We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Jessie V.. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Jessie below.
Jessie, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear how you think where to draw the line in terms of asking friends and family to support your business – what’s okay and what’s over the line?
I’ve been in business for about 18 years and asking family and friends to see the vision that don’t have and or are not apart of it, I’m say good luck! Family and friends will say they support but when in reality the people who don’t know you become supportive and a fan before the ones that only see you as little Jessie; Little Jessie is what my family call me! I’ve released over 7 albums done over 3000 shows and I’ve only have about may be 1 or 2 family and 3 friends to ever show up! Now don’t get me wrong you may get two that will ride till the wheels fall off. So when it comes to family and friend support I say target outside them and once they see others supporting they’ll jump on the wagon.
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?
Jessie V. who was born and raised in the dynamic ghetto metro area of Kansas City Missouri, on September 20 of 1988. Jessie V. is a Pastor, Artist, CEO, husband, father and sibling of four. Jessie V. was incarcerated three times for saling dope, shot in the face with a 12 gauge and also survived cancer! Jessie V. Started doing music when he was about 10 years old in a group with his siblings that his parents put together called the KCMO Bucks, after years of doing shows with his siblings; Jessie V. wanted to try with being a solo artist. Jessie V. went through a transformation after being incarcerated that last time and wanted to start a group called D.L.I.D. with Iisha Dawn which is a Iisha Vassie to this day and start doing CHH. Jessie and I.V. traveled across the USA. spreading the good news about God; but Jessie still had a desire to do more music then what was displayed and put out so Jessie V. decided to put out solo albums and have been doing so for 5 years now and still pushing with him and his wife’s group D.L.I.D.
Jessie V. Is now on his 6th solo album and plans to keep going.
Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?
The way I built my audience on social media is I had over 32 shows a year shows as in performances and I seen how everything was turning into electronics as far as video so I videoed every performance that I ever did on the tour of those 38 shows in our events and I posted every time I hit the stage and let everybody see me from Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube and so on
Can you talk to us about manufacturing? How’d you figure it all out? We’d love to hear the story.
The way I found out how to distribute and manufacture my music was I have a cousin who’s in prison now for life named Jesse Nelson and he showed me how to reach out and find out how to distribute in our manufactured my music he got on to websites Jesse Nelson that is and found this company I now distribute and manufactured through and he told me to contact them Jesse Nelson that is and I contacted the company and me in the co-owner talked and then he wanted me to speak to the owner and I spoke with the owner and I explained my ideas and everything and what I was trying to do with my music and or product that I’m trying to manufacturer factor in our distribute and he liked my business plan and offered me a position to have 10% of their company and I am now 10% owner of one of the biggest distribution in manufacturing company on music and this is how I came up with how to distribute and manufacture my materials are product
Contact Info:
- Website: wunmovementent.simdif.com
- Facebook: Facebook.com/jessievea
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kMpPBIsZUn4yt6IZrqjbxXnPWde81LMWg