RECORDING | september 2010
WINTER WALLACE
You do not play an instrument, correct?
No, I don’t. I just sing and write music.
So how do you convey your ideas to your band?
Good question. You want to know history, or just right now?
Mix it up.
Well, in the beginning, the reason why I went to Sugar Hill [Studios] was to try and find somebody [...]
RECORDING | august 2010
HILARY SLOAN
Even in Houston’s diverse musical landscape, the idea of a bluegrass violinist merging into the city’s live music scene without changing styles would seem far-fetched. Until Hilary came along.
So how old were you when you first started getting out and playing with people, playing live? You were in the church when you were young, [...]
RECORDING | july 2010
BAMA BOYZ
If you’ve heard Beyonce’s “Why Don’t You Love Me,” from I Am… Sasha Fierce, then you’ve heard the Bama Boyz. Chances have it if you haven’t heard that song, you’ve still heard the Bama Boyz. Eddie “E-Trez” Smith III, Jesse J. Rankins and Jonathan D. Wells had this to say:
So you guys really [...]
RECORDING | june 2010
ROBERT
ELLIS
ROBERT ELLIS
That rare mix of youth, talent, skill and modesty one finds in Robert Ellis only swings around every once in a while. Did I mention that he works really hard?
So The Great Re Arranger came out a year ago this month.
Yep. Last May.
How do you feel about it when you go back and [...]
RECORDING | may 2010
WILLIE D
I called my favorite Geto Boy, Willie D, on Easter Sunday to see how he celebrates the resurrection. Working, of course…
You’re working on Easter?
Easter Sunday falls in the year, right? Falls inside of this 365, don’t it?
So what’s the project?
Well, I’m working on this book deal, talking to one of the major publishers. Right [...]
RECORDING | april 2010
Mike Moe
of Beltway
8 Records
MIKE MOE OF BELTWAY 8 RECORDS
After 10 active years in a very transitional period in Houston’s lengthy rap music history, Beltway 8 Records mogul Mike Moe has decided to retire.
Why? I had to ask…
Straight to it – are you really retiring?
Yep. I spent 10 years in it, and I just realized I [...]
RECORDING | march 2010
The rapper formerly known as Dat Boy Grace grew up as a member of the late DJ Screw’s seminal Screwed Up Click, breaking out with From Crumbs to Bricks in 1999 and continuing to appear on Screw’s mixtapes until an unfortunate prison sentence put him on lock for the better part of the last decade. [...]
RECORDING | february 2010
HENRY DARRAGH
www.henrydarragh.com
How do you strike the balance between your originals and the standards? I mean, when you’re thinking about recording in advance, do you think about doing a record that’s half and half or do you try and write as much original material as you can?
I don’t think I wrote those specifically for a record; [...]
RECORDING | january 2010
CROSSING TOGO
Do you think the unorthodox nature of you two coming together – meeting on Craigslist – fueled the collaboration?
Ko Nakamura (vocals): We both have our overlaps, but our musical tastes tend to differ a little bit, and I think that really helps bring these two different worlds together as far as putting the music together. [...]
RECORDING | december 2009
TODY CASTILLO | www.todycastillo.com
A Houston institution for much of the last decade, singer/songwriter Tody Castillo has now relocated to Austin. Far be it from the typical reasons that an artist moves there—he actually did it for his family. Not like it hurt his music career, though. Castillo’s sophomore effort, Windhorse, has been drawing accolades both [...]
