Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Working Hard and Living Life: Interview with Marcus Yates 7.1.14
Lettey: Good Morning Marcus. Hope your doing well. Tell everyone what's been going on with you. What are you up to and working on these days.
Marcus: Good morning Lette. I'm doing great. I've been composing and mixing. Getting my camera fixed to direct videos, and mainly mixing has been consuming most of my time. If I was just rapping I'll probably be performing, but the mix is more important. Oh, but I do have a couple of shows coming up with Krizz Kaliko too that I'm preparing for as well.
Lettey: Tell us more about those shows.
Marcus: It's a 6 show run. I still don't know all 6 shows, but I know Seattle and Portland are two of them.
Lettey: Tell us how you're getting through the recent loss in your family. Who's supporting you through this time?
Marcus: Everyone is getting through it well. She was such a big chunk of the soul in the Yates family and the service was so uplifting. She was definitely smiling.
Lettey: Tell us about your new project. How's it coming along and what have you been working on?
Marcus: I'm working on this CRAZY track right now. I'm thinking about it being the single. I can't leave it alone. I keep playing with it. The project is gonna be so wonderful.
Lettey: Who have you been working with on this project lately? Any plans for any new guest spots?
Marcus: Just Tech so far. I probably might work on something with Krizz. It has to all align though. Macy has to happen. There's just no way it can't. I don't wanna be the one just putting people on tracks because its there. It's ALL about quality this go around and I'm not settling for less.
Lettey: Do you have an expected release date for the project?
Marcus: No not yet, it's next year though.
Lettey: What are your plans for music videos with this project?
Marcus: I'm gonna finish the songs first and submit them to other visionaries and bounce some ideas around about it.
Lettey: Do you have any words of encouragement for artists out there wanting to make it happen?
Marcus: Yeah, and this might be rude motivation but..."Shut the fuck up and GO!" haha
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