Tony G. Copeland Perspective on Get off My Neck
I'm Tony G Copeland a music writer, musician, producer, and performer.
I along with millions of others am one of the unfortunate civilians to witness the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis. As a black man in America this song plays into my background as a reminder that times are still hard for us as we continue to feel the various pressure on our necks.
My earlist memory of listening to music was around 2 years old.
I became a music performer in 1981.
This release play into the Indie genre.
My sound in the last three years has evolved into more of an Indie alternative sound.
I explore love, fun, reality and equality themes.
If I could go on tour with any artist it would be SADE because of her international appeal and her style of music.
I would say that Maze featuring Frankie Beverly's music is simply encouraging, safe, breath taking and great!
I describe my music as diverse, smooth, funky and original.
James Brown because he was a master of live performance.
The most favorite song I've made is "Keep On Steppin" because it encourage one to keep on moving forward (Steppin) no matter what obstacles come your way.
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, George Duke and Tony G Copeland because they exemplify great music!
My dream performance is filled with at least 4 great artist with the best equipment, engineers and staff.
George Benson
When people listen to my music I want them to feel a sense of joy!
In my sleep.
Fantastic, Serious, Fun!
Live in living color.
I do practice at least 2 hours per day when I'm not performing. It has not changed.
My definition of success as an artist is when you have put your heart and soul into you recorded works. I measure this success not by how many accolades one gets but how much fun the artist had during the recording proccess.
Don't know if I'll ever be considered a game changer within my different generes but I do plan to continue puttin the best music that I can.
An artist in our society has a role to put out music that they believe is dear to their hearts no more no less.
We Are One by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly is a successful song to me because it's true.
Not recouping all the money that I've invested throughout the years and trust me it's been a lot of it.
If I could change the music industry in any way I would get rid of the corrupt gatekeepers and have specific regulations for all record labels to follow. I would also make the playing field accessible for all artist by mandating an human resource department for all record labels.
Truck driver, military veteran, warehoue worker, factory worker, music teacher, and many more...
At times I do get lonely. I couteract this by meditation, thinking about things that are good and helping others as much as possible.
Norman Brown, Frankie Beverly and George Benson.
The most significant lesson I've learned through being a musician is ...We all just ordinary people and no one is better than the other all though we express our views in different musical ways.
I love what I do.
Continue, continue, continue!
