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Interview with Militia Punk Artist Steve Lieberman the Gangsta Rabbi on new music & more
MuzicNotez: First off, it’s an honor to be doing this interview with you, thanks for taking the time to sit down with us. What motivated you to start creating music? What age did you begin?
Steve Lieberman the Gangsta Rabbi: i started with the clarinet in 1968 at the age of 10. after playing 6 months or so i was able to play a harmonic minor scale for 2 1/2 octaves. during the rest of time through high school, i played tenor trombone, bass trombone and tuba.
In 1971 at 13, i got my first bass guitar. i’m right-handed but played upside down and backwards. this was an advantage-i was able to play fast all the way up the neck, and chords on the bass. i was able to become a solo artist by playing th chords on the bass without a guitar, over the past decade, i learned the french horn,euphonium, talabard, concert mellophone, bass clarinet and many more, which were used to create more power than punk-metal alone.
Who were your musical influences, idols, or bands growing up that have helped mold you into the musician you are today? Or helped mold the music that you create?
Steve Lieberman the Gangsta Rabbi: Jethro Tull, the Who and Echo and the Bunnymen are myy favorite groups, but i don’t wanna sound like anyone. i wanna sound like myself. perhaps after 33 years in thei nndustry i’m still in the underground singing, playing 25 instruments in a fusion of noise-punk, thrash-metal. jazz, classical and military music.
What’s the ultimate goal you want your music to achieve, or for you to achieve in your career as a musician? Any particular message you wish to send?
Steve Lieberman the Gangsta Rabbi: I would like for more people to be exposed to what i do, as well for them to appreciate niche genres as mine ninstead of those mainstream artists. and i would love spotify to stop reducing my catalog-that just ruins stuff. additionally i have leukemia for a while and i need to leave a good legacy.
What’s the latest release of yours? Tell us about it.
Steve Lieberman the Gangsta Rabbi: I’m releasing ”Cheap Japanese Bass” as the lead single behind myn my 82nd album ”Meet the Gangsta Rabbi #44/82. it will combine thestrngth of a 200 piece marching band and 6-piece metal outfitsharing the stage. it’s catchy and tells a story, too.
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