Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Donovan Perry. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Hi Donovan, thanks for joining us today. Can you talk to us about how you learned to do what you do?
The older I get the more I fall in love with the art of learning my craft, it’s a journey of self discovery and self expression. Whether it’s writing or composing songs or stacking horn lines to create the perfect harmonic structures I’ve trained myself to dive to the deepest depths of knowing one self and ones art, and plus I’m a perfectionist so if I know I can do better I do better
Donovan, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
I first started music in elementary at Bethune elementary in Hollywood florida where I started playing trumpet, I would always hear my dad play James brown records at home and was engulfed by the way his band sounded with live instruments, also my grandmother was Bahamian and would always play records of the Junkanoo bands and I would enjoy them and try to emulate that. I continued my studies throughout highschool attending Dillard center for the arts where I was surrounded by like minded individuals who shared my passion for the arts and broaden my spectrum of knowledge and love for music particularly Jazz , I then ended up receiving a scholarship to go to school in nyc and major in jazz and contemporary music where I also started to create my own songs and compositions, I was always into poetry aswell which open my lanes to vocally talking on the music I was making (rapping) and that was the beginning of my solo artist journey mixing my influences from jazz,rnb hip hop and the islands.
What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?
I would say the most rewarding aspect of being a artist is definitely seeing the ideas and emotions you had stored inside come alive into a single body of work and then seeing people be able to relate and react to your work. Music and art is a universal language that no matter where you are or what you been through it’s the one thing we all can gravitate towards
How can we best help foster a strong, supportive environment for artists and creatives?
Be more vocal and supportive when you like something, I feel many hold back there support due to certain statics or views a work of art may have when if something is dope it’s dope and that shouldn’t matter at all
Contact Info:
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