 
Published: August 31, 2007 5:00 PM EST
By: Isaac Joseph Davis Junior
(Juniorscave.com)
New Music Spotlight: Mahoganee
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We are exciting about this next interview coming up. Mahoganee released her first album back in 2006 but this artist has been performing and making music for a long time. Originally from Summerton, SC, Mahoganee brings to the table of music a very soulful sultry sound that promises to capture the hearts of her fans. Now living in Washington, DC, Mahoganee is making her bid into the music industry. We are honored to feature Mahoganee’s first interview with a publication ever. Check it out.
iTunes link:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=258958710&s=143441
nimbit music store link:
http://www.nimbitmusic.com/mahoganee
Q. What aspect of making music excites you the most right now?
A. What excites me the most is Writing words from my soul & then recording and hearing those words come to life as they reach my ears and then to see my words touch the souls of other people.
Q. What aspect of making music gets you the most discouraged?
A. What is most discouraging is knowing that I make good music and not being able to get it to the masses.
Q. What are you up to right now, music-wise? (Current or upcoming
recordings, tours, extravaganzas, experiments, top-secret projects,
etc).
A. Right now I am in the process of recording my 2nd album which is entitled “THOUGHTZ OF A DIVA”. I have released the 1st single also entitled “THOUGHTZ OF A DIVA”. You can find it on my website @ (www.divamilitia.com) and myspace @ (www.myspace.com/mahoganee01)
Q. What's the most unusual place you've ever played a show or made a
recording? How did the qualities of that place affect the
show/recording?
A. (laughs) The most unusual place I have recorded was in my bathroom with 2 single mattresses up against the wall as a soundproofing method. This is actually how I recorded my first album. But seriously “It’s really about doing whatever it takes to fulfill your dreams” and make them happen.
Q. In what ways does the place where you live (or places where you have
lived), affect the music you create, or your taste in music?
A. The places I have lived definitely influence the music I create. I am always soaking in moments, emotions and the energy of my surroundings. I was born & raised in the historical town of Summerton, SC, which is where Briggs vs Elliot the first filed of the four cases combined into Brown v. Board of Education, the famous case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1954, officially overturned racial segregation in U.S. public schools. So, this is a part of my heritage which makes it apart of my music. I am a Southern Gurl with a worldwide voice, so having also lived in Savannah & Atlanta, Ga, I have a real down home feel to my music and now residing in Washington, DC, I think my music will have more of a (live feel to it) because DC is famous for GO-GO and my husband & producer Cheefah Dray of Bhp (Beat Huztlerz Productionz) was born & bred In DC, so you will definitely get a DC feel from the new album.
Q. When was the last time you wrote a song? What can you tell us about
it?
A. I just wrote a song a couple of days ago & it’s very personal and painful about my husband’s life growing up. Most of the time when my husband is at the keyboard making music I am on the computer typing my lyrics in and as I feel the music I begin to write to it.
Q. As you create more music, do you find yourself getting more or less
interested in seeking out and listening to new music made by other
people...and why do you think that is?
A. As I create more music I don’t listen to new music made by other people because I don’t want to be influenced in any way by someone else’s music, sound or lyrics.
Q. Lately, what musical periods or styles do you find yourself most drawn to as a listener? (Old or new music? Music like yours or different from yours?)
A. As a listener, I have always been drawn to music & vocals that display emotions that will stir my soul and intellect and because I am a singer/songwriter, I’m always listening to every aspect of a song. Lately I’ve been listening to old & new music. Donny Hathaway, Lalah Hathaway, India Arie, Jill Scott, John Mayer, Robin Thicke, Faith Hill, Kelis, Celine Dion, Arrangements by Quincy Jones, Strange Fruit Project, Leela James, Conya Doss, PRU, Goapele, Algebra, Floetry, Lina, & Hill St. Soul
Q. Name a band or musician, past or present, who you flat-out LOVE and
think more people should be listening to. What's one of your all-time
favorite recordings by this band/musician?
A. Donny Hathaway-A Song for You & Yesterday
Q. What's the saddest song you've ever heard?
A. A song called “I Miss Her” that I wrote for my mother who passed away in Dec 05.
Photo used in this story was provided by Mahoganee.
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