I’ma find this guy and we gonna hatch this thing out.”
So Damien Bracken had an intense and busy schedule so I said, “Cool, I’ma wait.
So they gave me a name, his name was Damien Bracken. I said, “Who’s the guy who is responsible for making sure that I can stay in school?” You know because I would meet with all of these people throughout the years that were within the scholarship office but I would never meet the big honcho. It wasn’t about the gift, it wasn’t about the talent but just making sure that I made connections, made the network, made the effort in order to, you know, build up this rapport and this repertoire and I was like, “You know what, ma? I’ma figure it out.” So I prayed about it, I asked a couple of people. My face I was always present and I was always visible. Kevin: Absolutely, but one thing that I always did at Berklee is I always made sure that I was connected, always made sure that I was active within the musical community, that I was always on shows. We’ve ran out of all kinds of loans.”Ĭloie: Everything because it’s a real school. I wouldn’t understand that until later on but I have an interesting story as far with Berklee I remember my last year being there and my momma gave me a call and she was just like, “Kev, listen, we ain’t got no money. And so, you know, just asking about like, “What is this cord and how do I, you know, hold my fingers and what is this?” And so then I really started to go into like practice modules and really start to like hatch out and understand what those cords were and the progressions and understanding what that meant and how I can put it inside my music. I started playing keys just for and even now still, it’s just for songwriting purposes. Kevin: So I went there and that’s actually when I started playing keys. So you know, that was really kind of the soundtrack to my childhood and so growing up there I fell in love with Stevie Wonder and I fell in love with Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye and so that really kinda started me of singing in school, singing, you know, for my arts high school, and then I went to Berklee College in music up in Boston.Ĭloie: Which is real, y’all. IZ: So let me guess is there a deep voice that goes with that program? Kevin: Yeah, so that’s what I really fell in love with because of the format that’s in DC called Quiet Storm. I’m a big like ’70s fan so I’m really into like the Joni Mitchell’s, the Normal Connors, the Patrice Rushen, the Earth, Wind, and Fire, you know groups like… But I’m from Washington DC, my whole dad side of the family they sing or play instruments and so, you know, there was nothing but music around the house. Shout out to the whole town, man, whoever’s listening and watching right now from home. For the record, for our viewers, we’re from rival high schools.Ĭloie: Just by the by. Kevin: I mean, where should I start? I mean I’m from Washington DC.Ĭloie: Yes, you are. IZ: Yeah, just wanna hear and learn, man. And so for them to always, you know, be able to have an opportunity here, an artist like yourself kinda tell that story and kinda just lay out the framework of what that process is, is always beneficial to our viewers. IZ: Yeah, so you know, I wanna kind of, you know, usually on our show we usually dive into our jobs and what we’re bringing to creators and people who are aspiring to do things in film, radio, and other things but I wanna make this show really about you and your craft and what it is you love and how you got from point A to point B because a lot of our viewers just…we’ve had a lot of viewers or have a lot of viewers who are musicians, songwriters, producers. It is a wonderful thing to listen to you. His vocals are like butter, like baby butter in your throat. And I mean the fact that you know, you sing the way you do, man.Ĭloie: They’re like butter. Especially, from a musician standpoint which got me instantly, you know? I mean I think for me as a creator I always look for artists like yourself who are extremely authentic and great when it comes to the actual skill level.
IZ: And got a chance to sit with Zek and, you know, see some visuals on you and everything we’re doing. IZ: And it’s actually been a minute since I seen you but I been following a lot of what you have been going on and I mean you’ve been a favorite of mine since the day I heard your dream record. Let’s get him on the show, man.” So thank you for coming to hang with us, man. I hit up Ezekiel like, “Man, I need to get Kevin if we’re gonna be on Roland, man, what’s he doing? He’s got a tour coming out, man. Kevin: What’s going on, man? Thank you for having, guys. And today is Monday Takeover and we got my man to the left of me none other than my man, Kevin Ross. IZ: So I’m excited today because again in the House of Roland.
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