A CHAT WITH
KNOX BROWN INTERVIEW BY RUDOLF AROCH & TUDOR CRISAN WRITTEN BY JOANA PEREIRA CARVALHO
A Solid Student Logic society invited artist and Grammy-award winning producer Knox Brown for an exclusive event in the flagship studio of the London College of Music on 1st April 2019. Brown shared a lot of behind the scenes expertise about being a successful artist, his creative process, discussing how production camps work, and providing advice to aspiring artists and producers.
HOW DID YOU GET INTO MUSIC? When I was a little kid, my mum and dad bought me instruments, and I always had that passion for playing. When I moved to England in 2000, I had piano lessons, and where I’m from in Jamaica, music is not compulsory. We don’t have that, and when I saw it, I was thrown into the piano, and it mainly started from there. WHAT DO YOU ENJOY THE MOST BY BEING A PRODUCER AND ARTIST? I guess I don’t have to wake up and go to a 9 to 5! Some days, I might wake up and watch a movie and hope for the best. The first single I put out through Virgin, was inspired by me watching a show called Dexter and he lived by a code, and I did a song based on that. I always say to people to watch films which will inspire you and get inspiration from anywhere and make money from it. WHAT ADVICE CAN YOU GIVE TO ASPIRING PRODUCERS, ARTISTS, AND MANAGERS? If you want to be successful, you need to love music and love to make music. There are times I needed to clear samples and get to an artist, and I need to go back to redo the work, and it doesn’t work. But if I didn’t love music, I probably would quit after that. When you are working with some artists like H.E.R, how does the communication work between you and the artist? H.E.R is a very skilled musician, so we talked in musical terms. She
