From The Thoughts of Jermaine Sain

FROM THE THOUGHTS OF JERMAINE SAIN:

What I am slowly learning is that everything that we want may not always come in the package that we prefer!  I know you are probably wondering, “..what in the world is he talking about?” Well, here’s why I say that.  

THE FIRST INTERVIEW

As you may know I’ve been conducting interviews on When We Speak since 2010.  When I first began, I was so torn on who I would interview, so I made a list of people down that I thought I could reach out to.  Of course one of the first people I thought of was Leaf Newman, who I was fairly familiar with.  She was the winner of BET’s Welcome To Dreamland  with producers Jazzy Pha and Drumma Boy.   The second person I thought about was TrinaBraxton, at that time she and I were friends but Braxton Family Values wasn’t in the works.  So luckily for me, Leaf said yes and became my first official interview on the When We Speak platform.   

When it came down to asking Trina Braxton to interview, I was very hesitant  but I decide I would call and ask her anyway…  SHE SAID YES!!  But due to she and my schedule, we planned to interview about a month later.  When the time came, she had an emergency and wasn’t able to interview.  Of course I continued on and said, it’ll happen one day.   Then, about four or five interviews in, I started hearing about Toni Braxton planning to have a reality show with her sisters.  I was so excited for Trina because I knew that this would be a really great opportunity for her.  Now, because of the show, I was even more nervous about calling her because I was unsure if she would be “TOO BIG” for little ole’ me!  Then one day driving home from work I got a phone call and it was Trina saying…”Don’t think I forgot about our interview”……..

NOW LET’S MOVE CLOSER TO TODAY

As a talk show host, I’m always having meetings about who I would like to have on the show, how I can reach out to them, and who would be the best guest for the platform.  One particular evening I had a meeting about a particular artist and the team agreed that I should reach out.  This was perfect because this artist would be our first artist outside of the US.  But when I reached out to management, they declined my interview.  I remember being so torn and hurt.  It wasn’t like I hadn’t been turned down in the past but I really liked this artist’s music and thought they would be an awesome addition.  Eventually, I got over my heartbreak and once again continued to interview…….Then, one morning as I was reading emails I got a message about interviewing Tony Momrelle on the show.  Tony Momrelle is a British singer who lives in the UK!!!

Words can’t explain the amount of excitement that came over me… And when he and I meet it was SUPER, we had such a good time and Tony was so honest, open, and cool.  And he was indeed the perfect artist to make When We Speak officially international…..  So now I say again, “everything that we want may not always come in the package that we prefer.”