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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>Hello Craig and a very warm welcome
to Think IN Electronic. It’s an honor to be doing this interview with you.
Thank you for taking time out to answer a few of our questions. </b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">How are you
     doing and what’s the best way to celebrate spring fever?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm well thanks, last night I was
outdoors at night with shortsleeves which was pretty awesome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">To start off
     can you tell us more about who you are and how you found yourself in music
     and of course we have to ask about the name Yo grapes?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am a male who plays a few
instruments. I first got into music because my mom said I have piano hands. I
was terrible at the piano so I started playing drums and then guitar. A friend
of mine used to call me 'Grapes' and greet me everyday with “Yo Grapes, how you
doing?” I like the way that sounded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">What’s ‘s
     the best thing about living in South Africa?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Musically it's pretty interesting, a
lot of young bands coming out and doing super well which is great. Apart from
that we have some pretty sick places to go on holiday to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Your sound
     draws on inspiration from abstract pop-meets-electronica acts like Cut
     Copy, Pnau and perhaps even Toro Y Moi, would you say those genres allow
     for more creative freedom? </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I would say pop-electronica offers a
bit more freedom than just plain pop music. The electronic element definitely
lends itself to more experimental stuff and the pop element keeps it coherent,
that's the case in my song writing anyways.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>You're also
     a drummer for Desmond and The Tutus, do you think having a performance
     background helped in approaching your own live shows as a solo artist with
     more confidence?</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Somewhat, yes. It helped that being
on a stage wasn't a completely foreign concept to me, definitely singing in
front of an audience was a new experience for me though, that took some getting
used to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">How would
     you compare the creative process involved in working on a song as a band
     as opposed to working on your own? </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I can take a bit longer writing on my
own. With a band it's aout everyone's schedules and so when you're at a song
writing session together there's a bit more pressure to get stuff done in a
certain amount of time. Both have pros and cons though.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><b>How have you
     found the reception to your independently released album Grape Juice,
     especially now that it's been out in the world for some time? <o:p></o:p></b></span></li>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOGyD_8S29nArwGq_U7DUlu6uSo-IlJLl4JVm9D11kN4kspyCOWHjufWeIM0VhyphenhyphenExccBUYyDKDXO7FbLN9Wg8XkJ5nf9Hj4oZ-0VVKmryZ0ObAC4o_i5jxzUDdF5FMjV20Po__E8901oh/s1600/WAA-Yo-Grapes-161.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="yo grapes" border="0" height="320" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOGyD_8S29nArwGq_U7DUlu6uSo-IlJLl4JVm9D11kN4kspyCOWHjufWeIM0VhyphenhyphenExccBUYyDKDXO7FbLN9Wg8XkJ5nf9Hj4oZ-0VVKmryZ0ObAC4o_i5jxzUDdF5FMjV20Po__E8901oh/s1600-rw/WAA-Yo-Grapes-161.jpg" title="" width="213" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pretty good. I'm happy with what it
has done for me so far. The coolest thing that came from it was a release on
Flake Records based in Osaka, Japan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">A lot of
     your music feels like it would inevitably be snatched up for an indie film
     score starring Michael Cera. Do you have an all-time favourite film score
     that's stuck with you over the years? </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I love the Garden State OST – that
has been stuck in my iTunes for years now. A great collection of songs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">What are
     some of your non-music related inspirations that help usher on the
     creative process when you're in a creative dead-end? </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I find being outside does a hell of a
lot for creativity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">You're
     playing the Cool Inc tattoo expo this year. Do you have any tattoos and if
     so, what's the story behind your favourite one? </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't actually have any tattoos,
but I did have a tattoo it would be a picture of a dragon giving birth to a
lion-scorpion cross while in the middle of a hurricane.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">What can
     some of the Cool Inc guests expect from your set on the day? </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I will be flippen charismatic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">We need to ask what kind of grape are you black or green?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Green.
Seedless.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dreams
are for sleeping!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Catch Yo Grapes playing at t</span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">he 5th Annual COOL INC TATTOO EXPO</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">19 - 21 September 2014</span></div>
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