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

Essi, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today 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?

Learning basic English and having musical influences was enough for me to become interested in weaving words into different contexts to create different emotions, especially on top of music. Combining words and feelings, I used music as a diary, burrowing stories of my life into analogies and imaginative wordplay.

Thanks to my mother, I was subjected to daily 30-minute reading as a child, with a written summary due when time was up. As I grew up and stopped doing this, I realized continuing to read and write every day would have sped up my learning process. I recommend this practice because it exposes you to new words and worlds, creating a reservoir of creativity at your disposal! Poor time management was my biggest obstacle, re-learning how to carve mandatory creative time into my schedule as an adult has helped me overcome that.

Essi, 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?

Open mics, music summits, and jams were my way into the music industry – being in the right environments was key to making aligned connections. These connections have lead to my personal, creative, and professional development.

I provide genre-fluid music, visual arts, and arts education for creators and collectors. My mission is to assist artists with capturing, creating, and conveying their personal brand with a unique focus on support to keep the arts ecosystem healthy and thriving.

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

It’s important to prepare for each show like it’s a “big deal”. Marketing, footage, costume, and makeup are always necessary to build brand consistency and familiarity. I learned this after performing at the Cat’s Cradle’s Backroom in fall of 2024.

This was the first time I wore a costume and makeup for a solo show. Inspired by the acting role I played hours earlier and the magical set of Pure Life Theatre’s “Three Little Birds” in collaboration with the Paperhand Puppet Project, I made a yellow costume from prayer flags and painted my face with yellow and orange, glittery makeup.

I was singing to an empty room, when my music suddently began calling people in, then my wardrobe drew them in. The room filled up to the balcony shortly after I began and the audience stayed until the end.

This was one of my best show and I have no professional footage of it. Now each show is carefully curated and ready to be captured.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

My creative goal is to make my art my full-time source of income by using it to encourage and teach others to stay organized, curious, brave, and social in their respective field.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.essisings.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/essi.sings
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EssiSings/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@EssiSings
• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/realessisings
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Image Credits

Darryl Morrow
Ebullient Films Media
Elijah Smith
Blackjack Images