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| Troy McNeil / Crown Chakra Ent. |
Free Ambition:Where are you from? Can you speak a little bit about your heritage?
Troy McNeil: I was born in Silver Springs, Maryland; and spent most of my childhood there until I was like 13. Then I moved to Decatur, Georgia for about a year or so before we moved to Jacksonville, Florida.
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| Jacksonville, FL |
I've been back and forth between the 3 states often. My heritage and culture is mostly West Indian.
My parents both come from Kingston, Jamaica, which had a strong influence on my up-bringing, as well as my identity.
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| Kingston, Jamaica |
Jamaicans have a very rich culture and a deep connection to our African roots. I have been there several times since I was a child, and I'm still looking forward to my next journey.
Free Ambition:Where do you get your inspirations when you are creating beats?
Troy McNeil:My emotions, it stems from the human experience. sometimes it can derive from my own sub-conscious, which means that it could have nothing to do with my current events but rather where my meditation could be at any given moment.
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Free Ambition:Today's youth doesn't embrace instrumental music, like instrumental jazz. Do you think instrumental music will become trendy again with future generations?
Troy McNeil:Without a beat there is no inspiration, so to speak, to correspond with the spoken word. Therefore, one wouldn't exist without the other, unless one considers themselves to be a true poet. Where instrumentation is not needed because the syncopated rhythm of the words they choose would be the rhythm in itself so to speak.
Now, as far as the genre that best compliments their expression is a different subject in itself, so artist will tend to gravitate to what may be trendy. But I feel whatever compliments the expression being shared is what matters most. From a producing standpoint, the objective is to inspire or have one relate to a piece to the point where it stimulates their creativity into making it their own.
Free Ambition:Who were some of the people in your life that were your inspirations?
Troy McNeil:All of the older people in my environment, they taught me to appreciate the music before my time and generation, timeless music my mother, father, sister, brother, cousins as well as my neighborhood peers, they all helped to shape are mold music my music appreciation.
Free Ambition:What are some of the opportunities available to someone who produces instrumental music?
Troy McNeil:There are all kinds of opportunity for instrumentals, nearly all advertisements require music, movies, TV, different genres of music etc...it's all according to who your target audience is. So once that is established I think it's easier to point exactly where you wanna go with it and what you want to accomplish.
Free Ambition:The importance of the role of a responsible male in the Black community has been denied by women who claim they can handle the role of both parents all by themselves , what is your opinion on this issue?
Troy McNeil:There can not be one without the other; meaning that each have there own experience to contribute to the theme of life. So I don't think one is the other., because each of them have their own perspective.
Free Ambition:Who is your favorite entrepreneur? Why?
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| Richard Branson |
Troy McNeil:My favorite is Richard Branson. He seems to be one those individuals that has a fixed passion on life itself, so there really isn't one thing that can define him. He seems to always be redefining himself through his business ventures, and I believe that to be a key part of his success. It doesn't seem as if his legacy derives from the idea of mere survival but rather his ambition to live limitless...that's something I consider to be very admirable.
