Photographed by Jarrelle Lee
Welcome to the first episode of Special Sense Podcast, I’m your host Sahra. I created this show to interview artists in the fashion and entertainment business. Through insightful conversations with photographers, singers, fashion designers and more, we learn about the ups and downs of their journeys. Our mission is to inspire and ignite a spark of hope to those experiencing a road block and going through a similar path. To our listeners, we understand that being an artist is challenging. Stay true to your vision, stand in your truth, and let the world catch up. Follow your dreams, follow your Sense @specialsense.
Music Producer Samir talks to Sahra about navigating the industry.
Today, we’re chatting with music producer and graphic designer Samir. We discuss the challenges producers face navigating the music industry, how technology changed the way music is consumed, his love of rock music, discovering international bands and more. Samir explains the importance of producers being exposed to a wide variety of genres. This enables us to learn history and geographical things through music and understanding how they came to be. We explore electronic sounds and it’s influenced In the UK, specifically with raves. Samir dives into house music too and how it liberated marginalized groups that were unfairly persecuted in the states. Samir opens up about MF doom and how he inspired people to be open, expressive and push boundaries within the rap genre. Samir believes that rappers can speak truth into power and it’s important that the messages spread are ones with good intentions.