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The Q&A: Jesse Michaels

“One of the points of Opivy was to break down the barrier between the band and the audience so the people that really ‘get it’ don’t really buy into the distinction between ‘successful musician’ and ‘regular dude.’”

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The Q+A: Journalist Cecilia Vega

“I was in a meeting last week at ABC in NY and I was sitting in a room with Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Barbara Walters, Robin Roberts, Christiane Amanpour…All I wanted to do was sneak a phone call to my mom to tell her who I was sitting next to!”

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The Q+A: DJ Jasmine Solano

“She’s a workaholic hippie by day, ninja street fighter by night.”

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The Q&A: Tent City

“Dress Tents are a fusion of architecture, the body, and the land played out through living sculpture, moving images and still photography.”

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The Q&A: Jesse Strickman

“We wouldn’t be sitting here right now if it weren’t for music. So many people become close through music; it’s like this uniting force.”

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The Q&A: Martin Luther

“I have been blessed to share stages with Jill Scott, The Roots, Dave Matthews, Dave Chapelle, Silk E, Kev Choice, Ice Cube, Wu Tang, Dead Prez, Kanye West, Common, Erykah Badu, The White Stripes, Radiohead, Oasis, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers…”

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The Q&A: LaTasha Brown

“It’s amazing because I feel like every time a person buys my clothing they carry a part of me and things I love to do with them.”

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The Q&A: POPLYFE

“So they put mics on us and they sent us through…and it’s like ‘Oh my God, that’s Stevie Wonder!’…I said ‘Stevie, what are we going to do, how are we going to do this song on stage’ And he said ‘We’re just gonna feel it.’