way different from parents and the generations before us, but the good stuff that they did, we need to continue to do it. And so, Right. I mean, I think that's dope man. That makes my day. I like hearing stuff like that. Thank you

And then go. Oh, go ahead. Go ahead. My fault. I'm up here talking too much.

That's what the podcast is, Brent. I know, man. My fault. You know, I'll keep talking, but I heard somebody making Brent, so I was like, Let me, wait, let me leave some air real quick. So then get some cheese . Well, I, I was just, I was just thinking like, like, so I mean obviously you have other employees then It's not, it's not just a family.

Unfortunately, no. really? Whoa. We actually have, we have a guy starting today who my sister is going to be training him today. But it, it, you know, we're in 2022, so everybody's either self self-employed or just, you know, doing other things and [00:08:00] a lot of people don't really wanna work, so it's kind of hard finding work, and I think that's pretty much why if you look or notice all businesses have a now hiring sign up.

So yeah, it's really hard. Yeah. It's ridiculous. Mm-hmm. , you know, and I've heard a lot of people saying that people don't wanna work now. And, and I think that's just like, like some verbiage that's been put out there. . Yeah. Cause everybody I know is working, they just might aren't Grub or something like that, you know?

Like it's, don't wanna work for the man anymore. Exactly. They wanna be self-employed, speak on it. That's what it is. Like said, thinks of the scheme. Steam. What's the steam? What? What's steam? I think it's fake that they're putting now high. Everybody's putting now hiring signs of No, no, no, no, no. You can't.

It's real for people to work at restaurants. Now you can't, but you can't. If you've ever done restaurant work, you know exactly why, Especially for a corporate entity or somebody that just doesn't give a shit about you. Mm-hmm. . Nah, I've, You could go much rather than. No. You know what's funny about [00:09:00] that too?

I got, I tag on what Mike said, cause like anytime you'll like, especially like on the wall of face on Facebook, right? Mm-hmm. , right? You'll notice like somebody will post something about a job, right? Or someone hiring, or it'll be like a dude's article, maybe like off like, like wltx or like Ws or whatever.

And there's always somebody gets up there that's like, well, you know, you gave people these checks that nobody wants to work , right? But that's, that's the verbiage just being put out there. And then once you hear. Everybody just repeat it and then it's all, you know, I'm in the hardware store the other day trying to fix my thing and there's just, oh, guy sitting there arguing about, Oh, you can't get anybody to work now.

Get these checks. You get a month for this. I'm like, You ever tried to live off 800 a month off a, That's not everybody working. They just ain't working where you want them to. But this way, hanging enough. Yes, exactly. And like I said, people are taking that power into their own hands and realizing what the worth is.

They're like, Hey, I can do the same. For myself. And I tell people all the time, even like, you know, if, if you [00:10:00] work in a corporate structure, it's not wrong with that. But I remember working for look, I mean if you gotta do, you gotta do what you gotta do to feed people. I what you do. You know? Cause its better than selling drugs or you know, other things that you could do.

You know, So other things you could do that. Yeah. In a sense, you know, if you gotta go flip a burger patty, flip a burger patty, if that's what you gotta do to feed your family, right? Mm-hmm. , but at the same time realize that you are helping somebody else to build their dream and not working on your dream.

So you still have to make time for your own dream. And that's why I like how she explains that her parent may understood it and like, Yeah, you gotta do this and that, but Right. You know, when it's time to go out and go do your thing, you know? Exactly. Mm-hmm. . And that's, and that's what I'm like, man, that's something like, if you could put that in your child's head at an early age, You don't have to worry about them having that issue with them corporate entities, they'll know, Okay, I can go over here and work if I need to, but at the end of the day, I can get this off the land myself.

Right. So, and that's, that's something that's, that's extremely cool about, about just [00:11:00] hearing how that, that dynamic works. That's just coming around in that dialogue. But I do have a question for you. Doozy, mm-hmm. , you are female artist. Mm-hmm. and in a very male dominated field. Yes. Especially in this area.

