We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Ace Chan a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Ace, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. 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?
Despite knowing this was made for me at a young age from the start, I’ve had to learn the industry. However, I’m still learning with my team but before I wish I would’ve took advantage of networking with people who have those connections. Thus, communication is highly imperative when it comes to moving forward. Closed mouths don’t fed. The distractions from being in the streets during past life and needing to make a residual income legally was a challenge.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers
I’ve fell in love with music and being a creative in general at a very young age. Thanks to my parents who were in a band, I’ve grew from a poet riding poems to an MC writing rhymes. As the time grew in high school and college I was becoming not only a rapper but an influencer to my peers. Fast forward today I’ve took the successful goals I’ve accomplished in life and shared them with the world via social media. Getting to open up rap shows in the hip hop industry, acting in tv pilots, movies as well as stage plays and work with kids shapes me into who I became today. I am now a content creator and an influencer.
What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?
My goal is to get my Ace Chan brand out to the world which promotes positivity and spreads peace.. It is for every color, ethnicity, age, and species. With the profit I make behind this brand I plan to donate at least 30% to charities, organizations, the less fortunate and much more.
Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can provide some insight – you never know who might benefit from the enlightenment.
The thing that sucks about being an artist is having to get others to appreciate your work as you do. Non-creative struggle to understand creativity because they have not experienced the hard work behind the Art. Look at it as an artist painting their portrait. They do not plan to create art that is to be understood, yet to figure it out and enjoy the subliminal meanings behind it. I feel non-creative should appreciate the work behind the art whether they like it or not because it could be different and it’s something out there for everyone.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://linktr.ee/Acechanthesensei
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_acechan_/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/acechanmusic/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/_AceChan_/status/683877858608037888
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCUmmk5eXo6GCep56aR3LCZA?sub_confirmation=1