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World music evokes a feeling. You don't have to think about the scene that it comes from.

St. Lucia

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St. Lucia
Age: 54
Musician
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
St.Lucia
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Like all businesses ACID has its ups and downs. There are actually seasons when business will pick up such as Christmas time and carnival time. There are other times when business will run very slow.
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None of my songs are written 'about' someone or something, they all just sort of tumble out unannounced, like the worst kind of house guest.
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It's sad that some people still believe that artists die poor. This is not the case in this day and age.
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I was very conceptual about what I was doing I had the first five albums planned out, and all the songs on every album, and the artwork. I always had these ambitious musical projects in mind.
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The music that I listen to the most is probably world music, whether it's from African or South America or all over.
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My family still lives over there [ in South Africa] .I miss them terribly. I would say that most of my life over there was probably very similar to the sort of life someone would experience growing up somewhere like Australia or in the US.
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Normally the meaning of the songs, if there is any, occurs to me after I've written the song.
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I had this perfect situation where my studio was a three-minute walk away, and every day I would go to the studio. If I had an idea, I could work on it at the highest level possible.
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I am home grown St. Lucian. Born in 1980 I have spent most of my life on this island. Apart from the few summers I spent in the United States I spent most of my time in my homeland.
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A true artist is practically married to his or her art form so I just couldn't turn my back on it.
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Most of the writing that I do is a complete train of thought process. I'll just be walking down the street or sitting on the toilet or whatever and something will pop into my head and I'll record it on my phone and then over the next little while it'll develop a little more in my head.
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From as long as I can remember, I was always fond of drawing.
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I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process.
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I got a job as the Visuals Art's Teacher at my Alma Mata, St. Mary's College. Then my interests shifted to animation. Ironically, it was one of my students who sparked this energy in me by introducing me to an animation program called FLASH. So I dabbled and played around with it.
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For now ACID Kreationz has only one body and that's me. I have intentions of hiring persons when I am through with university. For now it is only me but off and on I contract sound producers and other persons when the need arises.
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I've been making music for as long as I can remember. I would, as a kid, just sing little ideas or be making something.
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[My mother] was the one who encouraged me constantly and always reminded me that God gave me a talent and I have to use it. I should not keep it locked inside.
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I am really enjoying media arts and digital painting.
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I tend to keep my mind open to the different forms of art out there and I am always willing to try new stuff.
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A lot of the people I was writing with think a lot more about lyrics and a lot more about the details from the beginning. That kind of thinking made me a little self-conscious because I was suddenly having to judge what I was doing early on in the process.
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