Ascend Productions Perspective on A Moment In Time

We are excited to share Ascend Productions' new track "A Moment In Time"! 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 Ascend Productions to learn all about the inspiration, concepts, and creative energy that it took to create and produce "A Moment In Time". We hope you enjoy and please feel free to ask Ascend Productions anything!

Do you have one main reason driving you to continue making music?

Answer:

i love music with everycell of my being.

What is your overarching goal as an artist?

Answer:

My love is producing. The goal is to meet new artist who want to create great music and collaborate with them to make great music

What is the most significant lesson you've learned through being an artist?

Answer:

I must strive to learn everyday and be patient.

What is your favorite work of art?

Answer:

This last album production I just completed, "A Moment In Time"

How would you define having an artistic outlook on life?

Answer:

Being open to learn new things and always lookin to create new things from the surroundings and environment that you are in.

Has being an artist made your life lonely? How do you counteract this?

Answer:

Not at all. I have a family and other hobbies that I like to be involved with.

How have your other passions reinforced your process of making music?

Answer:

I used them simultaneously. I learn from everything. I tend to think about one when I am doing the other.

Always looking for inspiration.

If you could alter the music industry in any way, what would you change and why?

Answer:

Pay the artist more for his/her creativity. We are the entertainment..

What jobs have you done other than being an artist?

Answer:

several...

What has been your most embarassing moment while pursuing music?

Answer:

Not having experience in certain areas and being blind when I was expected to know

What has been your scariest experience while pursuing music?

Answer:

Some one in the industry telling me my music is not good enough.

What role do you believe the artist has in our society?

Answer:

All artist are inspirations. Whatever the artist does that attract the attention of society, they can use that for the greater good of society.

What is your definition of success as an artist? How do you measure this success?

Answer:

Being happy with your creation is success. It is measured by how it makes you feel.

What is your earliest memory of listening to music?

Answer:

3 year old

What three words would you want your fanbase to use to describe you?

Answer:

Hyper, loving and inspiring

What do you want people to feel when they listen to your music?

Answer:

I want them to be comfortable. My goal is to make them feel the mood of the music that I have created.

Who is your dream artist or musician to collaborate with?

Answer:

Alicia Keys

Do you practice? How has your practice changed over time?

Answer:

I make music everyday

What is the strangest place where you have discovered a new song?

Answer:

In a hospital visiting a patient

If you could only listen to three artists for the rest of your life, who would you choose and why?

Answer:

Marvin Gay -

Prince

Alicia Keys

How do you plan on being a game-changer within your genre?

Answer:

I want to bring the art of creation back into music

How would you describe your favorite artist's music to someone who has never heard them before?

Answer:

Spirit freeing

If you could attend a performance by any artist, dead or alive, who would you choose and why?

Answer:

I have attended a Prince concert and nothing has compared to it since.

How would you describe your music to someone who has never heard it before?

Answer:

Personal and heartfelt

What themes do you explore throughout your music?

Answer:

Love

Heartbtreak

Goodtimes

Llife

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

Answer:

Alicia Keys

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

Answer:

My sound has gotten far more mature and full.

Which mediums of art do you most identify with?

Answer:

Music

What genres does this release play into?

Answer:

Contemporary Jazz/R&B

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

Answer:

I think I was always an artist. I started the journey about 12 years ago.

How does your background play into this song?

Answer:

A very important part of this single. It is about my memories of my life and where I came from.

Who are you and what do you do?

Answer:

I am Vernon J and I am a music producer.

What is your favorite way of sharing your music?

Answer:

Riding in a car seems to be where I do it the most.

Name three artists you’d like to be compared to.

Answer:

Robert Glasper

Dr Dre

Teddy Riley

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