Jaron is my Given Name which means "to sing." Black 1 represents alot of things, i was raised in a predominatly white neighborhood after my father Died. I really had a struggle to fit in but at the same time retain my indiviuality. I was considered to be the "black one" amongst my friends and classmates. years later i saw the matrix and my whole perspective changed about being the black one, maybe i am. or not but it doesn't matter i make my music to make a change.

Yes, at Vaudeville, a nice little watering hole in tucson arizona.

it is a good way to expand...

maybe

5 years, 3 name changes and 100 songs later, it is finally here. "Notebook" a look into my life up to this point. "Notebook" is literally a look inside of my notebook, it consists of various spoken word verses and lyrics place to my own production. This Cd is literally the soundtrack to my life. How would i describe it? "Notebook" is College Dropout meets Blueprint meets The love Below meets Black on both sides. These 4 cds were the main inspiration for "Notebook." If i ever become successful, or even if i don't for that matter, i can say that "Notebook" was %100 Jaron Ikner. No Pop bullshit to sell records, no gimmicks, just me pour my f***ing heart.
Every track on this CD is exceptional but one of my favorties is "Change of Pace" where i analyze the parallelism between my hardships and societies woes. Another one "A Star is Born" talks about my drive to become someone important. Then there is the torrid love song "Kiss Me, Kill Me", which talks about how i deal with a broken heart. But my two deepest tracks on the album are "Inside of Ur Mind" and "Notebook", both take deep looks inside of my psyche, adress some issues with my father and my love life and call for a revolution to make a change in the world. The Two tracks actually are the most important on the album.
I feel that everyone needs to hear this album at least once, i know that after you are finish you will want to take a deeper look inside of yourself... inside of your own mind. As i said before i'm trying to make a change! and with your help, we together can change the world.....

Colorado Springs, CO

ummm,for some beats on this album i used an old school Roland MC-307, which i swhy some beats have a weird sound to them, but i like it so f*** you. i got a KORG microcontroller that i use with fruity loops, Reason and Qubasis. I also use Adobe Audtion to mixdown files.