Conversation with TJ Brown
It’s all about love for TJ Brown. From singing in church to dreaming complete song arrangements, her love of music manifested early. TJ began writing songs for others and doing session work. Her love of music soon lead her to the front of the stage as a solo singer. On her debut CD Love’s Design the Chicago native sets a mood that keeps you warm and chills you out. TJ doesn’t rely on over produced tracks to get her simple message of love across. She crafts a contemporary soul album that recalls a time before much of the current day “hype and no substance” songs. The slow grooves and ballads stand out because of their simplicity and pure emotion.
Love permeates the lyrics and TJ delivers each line as if she has lived it. In many cases she has lived all the joy and pain she sings about in her first musical release. Her songwriting plays an integral part as it adds a deep soulfulness and sincerity to the project. From dreaming about songs to making her own dreams come true we get to come along on a musical journey where TJ Brown makes us believe it’s all in love’s design. In this edition of Soul 2 Soul TJ Brown talks about moving from the background as a songwriter to up front as a singer and she talks about the long road to releasing her debut album.
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Music played in this interview:
Chance of Rain
Groove
Why You Wanna Leave Me
Chill Zone
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HEY HONEY SOUL IM GLAD TO BE MEMEBER ON UR SITE T.J BROWN LOVE UR VOICE YOU SHOWED THAT THERE ARE REAL SINGERS WITH REAL MUSIC I HOPE IT NEVER IT STOPS!!
—SOULPOWER4EVERthank you Ms. HoneySoul for a wonderful interview and T.J Brown I will be purchasing your CD really, really soon. Really dig your voice. you have that spring/summer feel to your voice.
—darrenkeithYou’re great T.J. You know I’m one of your biggest supporters. Glad I found out about you and your music. Your voice is really one of a kind. Keep up the good work and never stop doing what you do.
Tha Architect, writer/producer.
—Tha ArchitectGreat interview, ladies! I’m a fellow Chicagoan, but this interview is my introduction to Ms. TJ Brown. She has such a beautiful voice, so I look forward to picking up the CD soon. I’m a writer, who very recently began trying my hand at songwriting, so I especially appreciated TJ’s thoughts on songwriting and her process.
Peace and blessings to you both!
—SandriaHELLO SIS, I AM SO SO GLAD THAT YOU INTERVIEWED TJ BROWN.SHE IS A SUPURB SONGWRITER AND I REALLY RESPECT HER WORK.I LOVED HOW TJ TOUCHED ON THE HIGHS AND LOWS THAT COME WITH THE TERRITORY OF BEING AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST.BELIEVE ME SIS I UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE TO GET THE MUSIC OUT THERE TO THE MASSES. TJ IS FOR REAL AND IM SURE THAT THOSE WHO LISTEN TO HER RECORDINGS WILL FEEL LIKEWISE. I ENJOYED THIS INTERVIEW TO THE FULLEST.
—DRE' ROCKGOD BLESS YOU AND TJ.
DRE’ROCK
Loved the interview babygirl! Thanks for sharing it with us:)
—ErichTJ Brown is truly a music master of soul… She puts her heart and soul into her music, and still gives so much of his musical self to the people that she writes for. TJ is such a great artist, and I’m just so thankful to you V for introducing her to the world of Honey Soul.
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—SoulTrackin’ - Stars In The ‘Podiverse’ - 2008-02-04 | NetInfoWeb 2.0: Soul, R&B, Jazz and Blues on the 'NetTJ, i have been fan of yours since the first time i heard you!!!! Any one who makes a steppers song is number ONE IN MY BOOK!!!!! The interview is the bomb as well as you!!! Keep up the good work @ God will continue to bless you in ALL your endeavors.
—T Jai