Reginald "K.Son" Cason
'Amidst all of the "music" on the radio, it sure would be nice to hear a song every now and again'. - K.Son

I’ve always known that I had an appreciation for good tunes. As a teen in the eighties, I used to tape songs off the radio in my hometown in NYC. I had at least 50-60 full cassettes of different songs from various genres. It wasn’t until I got into some trouble during that time that I would fully realize what music meant to me.

As a Queens, NY teen whose mom (single parent) worked in Manhattan, I was pretty much left to my own devices after school. Long story short, I took some liberties with my freedom that I really should have thought twice about. As punishment, mom proceeded to make me incinerate my whole music collection. I’m sorry... I think I need a moment... It still hurts a little. This confirmed that music would be more than a passing fancy in my life.

In 1984 I saw “Purple Rain” against my will with my cousins in a Detroit movie theatre. As I went into the theatre I was like “and who is this Prince person again?”... Oh yeah, “Controversy”. When I left that dang theatre I was a 6’ something Prince wannabe. When I returned home I ran, not walked, to the local instrument store and bought that same style Telecaster guitar and an amp. I wore that LP (record/album for you CD generation) out learning “Computer Blue” and all of the other songs on that record. One could say I lost myself in his persona for a while. Every line in the film was fixed in my head just in the event anyone asked me for a total film recital. When I came to my senses several – ahem – months later, I realized that I didn’t even like playing the guitar. The fret board and strings really annoyed the crap out of me. My guitar and amp were eventually sold and I moved on...to piano.

The late 80’s/early 90’s were here and I’d bought my first synth, sampler, sequencer and a drum machine. Ahhh...electronica. Me and my box haircut were off and running. It’s been quite the evolution from then to now. My music has grown up and matured with me. It amazes me what kind of stuff you write at different stages of development. It’s now understandable how some musicians don’t stand the test of time. It really is about timing and where you are at the time when certain things are popular. Staying on top while the fickle music industry changes is extremely difficult.    More»