Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Bryce Fleming. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Alright, Bryce thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

I moved from Orange County, California to Los Angeles to study Music Industry at UCLA. I have been evolving as a soul artist, performer, writer, and musician, experimenting with a combination of rock and R&B vocal and guitar techniques with funk drum influences and soulful horns. Through years of exploring my art, I have gravitated towards the live essence of 70’s music in my recordings, live performances, and lifestyle. This year, I created a band with my peers who are also pursuing a path in music and we have been working on new music to release. My next single “Summer Rain” comes out on April 26th and has become such a meaningful project to me. It consists of my musical influences and inspirations and has challenged me in so many ways. I put my heart and soul into arranging, composing and helping produce this song, which was a new creative process for me, and pushed me to think in a new way. With another lens, I learned how to lead a team and approach promotional and marketing tactics to create and maximize content for timelines. Most importantly, it pushed me as a musician and how to work with other musicians. From this song, I’ve learned to never throw my creativity into a box or genre. I have been writing and performing all types of music like pop, country, R&B, folk, rock, and soul, and will continue to do so. I believe as an artist that musicians should never let themselves or others put them in a box creatively, regardless of what the industry wants. I think that all music is interconnected and should be explored, regardless of what the industry wants. Intertwining different sounds, ideas, and styles allows room for more innovation, potential, art, and beauty. This project will always have such a big imprint on myself as an artist and in my career.

Bryce, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

Hi! My name is Bryce Fleming and I’m a 19-year-old soul/R&B artist, performer, musician, and songwriter from Orange County California. I recently moved to Los Angeles to pursue music and study Music Industry at UCLA. I grew up around music because my dad was a musician and have been obsessed with it my whole life. I started singing super young and continued to learn guitar, piano and songwriting not long afterwards. I started writing all types of music like pop, country, and grew to love rock, R&B , and soul. My music is a combination of old soul styles like layered horns, funky drums styles, rock influenced guitar, and a mix between rock rasp and R&B vocal techniques. I strive to bring in all my eclectic musical influences and create music that is true to all parts of me, including the different sounds. I want to be an artist who helps pave the way for other musicians to find confidence in pursuing all the music they love. I am most proud of my debut single “Close” which I released last year and my upcoming single “Summer Rain”! These songs are examples of my growth as an artist and the creative evolutions I’ve experienced.

Aside from my music career, I am passionate about the outdoors and sports. From a young age, I began scuba diving, backpacking, sailing, snowboarding, over-landing, and mountain biking as well as playing and still playing ice hockey. I grew to love nature and cherish my experiences in the outdoors.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding aspect of being a musician and songwriter is challenging my imagination and taking an experience or thought of mine and bringing it to live whether that be through a recording, performance, or song. Stepping back and viewing how your art transformed into something bigger or different than you expected will forever stay exciting to me. This feeling will never go away because as a creative I am ever-changing and ever-evolving into new stories, sounds, and feelings

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

A big lesson I had to unlearn while pursuing music was the idea that I had to please certain people with certain types of music for them to listen to me. I also had to learn to be confident and own my music instead of apologizing or holding in my opinions until I knew what my audience was thinking. For me, the idea of being the best quickly went hand in hand with being perfect and it started to corrupt my journey as a musician and in my own life. This idea made me feel very lost and question my authenticity. With work and time, I began to accept that I am who I am and to own who I am, my music, my brand, and my stories and the people who connect to my depth will also respect my craft. Music is about being raw, vulnerable, messy, free, and unexpected which are concepts I’m growing into.

Contact Info:

• Website: brycefleming.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bryce.l.fleming/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryce-fleming-311b172bb/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzmrubfMecHEekjmZMeiPVA
• Other: tik tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bryce.l.fleming?lang=en

Image Credits
Emilio Vázquez Reyes