Artist Spotlight Exclusive Interview :::: Brig Feltus

An artist that married her music with out knowing that the wedding took place, is one of the ways to describe Brig Feltus. All of the other explanations of this artist comes from sitting down and listening to her sing. While you soak up the vibes, you get these chills down your back, that refuse to stop there, they crawl back up then engulf your body, until you reach a euphoric state of being. Yeah that is Brig Feltus, a drug unlike any other.

However it does not matter what I say. What matters is that she will tell you her self. Don't just take my word for it. Brig and I had a thorough cyber session that will bring your spirit much closer to what she is offering.


I'm sitting here thinking that their are many individuals that are not yet hip to the sound. Not yet aware of what you are putting down. I myself have had the pleasure of stumbling into your subtle sounds of raw energy.

So to get this going I would like to share these questions with you.



What is music to you?

***music is sound that touches (or impacts) the spirit in any of a vast number of ways. i hear music in many things that often get ignored or taken for granted. for example the crickets bowing their songs outside my bedroom window in the warm night, just now...or the heightened tone of my lover's voice when he is aroused...or the hearty laughter of someone who comes from rural rooting...or the rap tap tap of someone at my door.

Why your brand of music?

***because it is real. it is truth. sometimes it is so true that it makes me cringe. sometimes i'm writing things that i feel but am not proud of. sometimes i'm writing things that are so beautiful that i am embarrassed. it's not about technicalities. modern musical technologies have removed the humanity from much of what is generated in the music "industry", causing it to become more industrial than artistic. my brand of music is artistic and sincerely expressed. you'll feel that when you listen to it.

What makes your sound so unique?

***i am a bit of a throwback when it comes to my personal musical preferences. i like the music that came before this generation of manufactured pop stars. when there was genius to behold in it. we all know that feeling when we experience an artistic expression that makes us aware of something magically bigger than ourselves. that is, for me what genius is. it's not a technical thing, it's a purity and impact-fulness. i don't know if i am genius. but i am for sure carrying a light in me that people can appreciate. in a day and age when that purity and impact-fulness is rare, i believe my music at very least encourages and inspires others to see those things, by reminding the listener of their humanity.
but maybe you wanted a less weighty answer? okay, then on the lighter side, my sound is unique because my musical influences are so broad and varied that you can't pin me down easily in terms of who i sound like. i sound very much like me. also, i am considered a rare bird in this business... a black woman writing and singing rock influenced, guitar driven, lyrically poetic songs. it's tricky because some white folk can't see me as rock and some black people can't see me as soul. as if i cannot be both. i am both, and more. i am jazz, rock, soul, blues, heavy metal, psychodelica, folk, Broadway show tune, baroque, r & b....
that's what makes me (and my music) unique, in my most honest state, i am a massive mixture of experiences.

Have you ever worked a 9 to 5? If so what did you do?

***yes, of course.
i was a makeup artist and hairstylist up until i was led to this journey a few years ago unexpectedly. that's a long story that is a good testament to the fact that there is such a thing as destiny.

What are your favorite things about personal relationships?

***
intimacy.
companionship.
safe harbor.
sex.
freedom to be.
making ritual and tradition.

What are the worst things about relationships?

****mortality is the hardest. imperfection and death.

How do you apply life to your music?
directly, quickly, without hesitation or editing.

What is the process to your making your music?

***i live then i write.
sometimes my songs start out as poetry. many of the songs on the album started out that way.
i don't play any instruments prolifically but i can work out chord progressions well enough to get a basic song structure.
i'll start putting together a progression then see what poem i have that fits the feel of it.
or sometimes when i collaborate, it is purely stream of consciousness, meaning i'll be writing about whatever is on my heart at that exact moment in time.

Last but not least.

Who would you like to work with in the industry?

****too many to name. i would love to work with some of the legends. i would have to really sit down and make you a huge list. if i start now, i will only disappoint myself because I'll leave someone off that i really want to work with badly.

Brig leaves the Cyber session with one last thought "Nicely delivered inquiries.
and thank you for your support." My imagination runs wild and I take it upon myself to picture this slow but subtly rhythmic walk, getting up from her computer to take a breath. I could not do anything but rejoice after capturing the time of this worldly artist who has so much to offer, tapping my sexuality and in the same essence my mind to ask more of myself, in terms of getting things done, but with my own essence and not in the terms of what other expect of me.

Al I can say is that Brig Feltus, will leave you wanting more out of everything around you, but with absolute surety, purity, and honest. Listening to " Once in a lifetime" you get it, or with "Take me There" you remember loves beautiful embrace. Her essence of R&B and Rock, is not the only fusion taking place here. There is something else that can and will be a hard task for any artist to match. Brig Feltus, has a class with no equals.

If ever you have had the pleasure of sitting at home with a glass of the best spirits, while sitting back and listening to great sound splashed rhythms, then you know. Now you are on your way to experiencing the utopia of music that is Brig Feltus, a great artist, married to her sound, such as a painting that was carefully and slowly ingrained against the canvas making a unique masterpiece. If your mind has not experienced that, then you don't know Brig and it is high time you get to know Brig Feltus. If you have, then you do know, and may just be the one that I saw smiling at me today.

If my word does not do it for you. Head over to her CD store and read the reviews for yourself and listen to samples of the songs.

Video for "Head over Heels"





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How to Contact:

MY SPACE PAGE : Brig Feltus

Official web site : Brig Feltus