We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Rekettric Ford a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Rekettric, appreciate you joining us today. How did you learn to do what you do? Knowing what you know now, what could you have done to speed up your learning process? What skills do you think were most essential? What obstacles stood in the way of learning more?

I learned to produce music by missing up multiple beats. I was influenced by my cousin who owned a Boss DR-5 beat machine and I had to get one. If I would have read the manuals I would have been able to learn faster but I was so ready to work. The most essential skills for producing for me was learning my equipment, song structure and utilizing my own flavor on how I produce. I was the only thing that kept me from learning more about my craft.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I am Kee Ford and I was born and raised in West Point, Ms. Music has always been a part of my life and I started producing when I was 13 years old. I have operated Kee Ford Productions for many years. I have worked with many artist from rappers, singers, gospel artists, blues and I am open to work with any other genre. I have a unique sound that has been able to keep growing without compromising who I am. Music is therapeutic to me and I also use music in my therapy practice. I am currently pursuing my LPC certification and hopefully will complete that this year.

Any resources you can share with us that might be helpful to other creatives?

I wish I had a mentor that taught me about marketing, royalties and publishing. These things are essential today because this is how we get paid as creators.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

Creating something new and creating with different people is an amazing reward for me.