When I realized I could make my own music…

I’ve always been into music in some way, one of my earliest memories I remember is singing in my great grandma’s yard back in Georgia, I was maybe 5 or 6 years old. I started writing poetry in middle school and was also in my church’s choir all through high school. When I got to college, I started making singing covers on YouTube and would often sing on my friend’s songs who made music at the time. Then right after college, I moved to New York City. I had majored in Advertising and Public Relations and initially, I just wanted to come to the city and get a good job in the advertising industry. However, I ended up going to open mics watching other aspiring artists chase their dreams and I started to wonder… and through those open mics, I started to meet more artists and really started to become inspired by it all.

Then one day…

I was actually recording at this producers house in Bushwick, BK but of course the walls were super thin and there happened to be some music playing outside. It was so loud I decided to go downstairs out of curiosity and see what was happening and it turned out to be this little mini open lot with a market and a band performing music. I ended up meeting the band members and connecting with them and that was when I met artist, producer, and musician Edson Sean, that was back in 2015 and fast forward to now, he has been a huge instrumental person in my journey to making my own music.

He taught me everything I needed to know about making music and encouraged me to turn my poems into songs. We’ve been working together on my music ever since and it was then that I realized I could really do this, I could make music, I could be an artist.

Singing is healing 
Music is medicine 

I realized that through it all, I’m going to make music REGARDLESS of who or how many people listen because the love I have for music is DEEP and REAL. Creating music fulfills me, makes me happy, brings me peace… I’ve expressed myself through music since a kid so it’s literally IN ME.

This is my song “Venting”

It’s a special song to me because I wrote in a moment of me being frustrated with myself, realizing I was holding my self back… I know I was meant for more, to live an extraordinary life and I all I need to do is let go of my fears. Let go of what people may think of me or what my music “should” sound like. My music is authentically me and I am no longer apologetic about it.

Here’s a poem I wrote about music:

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