Tone Stith on State of R&B, Working with Chris Brown, H.E.R + New Project | EP 5

On this week’s episode of Can We Talk R&B, Ian Von welcomes rising star Singer/Songwriter, Tone Stith as he reflects on his early R&B influences, the state of R&B and his inspiration behind making love songs. He also talks about working with Chris Brown to write and produce “Liquor” their collaboration on “Do I Ever” as well as working and touring with artists like H.E.R., August Alsina and Bryson Tiller. Tone also talks on the power of having good management guiding artists in the music business to build a successful career. 0:00 - 3:00 Intro 3:00 - 5:00 Growing up around R&B 5:00 - 6:30 Playing instruments in church 6:30 - 7:50 How did you fall in love with R&B 7:50 - 10:00 Like Mike 10:00 - 11:02 Where do you pull from 11:02 - 13:00 Authenticity 13:00 - 14:24 When did you get into R&B 14:24 - 17:34 Translating inspirations to the music 17:34 - 20:30 Writing love songs 20:30 - 22:12 Creating Early 23:00 - 23:50 Song/cover that helped start it 23:50 - 26:33 Do I Ever 26:33 - 27:29 Liquor/ Working with Chris Brown 27:29 - 28:34 Writing records and passing them off 28:34 - 30:29 Who are you listening to for Inspo 30:30 - 33:15 The state of R&B 33:34 - 35:18 The responsibility 35:18 - 36:20 Drake 36:20 - 37:00 Bryson Tiller 37:00 - 39:40 Singers 39:40 - 42:50 Deep Dive: “Girls Like You” 42:50 - 44:00 New Projects/Touring 44:00 - 48:00 Crazy Tour Story 48:16 - 49:40 Management 49:40 - 52:00 Advice for Artists 52:00 - 55:00 Pen Game 55:00 - 57:40 What is Artificial doing to music 57:40 - 58:05 Ending ------- 📱Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & iHeart Now!!!! ✅Don’t forget to stream & rate us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and iHeart CLICK LINKS BELOW! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4zfIA07... iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-ca... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 📲Stay connected with Us! #CanWeTalkRnB #CWTRB Hosted & Created by: Ian Von | www.instagram.com/IanVonMusic Produced by: Launch Pod Studio | www.instagram.com/LaunchPodStudio Links: 📱www.instagram.com/CanWeTalkRnB 📱www.twitter.com/CanWeTalkRnB 📱  / canwetalkrnb   🎥    / canwetalkrnb   #canwetalkrnbpodcast #rnb #podcast #rnbmusic #rnbvibes