So first of all, thank you for talking with Fashionista Magazine :)

SterlingKayne You are very welcome and thank you very much for having me :)

Our pleasure ! So how long have you been in the music industry?

SterlingKayne: 17yrs but 14yrs professionally

How did you get started in the business ?

Being a music lover at a very young age I looked up to many musical performers. In my 20s I was offered to do a rap for 90s country artist Travis Tritt which lead myself to a promising career in music.

How would you describe your music ?

An elective sound of many styles and grooves. I never wanted to have that mediocre sound.

What band/group/singer would you say is the best ?

SterlingKayne: Michael Jackson.....nobody is up to par nor can hold a candle against Jackson. He set the standards of pop music and dance, barnone....he's the greatest entertainer in the world and still after his timely death

So what about underground artists and bands? Could you recommend any?

SterlingKayne: well.... there are some I do and don’t like. I like Insane Clown Posse......the ingenuity and the creative aspect of inventing something different even gaining a large fan base for it. Horror core rap and being a founder of the whole "juggelo and juggelettes"

So why dub step ? What got you interested in it?

SterlingKayne: well it was something different and had no existance when I was starting it. Useing osculating sounds and other types of sounds that i knew that would turn heads

What do you think made it so popular ?

SterlingKayne: well...I was using practical equipment nothing to digital at the time. For instance I was using a wave ribbon which is a musical instrument that was built in the 1960s

So for our readers who have no idea what a wave ribbon does, what does it do ?

SterlingKayne: a wave ribbon was the sound that was used in horror movies in the late 60s and throughout the 70s. It’s that weird high pitched sound that you can move by hand fingers

Do you still use it ?

SterlingKayne : i still use, but with today’s advancements in music technology, it sounds fantastic when run under digital compression and filters. Do you remember The Beach Boys and the song "Good Vibrations"? Well the main singer Mike Love...he used a wave ribbon for that song. It’s what made that one typical particular sound at the end of the song. My father had one so I hooked it up and starting playing with it. In time I was "experimenting" with sounds.

 Do you think that influenced the sound you have today?

SterlingKayne: yes....what really caught my eyes and ears was Herbie Hancock and a tune he did called 'Rock It"The whole synthesizer sound was gaining popularity and then Gary Numan and his fame as a one hit wonder with "Cars". I was like.....this shit is cool. I took seldom investments when I was 13-14yrs old and for my 15th birthday my uncle got me my first synthesizer. My father is a former musician and passed some "vintage" equipment to me.Guitars, keyboards, drums, talkbox, ect...

Have you had had to get newer stuff or replace any of your equipment or do you still use it all?

SterlingKayne:  Well I have had some upgrades like drum machines and some other pieces of equipment. I record with practical instruments but if there’s something for sound fillers....get me some glass bottles and metal trash cans something to "experiment" with. Like the "wobble" sound when shaking a saw for instance can be useful or tapping sticks on glass bottles with certain amounts of water. Even using a little toy xylophone can be helpful ! Although todays music technology with music is being record "digitally" on computers is highly wicked. To be able to use filters, compressors and the simplest of things is pretty cool. Having a gutar cord plugged into an amp, by using the unplugged cord you can make some weird sounds.

So what really got you started in music ? Was it just the fact you did the song with Travis Trit ?

SterlingKayne: what got me in music was a childhood dream. The  gig with Travis.....my mom had a friend in the music biz professionally, he was a producers for the country music community and he caught me spitting some rhymes. I was only 19-20yrs old at the time and my mom’s friend Jimmy offered me the job. Lately Jimmy works with Blake shelton, taylor swift, jason aldeen, ect...

So do you work with many other musicians?

SterlingKayne: yes......my long time bff ronnie to whom is an astonishing bass player and a friend i met thru him mike (guitarist)

Nice ! How long have you three known each other?

SterlingKayne : Well Ronnie I have known since jr high, me and him met in chess club. I was working a project in 1999, Ronnie wanted in so he would drop in some tasty bass riffs. He passed my work to his buddy.....so Ronnie took me to his place and meet mike who had a drum set all set up, he let me play them and was blown away. So anyways, while I was doing my thing, they asked me to join their band but were gladly to help me with my project with additional guitars.

 

 

 

So what about new projects. Do you have anything on the go at the moment ?

SterlingKayne: I’m working on 2 new albums :)

Can you tell us anything about them?

SterlingKayne: "MA!N5TREAM XTREME: The best and remixed" is in progress and  "Bocifus Potions presents: Gruuvonic Lollypop"....a collective with collaberations with Priceless-1, Truth Hertz, P-Thugg and others. P-Thugg is known from his band "Chromeo"....gotta look them up. They have a great 80s type of vibe, kind of like something that you would find from an 80s comedy/action movie. It’s “fun” music. A little bit on a pop level, but not to mediocre. I became a fan of them from the first day I heard of them and their music.

Well I’m very sorry to say that our time together has come to an end. Thank you for speaking with us!

SterlingKanye: My pleasure.