We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Bre Nasty. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Bre below.

Hi Bre, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about the things you feel your parents did right and how those things have impacted your career and life.

My parents made sure that I was well versed in the arts from a very young age. As a classically trained pianist from the age of 5, my parents made sure that I was well equipped to take off making music whenever I was ready. They also made sure that I spent my youth surrounded by the arts. By the age of 11 I had taken ballet, tap, acrobatics, jazz, and played 9 different instruments. My parents also made sure I sang in the church and school choir, which led to my first s steps with singing. The piano was the one that stuck, and I’m a firm believer that the piano paired with classical training can set you up for success for ANY instrument! This was a big determining factor in my reasoning to begin producing and making music. I love being an artist, but production and putting all of pieces together, making the music truly sets my soul on fire. Along the lines of be deciding I want to take my music seriously, my father passed away. This became of driving force for my desire to succeed in music. Although sometime I wish I started sooner, I’m glad I went through this life change before really buckling down with it. The music I would’ve made before in my early twenties would’ve been good, but the music I make now is truly inspired.

Bre, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

My name is Bre Nasty and I’m an upcoming music artist, producer and DJ. I am from the swamps of the everglades, in Homestead, Florida. With my snake skinned pants and alligator boots, I’m Florida to the bone!

My life changed after going to my first electronic music festival here in Florida. The Electric Daisy Carnival, was the first time I ever truly knew what it was like to feel alive, and I knew from then that I HAD to be apart of it. R&B has always been my first love, but dance music truly is my heart and soul. The energy it brings Is electric, but I noticed that it’s not always a genre that people take seriously. It is often overlooked, a genre that is well saturated but also seen as too “niche” for big labels to invest in. This is where I saw a Clear lane and I knew I wanted to make dance music bigger, and electronic music in general. It made me sad that in previous times, dance music was only known and made popular as a genre of struggle. The story of Frankie Knuckles, the father of what we know today as House Music, and arguably all of the music we know today as “Dance Music”, was a story of inspiration to me. House music was created as a genre for the forgotten, often times for black and brown queer youth that would be kicked out of the popular disco dance halls in the 70’s. If we look at dance music today, we hardly see any of that today. It has become somewhat of an “easy” genre for people to get into making, often with no inspiration or vision, just a cool beat that goes “oonts oonts” without much else. Also, If you have ever been to a rave, or dance festival, you’ll notice that very few performers and DJ’s look like me, Frankie Knuckles, or any of the folks that were imperative to bringing house to the forefront. With all of this being said, I have a dream to make Electronic Music, a genre that is taken just as seriously as any other! I don’t want to just stand in front of a mixer and play other peoples music for a few hours. I want electronic music for me, to be a true performance. I wan’t ridiculous visuals, perfectly designed costumes, and full choreography. I want to put the dance back in dance music! I want to make music that transcends people into different dimensions, and use my tunes as escapes from the real world. Electronic music doesn’t all have to sound the same. I’m doing this one my way.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

My father passed away two months ago in the middle of working on my first music video for my song, “Galaga”. It was a devastating blow to me. I fund my creative projects with a small business I created here in south Florida, but after losing him, my finances had to go to taking care of my mother instead. Truly, I almost quit. Music didn’t move me for a while. I lost my creative spark just as I felt I was getting into it. However, after telling my father I wanted to make music, he always supported ANYTHING I wanted to do. He was always my number one fan. His last gift to me was a pioneer DJ mixer, which is what he gave me the day before he passed. So I had to push through, I knew I had to do this. So alas, my video for Galaga, dropped on Monday :)

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

The most rewarding part about being a creative is being able to unleash your own vision into the world and have people love it so much that it inspires them. I love when someone tells me they love my music, or that it transports them. I make music that is true to me, really if you look through my apple most played you will find my own songs there. It’s truly the soundtrack of my life and I feel so blessed that other people allow my music to be the soundtrack of their lives too. That feeling will never get old. Being a creative means carving out a space in the world for you to be the most authentic version of yourself and it’s always nice when other people can resonate with who you feel you truly are. It’s truly powerful.

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