Touchmoney Cease – Interview – A Hot Minute

Touchmoney Cease – Interview – A Hot Minute – by Liam Sweeny.

Interview with Touchmoney Cease

RRX: We all get into creative pursuits for different reasons. Some people get into music and the arts to escape; for some, it’s a natural outlet. What was music, and creativity in the larger sense, for you?

TC: Music was like a form of therapy for me growing up, I couldn’t afford to do some of the activities that my peers could do so I took to music because for one it was a free activity for Me to do, and for two I’ve just always loved the therapeutic feel it brung to me.

RRX: Where was the first place you felt comfortable performing? People talk about places where they cut their teeth musically. Where was that for you? And does that place, or that scene still exist, or was it lost to time?

TC: The first place I felt comfortable performing was my school talent show, as a kid I was so eager to impress my peers with my lyrical ability.

RRX: Music is both word and note, beat and measure, and message. If your music was laid out like a story, what’s the main character like? What’s the plot? And what’s one of the big moments that turned the story around?

TC: Well I always tell people, “Touchmoney Cease” is a character based on a real Person, the same way they have movies based on a true story. I would say a major turning point in my life was when I went to jail. That’s when I did the most maturing I’ve ever did in my life, gave me so much experience and topics to write music about.

RRX: Creative people move culture, especially musical performers. We have to thread the circumstances in our lives in a way to affect others. And this is sometimes a responsibility put on us. How do you, specifically, move culture?

TC: The way I move the culture is through my lyricism, fashion sense, slang, and most of all my sense of awareness of where the culture is shifting to at all times.

RRX: Music is a good traveling companion. Play it in a car on that long ride and the miles disappear. But you gotta have something to play. You have something out, maybe more than one thing – can you tell us about some of it?

TC: Well right now I have three official solo projects out “A Touching Story” “Almost Famous” & “The Midas Touch” that are all available on all streaming platforms.

RRX: One of the biggest challenges musicians face is getting their name out there. There’s so much competition, and technology makes it possible for everyone to be out there with a well-produced offering. What’s your favorite way to promote?

TC: My favorite way to promote is through Instagram, I feel like it’s the easiest social media app for me to understand.

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