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Eric Gray Perspective on Working On It

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We are excited to share Eric Gray's new track "Working On It"! 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 Eric Gray to learn all about the inspiration, concepts, and creative energy that it took to create and produce "Working On It". We hope you enjoy and please feel free to ask Eric Gray anything!
Who are you and what do you do?
Answer:

I 'm a a self tought guitarist that as been doing music all my life and a small business owning in Brooklyn NY.

How does your background play into this song?
Answer:

This song is a New York song and it has a real feel of reality but and a sense of slowing things down because everything in the city is moving fast all the time.

What is your earliest memory of listening to music?
Answer:

I remember when I was a baby hearing music and i was amazed by the feeling and the sounds. The feeling was something I can't decribe but I did undertand 

that music was then and still now a powerful force.

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

I knew when i was as young as I can remember  I wanted to be a artist. 

What genres does this release play into?
Answer:

I feel that i made a mix of genres with this song and the album and i call it R&B Soul Rap. 

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

 It sit's at the intersection of r&b/soul/rap —where spoken word, rhythm, singing and message meet soulful arrangements and guitar-driven musicality. The album reflects a natural artistic progression, connecting the foundation of rap with the sophistication, emotional and social depth of Contemporary Black Music.

What themes do you explore throughout your music?
Answer:

I explore the love themes more. I have seen many things and love is the only thing that you just can keep down no matter what.

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

If would go on tour with an artist it would be, Silk Sonic. I feel that they are soulful and they have old and new elements in their music like I have.

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

My favorate artist is Marvin Gaye and I would decribe his music as a social love meeting that never dies or goes away.

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

My music is full of reality but love with a twist of smoothness.

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

Marvin Gaye

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

Thats Hard, I really do not know.

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

Sade, Marvin Gaye and Micheal Jackson, I choose these artist because they are the best of the best and they have deep meaning and feeling in their lyric's.

What does your dream performance look like?
Answer:

My dream performance would be in front of real true fans in a stadium as they are  singing the lyrics and I'm looking out seeing them and holding up their lighters.

Who is your dream artist or musician to collaborate with?
Answer:

Hmmm I'm not sure??

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

I want people to feel love pure energy and the free things that money can't buy in life like joy, happness, freedom, togtherness and God Blessing's.  

What is your favorite way of sharing your music?
Answer:

My favorite way of sharing music is live in front of people.

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

True, loyal and dedicated.

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

Yes I practices every morning after i eat six day a week. I just gets better over time.

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

Success for me is completing what i set out to do. I don't think awards, trophies, bling or top selling records are success. I think that being healthy 

having Christ love plus God blessing is real success.

What is the most memorable response you've had to your work?
Answer:

When I performed live and how people responded to my music and i can see their reaction.

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

I think I can do that by being myself and and that will keep me staying oringinal in all that I do and that how one changes thing.

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

The role of an artist is to entertain and bring current event of the soul.

Name a song that best represents success to you, and why?
Answer:

Michael Jackson's Beat It. It's a song that fight againts the odd and win in real life.

What has been your scariest experience while pursuing music?
Answer:

Dealing with a major record lable and not knowing, if I would be free to be me because I felt that was becoming a number just a product too them.

What has been your most embarassing moment while pursuing music?
Answer:

I can't say that Lol.

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

I would go back to phycial tangable's CD's and Vinyl's.

What jobs have you done other than being an artist?
Answer:

I did it all to put food on the table and to keep a roof over my head.

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

I just worked hard practiced stayed close to me family,  listened and watched music and performers that had soul and love in it.

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

Well it can be but it can be very rewarding. At times music can be a really good friend that help release stress and unspoken feelings.

How would you define having an artistic outlook on life?
Answer:

I just look at life like anyone else. I just keep my two feet on the ground and keep everything real at all times.

What is your favorite work of art?
Answer:

It's  two movies from Prince, Purple Rain and Under The Cherry Moon.

Which mediums of art do you most identify with?
Answer:

Music and Movies.

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

Trust no one in the music business.

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

Marvin Gaye, Prince and George Benson

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

Yes it makes me feel closer to God.

What is your overarching goal as an artist?
Answer:

To help other feel that the everyday problems can go way for go a short amount of time and to give help when is needed like housing, food and spiritual help if needed.

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