Region. Now you came from Connecticut. My brother and I, we from Connecticut. This is why I wanna understand, I wanna know this. Mm-hmm. , how do you feel in this area and where's your place at and do you feel that you have issues at all melding into the scene? Absolutely . Absolutely like being a female artist.

Nowadays, especially at my age everybody pretty much is my age doing it. And so it gets hairy, you know, being a single, you know, woman in this industry and super, super romantic. So I run into like guys who You know, some of them strike my attention and then that gets hairy. You know, Cause I don't wanna mix business with pleasure.

And they always look at me as like, Oh, I [00:12:00] can. Further you in your career and Oh Lord. Right? So when that, when that starts happening, right? When that starts happening it gets really, really difficult in, you know, both my real life and, you know, my artist's life. So I try to just stay completely out of that aspect of it.

But another thing is like also being a woman, I'm not taken serious. A lot of guys in the industry, they feel like they know more and know. And me and where I come from, it's just kind of like my mental state is like, this is my craft, my creation, you know, allow me to have the creative freedom to at least get it out the way I want to do it.

And a lot of people will add fluff to my songs or add a special effect or add a whole nother person to a song of mine. And I'm just kind of like, You know, that's not really, Yeah. You know, that's not really what I was asking for or what I was trying to do here, or that's not the vibe I was trying to create or [00:13:00] you know, that's why a lot of people are like, Why don't you put music out so much?

So more often or like, why is it always such a, a long delay? And it's just because it takes so much to get one idea out because so many other people wanna put their hands in it and it's kind of, If I had the know how to do it completely by myself, I would. But what I also learned in, you know, being an artist is that you can't do this alone.

Like you need, Yeah. You need other people. Yeah. It's definitely a team effort and like, you get a lot further when you have a team. So I try to make it make myself very clear, you know, in studios that I go to, you know, I'm, I'm really here on business, like, and I really want to be taken serious. Like I just service.

Right. And I can't help but to think. If I was a rapper or even a male, I would be taken way more serious. And, and it's hard because not only am I women, but I sing, so it's like, Oh my lord Jesus, you know? It's, it's really, it's really, Oh, you're still living in the, in the five heart heartbreaks era basically?

Exactly, Exactly. And it's just kind of like, you [00:14:00] know, I don't know. I just try my, I try my best to do as much as I can by myself and stick to the same people who've, you know, been there for me and worked with me and helped me. And you know, I just try to keep the business my spec, the my spec, the business aspect of it and you know, just keep it really.

Business. That's what I try to do as most. I have a question for you. Do you think, and this is what I always propose mm-hmm. in situations like this, cuz my fiance, well not my fiance anymore, my wife go congratulate you yet. Congratulations.

Yeah. Just got back from our honeymoon. And I know one of the things she always talked about is She always complains about women's clothing and the fact that women's clothing doesn't have pockets. Mm-hmm. women, they just can agree. How do y'all do that? Exactly. She's amazing how y'all bring stuff anywhere.

right? She's always like, But see, every woman says that too. So obviously whoever's making this shit is not so this is, this is the point. Might because [00:15:00] men make the clothing. Mm-hmm. . And so I always tell women this. Why don't y'all make your own clothing? Right. And whenever I see women make their own clothing, guess what they have on 'em?

Pockets pocket. So here's my point, here's my point. I was like, man, especially in this situation, what you're talking about, doozy. Mm-hmm. . Why don't more women own studios? Right? Right. So when you go into that space, , it's gonna be comfortable and inviting. Mm-hmm. , like you can control the flow in the workspace and how it's gonna affect people.

Because we talked to a couple of people on our show and by gentleman that opened studios up and I have yet to speak with, heard of a woman who just opens up a studio recording space. Mm-hmm. , and that's interesting. And, you know, I was thinking about that and mm-hmm. , you know, of course I come from a, a business family, so yeah.

When I, what I, you know, wanna end up doing for my end all Beall is what I call it. I want to, I had the pleasures of being in like a they call it a industry bootcamp. It was [00:16:00] for, you know, younger kids who felt like they had a special gift and just wanted to be guided in a way where they can be the most successful.

