We were lucky to catch up with Freejay Doss recently and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Freejay, thanks for joining us today. 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.

I think like most things it starts with a fascination that slowly turns into a passion. I learned to write, record, producer etc. simply by doing them and eventually I was able to hone my skills well enough to do them at a high level consistently. Aside from writing, every skill i’ve learned has been something I didn’t have a choice to learn because I either didn’t know anyone who could do it or I couldn’t pay to have it done. I think I could’ve accelerated my learning process by never seeking out anyone to do those things for me in the first place and instead focused on raising my own skill level to be able to do them in a way I would be proud of. I think the most essential skills I’ve learned are probably being able to communicate through the language of music and audio and mastering the use of my DAW’s. Those are two skills you will never be able to operate effectively in a professional musical environment without. I was fortunate enough to have my biggest obstacle be myself.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I got into music the way most people do I would say by simply falling in love with it and choosing to pursue it. I mostly write, engineer and produce for myself but those are all things I have done and like doing for others as well. I think one of my biggest strengths as an artist is my individuality and approach to creating and I think the way I’m best able to help others is by empowering and helping them to develop their own unique approach as well. I think I’m most proud of the way i’ve been able to craft my own sound and bring something new to my genre I think thats pretty special. All of my work comes from the most honest place within me and I hope that honesty and rawness connects with everyone who hears it. I’m someone who feels a lot of emotions so I try my best to channel them through each component I add to a song.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

Thus far I think the responses to my music have been the best part. I’ve been releasing and performing my own music for a while now and every once in a while maybe after a recent performance or release someone will reach out to me and tell me about how what they just saw or heard really had an impact on them and what they learned or took from it. That always makes me feel amazing because as an artist I think deep down at our core our only real desire is to be heard so when I get messages like that it just affirms to me that someone, somewhere is listening and I think thats beautiful.

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

With the rise of tik tok I think people (non-creatives) see a lot of artists and music going viral and think that it’s “easy” for something like that to happen. While social media is a big part of being a successful artist nowadays, I think authenticity is still the most important factor in developing and maintaining a fanbase. It’s easy to get attention but its not easy to keep it and I would rather build my fanbase on a foundation that I feel confident about (that being my unique voice, style, sound etc.) than have it built upon something I can’t sustain or something that so many others have already done.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/franchisefreejay
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freexjay?igsh=MW01a20yaWJzdGRxdA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
• Twitter: https://x.com/freexjay?mx=2
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@freejay6793

Image Credits

Danny Pleckham
Melissa Farias