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NIGHTS ON WATER WITH AR WESLEY
AR WESLEY , one of MKE up and coming talents sits down with Editor-NChief of CopyWrite Magazine to talk 2014 moves, back to back showcases and the Nights On Water Experience.
Just hours before our sit down AR & a few other local names blessed the mic at Mai Thai for a late night event. The crowd was crazy live, happy and intensely into the music; something you don’t see to often in the Mil. “Last night was fun. I didn’t get to rehearse so that thru me off a little bit but it was real cool. (Mr.) New York had everything in line so it was smooth. “ With just a week’s notice the event had turned out well, and after his release of Nights On Water (Feb. 14th, 2014) AR is making moves.
AR: You know I have a show on April 1st, April fools day but it’s not a joke. CW: Your just showing out huh? You have a show on the 1st a show last night...and what a listening party like two weeks ago? AR: Yup! And today is my birthday. On the 5th (of March) I have a show of Timbuktu, on the 12th I have a show at UW Stevens Point, then my show on the 1st The Nights On Water Experience & then on the 8th I’m at Lyrical Sanctuary...That’s as far as I got right now but I’m settling up some more events at Mai Thai &’Jinx, so just keep posted for more.” CW: You’re just out here booming! Every other week you’re having a show, so what’s the deal? Why all of a sudden are you on the seen so fluidly & rapidly? AR: This is how it is after I drop a project...I want to promote when I’m working on it I’m in the studio recording and I’m all in my head trying to create a good project. CopyWrite peeps the vibe so we had to ask the 22-year-old B-day boy is he really ready to make music his life:
“I think I’m ready, I’m terrified, I’m not goin’ lie. The tools I was scraping for last year I have now. I know DJs, I know club owners, I know a lot of different artist, singers, poets, dancers...I have different studios I can go to, everything is now so accessible it makes things a lot easier for me. He also noted that he is scheduled for a trip to Cali and a few other states to promote his new release and another project only named dropped for CopyWrite: AR Writer (remember it.) The focus of the artist is to structure a team so the momentum keeps moving and so the dream he is spending so much time on reaches its potential high. But we must be honest most up and coming artist say the same thing, but the proof is in the pudding. (Ha-ha as somebody’s mama would say). AR’s mixtape Nights On Water demonstrates some mature content, tactic delivery, truth of understanding and sultry echoes that show a strong force of human reason coming from his pallet.
“I had to get it out, something had happened with me & some women” We jokingly asked for a name drop. Both AR & CopyWrite’s camp agreed that would make a chick feel special, which we don’t condone in this industry. (Laughs) “No but really it was really about relationships I had, things I needed to get off my chest and feel like it was a project nobody really expected from me. I never really tried so many love & lust songs. This was a hard project for me but now I know what I am capable of. The progress for AR is what’s keeping him on the move and his hopes say that a career is on the way, his popularity has grown, his fan base has grown and his musical skill follows suit.
“ Each year determines if I’m going to keep going. If I was where I was last year, there is no way I would still be doing this.
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We chatted about groupie love (or the lack there of), rocky encounters with friends and motives.
It seems as though the next moves to come from AR are geared toward making a come up, but not just for him but also for the city.
“I want people to like my music not what my music does. Because that means they like me.” That goes
Even with his Night On Water experience events, he has opened up his musical roster to other artist:
The Nights On Water Experience is on April 1st from 5:30 p.m. till 10:30 p.m at 2228 North MLK Dr. The event will feature MIC blessings from talented Nika Trawick and an intensive amount of special guests from the Mil like Love Cadence, Lilo, Ban the Writiest, Casino Boyz, Cool Tay, (CopyWrite’s Very Own) DNA, Black Religion, Trina Cratic, Reggie Bonds, Christopher Gilbert, VDF and Jakhaan. Let’s also not forget Mr. New York on the 1s & 2s. And will also include a thrifting affair at the Nights on Water Street trade & Sale Shop. So come support the movement and indulge in a little bit of the Nights On Water Experience AR style. -Word from CopyWrite Magazine
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