UVOGIN Expressing Emotions Through Sounds When did you first get into music? I was first introduced to music by my 2nd grade choir teacher Becky Ringer. We would sing things like Kumbaya and the National Anthem. Who or What inspired you to pursue a career in music? To be honest, I don’t even really see it as a career. For me it is more along the lines of “a place holder for my missing sanity”. If I wasn’t always focused on the next track, or improving my abilities, then my mind would probably meander off into existential mumbo jumbo, and nobody wants that. How has your music evolved since you first began creating music? When I first started writing music, around my freshman year of high school, I could not play any instruments. A lot of my favorite artists that I looked up to at the time were primarily vocalists and lyricists and so for the longest time, I focused on world play and painting an image with words. Eventually, I lived near a coffee shop that happened to have a piano, so I would go play it every other day. There is a beauty in expressing emotions through sounds and not just words. Soon, I began to incorporate my own compositions into my performances. Nowadays, I still love to sing, but I prefer to make instrumentals over songs using words.
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How did you come up with the name, Uvogin? It’s from an Anime! Otaku Alert, smh. There is a show called Hunter X Hunter, and in the show there is an infamous berserk villain. A cold hearted member of the Phantom Troupe by the name of Uvogin. He was an enhancer, which means he could power up specific parts of his body to do ridiculous damage in battle. what he does with his fists, I feel like i do with my vocal chords. He also had a will of steel. He refused to give away the whereabouts of his fellow troupe members to his grave. He may be bad, but he’s badass. Like MF DOOM, sometimes you have to be the villain. If you were forced to choose only one, which emotion, more than any other drives you to stay in this tough business? Is it joy, anger, desire, passion or pride and why? Passion. Anybody can get up on the stage and perform. But, if there is no passion behind it, where is the attraction? What makes me want to stay and listen? Which ingredient do you think makes you special and unique as a performing artist in an industry overflowing with new faces and ideas? One unique thing about me is the wide range of abilities in my eternally increasing repertoire. You
