Manmay LaKay Magazine Issue 2 April 2018 | Page 35

To get to where we want to be, we have to
start somewhere. Tell me about some of
your previous jobs.
I came here to New York because I knew I
wanted to be a film maker. I worked at a
Cabaret – you know with lots of singers and
actors and dancers on the professional and
independent level. Even the bartenders sang
as well and they were powerful – they were
trained, and they all went to school for that.
And there I was, an island boy with just my
little accent. I always felt intimidated. But
then one day I opened mouth and began to
sing, one of the bartenders said, “You’ve been
working here this long, you can sing like this
and haven’t shown us this side of you?"

LOL. You were holding out on them,
Demedrius. What happened from there?
They were stunned and impressed. Then I
presented the guy at the bar with my poetry
and gave it to a director friend of mine who
frequented the bar. Then I said, “Can you do
something with this?" And he said, "Of course
Demedrius – it’s simple, it’s clean." And from
that I did “Matters of the Heart” at The
American Theater of Actors in Manhattan.
From that "Le Chateau" was born and a couple
movies and series.
WOW! This is incredible Demedrius. You
mentioned earlier that you mostly sang in the
choir growing up. Well, there goes