Suey!!!

Beverly "Bevlove" Johnson made a point on twitter last night. A point about clearing up the confusion of her name, the spelling of it, etc. And... It pulled me into an element of... branding, if u will???? She brought upon a positive and accepted destraction. What she expressed opened up my mind a little bit and made me want to bring more attention and clarity as to what MY stage name actually means.

Before I get into my stage name and what it means, please allow me to give a very small bit about who I am as a performer!

Peace and blessings to growth! 💪💙

I have been gigging and grooving around Detroit in anticipation for the year 2016! I am very excited! As you all may or may not know, I am an educated and gigging, female drummer in the city of Detroit, MI. Inspired and Influenced by several art mediums and music genres. I started playing drums in August of 2003. It wasn't until I my twenties that I have made a mark as a performer in the Detroit music scene. I have travelled with and play(ed) with some highly acclaimed underground Detroit artists and instrumentalist, such as Bevlove, Mic Write, Sheefy McFly, Cyepie, Tamera Jewel, Ingenious band, The Gabriel Brass band, Willa Rae, just to name some... I am also recognized for being seen jamming as a featured musician for a few national and mainstream artists and musicians, such as the Godfather of funk, George Clinton, bass player and music director, Kern Brantley, Singer-songwriter and instrumentalist, Amp Fiddler, and Contemporary Christian artist, Shana Wilson, to name a few. My most current thing is putting bands together for solo artist in the local music scene. I have become a founder and co-founder of several local bands. Some of which are currently, working and some of which have fallen apart! I am also a drummer/percussionist in bands that I am not a founder of but am a proud member of. I am a bandmate (in most band cases, a person who is investing ongoing time and creativity in the songwriters music, making their own parts and/or helping to shape songs, a person who puts in cash towards fees and rent, a person who helps promote shows, and gets equal pay.)  and a hired gun (a person hired to either make a part or learn a recording, who shows up on time to rehearsals and shows and leaves with cash in their pockets. No strings or responsibilities attached!) and have become a local recording artist and session player in which u can hear my latest session recordings on the "DIME Sessions Vol. 1" album, which was released this year under  1265 Original record label and is now available on iTunes.

Now that u know just a little bit about me, allow me to explain Chop Suey! 😆

From what ive learned from folks in being questioned abt my name, the meaning/where i got it, is bit unprecedented. #Chop #Suey

Both names and the way i use them are slang and both have their own separate meanings.

A lot of ppl think that chop suey came from me loving Chinese and Japanese cuisine. That's probably a good guess! I love sushi, too. Never eat them without using chopsticks!

But that ain't where my name comes from. Lol

Another thing I here is, "Chop Suey, like from A System of A Down, Chop Suey???" 

NOPE!!!! Not that either! Lol

Here... Allow me to break down the name used for my musical stage presence! 

Chops is a word that is used heavily amongst musicians. I first heard theat word in my early playing, when I really started sounding pretty articulate on the drum set. One would say, "Dang ur foot is fast! U got chops!" Or, "I though u were a dude before I saw u, u play with power. Nice chops." Another was, "u got mad chops. I hear u constantly using rudiments throughout your playing." And so forth....

Sooooo....

My definition for Chops is a word that musicians use as a reference to say that a person shows a high level of proficiency on their instrument.

So there is that for Chop! 💄👑

Suey.... Well suey is a cool word, with different meanings and in my name it means ALL of them. Lol literally.

Suey can mean u suck really bad. Suey can b an adjective used to describe a good feeling or a high. Suey can mean ur lame. Suey can mean anything from something being extremely dope, to something that makes no sense at all. In order to understand how sue is being used, u gotta know the vibe of what's being said or done. You've gotta Use basic context to figure it out.

Ah.... There it is. That's pretty much the discography of my name, published by me. 

That's Suey. :)