We recently connected with Jesse Ricca and have shared our conversation below.
Jesse, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.
I started playing guitar at thirteen and I started working with my dad right about the same time. He installed tile for homes. It was hard work, you never felt good doing it, you just knew you had to do it. I also struggled with school and could not see myself working a corporate job after school was over. Music was the only thing that made me feel good. It was the first thing I was good at. When I figured out you can make a living playing, that’s when I knew playing was what I wanted to do.
Jesse, 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?
My band The Ricca Project is my main musical focus right now. We are a funk rock band based out of South Florida you can check out my music on Spotify, Apple Music and all major streaming platforms. Our latest release is titled Beautiful Stranger. We also have a hip hop act my band and I have curated that mixes the Rap songs with the sample it originated from. For Example: The Notorious B. I. G. – Big Poppa = The Isley Brothers – Between The Sheets. We perform all over in venues all over Florida and do private events.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
I get to spend my time doing what I love to do instead of something I’m not interested in or don’t care about…. Duhh.
Is there mission driving your creative journey?
Get the music I have in me out into the world and try play as often as I can. Play my instrument on the highest level I can and keep progressing. Being rich and famous would be nice too lol. Make enough money to keep me focused on music and not have to do something else that distracts me from my musical progression and writing.
Contact Info:
- Website: thericcaproject.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/thericcaproject
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thericcaproject
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JesseRiccamusic
- Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6z1Dr9ipmHT0EvlNp8txjo?si=witjUuSMSuWknGqYnS-08A&nd=1&dlsi=cbaff4f435504964