We were lucky to catch up with Freddie Morris recently and have shared our conversation below.

Freddie , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with 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?

The pandemic brought so many problems into my life. But it also created an opportunity for me to change the direction of where my life was going. I was furloughed from my job so I was forced to rely my media talents to survive. I shot wedding, birthday parties, sporting events etc. I never did any of this professionally so it was quite nerve-wracking. While all of this was happening, I somehow managed to create one of my best projects to date. “Nostalgic” was my first solo EP, up to that point I had only done joint projects and singles so this was a huge milestone. Although it was tough, the pandemic backed me into a corner and fortunately I came out on top.

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’m a creative from Palm Beach County. I go by the stage name of Chief Minosa. I make music and I am also a photographer/videographer. I began music in 2011 but I picked up a camera in at about 2014 while in college at the University of South Florida.

The problems I often face within both of these industries is balancing it all on my own. Doing both independently creates alot of stress and at times and it makes you want to quit or just put it all on standby. Being your biggest fan is a really important thing because if you don’t believe in yourself you won’t last. With photography i realize that weddings are great but way too stressful. I have great footage in my portfolio but I think I’ve shot my last wedding.

Although I face hardship I still have some brighter moments. On the music side I am really proud of the fact I’ve made over 30 songs in my career. It takes alot of consistency and determination to keep going at it for this long. As far as behind the camera, I am happy to say some of my photos were featured in a yahoo news article.

I want readers to check out more of Chief Minosa on their own time. I’m on all streaming platforms and have plenty of videos on YouTube

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

I had to unlearn being super private about everything. In fact I still struggle with it. I realize as a creative in today’s age of social media we must give everyone that inside scope of our lives if we want to “stand out”. But I tend to be a bit a of a recluse at times and it does more harm than help when you want others to listen to one of your creations. It’s pretty ironic that I make music and perform in front of people after growing up as an introvert with stage fright. It the complete opposite of how I’m used to functioning so it’s been tough creating this sort of “alter ego”.

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

I wish I knew about the promotion tools on Facebook ads YEARSSS ago. I’ve wasted so much money on pointless promotion that it’s sad. I feel like alot of social media pages take advantage of upcoming artists and ask for money when in reality it’s not going to benefit the artist in any way. Not saying all pages aren’t beneficial but there are thousands of spam pages made to take advantage of creatives.

Contact Info:

• Website: t-r-i-b-e.com
• Instagram: @thefreddiemo
• Facebook: Chief Minosa
• Twitter: @thefreddiemo
• Youtube: YouTube.com/thefreddiemo

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