Talinwya Interview: Football Scholarships, Meeting Cole Bennett, Kelewya, Producing, Surf

In this new Visible interview, Nikole chops it up with Talinwya about his WestCoast roots, how his football career consumed most of his life (had multiple full-ride scholarships,) discovering his love for music at an early age thanks to his brother Kelewya and his parents, meeting Cole Bennet, Dotcomnirvan video, movie references in his music, a nerd for Star Wars, getting into his producing bag, new album "PAYBACK" on the way, and of course, the making of Surf and TiKi music with Mingo, Kelewya (brother,) and Oodaredevil.

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 WestCoast Origins
2:28 Talin as a Kid
3:53 Football starts
5:27 Full-Ride Scholarships
5:52 Switch to Music
7:29 Realizing He Could Pursue Music
9:17 Similarities with Football and Music
12:01 Discovering New Version of Surf Music
13:12 Working with Brother Kelewya
15:20 Surf vs TiKi Sound
9:27 Meeting Oodaredevil
22:30 Surf in Argentina
24:25 Movie References in His Music
26:54 Nerding Out Over Star Wars
28:08 Experiencing “Oh Sh*t” Moments in Music
(Meeting Cole Bennett & SahBabii)
32:23 Meeting Jorjiana
34:50 Start in Producing
38:11 Learning Hard Truths About The Music Industry
40:58 Biggest Roadblock
42:22 Favorite State/City to Perform In
43:14 Shouting Out Sonicxo (Artist)
44:03 Finding Balance As An Artist
46:57 New Album PAYBACK on the way

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