Chuck: YOU NEED TO TAKE A
COUPLE THINGS BUT IT'S ALL
INCLUSIVE.
SO YOU KNOW MUSIC AND
DETROIT THEY GO HAND IN HAND
WE ARE THE BIRTHPLACE OF
MOTOWN AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC
IN THE BIG FESTIVAL
FROM BIG SEAN TO JACK
WHITE THE INFLUENCE HAS BEEN
SEEN ON THE BILLBOARD
STARTS.
PHOTOGRAPHER ALEX ATWELL
INTRODUCES YOU TO A NEW
CREATIVE TO THE CITY THAT'S
TRULY MAKING ART WITH MUSIC.
CONNECTS WITH PEOPLE NO
MATTER WHAT AGE OR
BACKGROUND YOU ARE I THINK
EVERYONE CAN CONNECT.
THAT'S WHY I DO MUSIC AND
THAT'S WHY I CREATE.
GIVE ME A TOPIC TO WRITE
ABOUT.
I PLAY MUSIC IN FLINT
EASTWOOD AND I'M BASED OUT
OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
SONG IDEAS CAN COME FROM
ANYWHERE AND INSPIRATION CAN
COME FROM CONVERSATIONS.
HERE SOME OF THE INTERESTING
WORDS I START MY PROCESS AND
SONG WRITING WITH SOME KIND
OF IDEA SOME KIND OF WORD OR
THOUGHT I'VE BEEN HAVING.
♪ MY HEART WAS RACING
STRAIGHT DOWN IN MY STOMACH"
LET ME HEAR IT BACK REAL
QUICK.
I COME IN WITH THIS CONCEPT
OF I WANT TO WRITE A SONG
LIKE THIS THAT CAN FACE THIS
EMOTION.
WELL, THE EMOTION THAT HE
WANTED TO BRING WAS THIS
LONGS ANGT AND I THINK IT
WAS REALLY BETRAYED.
WHAT DID I DO BEFORE?
WE JUST WANTED TO CREATE
SOMETHING THAT REALLY HAD
THAT PASSION AND EMOTION
THAT COMES WITH LOSS.
♪ WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE.
WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE ♪
YEAH, I'M VERY MUCH A
CONCEPTUAL ART SAFETY
EVERYTHING THAT I
LOT OF THOUGHT.
LOOP THE VERSE WE WILL
LAY DOWN THE TRACK AND
IMMEDIATELY START RUNNING
OVER IT AND TRY TO HAVE
EVERY SINGLE TAKE AS IF IT
WAS THE LAST TAKE
WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE ♪
I LIKE THAT A LOT.
WITH MY LIVE SHOW I TRY
TO BE AS AUTHENTIC AS
POSSIBLE AND CONNECT WITH
THE AUDIENCE AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
BEING AN ARTIST THAT'S
ABLE TO CREATE IN THIS CITY
IS AN YOU A SUM EXPERIENCE
IT'S AN AMAZING THING.
DETROIT HAS THIS CERTAIN
VIBE OF JUST COLLABORATION
AND IT'S BEEN BREWING AND A
LOT OF PASSION THAT TAKES
PLACE.
I FEEL LIKE IT HAS MORE
PASSION MORE THAN IN ATLANTA,
L.A. OR NASHVILLE PEOPLE
WILL FOLLOW SOMETHING THAT'S
PASSIONATE AND AUTHENTIC
MORE THAN SOMETHING THAT'S
TRENDING.
♪ MOST DAYS I WORRY ABOUT
YOU ♪
♪ I REALLY, REALLY VALUE
THAT AS AN ARTIST IN DETROIT
THAT PEOPLE REALLY SEE
BEYOND WHAT'S COOL OF THE
MOMENT AND REALLY SEE THE
DEEPER TRUE MEANING OF
THINGS.
