We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Jimmy Swagg a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Jimmy , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Can you tell us about a time that your work has been misunderstood? Why do you think it happened and did any interesting insights emerge from the experience?
My journey through the Texas lands and the wild jungle of Hollywood left me wondering if I was doing something wrong or if I was truly that different! I would create my music and throw it into the abyss that is the music business without hearing a sound. I didn’t hear praise and I didn’t hear hate.
Haters?
No one believed in Jimmy Swagg and so I had to journey on with the only one I could trust…me.
Through my journey of wanting to get heard, I discovered that I wasn’t and am not alone. There are so many like me around the world that just want to get heard.
And THAT is who my music is for…the misunderstood, for the ignored, and for those no one wants to pay attention to.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
I was raised in Texas where freedom, guns, and music is everything. I started playing music at a very young age and my only outlet in the town I grew up in was church. I was blessed to have been surrounded by amazing musicians, but it wasn’t smooth sailing.
I’ve heard similar stories from fellow musicians, but for some reason, I wasn’t given an opportunity to truly shine in church. I was so passionate about MUSIC and about ROCK N ROLL. I was obsessed with bands like, Guns N Roses, Metallica, Nirvana and artists like Michael Jackson and Prince.
Maybe I was too much “Rock” for them!
There would be so many pages to fill by my story, which includes victories, blessings, challenges, deaths, betrayal, broken relationships, and the birth of my true self…JIMMY SWAGG.
Today there are so many distractions and so much being put out, including music, that it’s easy to put out bullshit. My aim is create this vision of music I see with my soul in order to share with the world, in order to see the world rock, because I want to see the world free.
I don’t try to be different. I work diligently to be myself because doing so will resonate with others who are searching for themselves too.
What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?
I have awakened to a new life and the music I am creating is the soundtrack to this awakening. My goal is to give this truth to others through my music, my performances, and through my life.
Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?
I am currently in this pivot! I decided late 2022 to move around more from where I had been living for a long time (Los Angeles, CA). I have been staying longer stretches of time in Texas and it has been so liberating. I was feeling stuck and stagnate in LA. I had so much going on in my personal life there and most of the people I was surrounded by, I no longer resonated with.
I wanted a change and I am always a man of action.
I wanted to heal from everything I had gone through since moving to LA, I wanted to be free, I wanted to truly let go.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://linktr.ee/ElJimmySwagg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eljimmyswagg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheRockStarSwagg
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElJimmySwagg
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@eljimmyswagg
- Other: TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@eljimmyswagg
Image Credits
Max Carlisle Jon Goddi