A “Lovelee Day” with Xavier Marquis

Here at IYE, one thing we love is some positive, soulful, and plain ol’ funky melodies and lyrics. Local Twin Cities hip-hop artist Xavier Marquis knows exactly what that sounds like. Because he creates it. A few weeks back, I had my radio tuned into 91.1. Nina Clark did a story for Minnesota Public Radio’s Art Hounds, featuring Twin Cities-based hip-hop artist Xavier Marquis. From that moment of hearing snippets of his tracks, I immediately loved his sound, his energy and bought tickets to witness him as an opener at Cause in Uptown Minneapolis. A month later, here he is on IYE, sharing his thoughts on one of my favorite tracks on his mixtape, “Lovelee Day.”  *Mark your calendars: Xavier Marquis will have a show w/ Munqs at the Triple Rock Social Club this Saturday the 16th, 2013 at 8pm! Tickets are available here. -Adjoa Creating His Lovelee Day “I have different methods of creating my music. Sometimes I create the melody and the drums in my head and other times I just play around with some sounds on my keyboard. I’m not a trained musician. I actually don’t even know how to play the piano. I kind’ve just go through it and hit different keys until I find something that [...]