I got a chance to connect with music recording artist Brittany Bosco recently. I must say she is my “FunkyJazzBluSoulSista” her music speaks many voices and her talent is undeniable she has proven her skill on her latest EP Spectrum and she is most definitely a Sugar Shack honey treat. For me I'm just a lover...I love music. I love art. I love fashion. Brittany Bosco has it all! It speaks throughout her songs, videos, and photos.
I was able to ask a few questions just to get to know about Brittany and some of the influences in her life in creating such a spectacular album. I wish her much continued success and peace and many many blessings throughout her journey. Big Up to Atlanta and the movement growing out of that area.
It was a true pleasure connecting with Brittany. Visit her myspace page @ http://www.myspace.com/brittanybosco and be on the lookout for Spectrum. After listening to the album I really liked the song ‘Glitch’ here is a taste of what of you can expect from this beautiful sista while you get to know Ms. Bosco. Support the MOVEMENT!
SS: Tell me who Brittany Bosco is.
BB: Brittany Bosco is a down to earth, goofy-blonde, spontaneous, fun, loving girl, who lives for the moment, take chances, loves fashion, who happens to do music.
SS: Favorite Artist. (Pick one) How does this artist music make you feel? What do you taste when the music comes on? How do you respond?
BB: I hate just picking ONE ARTIST because everyone inspires me, but if I have to pick one so be it, it'll be Sarah Vaughn I've learned so much from her as an artist and a vocalist. When I hear her sing I wanna cry her voice is so beautiful and the way she carries her notes. I get excited just talking about her. She was a very skillful vocalist and disciplined. Her presence on a song was unexplainable and she never compromised. That brings me to think of Nina Simone her voice was undeniable also, she was a very powerful woman who command the presence of people when she opened her mouth and I strive to be like woman of this caliber.
SS: Tell me about the fam The Big Up and how its ties into Brittany's life.
BB: The Big Up is essentially a group of creators. The foundation of our group, our unit, our collective is built upon the strength of our friendship. Our common bond just so happens to be our passion for creating and our vision for the future of the music and art that we create. The Big Up began first with a group of like-minded friends who met at the Savannah College of Art and Design. The Big Up began as an idea in Savannah and we decided to bring our dreams to fruition in Atlanta. We've all had ties through the music we make, our interests, and our goals and decided to make our dreams a reality.
Alex Goose, Danny Swain, Lloyd Harold, Branden Collins, and I met at SCAD and gradually our relationships and friends grew as well as our ambition to pursue our dreams collectively. Alex Goose, a phenomenal producer and graphic designer, has always had a clear vision of what The Big Up stands for. His idea, "Simple, clean, and smart design will never go out of style" has become the foundation of The Big Up as a music and design collective. The ideals that we have for graphic design, visual arts, and fashion design are concurrent with our ideals for music. Danny Swain, a producer, MC, graphic designer has accumulated multiple accolades throughout his musical career. Danny's eclectic taste in music is evident throughout his discography of progressive hip-hop albums. Danny's latest album, "And I Love H.E.R", features me, Branden, Lloyd, and Alex Goose. Lloyd Harold, a graphic designer, engineer, MC, and producer mixed and mastered my first E.P. "City of Nowhere". Lloyd played a vital role in the production, and sound of my first E.P. and is a mainstay in the Savannah music scene and has gained a substantial amount of success with his latest mix-tape, "The Real". Branden Collins, graphic and art designer, plays a very pivotal part in "The Big Up", who works very closely with every aspect of our movement from vocal direction and instrumentation to conceptual art for packaging and marketing(with posters and fliers). His works demonstrates the true essences of emotional driven art, by his concepts and vision of the body of work produced for "The Big Up". Branden is an artist first, with the ability to work with any medium therefore connecting well with my vision as an artist and to the consumer. As we all slowly made our move to Atlanta (aside from Lloyd) we met Omar Ferrer, an amazingly talented musician, musical director and producer. Omar has since played an integral part in the development of the "Spectrum" E.P. and my development as a vocalist and performer.
Every person in The Big Up collective share my ambitions, give me inspiration musically and in my everyday life. All of these professional bonds were built first on our strong connections as friends. We all live, love, and care for each other, our crafts and our abilities grow because of genuine relationships. These guys are my brothers, my extended family, what we share is incomparable, I've grown to learn and know them as people first. That's what makes "The Big Up" so beautiful. I work with people I love and there nothing in the world I wouldn't do for them. We shared life and life is beautiful, they are my best friends!!!! Simply put.
SS: Tell me about Spectrum. What things inspired you during the process of this album?
BB: Spectrum is a year's worth of work off and on. I started Spectrum with the "8-trak" and then "Glitch" and before I knew it I was developing my second E.P. Many people played a part in the process of "Spectrum", from the members of "the big up", to many life experiences and heartaches. So many know I write directly from me life onto paper into music. This E.P. shows my vocal ability and range in genres I can tap into, this project really pushed me as an artist, because no track sounds the same and that’s where the name "spectrum" came from. Spectrum is defined as broad range of varied but related ideas or objects, the individual features of which tend to overlap so as to form a continuous series or sequence, and I used this and transferred and related it to music. I want this E.P. to reach every demographic, no one could be left out; there's something for everybody in this project. Something that real blessed me is that I had a lady at least 50 or older come and by a cd from me not one but two. I was really touched because this day and age people that age don’t give artist like me a chance but I had something to say and she received me. I was researching a lot of music during this process and blues, jazz, funk, alternative, experimental, EVERYTHING. So I took what I learned and put Brittany Bosco on it and developed my own little sound and nurtured it to my liking!
SS: What do you want Brittany Bosco listeners to receive from listening to your music?
BB: I want my music to be an experience, I want to take the listener on a journey and spectrum does that from the opening track to the last. I take you from funk to hip-hop to experimental to jazz, to emotion music because "black and white" does not fit into a GENRE because it’s simply an emotion. A sense of refreshing should take place when listening to my music; I can honestly say that my movement doesn’t sound like any particular person.
SS: Favorite song on new album. How does it make you feel?
BB: Glitch, this song is in total character, so I can’t tell you how I feel because the person that performs this song isn’t the same person answering this questions...sounds crazy but true.
SS: What artist are you listening to right now?
BB: Beck: Modern Guilt
SS: How to support Brittany Bosco?
BB: Go buy "City of Nowhere" off iTunes Spectrum will be up soon for free downloading but you can buy a hardcopy soon...
**Bonus TREAT** 'Blues for Blue' by Brittany Bosco
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