{"id":4037,"date":"2017-09-01T21:26:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T21:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tenzmag.com\/?p=4037"},"modified":"2024-02-02T00:31:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T00:31:06","slug":"ash-b-memoirs-of-a-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenzmag.com\/ash-b-memoirs-of-a-ag\/","title":{"rendered":"ASH B &#8211; Memoirs of a AG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Interview <strong>Tommy Jo Spain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the 1st beat you ever heard played &amp; where?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first ballroom beat I ever heard was the witch doctor. It was my first time at Escuelita&#8217;s for Vogue Knights with MikeQ. That day I fell in love with the culture .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your single Realness definitely gets the club gurls pumping. What is it like seeing the kids go awf to your track?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I see the club kids going off to my track. I really be excited and jumping like a school girl on the inside. On the Exterior I&#8217;m just chill. You know got to keep my cool<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4039\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tenzmag.com\/ash-b-memoirs-of-a-ag\/ash-b-tenz-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tenzmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ash-B-Tenz-2.jpg?fit=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ash B Tenz 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tenzmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ash-B-Tenz-2.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tenzmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ash-B-Tenz-2.jpg?fit=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4039\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tenzmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ash-B-Tenz-2.jpg?resize=900%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tenzmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ash-B-Tenz-2.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tenzmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ash-B-Tenz-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tenzmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ash-B-Tenz-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your flow is mix of a traditional MC &amp; Ballroom commentator, what side has influenced you most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There isn&#8217;t really a side that influences me most. Simply both sides are me. My love for ballroom culture and hip hop goes hand in hand. In my mind when I create music there&#8217;s no separation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you define Realness?<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nTo me Realness is me being genuinely myself. Not me passing of as whatever role I look like a play to society.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite crash or ha?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: The Ha and Crash are elements of a ballroom beat. Right now my favorite ballroom beat has to JayR Neutron&#8217;s Get Crazy.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Most unique place you have performed<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have to say performing in the middle of Newport Mall in Jersey City has to be the most unique place to date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you think the Ballroom sound is effecting the club sound?<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nI think that the ballroom sound is evolving the club sound. Like now even apple has used the ha and crashes in its advertisements. It&#8217;s only a Matter of time the Ballroom sound will be in the club sound everywhere<\/p>\n<p><strong>You were apart of Qweenbeat&#8217;s compilation album Qweendom. What was that experience like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being on QB&#8217;s Compilation Qweendom was lit. We all are friends, Qween Beat is like a family and creating music with people you mesh well with goes a long way.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your next project is Memoirs of a AG, tell us a bit about that.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My Next Project Memoirs Of An Ag, you guys will meet my alter ego Crush. I&#8217;m going to put you guys through the motions. It&#8217;s like when worlds collide. 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