We were lucky to catch up with Corey Reese recently and have shared our conversation below.

Corey, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Do you think your parents have had a meaningful impact on you and your journey?

Although my parents are non creatives, they always stressed the importance of having a career as opposed to a “job”. My parents always encouraged my elder sister and I to pursue our dreams. My parents are incredibly empathetic as well, they were the earliest examples of the modal family dynamic being broken down, where the mom is the sole “nurture” and father was the sole “provider” both aspects of those were fulfilled by my parents. My father never discouraged from “feeling” (my dad is a feeler like myself) and neither my mom.

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?

So it really started off by looking at my sister, my sister was one of my first biggest inspirations because she was/is older than me. She’s really into broadway and at the time, I was a huge (still kinda am) metal head and loved anime. I would always hear her sing so well and go to her performances and honestly, try to emulate the things that she did. Once I got older, say around 12, I had childhood friend name “Lee Lee” who wanted to make music also…My parents then gifted me Ableton Live and it was a wrap from then. I believe what sets me apart from others is my keen interests in really any style of music despite not having any formal training. There are many things I would like future clients to know about me, however most importantly, I always want to reassure whoever I work with that this is the safest space you’ll ever work in. Reason being, is although I had multiple different interests, I was never able to fit in fully with one said group, often times having to pave my own unique passage.

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

I would say possibly forma training. I was a little reluctant to take lessons as a youth honestly because I didn’t have the biggest will to forcibly learn things. I feel because of this, I know a little bit about a lot of things.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding I suppose is that I can live my own honest life. I told myself long ago that whatever endeavour i’m apart of will be a creative one. There’s a ton of things I would/will do outside of music i.e. Architecture, learning how to build something from the ground up really fascinates me. I also would love to become a professor and teach something like anthropology. I’m my best self when i’m creative and are able to push the bounds of conventionality.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reeseproducer/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-reese-3143591b2/

Image Credits
My guys! Sheldon, Qualls, Claire Maisto, and Kendra