We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Love Liz a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Love, appreciate you joining us today. One of the toughest things about progressing in your creative career is that there are almost always unexpected problems that come up – problems that you often can’t read about in advance, can’t prepare for, etc. Have you had such and experience and if so, can you tell us the story of one of those unexpected problems you’ve encountered?
Where do I even start? I think my entire journey to success has been unexpected. We all have this thing of foreseeing or “knowing” this is how it’s going to go, and reality is you are a passenger on your own journey, trust the Universe. You can’t force what is and what isn’t. Currently, I’ve been working on my debut project for going on 2 years now, I’ve had, we’ve had, multiple release dates and it just hasn’t happened. The “unexpected” always happens. Whether it’s life, my battle with myself, my mind, politics & paperwork whatever it may be it’s out of my control and it sucks because that’s not what I planned. That has been one of the hardest obstacles to overcome, because trying to remain motivated, focused, and inspired when all things don’t go your way, in the direction you want it’s hard; it’s still the little kid in me that throws a tantrum. I have remade, rewrote, re-recorded my debut 3 times, I have taken months breaks at a time to refocus, I have taken months breaks because I wasn’t focused, I have taken months breaks because I was simply uninspired and unmotivated. And you know what? That is perfectly ok, it’s called “trusting the process.” I have finally found a sense of patience, and understanding that everything happens when it’s meant, I’ve never believed in forcing anything so why would I force the one thing I do with ease, without force?
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
I started off playing instruments in school, I played Baritone, Tuba, and lastly picked up the Alto Sax, which ended up being my absolute favorite. When my mother passed away from Cancer, rest in love, I picked up writing as a way to express and escape from the unknown feeling I was feeling. I didn’t know how to cry, I couldn’t but I knew I was sad, I knew I was hurt, I knew how I felt but I didn’t know how to translate those into words. I wasn’t that good when I started, I didn’t know how to turn my feelings into lyrics, but what I did know is that when I wrote music, heard myself, it gave me a sense a peace the most I felt since my mother left me. Over time, persistence, consistency, comparing my current self to my last self I mastered becoming a musician not just a rapper. I’m most proud of my growth as a creative, as a songwriter, as a leader. I’m able to flood my feelings with melodies on instrumentals with no pen, naturally from my heart directly to you. No force.
Any resources you can share with us that might be helpful to other creatives?
I think the biggest “resource” that I wish I knew about was having a core team, a foundation. So many artists make great music every day, but without the right management, the right people behind the scenes to handle the business side, the politics, all the aspects us as creatives don’t want to/need to focus on it would’ve helped me so much in the beginning of my career. Without my team I wouldn’t be here.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
I think the biggest reward personally for me is being able to share my story, while it’s helping me, it’s saving someone else. We’re not immune to pain, we all have pain, we all have a story; my pain may not be your pain, but pain is pain. Knowing that I may be that figure of understanding, inspiration, and heroism to my fans is by far the biggest reward aside from being able to provide a beautiful life, a well deserved life for my family and close friends while creating a legacy far past my physical existence here.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlsloveliz/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyvcWWV1WxeG1-kHFoIgvFg
Image Credits
Budda, The Mogul