Mm-hmm. and I. I was in that industry bootcamp, but I won't say any names or anything like that, but I, I noticed like some flaws in it and like how they were making the, the children feel and like, you know, putting them in situations where it could be traumatic instead of helping them. And so what I wanna do is I wanna provide a place where it doesn't matter whether you sing, dance, act, you know, rap.

Poetry, it doesn't matter. You just need guidance and you wanna get the proper skill and the training that you could, you can get and, and just being in an inviting space to be creative, like a lot of people don't realize that it's hard to find a spot to be completely creative. Like the mind is a powerful thing.

And so it's like once it's comfortable's, there's no way, there's no, you know, no limits to it. And it's like you'll be surprised in what you can come up with, especially being an. So I wanna provide a place where [00:17:00] people can come and it's inviting and you feel comfortable and safe to be who you truly are and be creative and like, cuz that's all I look for in a studio.

Like when I'm looking for a studio, I wanna, I want a place where I feel comfortable enough to be completely creative and like come up with something that I couldn't come, came up with in my room. Away or in a studio with a bunch of other people or a bunch of people who don't, who aren't really inviting.

So yeah, in my end I'll be, I wanna provide a place, I don't wanna call it a bootcamp, cuz that's so harsh, but like a place where, you know, people can come and get the training that they want, record the songs that they want, or record the video or, you know, whatever. And they, they want, and just, you know, you know, it's just safe and like you feel warm and, and welcomed.

So. I definitely get that because I've been to so many studios in Columbia. Yeah, Preach. Preach. Yeah. There's so many. Those places don't exist. So when you said, you were telling me your experience, I was like, Yep. She. She tell like this, Matter of fact, I was in the studio one time. I felt uncomfortable when I seen somebody do something like that.

Exactly. However they're treating, [00:18:00] like you can tell, you know, I know what you mean. It's real. Right? It's real. And like being an r and b singer is really, you know, cuz when I go to a studio, say that's, you know, for predominantly rappers and this portion of the podcast is brought to you by links recording studio.

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Yes, I get, I get there and I do my little r and b song about love, and then now , now I have to stay [00:19:00] after because all these, you know, trap artists want me to now sing their hooks on their songs so they can, you know, connect with the females and it's just so annoying. Are they paying you, Are they paying you?

No, they don't pay me. They don't pay. You need somebody to talk for you. Like, I'm gonna represent her. She's not doing Go ahead Tamaya. Go ahead. Need to know Tam deals in these spaces. Nashville Method, get a check. Everybody get a check. Is your team who, who helps you out behind the scenes and helps you handle things like that?

I had management for a little while, but they ended up being a little Janky. There you go. I would've heard you. She was trying to find a good word. She was like, Please go spit anything rat can. So they just weren't really, you know, professional. So my mom does what she can, but she has a lot going on already, and like, so it's, it's hard for her to really, So I try.

The best I can. I just [00:20:00] started charging for features cuz you know, I'm humble. I'm very humble. I can tell you are, I don't want people to ever think that I don't wanna work with them or I can't work with them because they don't have the funds. So it's like, I try to do it like case dependent and I just, you know, I don't, cuz I don't wanna be her.

I don't wanna be that girl. So it's like, I, I just, you know, I know what it's like to, to be a starving artist and really wanna work with somebody, but, you know, can't, because they're charging like $5,000 and it's like, Oh, I can't do that. You know? So if I see like, you know, really like, Working and like really, you know, doing it and like this is a dream of yours, something that you really wanna do.

I don't mind doing it for free. I'm not gonna ask you for any money. But if it's like, you know, like, you know, a trap artist who just wanna connect with the females for this one little song, you know, you're probably gonna have to come. , can you make a sex noise in the microphone? You know, they, let me tell you, they get really, they get really extravagant out here and like sometimes.

They write their own lyrics and they just want me to sing their lyrics, and I'm just like, Yo, I cannot sing that on the track. I don't know what you're doing here, but I cannot do that on the [00:21:00] track. They write you lyrics to sing? Yes, yes for that. Oh God. It gets really, And I'm just like, You want me to say what?

