We were lucky to catch up with EJ Rodmon recently and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, EJ thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. What sort of legacy are you hoping to build. What do you think people will say about you after you are gone, what do you hope to be remembered for?
I hope my legacy will be something that transcends generations. I hope people will remember me for making music that was the soundtrack for their lives.
EJ, 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?
Yeah so I first got into music at about 6. I was doing a lot of performing around Atlanta and that’s where I developed a love for music, especially the performing part. I started making my own music in 2020, and for the past few years I have been focusing on developing my own sound, and I feel my album that just dropped really showcases that. People can definitely expect a lot of consistent music and content from me from this point on.
Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?
Yeah, so in 2017, I was posting videos of me singing, dancing, and rapping on Instagram and a few of those gained a couple hundred thousand views and help me grow my following pretty rapidly. This was towards the end of that era when Instagram was heavily pushing your content, kind of like how TikTok is right now, so I definitely feel like that helped me out in building my social media presence for sure. The advice I would say to those just starting out and to the younger me when I was first starting out is to remain consistent with your content, and once you do gain an audience, move them to a platform where you have more control over them being able to actually see your content and being able to engage with them to really build a strong community
Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?
For sure, so like I said earlier, I began performing at about 6 doing different little shows around Atlanta. When I was about 10, I noticed it was becoming harder and harder to use my voice, and I eventually went to see a doctor and they told me I had slightly damaged my vocal chords from incorrect singing and that I would have to take some months of vocal rest. Now during this time, I had generated a lot of buzz from all those years of preforming, and had a lot of people in the industry wanting to work with me. When this issue came, all of that went out the window. What I thought would just be months of a setback turned into years. I had to relearn how to sing again, and the damage that occurred to my voice still affects me to this day, I had to rebuild a buzz for myself again, and so much other things that I had already paid my dues in, I had to re-do simply because of all the time that had passed. There were definitely a lot of times where I wanted to quit, but ultimately I didn’t because that’s just not the kind of person I am, and because I have such a strong passion for music. I definitely feel like resilience is key in anything you’re doing. I feel like if you really want to do something, you won’t let anything stop you form doing it no matter what, so I try to constantly remind myself that whenever things get a little difficult.
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- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ejrodmon/?hl=en