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Back when Jon Muq was living in Uganda, he experienced a transformative musical moment: While cleaning his cousin’s house, he found a video recording of the 1985 “We Are the World” charity single.
“I was intrigued,” the singer-songwriter tells SPIN backstage at SXSW. “I was like, ‘Dude, don’t pay me. Can I take this?’ So that’s when I got introduced really to Western music. … I was so intrigued—I was like, ‘How is everyone’s voice fitting in just one melody?’ Like [with] the tune of the song but all voices can fit in perfectly. I just told myself, ‘I think my voice can fit in between these voices.’”
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Muq went on to discover more influential artists (including Bob Marley), pick up guitar playing, and eventually move to Austin. And with his songwriting—including his debut record, the Dan Auerbach-produced Flying Away—the ultimate focus is storytelling.
“For me as a person, it’s a story,” Muq says. “I never write without a story. I never write without experiencing a moment. All songs are moments, you know? With that, I think if musicians just choose to do that, somehow your signature comes out of that because everyone’s story is different. And everyone’s everyday experience will never be the same.”
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