SO I WANT TO CREATE
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANT
TO DANCE TO AND SOMETHING
THAT STICKS IN THEIR MINDS
THAT HAS SOMETHING THAT WILL
POSITIVELY AFFECT THEIR
LIVES.
Tati: SO I WISH I WERE AT
THAT SHOW.
JOINING US NOW IN STUDIO IS
JACK ANDERSON, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
GOOD MORNING.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE NAME
FLINT EASTWOOD WE HAVE TO
ASK RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT'S
REALLY COOL.
THANK YOU.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL
THE THESE FLINT, FROM FLINT,
MICHIGAN EAST, FROM EASTWOOD
COMES FROM HOLLYWOOD I WAS
LIVING IN THE HOLLYWOOD AT
THE INCARNATION OF THE BAND.
Tati: SO DO YOU WRITE
YOUR LYRICS IT FELT LIKE YOU
WERE JUST COMING UP WITH
THINGS AND SINGING THEM.
A LOT OF THEM IS JUST
CONSCIOUSNESS SOME MIGHT BE
STUFF I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN
PREVIOUSLY.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT
WORKING OUT OF A SIMPLE SONG
THE STUDIO I WORK A LOT OF
PEOPLE WILL JUST SAY WORDS
AND PUT THEM TOGETHER.
Michael: YOU SAID IT'S A
BIG TRACK FACE.
ARE YOU A VISUAL THINKER ARE
YOU SEEING SOMETHING BEFORE
YOU WRITE AND SING.
I'M VERY CONCEPTUAL WITH
EVERYTHING I DO.
WHATEVER I WRITE I JUST
IMMEDIATELY THINGS COME TO
MIND AND IT JUST IRKS ME
UNTIL I CAN GET IT OUT
THERE.
Tati: LIKE CHUCK SAID THE
VISUAL IN THE SCREEN THE
THABD SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING
THAT A LOT OF ARTISTS ARE
DOING NOW.
I SEE THAT A LOT OF MUSIC
SHOWS.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THAT'S
SUCH A BIG THING NOW
YOU'RE HERE THIS MORNING
RIGHT NOW ALL ABOUT
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN THERE'S
THIS VIBE WHAT DO YOU FEEL
IS GROUND SHAKING HERE
WHAT'S GOING ON?
THERE THERE HAS BEEN A
UNDERGROUND SCENE GOING ON.
ALL STARTING TO CHECK
TOGETHER.
PLACES ARE STARTING TO
COLLABORATE A LOT MORE.
ARTISTS ARE STARTING TO
COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER
A LOT MORE.
IT'S BECOMING SOMETHING THAT
WILL BE MAIN SNREAM A MATTER
OF ANY TIME NOW.
Chuck: YOU CAN THINK
AUTHENTICITY YOU HAVE IT
MADE.
BUT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
BEING AUTHENTIC THERE'S
SOMETHING GRITTY AND
AUTHENTIC ABOUT THIS TOWN.
OH, FOR SURE.
Chuck: WHAT WE'RE HEARING
OUT OF YOUR SINGING IS THIS
IDEA THAT YOU ARE AUTHENTIC
EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.
I WOULD ASSUME THAT
TRANSLATES TO YOUR FOLLOWING,
TOO RIGHT?
I LOVE GOING TO SHOWS AND
MEETING PEOPLE AND KNOWING
PEOPLE'S NAMES.
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE JUST
WANT A SIGNATURE THAT'S THE
END OF THE INTERACTION.
I THINK THERE'S MORE THAN
THAT.
Tati: COOL.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU?
WE HAVE A SHOW COMING UP
THIS SATURDAY
IT'S IN CORKTON ON MICHIGAN
AVENUE.
ALL OF US HIPSTERS NOT QUITE
FAMILIAR HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.
UNDERSTAND MY LINGO.
Chuck: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
Tati: SO IF YOU WANT TO
HEAR FLINT EASTWOOD NEW E.P.
SMALL VICTORIES FOR TICKETS
ON THEIR SHOW ON SATURDAY