We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Xxmorrison. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Xxmorrison below.

Xxmorrison, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.

Immense research paired with unmatchable drive and determination will create the stepping stones necessary for growth in anything. Starting out in a new area or field, you may not even know the right questions to ask yet, let alone how to achieve a certain outcome from the answers to those questions. So, safely jumping in with a notepad and getting a feel for the unknown is how I began my journey and slowly started answering all the questions I had accumulated over time.

Looking back at things, I’d say an area that held me back slightly was making sure it was all done “the right way”. This goes for everything down to the music creation itself. Something I have since learned is there’s no right or wrong way whilst in the creative department. The more you find yourself through the creative process, the more you understand this and tend to steer towards “different” as that usually makes you who you are as an artist. Sure, there are better and worse ways of doing things and certainly things to avoid all together, but if something sounds or looks good then how it came to be doesn’t much matter in my opinion. The sooner I understood this, the sooner I broke down the walls or normality and started artistically finding myself.

Xxmorrison, 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?

You can finally start to see where my true passions lie at a quick glance. Now having a good connection between a multitude of programs including ProTools, FL Studio, Blender, Unreal Engine, After Effects, Infinite Painter and so much more, my creative passion for music, cinema and fashion are quickly starting to flourish. With every new song more crisp, every new video more cinematically appealing and every new drop of apparel more pleasant than the last, the bar keeps getting set higher and higher.

In my youth, between hockey and school, honing my inner creativity has always been a way for me to pass the time and escape since growing up an only child. Hockey being my main goal in life at the time and playing at a junior A level of the sport, it wasn’t until injury that I realized my true love for music and the creative scene. Having play time on my fair share of instruments and equipment, lead guitar in 3rd degree burns cover band, and even trombone and percussion in band class has since made for an easy starting point down this path.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

Having the freedom to express myself in so many ways has become therapy for me. Creating something you truly love and care about has a certain level of gratification attached that is borderline unmatchable. The creation process gives a certain feeling, but when it comes time to put that creation out into the world that feeling multiplies tremendously. A contradicting feeling of both vulnerability and freedom, it’s almost as a weight is lifted off your shoulders the moment your creation meets the outside world.

Another aspect I thrive for in this industry would have to be learning as I’m constantly expanding my knowledge on a whole variety of subjects. Being self taught in most things and maintaining a brand all by yourself forces you to learn a lot quickly. On top of this, you never know it all which encourages myself to continuously learn and adapt as my brand grows and progresses forward, always preparing for the next step or roadblock.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?

The vulnerability you subdue in a creative environment is one thing I think a lot of people may not see in full light. Most creatives make things that they enjoy in hopes that others will as well. How ones art is percieved can be an emotional fine line for some, if not most. Overcoming any doubts within yourself and truly believing in what you put out into the world is a hard point to get to and I would highly encourage more people ponder this thought the next time they feel judgemental towards anothers art at first glance. In most cases, the art itself is nothing more than the artists view on a subject. Understanding an artists view may open up a whole new set of eyes to look through.

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