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Young, Gifted &amp; Broke members Lui Tuiasau, Tom Scott and Dandruff Dicky have rearranged themselves into The Average Rap Band and if you&#8217;re gonna miss &#8220;Girl Songs&#8221;, well then go play &#8220;Girl Songs&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding their new EP the &#8220;Stream Of Nonsensesness&#8221;, Lui and Tom have stressed in interviews that it&#8217;s not about consciousness or &#8216;Descartes&#8217; which I had to Google &#8211; and learn that he is\/was the philosopher who was dubbed the father of modern\/western philosophy, the guy who wrote &#8220;I think, therefore I am&#8221;, in French, of course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What inspired the concept of personally sending out CDs to people wanting an EP? <\/strong><br \/>\nWe just wanted to give the music some value. Since CDs are basically coasters and the market&#8217;s fucking saturated. We just wanted to make it a personal experience like it was back in the day. I guess some people have never had the experience. Never picked the liner notes up and read the lyrics while it&#8217;s playing. Related the art work to the sound etc. We wanted to give people that experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many CDs have you guys sent out do you know? <\/strong><br \/>\nAbout a thousand. Or maybe 402.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many of your friends or people do you know have written in to get an album?<\/strong><br \/>\nShit, our friends don&#8217;t care about our music. I&#8217;d be worried if they did. It&#8217;s mainly fans. But some of our fans are kind of like our friends anyway. You start to get to know people on a first name basis and shit. Especially when they been there since day one. So shout out to those lunatics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you keep memoirs\/diary? <\/strong><br \/>\nOnly the audible type. I&#8217;d never make a song called talking to my diary though. But yeah, that&#8217;s kind of a large reason why we make music. To sort of document our lives. Because our short term memory game is mad weak due to years of substance \/ emotional abuse.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1972385030\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/averagerapband.bandcamp.com\/album\/stream-of-nonsenseness\">Stream Of Nonsenseness by Average Rap Band<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you stay sharp as a rapper.. or what do you use as tools to stay sharp as a lyricist? <\/strong><br \/>\nBench press. Burpies. Dragging a hollowed out car through an obstaclecourse. What you&#8217;d expect. That and bars. Lots of baaarrrrghs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your favourite medium to write raps, poems.. What else do you like writing? <\/strong><br \/>\nFICTITIOUS suicide notes. Erotic novels. Shopping Lists. Obituaries. And haikus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How important would you say it is to read as a writer?<\/strong><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know. We&#8217;re dsylesix.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the relevance of a work ethic to you as an independent artist? <\/strong><br \/>\nPretty fucking important. We pretty much define our whole character upon our work ethic. When we ain&#8217;t working we start to feel like we ain&#8217;t worth nothing. You know? So, we work pretty fucking hard. We&#8217;ve written like eight thousand songs this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are your favourite people to cypher with? <\/strong><br \/>\nJust anyone who is free basically. Not overthinking anything. Not giving a fuck about the subliminal competition of it all. People like Legal Money Mike, Hone Be Good, Lucky Lance (after his 62nd bar) WES (he actually 100% embodies the essence of the shit) Dandruff Dicky (believe it or not) Get Ban (when he&#8217;s drunk enough) Melo Downz, Raiza, the kids at Eddy Gardens in Melbourne. S\/O them. I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ve left someone off the list. Ummm. My old man. Just improvising with anyone is the illest feeling. The most non-bullshit form of communication I&#8217;ve ever experienced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are some of your favourite rappers with careers you respect\/wouldn&#8217;t mind if you got to experience some of those highlights.<\/strong><br \/>\nJay Z? I&#8217;m sure he experiences a fine cuisine. I&#8217;m pretty happy being me though. That&#8217;s pretty dope. We don&#8217;t open up a can of philosophical debate on what is consciousness. 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