Jae Suki – Interview – A Hot Minute

Jae Suki – Interview – Thanks for Asking – by Liam Sweeny.

RRX: We all get into creative pursuits for different reasons. Some people get into music and the arts to escape; for some, it’s a natural outlet. What was music, and creativity in the larger sense, for you?

JS: Music Was/Is A form of therapy and it kind of came naturally. I’ve always been a fan of music and sort of studied artists that made me feel something, or made me stop to think because it was either so relative or unbelievable. So I’ve always wanted to deliver my musical message in that was but with my own sauce

RRX: Where was the first place you felt comfortable performing? People talk about places where they cut their teeth musically. Where was that for you? And does that place, or that scene still exist, or was it lost to time?

JS: The first place I felt comfortable being in front of people was at Lucid Writers’ Poetic Open Mics. It allowed me to get comfortable being vulnerable in front of a crowd which in turn allowed me to apply that to my music.

RRX: Music is both word and note, beat and measure, and message. If your music was laid out like a story, what’s the main character like? What’s the plot? And what’s one of the big moments that turned the story around.

JS: Just Watch.

RRX: Creative people move culture, especially musical performers. We have to thread the circumstances in our lives in a way to affect others. And this is sometimes a responsibility put on us. How do you, specifically, move culture?

JS: I feel like I’m still finding my way in the culture for me to actually make a difference in the culture right now , however my intentions on adding to the culture would be by empowering women as well as bringing sisterhood back.

RRX: Music is a good traveling companion. Play it in a car on that long ride and the miles disappear. But you gotta have something to play. You have something out, maybe more than one thing – can you tell us about some of it?

JS: Well I have about four singles out right now and, to tell you something about them? I guess those are excerpts to my life’s story. Every song I write is actual feelings I’ve felt in dealings with people, places, and/or things. I also paint pictures of hope through my words if you listen.

RRX: One of the biggest challenges musicians face is getting their name out there. There’s so much competition, and technology makes it possible for everyone to be out there with a well-produced offering. What’s your favorite way to promote?

JS: Yea, there are so many new and repeated sounds it’s can be hard to find a niche. But I just do what feels most authentic to me and it’s sometimes a hit or miss, but that’s the beauty of learning, you know.

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