Okay. No, like, you know, my, my parents listen to my music. I, I try, I try to keep it, I try to keep it like, you know, not, I'm, at the end of the day, I'm so r b music, r b music, it's r b music. Like, I don't, I don't say stuff like that, but, you know, Gosh. But it's not, it's not a collaboration then that sounds, you know, you're an instrument that they just.

Literally, Yeah. Nah, that's not cool. Don't hear your name. But I feel you though cuz like when you love the art it's like mm-hmm , you don't wanna not do something can be stagnant. And I love challenges so I love when people from different genres, you know, I really wanna work with you, but I don't know how we're gonna mesh.

I love getting. Because it's like, that's my specialty. I'm really good at meshing with any genre. Like I, I wrote a pop song before, like, I, I can, because writing is my first love. Like, I will write for anyone. Like, I, I'm not one of those people, Oh no, I'm not writing for, No, I'll write [00:22:00] for anyone, like, literally anyone.

So it's like I could mesh into any genre, like at all. I, I could really get into it. I can even rap if I wanted to. Like, it's cuz I love the penant aspect of being an artist. Like that's my favorite part. So like, I love being brought into other genres. Like that's, that's, you know, my favorite. But you know, sometimes when they write their own lyrics it gets a little hairy.

I just ask for creative freedom. That's it. . Thank you. Yeah, I see what you mean. I get creative right there. I listen. I think the first time I saw you perform was at high, low arts event. Yeah. And you did it really, really well. So when I saw them, we had you on the podcast. I did check you out on Spotify and I love your music,

Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. I let the playlist play and I was like, Oh yeah, I can, I can get, I can listen to this. And then I listen to the lyrics and I'm like, Oh my God. She is like dope. Like it's not, Thank you. You know, It's not just nonsense. It's really like you literally writing each word. I'm like, okay.

Right, right. Thank you. That's a talent man. You appreciate. That's a [00:23:00] talent . But man. Okay, so we gotta see, Got to hear a little bit about, about your artistry, you dealing with the folks here in Columbia. I have one, I have a question to ask you that we always ask people who are artists in this scene.

Mm-hmm. , do you feel, and I know you, you stepped on this a little bit earlier, do you feel that you get support from a diverse group of people here in Columbia? I do, I do feel that way. I cuz like, I perform a lot despite of how little music I have out, but I perform . You see, I working, working.

That's when you make the money these days. Right? You know? That's exactly, and a lot of people mistake that for me, not like, I've had people tell me, Oh, you need to decide if this is something you really want to do, but you don't even, you don't see all this work I'm doing in the street, but, you know, but it's ok.

It's ok, I'm doing it every night. What are you about? What do you mean? But I, I perform a lot and I get, I get the chance and opportunity to [00:24:00] perform in a lot of different, you know, groups. So I, I, it is really, I get, you know, doesn't matter what color all I get, all colors, all ages, all, you know, dynamics.

It doesn't matter. Like I get a. Support from a lot of different people, and I love that. Like cuz I wanna connect with, you know, everybody, you know, I wanna be able to, you know, hit the hearts. , anybody who listens to it. So I, I, and how I do that is that I try to take real situations and in the moment right about 'em, so I'm, you know, as genuine and as, you know, related, related as I can possibly be.

So you know, even if it's not. I try not to get too specific because I still want, you know, people to be able to, you know, connect this song to their situation. So I would say, yeah, putting in the thought. Yeah. Cause that's what I, that's what I think about, or, you know, listen for when I'm listening to music, like I like to, I, I automatically try to, Put this situation, this song is talking about into a real life situation so that I can feel the music [00:25:00] more, you know?

Mm-hmm. I don't know if other people do that, but that's like, you know, something that I try to do, so when I cry. But that's part of the experience of art, though. That's what everybody does about whether you're reading a story or a poem or, you know, Yeah. Looking at visual art, like that's, that's kind of what it is.

Right. Exactly. Exactly. So like I try to make sure. I stay related in all age groups, you know, and I get a lot of love for the old, from the older crowd. And I think it's probably, I, what I get told is, is because of the tone that I singing Yeah. That a lot of older people you know, can appreciate it.

