Q. Can you tell us your favorite award/achievement? A. One of my favorite awards is the “ATL Hottest Musician Award” given to me less than six months after moving to Atlanta from Dallas, TX. It let me know that we did the right thing moving here. Q. What has been one of your biggest challenges in your career? A. The biggest challenge in my career has been surviving the Coronavirus Pandemic. I wasn’t able to perform for a long time and my family and I ended up catching the virus. My wife was in the hospital for a month and almost died. I was able to adjust to online zoom performances as well as zoom violin lessons given to my students. Q. Tell us what advice you would give to your younger self in order to pursue in today’s society? A. What I would tell my younger self is that it will work out well performing in the subways in New York and on street corners. I still perform on the streets today
because it keeps me close to the people. Q. What makes your violin unique? A. My violin is unique in the fact that it has five strings and it is electric. I am able to make different sounds like that of a guitar, an organ and a saxophone. Q. How does the new popularity of music streaming affect the popularity of classic music? A. The Music Streaming popularity positively effects Classical
Music because for one it gives people an opportunity to try out different forms of music that they may have never had the chance to do before. I teach my students how Classical is closely related to Rapper Tupac’s music and how listening to his music changed the way I perform. Q. Are you working on any new projects or upcoming events? A. I am working on new music right now. I have two new songs “From Paris with Love” & “Extra Sauce” which will be featured on my new EP coming to a streaming service near you soon. I am also on tour right now and in January will be in the Dominican Republic for the first time along with my fellow alumna Erykah Badu. We both went to Booker T performing Arts school in Dallas, TX. Q. Where can the readers follow you? A. Instagram @ violinrichmond Facebook Richmond Punch LinkedIn Richmond Punch TikTok RichmondPunch RichmondPunch. net GetPunched.net.
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