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The person being interviewed is a college student named Lamrod who started making music in high school. His most popular song is called "I'm In Your Walls" and he describes his music style as Dark Trap. He finds inspiration from other artists and enjoys the freedom of creating music that is unique and not mainstream. Despite the challenges of being a college student, Lamrod finds motivation to make music and plans to release more songs in the future. The most fulfilling part for him is having something that makes him feel special and sharing it with others. He encourages others to be free-flowing and not conform to traditional music standards. Lamrod's music can be found on all streaming platforms under his name in all caps. How are you doing today? I'm good, I'm good, doing good? Alright. I got some questions for you, if you're ready for them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You ready? So the first one's going to be, when did you start making music, man? I started making music in freshman or sophomore year of high school. Me and my friends made a joke album called Too Much Ice. And then one time, me and my homie, we just like, in my basement, we started making I'm In Your Walls, we were screaming into the mic and shit. What's I'm In Your Walls? It's my most popular song. It's about being in someone's walls, or feeling like someone else is in your walls. Interesting. So, I obviously have listened to your music before this. One of my major questions is, why'd you choose your style? It's very unique, I'll say. I haven't heard any other music like that. Well, I was influenced by like, some artists like Josiah Miller, Darkie. But overall, it's just like, that one song I made, I played it to people and they're like, oh, you need to send me that. And I post it, and I'm like, you know what, I like this upbeat energy. It's like what I'm all about, and so I just make music like that. Nice, nice. What genre would you call your music, if you had to put it into a genre? Or do you not like labels? We could go with Dark Trap. Dark Trap? Yeah, we could go with Dark Trap. I like it. Some alternatives in there. Dark Trap. Some punk. Imagine your aesthetic. I know people can't see this, but Glenn's a very unique looking person. I like the hair. I definitely would say. You know, like one of the lyrics in my songs, like I'm in your walls, it says, yeah, I'm Lamrod, ain't no bitch like me. I feel like that goes That is one of my favorite lines from that song. That is a good line. I just realized I didn't have this running, but it doesn't really matter. So you are a college student at CU. Yep, that's the University of Otterworth. If anyone's listening outside of this. Sophomore, yeah. How does the college life affect your music? It kind of like, it makes it harder to produce in the way I have less time, but it makes it easier to produce because I already have like that drive from doing all my college work, and I've kind of put that into doing school work, and it kind of carries over. And there's also clubs at CU. I'm in the music production club, and they also do a bunch of production, which is fun to collaborate. So you're saying that kind of how, since you put so much effort into your school work, when you get that free time, that same passion for your school work goes into just making music because that is your hobby? Yeah, I kind of keep that drive going. Like when I'm not doing anything, I kind of just relax and don't do much of anything. But when I start doing stuff, I kind of get that motivation going, and that drive going, and I pursue stuff on top of that. No, I get that. That's how I am when I do my photography on the side. Yeah. You kind of just get that influence for it, you know? Yeah. When are you most, would you say, when are you most motivated to make new music? Like how often does that happen? I saw your discography. You only have, is it five songs? Three songs. Three songs currently, yeah. Yeah. I would say like the song ideas, they kind of come to me in a sense. So like when a song idea comes to me, I think about it for a week, and then I just start working on it, like whenever I have free time, and I start going on it. And I was going to keep releasing music, actually. I should have had like ten songs by now, but my computer got liquid spilt on it, and it broke, and then I went through a bunch of computer problems. So I haven't been able to start producing again until like this past month or two. So I'm going to start making music every month to hopefully keep inspiration going and get a bigger discography. Alright. Well, I do want to know, what is the most fulfilling part about making music for you? The most fulfilling part is probably just like putting, like having something that makes me, I feel like everyone wants to feel special, and having something that makes me feel unique. Because, like I like to say, when I feel like I'm doing school, it's something I've had to do. And with music, it's something I've always chose to do. And that's kind of, it kind of feels, it just feels more productive in a personal way, and I love sharing it with other people, and I love performing it whenever I get a chance. Nice. Well, that's beautiful, man. Yeah. Is there anything else you'd like to add about your music, or would you want to talk about it? I know you're very passionate about it. I could tell by your songs. If anyone hasn't heard of Lamrod, I think you should go out and listen to it. Yeah. He's a very interesting artist, and I haven't heard music like it before. Yeah, I feel like my main thing with my music is that I'm kind of, it's not as mainstream as everything else, and it's kind of because I've noticed that when I'm working with other music individuals, they're very like, music has to be made a certain kind of way, you know, music theory, chord stacking, all that. And I think, you know, you should be more free-flowing with your music, and that it doesn't have to always go by the books, and you don't have to be like everybody else. Yeah. Alright. Well, that's all I have for this interview today. If you want to listen to Lamrod, it's L-A-M-R-O-D on every streaming platform. All caps too. All caps. All caps. Well, that's all the time we have today. Thank you again, Lamrod. Of course. I appreciate you doing this interview. Glad I could make it. And I hope your music career skyrockets. Me too, man. Hopefully the people listening to this go listen to Stranger Music. It'd be amazing. Yeah. Alright. Have a good one. Good interview.