JC Quinn
Latin Urban Vibes When did you first get into music? Please explain. I suppose it all started at around age 8. My mother would drag me and my two sisters to church every weekend. I would always fall asleep during service but when it came down to praise time I would sing my A$# off and id shake the Tamborine like no other. At age 10 I got my first real taste of music when I met my long time friend Will. Will introduced me to ACDC, The Beetles, Led Zeppelin, and a few others. By 13 I had found an interest in alternative, pop-punk, and singer-songwriter music and began teaching myself how to read guitar tabs and chords. I wrote my first song in 2010 on an acoustic guitar I was gifted for my fourteenth birthday. Music has since become an outlet for my thoughts, my prayers and my manifestations. Who or What inspired you to pursue a career in music? I was first inspired by a former boyfriend of my sisters who achieved some success in the music scene here in Denver, Colorado. Through this connection I was able to experience the “backstage life” for the first time which was cool cause I met The Flobots, Air Dubai and was on the stage for Rise Against at the 2011 Not So Silent Night at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield Colorado.
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How has your music evolved since you first started in the music industry? When I first started, I posted videos of cover songs on YouTube with my friends. We only did cover songs for a bit while I was figuring out how to play guitar and how songs were made. Once I had learned to write and compose, I wanted people to collaborate with so I started an alternative, pop-punk band called A Casual Vacancy. After high school I learned how to operate a loop pedal. I played shows sometimes solo and sometimes
