Joey Dosik

Minimal and unhurried, Game Winner, by Joey Dosik, takes that last second buzzer-beating shot and stretches it out into a retro sixties slow jam. Lingering on that moment of expectation, Joey elongates the suspense with a sultry confidence, leading the listener into a groove where it’s certain that the shot will go in, that the guy will get the girl, that everything will fall into place. We asked the Los Angeles based multi-instrumentalist a few questions about his work, and his soon to be released “Game Winner” EP.

Could you describe your creative process?

Well, it usually begins with a cup of coffee.

It’s always about putting in the time to create and then not settling until it feels like every second has been cared for. Le nto ithatha ixesha. Imbewu encinci yeengcamango iza ngokukhawuleza, kodwa ziseza, ukuwahlakula, kwaye ukuzibukela zikhula kufuna umsebenzi onzima nomonde. Emva koko, nangona lonke eli xesha kunye nomgudu, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba ungalahlekelwa amandla okuqala kunye “ubutsha” abaphuma kuyo imbewu yokuqala. Ivakala ngathi ngumtshato, kunene?

Wazi nini ukuba uzakuba yimvumi?

Ndaqala ukudlala ipiyano ndisenjalo 5 iminyaka ubudala kwaye ndandisoloko ndisazi ukuba ndinesidima. Kuxa ndabona indlela endidlala ngayo inempembelelo ebantwini endathi ndacinga ukuba ndingasebenza njengemvumi. Ndandidla ngokudlala umculo weklasiki ndize ndilile uMakhulu, okanye ndingacula uRichard omncinci kumboniso wetalente kwaye ndiphume ebantwini. Njengemvumi, ininzi into esiyenzayo sodwa: ukuzilolonga, ukuziqhelisa, ukubhala, ukuvelisa, ukucinga, ukucinga. Ngamaxesha apho ndibona ukuba abantu bayazonwabela iirekhodi zam, okanye xa ndifika ukubona ubuso babo ngexesha lomnye wemiboniso yam, eziqhubeka zindinika inkuthazo yokwenza umculo.

Sixelele malunga ne “Game Winner” EP

Umdlalo ophumeleleyo iEP yingqokelela yeengoma ezimalunga nothando kunye nebhola yomnyazi endizenzileyo ngelixa ndibuyela kuqhaqho lwe-ACL.. Yonke yaqala xa ndikrazula i-ACL yam ndidlala ibhola yepiki. Emva koko, xa amayeza entlungu enxibe uqhaqho emva koqhaqho, Ndabhala ingoma yothando yebasketball ebizwa “Game Winner”. Ukubhala nokurekhoda kwaba lunyango lwam lomculo. Ndaqala ukubuyisela amandla am ngelixa ndiqala ukurekhoda i-EP kwistudiyo sasekhaya. Ngoku ndisempilweni kwaye ndinokukhangela emva kwelo xesha lokuzama, Ndinombulelo kakhulu ngokuba nezinto ezimbini eziye zandikhuthaza kakhulu zidibene: Uthando kunye neBasketball.

Ngaba ungasixelela ngomzuzwana ebomini bakho ofumana impembelelo kuwo?

Nanku umzuzu onxulumene nomculo — Xa ndandi 8 iminyaka ubudala, utata wandithatha ndayobona iOpera “Paliachi” kwaye uPlacido Domingo wayejonge kwindima ephambili. Ekupheleni koMthetho woku-1, ucule utyikityo olwaphula intliziyo uAria weopera yonke ngochuku nangeemvakalelo ezimangalisayo. Ekugqibeleni abaphulaphuli bahamba amandongomane. Abazange bamvumele ukuba ashiye iqonga. Kwaye kuyo yonke loo nto yayivakala ngathi yeyona nto inde, wathatha ihlombe engakhange aphule isimilo. Wema ngasemkhusaneni, eyayisele izobile ngelo xesha, kwaye wajonga indawo yomntu ohlekisayo owoyisiweyo nonesithukuthezi. Yayingumbono onzulu ukumbona esenza eso sigqibo. Wenza loo mzuzu waziva ngathi wobomi bonke. Indifundise ukuba injani intsebenzo ebalaseleyo.

Inokuba yintoni igig yakho yamaphupha?

IPHUPHA lam legig liza kubhala iingoma ezikhuthazayo zebhasikithi ye-Space Jam 2 kunye nelayisensi epheleleyo yokuyila. Nokuba oko okanye ukwenza kwiZiko laseKennedy ukuba kwaye xa behlonipha uMagic Johnson.

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