Of Music and Men

As we prepare for more, let's rewind, shall we?

Taj Kamal is an enigmatic, soft spoken, lyrical genius... and she's the reason Kenya started her record company in the first place.

Not only is this a story of music, but it's also a music experience. So sit back, put on your headphones, and enjoy the show...

For full credits and sources on this episode, go to:

https://ofmusicandmen.com/episode1-4-take-taj-kamal

CREDITS

Narration

Episode narrated by Kayona Ebony Brown

Episode

Written, recorded, and produced by Kayona Ebony Brown at Siingle Studios in Washington, DC

MUSIC LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE IN THE EPISODE

All music provided by Filmstro; arranged and designed for this episode by Kayona.

Additional music: 7s Club by Jeff Lopez

Word of inspiration

Scars by Khalil Ismail - Licensed by KI Creatives

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Back on one of our bonus episodes in May 2020, we explored the personality types of all the female-identifying characters. It was a really fun episode and you seemed to like it; it got a really great response.

In this BONUS episode, I have some fun revealing the male characters' personality types using 16personalities.com as reference. Also, visit our Pinterest for more on their style.

So this episode, I’m going to give you the personality types of all the male characters that we’ve met thus far.

1. Stax: Brandon Stacovski is Kenya’s friend from growing up; she’s known him the longest and their friendship has had (and will have) several different identities. He’s described as a white boy in the books and podcast with a cool “Brad Pitt/Tyler Durdan (Fight Club)” type of personality. He’s one of those people who knows everybody, very outgoing and good-looking, and a player (like Sam Malone from Cheers). So he gives Kenya real, unfiltered insight into men. He works in the financial industry and only loves his job because of the life/lifestyle it provides, but that will change in season 1 - ESFJ
2. Soloman: Solomon Dyal is also one of Kenya’s close male friends; she met him during her stint in college (he finished at the fictional Prince Hall U). He’s that guy who wants to be married. It could be a mixture of culture/religion (Indian) that brings about an expectation of marriage or it could be his personality; some people are just the relationship type. He generally seeks Kenya’s insight. He’s a nice guy who seems to always attract women who don’t want anything serious, so there’s that constant conversation about what women want. He’s an entrepreneur too; he runs a start-up that helps concierge doctors. - ISFJ
3. Lucas: Lucas is Kenya’s artist; she’s only known him for about four years but he’s become like a little brother. He’s young, only 20, and he’s one of those cute, guitar-playing types who’s super talented, so it’ll prove hard for her to wrangle his impatience (Beiber type). Because of popularity on social media, he wants success now. This relationship will prove to be Kenya’s most challenging as she balances having to play almost a mother-type role to him despite this being a professional relationship. - ISFP
4. Derek St. Cyr: Kenya’s primary love interest. Derek is very enigmatic, but not intentionally. We only see him through Kenya’s eyes, so we are force to see only what she sees (and in some cases, we don’t even get that much), and because she’s self-conscious and a little inexperienced, she’s a little intimidated by Derek in the beginning. He comes across very much like Mr. Big on SATC, where we are forced to believe he’s great, but only because Kenya tells us he is. We find that he’s very mature for 27; he has some growing success in whatever it is he does for a living, but he’s grounded so this obvious increase in money and popularity doesn’t seem to be really affecting him. But it takes a while to learn all we, and Kenya, want to know about him. - INFP

And on that last episode where I explored the female characters, I gave you a breakdown of my own as an ENFP (Campaigner). So go to 16personalities.com to take the quiz and find out your own type, tag me on social media and let me know what your type is

Music for this episode is “Weightless” by LIQWYD

Listen to the Bonus: personality types of female characters here:

If you don't know, recently here in America, we had an election, and in true recent American fashion, it was a shit-show. What do you expect when your country is run by a gameshow host?

I'm sharing my views on this new direction in America and how it relates to other aspects of life.

And for a sneak peek at the new site that'll house all of these musings, go to: https://coldopen.kayonabrown.com.

Music by Mona Wonderlick