Daiton Reed Perspective on Focus

We are excited to share Daiton Reed's new track "Focus"! Our goal at SongBlog is to highlight outstanding new music and give you a peek at the artist’s world behind the music. In this blog we get a chance to sit down with Daiton Reed to learn all about the inspiration, concepts, and creative energy that it took to create and produce "Focus". We hope you enjoy and please feel free to ask Daiton Reed anything!

What themes do you explore throughout your music?

Answer:

Addiction, mental health & to get desperation to get help for it, but most in portly the despairing to change it

If you could go on tour with any artist, who would it be and why?

Answer:

If this is dead or alive, Juice Wrld or XXX

What is your favorite song you have made, and why?

Answer:

"Focus" ft. DUPRE

What is your favorite way of sharing your music?

Answer:

Catching people off guard at a random moment

What is your earliest memory of listening to music?

Answer:

2 years. Falling asleep to Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory in 2002 with my late brother, Cory A. Deshotel #RIP

How does your background play into this song?

Answer:

Mental health issues & addiction

Who are you and what do you do?

Answer:

I'm an artist with a specific ear and fixation on making good produced music that can reach people in a way that relates to them to the core

At what moment in your life did you decide to become an artist / performer?

Answer:

10 years old, recording on "Cool Edit Pro" (OGs will remember) & having a fascination with the engineering and producing side of making music

What genres does this release play into?

Answer:

Emotional rap/hip-hop, alternative, melodic rap, and guitar interpolations

How has your sound and style evolved in the last 3 years?

Answer:

I took a 4 year hiatus, but for the most part, on my production/engineering has improved PHENOMALLu

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