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K JI INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT:

Kieran Retief 0:00

Just saying Information Consent

k.ji 0:02

MY NAME is kg and consent to be recorded and partaking in the study.

Kieran Retief 0:08

Thank you very much. Right and you just get the first question. So the brand I'm working with is called dry and dry stands for doing music yourself. So I thought I'd ask artists or and producers more and stuff like that. What does the term do music yourself mean to you?

k.ji 0:26

I think yourself, that would mean to me, it's something where it's something where I have complete creative control over my content. And that's both from lyrics to them to how I want everything to look bland and everything like that. And I feel like even though I could have people helping me and supporting me, I still get the final say.

Kieran Retief 0:49

Yeah, perfect. And what made you decide that you wanted to make music?

k.ji 0:54

Passion hobby, I've been doing I've been writing me bro advice since I was about 14. And it’s  an escape to be honest. On that I just turned into I met the right people who helped me sort of orbiting Main said you should do this I can do videos for you I can produce for you and it just kind of learn that way to be honest

Kieran Retief 1:15

and what was one of the biggest obstacles you had when you started like what was something that you wasn't ready for or that you wish you knew stuff like Up

k.ji 1:24

Play are they I'm sure that most common answer at the moment to be honest is probably as a kid the big First obstacle  was cost a time having a home studio or anything Other things that I wish I knew Honestly I think as a kid first are in our den I've learned more as I've gone on how saturate the music industry isn't that Competition and also probably the UK scene is very I'd say a bias to London pet peeve Go outside of London it's not it's not what you Does you know it used to be The most talented of the most amazing artists if you Have Bach in company rock knew or manager who knows So You're