We recently connected with Gussy Corleone and have shared our conversation below.

Gussy, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?

My mission with music is to create an open opportunity for expression. To me music is a means of expressing and a great means to communicate. Things others are afraid to say can be expressed for them through you, through relatable topics. For every mood you have there is music that you can listen to for that feeling.

Gussy, 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?

I started music early. At the age of 3 my mom bought me a drum set and I was hooked on music ever since. Music was a regular for my family especially being so deeply rooted in church. At the age of 7 I was taught piano at my church and participated in my first recital 3 months later. As the years progressed I learned that I had a gift of being able to play what I hear and that has become a powerful tool musically that I implement daily. I been able to learn from and work with some great musicians such as Trombone Shorty, Juvenile, David Banner, Mack Maine, Don Medina and many more. The different variations of music I learn through life and from some of these great individuals have allowed me to separate myself and my style of music that is uniquely mines. From the gospel, jazz, R&B and hip hop music that I grown up from has been significantly influential in my create process and musical style

What do you think helped you build your reputation within your market?

What helped me build my reputation is my work ethic as an artist, my creativity as a producer and songwriter, and my ability to implement all of it as an engineer. I feel being an artist myself gives me a advantage when it comes to working with artist because I’m able to see things from their vantage point.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

One lesson I had to unlearn was depending on people. I always look for others to be a source because I felt that if I was in a position to teach, it would be something I would do. I learned a great lesson in the studio one evening working with Trombone Shorty and David Banner. David Banner sent this quote to me and said “Appreciate those who didn’t help you, for those are the ones who helped you do it yourself.”

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Instagram.com/gussycorleone
• Facebook: Facebook.com/gussycorleonemusic
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@musicbygus?si=FyaEWBaxgMlKPmNp
• SoundCloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/eQtwsqG6qkvz52k26
• Other: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/gussy-corleone/1105808650

Image Credits
Gussy Corleone Patch Photos