March 26, 2013

FlyBy Music - What is that?

Dr. Payton, Khalia, Kamar and I attended the Health Disparities Conference 2013 in New York City this past weekend. The event focused on health, education, science and hip-hop.   Keynote speakers included Drs. Barbara Wallace, Christopher Emdin, David Satcher, Robert Fullilove, and even featured Hip-Hop artist Lord Jamar on a panel.

The events of the weekend provided me a new insight on what the term Hip-Hop means to New York natives, and just how powerful it has been to many in Black and Latino communities. But in the midst of all the discussion, I felt disconnected…

Hip-Hop means so much to so many people that the very term itself represents the struggle of a people, so there is no way to discuss it without checking emotional baggage. Things that accompanied the rise of Hip-Hop, DJing, breakdancing, graffiti, are soon to be considered lost arts. If there was a new Hip-Hop, could there be space in it for my cell phone? Could social media count as New Hip-Hop culture? What about how music has changed to a digital format of mp3s? I realized that if this New Hip-Hop were to exist, it would need a name.

Flyby. That’s right Fly-by. That’s the name of the genre of music that I make. In the same way that Hip-Hop was formed, so is Flyby, which takes elements of Jazz, Rock, and oh yea, Hip-Hop. The only way to get a new generation involved in their futures is to give them something of their own!

Check out some Flyby music [link]

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