So, you know, my dad is my biggest fan. He's a music buff, so as long as he likes it, I feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to do. . There you go. . Oh, it was dope man. And, and I know. Let me see. We're looking, looking great. We're looking great on time. Just wanna make sure I'm not doing too much. But do you did transition from, from living in Connecticut and then coming down here to Columbia, how, how drastic was that for you?

It was actually drastic in a positive way. Oh. When I moved here, I remember just seeing all the. Palm trees [00:26:00] in the sun and I'm just like, Oh, we're definitely palmettos now. They palmettos, right? right. All the palmetto trees. I just feel like I, when I first moved here, I was just like, Oh, we're definitely on vacation.

It took a while for it not to feel like vacation. I think once school started it kind of stopped feeling like that, but it felt like vacation to me. Cuz you know, con. It's very dark and you know, it is city like and Yeah. You know, dirty and it's like . So it's know. I love, I love my, I love my city. I do love my city, but it's just like, you know, I, I love Columbia and South Carolina in the South period.

It's just, you know, I, I can't see myself going back up north. It's not a bad place to be, is it? No, it's really not. Everybody talks so much trash, but I love it. So I'm not, I'm not a fast. Right. Do a lot of stuff. But when I actually think about it, when I went to New York, I was like, Oh, okay. I'm ready to go.

Exactly. I like to see the stars. I like to hear the birds in the morning. Right. My friends at night. I don't wanna hear [00:27:00] somebody yelling out the window like, No, Exactly, Exactly. Loud music at 2:00 AM Yeah. No, it's not necessary, . Oh my Lord. And you said that you also work with some local groups around here, right?

Mm-hmm. , like, did you name some of those groups? I just wanted to see who, who it is that you're working with. We wanna see if we got some cross over here. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I did a, I just did a podcast with Kenneth, I don't know if y'all know Kenneth. He's he's a gospel singer around here and he actually puts on a podcast and I just did an interview with them.

They were super sweet, super supportive, and I did Of course, Halo art, Hilo art they always asked me to come and perform or be a part of, like their, they did a show a game show for his birthday not too long ago. And I was a part of that. It was super fun. And you know, they always asked, asked me to perform.

So I love that. I did I did a couple of things with, I don't know if y'all, I think they just had it not too long ago. The Annual Lemonade Party. Day party. Yeah. Yeah. They asked [00:28:00] me to perform a few years back. And they were super sweet too. Once you, cuz you know, once you perform with people like them, they pass your name along and then, you know, it gets around.

I also did a few things with the Comedy House. They always put on like a got Amer Columbia's got talent. Kids may be. Yeah. So like I did a few competitions with them and I won and I got the opportunity to open up for NBA Young Boy, which I thought was really cool. And yeah, so, you know, just wherever they really ask me for.

But those people usually are the ones that show the most love. They always keep in contact and, you know, always want me to come out and perform. So is there anyone that you're looking to collaborate with or do a feature with or you wanna work. I really, really, really wanna tap into like the female artist.

I've met, I got the pleasure of meeting a female artist not too long ago. She goes by the name of Tatiana and. She is great. Like I got the chance to see her perform [00:29:00] at Silk a couple days ago and she has a band that she travels with and she, I really wanna work with her. I really do wanna work with her cuz I don't see a lot of females, especially singers out here really doing it.

Yes. So yes, I really wanna tap into females because, you know, now all I do is collaborate with males. I know it's been great. It's been great. It's been great. But you know, I'm hearing the point here. I'm the point , it's been great, but I really wanna see what I can create with another female. You know, it's female minds and I really wanna do that.

So I'm trying to keep it there. And so what current projects are you working on right now, or. Things that you have coming up in the future so that we can know what's going on with your calendar? Yeah, so I'm super excited. Halloween is my favorite h holiday. And obviously because I'm really theatric with, I could tell yeah, the way I dress and things like that.

So like, I love costumes. So Halloween is definitely my favorite Halloween, I mean [00:30:00] holiday, so, This Halloween, I decided that I wanted to provide a spot where local artists can come and perform, showcase their talent. That's always been my, my first love. I love to see people come out and showcase their talent.

