R&B duo from Delaware, JQ will be at the AITP Online Festival in September. We want to thank them for taking the time to talk with us.
MTM: Let’s start at the beginning. Tell us a little about yourself. how and when did you start making music?
JQ: We are a R&B/POP singing duo by the name of JQ. We started making music in middle school, but we both have been singing most of our lives.
MTM: Why do you do it, now?
JQ: Music is not just something we do for fun. Music is a way of life for us we eat sleep and drink music.
MTM: What were some of your early influences and what inspires you today?
JQ: We both were really influenced by Usher his style and pizazz. Now we are both still influenced by Usher and NE-YO. Day to day life experiences inspire our songs today.
MTM: What was the last song you listened to (disc in the car or what-not)?
JQ: Last song we listened to was Jason Derulo ” The other side”
MTM: How did you connect with Artists in the Plus and what attracted you to working with them?
JQ: John contacted us awhile back after we released our first single “Police”
MTM: Last year’s festival was a huge success and changed a lot of things about music on the net. Were you a part of that?
JQ: Unfortunately JQ was not apart of last year’s festival, but we are extremely excited to be a part of it this year.
MTM: What would you like to see as a result of the festival, this year?
JQ: We would like to have an amazing time meeting new artists and do a lot of networking.
MTM: Have you been using services like Hangouts On Air, U-Stream, Street-Jelly, or others to perform live via video on line? What kind of reaction are you getting?
JQ: We have not we are new to the Google plus but we have pictures up and our music videos on our page. We are looking to do some live performances on google plus very soon.
MTM: Village Studios in LA will be hosting the festival, this year and there will be a studio stage in North Carolina and another in Norway. Will you be travelling or performing remote from your own studio?
JQ: JQ will be traveling to LA to perform from Village Studios.
MTM: If you could ask one performer to join you on a record, who would it be?
JQ: We would love to do a record with Usher.
MTM: What one thing would you change about this world, if you could?
JQ: We would get rid of poverty.
MTM: Where can we find you and your music?
JQ: You can find our music on our website www.jqofficialmusic.com there you can find our youtube videos, songs on iTunes and music more.
MTM: In closing, is there anything you would like to add or anyone you would like to shout-out to?
JQ: In closing we would just like to thanks Artist in the Plus for inviting JQ out to Los Angeles to perform the music we feel so strongly about!
