Where Is My Mind?: Kuf Knotz

You should be no stranger to Kuf Knotz (a.k.a. Ty Green) with all the local press and XPN love that he’s received over the years. I admit that I’ve probably known Kuf through mutual friends (and ex-girlfriends) long before I ever saw him perform on stage, but it’s not hard to instantly recognize that the guy’s got skillz. To think, that he basically doesn’t play any instruments or sing, but has certainly left his mark on a segment of our local music scene that stretches beyond our city limits. You have to believe that this young veteran of the music biz has paid his dues, and it might be just his time to shine. While other, less determined artists seem to fade into the distance trading in their talent and music career aspirations for Plan B – that steady office or teaching job, you can be assured that won’t happen to Kuf Knotz. For him, there is no Plan B – only a growing hunger to just do what he believes that he was put here on earth to do. Make music. Well, you can get a taste of what is probably section XXXVI of Plan A when he takes the stage this Saturday with many of his friends/collaborators at World Café Live for the pre-record release party of his latest solo offering BoomBox Logic, due out on Oct. 26 via Drexel University’s MAD Dragon Records. But first, check out our recent interview with the man as we pick his brain about the entertainment biz, his songwriting process and how an oftentimes starving artist wouldn’t eat Taco Bell even if it was free here.