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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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St. Lucia
Age: 54
Musician
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
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[I] was always my dream to attend the Art Institute. I have always had this zeal to become the best that I can be and I saw that this institution will act as an avenue to me achieving that goal. I applied to the institution and got accepted based on my impressive portfolio.
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You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.
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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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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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A lot of my ideas come from McNally Jackson bookstore. One of my favorite things to do is just go there and look through architecture books and interior design books. Something about the aesthetics of space and beautiful images works with my brain.
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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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I am really enjoying media arts and digital painting.
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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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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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I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind - at least when you're starting an idea.
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I believe that people have to be sensitized more about the many jobs an individual can branch out to after studying an art form.
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World music evokes a feeling. You don't have to think about the scene that it comes from.
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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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I think that there is always room for improvement so I am seeking to reach as far as I can in my field of art, film and animation.
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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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Normally the meaning of the songs, if there is any, occurs to me after I've written the song.
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When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.
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I always loved cartoons but the process seemed so difficult. Then I told myself, Nothing good comes easy. So, I took a plunge and started my first animation stint in 2003.
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Music has always moved me really deeply, and it's always been more about that than about the desire to rebel or annoy people (although, I've had my moments of that as well). I think it was just years of maybe moving slightly away from it but always coming back to it as the thing that I'm best at.
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I labour over details and whether a song should be a straight pop song form or exploratory. This is the curse with doing things by yourself.
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