So I got with my mom and my dad and we set up a date. We're actually gonna do it on Halloween. And I'm gonna put on like a little spooky. Concert for people to come and, you know, eat some donuts and get some coffee and maybe, you know, see you're right, I'm showing up in the city. Yes, y'all do it at the shop.

Yeah. Mm-hmm. . Oh, that's awesome. Yeah. Yep. We're gonna prop the doors open and so the whole street can hear the music. And I just want people to come out and get some donuts, get some coffee, chill out, and like really, you know, catch the vibe that I'm trying to put on. So I have that, and then I know for Valentine's Day I wanna do a virtual concert with my.

And I wanna do it like a live recording and just kind of like cuz I, I had not last Valentine's Day, but [00:31:00] Valentine's Day before that I dropped my first like, mini project, which was called the D and it was generated for Valentine's Day. So it was like love songs, sex songs, things like that.

And I wanna come out with another one. I wanna do volume two cuz I promise people volume two and I wanna do a volume two. So I wanna release the volume two with a live show for it. And so just so people can, you know, tune in anywhere so you don't have to physically come out and see it. Nice.

Yeah. So I wanna do that. And those are the two things that I'm pretty much mainly working on right now, man. Do you like I like that you said this, cause I heard this, We were riding, riding around before I heard this on the radio. , the virtual concerts. Mm-hmm. , do you like the virtual concert idea? I like it for.

Uprising artists, I feel like I wouldn't really enjoy it for like an artist that I'm looking up to because I've been to many, many concerts and being in the space is a lot different than being at home watching it. Mm-hmm. , I feel like jet spirit, [00:32:00] exactly like getting to know an artist. I feel like the virtual is perfect because it's really, you know, you could be as intimate as you wanna be and you could really study them and like what they're doing.

You could even, like, hopefully they'll even say something about the song, maybe tell you what it was about or what they wrote about, or whatever the case may, you could really get to know the artists in, in, in situations like that. And so that's probably why I really wanted to do that. I, I wanna be able to talk to my audience and like really have a conversation.

Okay, I wrote this song about, and this is how I was feeling when I wrote it. Like, that's what I wanna do so they can really get to know who I am. Cause I think a lot of people take social media and kind of run with it. Have this per Yeah. They have this perspective of me and it's, it's kind of like wrong , so I, I wanna like really let people wrong.

Yeah. Like, cause you can't judge a book by it's cover. Just because I wear this on Tuesday doesn't mean that I'm this kind of person. So it's like, your instance is not your real life. It's really not. You know what I'm saying? I know that like kills people, but sometimes it's not, you know, so. Right. I want, I want people to be able to get to know me as an artist, so.

[00:33:00] Mm-hmm. , that's definitely my main focus. Right. . Another good question before I ask you this the, one of our, you know, obligatory questions we have to ask, but do you, how do you feel about the effect on technology in your industry? Mm-hmm. , especially when it comes to the fact that you can have, you know, you can sell your voice and have, you know mm-hmm.

the AI out here. Right. You know, you know, Lord, Lord, you know. How do you think that's gonna affect you in the future? . This is how I see it. I love the te. I love that technology is evolving. I love that. Mm-hmm. and it's making, you know, recording artists lives a lot easier. You don't have to go out there and really give it your all to get your point across.

But one thing I think people forget, especially in like the big industry, is that, you know, that's cool. But all recording music does is make you wanna see it live. And so when you see it live and you can't, you can't really connect the way you connected in your car, it's, it's probably [00:34:00] because you didn't have the skill to start off with or it was too much help you were getting in the studio.

So like I always tell people when I record, I'm like, You can put on like the basic. , but please do not do the most, Like, do not, Yeah. Make me sound like somebody totally different because I don't want to, you know, false advertise is what I wanna be able to sound the way I do in the car. On the stage. So it's like, I don't want it to sound too different than what I'm usually giving.

So I you know, I, I've ran into problems with that. A lot of people wanna put an extra, make me sound like, you know, auto tune and I'm just, I don't wanna sound like Yeah. I don't wanna sound overproduced. Like, I really want you to hear what I like. Cause I want you to hear, I'm talking about pain. I want you to feel here, the pain in my voice.

