MMIM: How would you describe your sound?

SA: Big. What you get when you mix a choir-singin’ Southern girl with some hip-hop snares funky chords and synths. Post-modern. That’s the best way to explain it. It’s very organic, drawing inspiration from earlier time periods and reflecting them now. That is analogue frequency.

MMIM: At what age did you begin to write? And what inspires you to write?

SA: I always wrote down ideas and scribbled thoughts from as early as 5 I could remember. By 9 I was memorizing lyrics I wrote about corny little things that 9 year olds sing about and playing the songs on my keys. I’m inspired by human experience and what makes folks move. My lyrics are open-ended statements daring people to go out and live, dream, love, and question stuff themselves. My lyrics are like me, exploring this crazy society around me.

MMIM: I read that the RZA aka Bobby Digital inspired your stage name. What about him made you want to name yourself Suzi Analogue? Why did you want to become his female counterpart?

SA: From the start of the Wu, RZA was always imaginative with sound…his samples and arrangement always intrigued me and I thought it would be dope to be a female musician who shares the drive for being multi-faceted and carving out your own style.

MMIM: Would you say that the RZA is one of your favorite artists?

SA: Definitely. I respect the hand he had in helping to build the Wu and the sound that SO MANY rocked to in the 90s. I’m inspired by so many inventive composers: James Yancey, Raphael Saddiq, Pharrell down onto divine inspirations like Patrice Rushen- the list is endless. Good music is like DNA for your ears, each little bit helps to shape you as a person.

MMIM: While a lot of artists sing songs mainly about love, why do you think it’s important to sing about miseducation of life, race, women, and crime?

SA: Like I mentioned before, it’s important to explore real life going on around you. Love is beautiful, and I’m a firm believer in that…but there also needs to be songs sung that reflect the ugly parts of life too: manipulation in media, social injustice in our neighborhoods, the inequality of diverse women in current Black music…all very real things that, even when I try to, just can’t help expressing. So since these are themes that I think about often, I think it’s important to express them in my music.

MMIM: Have you ever had any fans come to you and say your music has changed them or a situation in their life? How did that make you feel?

SA: People definitely reach out and share with me that the sounds puts them in a good place, so I am thankful for that. It keeps me inspired to share messages to help do anything I can, even if you notice you notice the tiniest change.

MMIM: Tell us about any upcoming projects that you are working on.

SA: I am currently wrapping up a release for Amsterdam label Dopeness Galore. I am also working on a series called BEDBOOM- all self-recorded songs, demos/ sketches or finished that I did in my room. The first volume is called “BEDBOOM: Summer Exploits” and contains all songs I worked on over Summer 08’. The Bedboom series will be available for download. I am also mid-way into finishing a project 24 Our Broadcast which is a collection of beats and songs I’ve done during my stay in Tokyo. I have about a million EPs I’m working on, one with my girl Coma-Chi (Jazzy Sport), who I just finished a documentary on, Cerebral Vortex, and Port Format (Tokyo Dawn). I’m also planning to fly to the moon and run for president in 2012.

MMIM: How can people reach out to Suzi Analogue?

SA: I have way too many social networking online things. I’m on Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, iLike, IMEEM, last.fm and probably any other site you can think of. But to make sense of that all, the best idea is to bookmark my blog: HTTP://SUZI.AM

Much love to My Mood Is Music.