Like, I don't want you to take away too much of the penis. Yeah. Yeah. So, and then I love, I love, love, love performing with a band. So it's, You know, I, I wanna give it the real, I don't wanna do too much, you know, So it's like, I, I love live, so I'm for, you know, the less the better. [00:35:00] So do, do you think there's, and you don't think there's gonna be any challenge to that now you think that the live will overcome and, and beat out the.

Digital. I do, I feel like live right now is on the up and up. Well back on the up and up. I feel like we lost it for a little bit and I think it's coming back. Cuz I, I just know the feeling that I get whether I'm performing or whether I'm just watching. I know the feeling that I get when I see people play instruments and it's just like, I, I, that feeling is, you can't find that on a, in a record.

Session. You can't. You really can't. So it's like that. I'll, I'll, I'll always be a a life band kind of girl, but I really wanna bring it all the way back. Especially in colo. I feel like colo. Cause I've been to places like New Orleans where it's normal. You know, like nobody, nobody is performing with a track.

You're definitely performing with a band or not at all. So it's like, I wanna bring that to Columbia. Like I want people to be like, feel uncomfortable with without their band. You know? I want, I want people to be like, no. Like, oh my God, I gotta perform with a track. This is so weird. Like, I want people to [00:36:00] feel like that because we need more live music out here in Columbia.

I. Well, even, even hip hop, it used to be a live dj. Mm-hmm. , because, because that feedback between the performers and being able to modify and feed off the crowd and turn it up when you need to, like mm-hmm. , that's past the art. Exactly, and I love to feed off the crowd. That's something that I've been told that I'm good at is like crowd control.

I love feeding off the crowd. Like I'm definitely like trying to get you to, even if you don't know any of the words, I still want you to have a good time. I'm trying to get you to clap your hands, like bob your head, something like, I want you to feel it. So I definitely get that. Dope. Dope. I'm don't, don't, I'm excited if you need us to help you promote our, you know, just send us the information.

Absolutely. Thank you for that. Thank you. Thank you. And now for the obligatory promotion question, , how can we find you on social media? Okay. So you can literally type my name anywhere and as long as you don't forget the third o, you will find me. So it's [00:37:00] d o o, She's not mine on c I underscore on Instagram.

And then same on Twitter, same on Facebook. So as long as you type in that third, oh, you'll find me anywhere I promise. To, to, mm-hmm. . Well, does anybody have anything else to add or offer or any questions before we In this episode. Yes. I just wanna say it was great. Thank you so much. Oh yeah. Thank y'all so much for I know.

This was really, really great. Thank y'all so much for having me. And I'm a huge fan of Y's anyway, so this is, this is big. Really . Yeah, this is pretty big. See, that's, that's like, That's still new. I don't know about y'all, but that's still new to me. Me when people are like, Oh, we listen to podcast. I'm like, For , have to listen to podcast.

you. I have a couple of friends who tune in and like, we always talk about it, so this is pretty big. Like I'm pretty like the coolest kid in, in class right now, so I appreciate y'all. . Oh man. Well Man. Well, we thank you for joining us today. We really [00:38:00] appreciate it. I know from myself Tam Maya, skip Mike, man.

Thank you for joining us today on the Hilltop Glove podcast special event cuz the Sunday edition. So we got the Sunday Bob's going on right now. I know we do have, let's see, Let me see. Yeah, we're good man. We're gonna be looking really good. Going into season three, we have our whole, our whole line of visit set.

Yeah, we got, we we're pretty much set until the end of November. Excellent. Excellent. Yeah. So we're gonna be rocking and rolling man. Doozy. Continue to tell your friends to, to listen to us, absolutely. And we will support them back. Make sure they follow us. We will follow 'em back on the social media.

But other than that, man, I want to everybody to go out. Have a great day today. Make sure you say you love people around you. Other than that, man, peace man. Peace, love and chicken grease. Don't agree. Don't peace. And join us on Little Top [00:39:00] Love podcast. Peace. Peace.


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