We recently connected with Karrington Sneed and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Karrington thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. It’s always helpful to hear about times when someone’s had to take a risk – how did they think through the decision, why did they take the risk, and what ended up happening. We’d love to hear about a risk you’ve taken.

The biggest risk that I’ve taken was taking a break from college to pursue my music career back in 2020. I think the hardest part for me was falling through with what my heart truly desired the most. I’ve always pursed the dreams of others rather than my own.. unconsciously. We strive for our friends and family to be proud of us even if that means doing what they want. That’s where my fear peaked in. It’s not that I didn’t have a great support system or parents that didn’t believe in me because I did. It was the thought of me having to live for myself and my dream since that’s what I was choosing than someone choosing it for me. We never know what’s a good decision until we make one. I realized that my dream to sing is way beyond the music. It’s about inspiring the people that support you or bystanders. Someone is always watching you so it’s important to move accordingly. Being a creative comes with so many victories and losses and I know how it feels on both ends of the spectrum. This part of my life I wanted to win. So, I wrote out a plan and followed through with it each day. I wanted to move back home, put out an album and move into a place of my own. Not to mention in that stage of my life I was going through a mild depression and anxiety that I didn’t understand. So with all that going on I was even more fearful than my initial doubt. I thought “Every one wants to be an artist!”, “We all want to be successful”, “What makes me different?” and those thoughts in a way scared and pushed me. A while back my mom use to say, “No one can do you like you!” and that stuck with me all the way into my adult hood. As I struggled to patch my life together I dropped my latest album “MIA”, moved back home, said goodbye to my college life and thrived. Which brings me here today! I am healthy, happy, making music and moved into a place of my own. I’m booking different performances, networking with artist, joined an all woman’s band called Audacity and the happiest I’ve ever been. I took that risk because I wanted a change of scenery. You look out on social media and see people doing what you want to do and think, “how do I get there?”. It’s the risk they took. Scared and all, they made it happen. I wanted to prove it to myself that my risk to go after my dream can pay off and it seems to be going pretty well. It didn’t feel good at first but, I’m so happy that I listened and believed enough in myself like everyone else to be where I am today.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I’m a 25 year old singer/songwriter from Dallas, TX. A church girl that’s making life happen in the simplest ways. I started training in Middle School classically all the way to college at Prairie View A&M University. I realized at a young age that I liked to do a little something with my voice and over time I mastered my gift. Still working of course. My parents are both in ministry so, you can probably guess how I started singing.. in the choir of course! My family was and still are very encouraging when it comes to my brother and I’s passion for music so it came easy. We didn’t have to convince or pull tooth and nail for support which I’m tremendously grateful for. I don’t have a long complex story on my upbringing that will take 2 hours to read but, I will say that my adult chapter is what’s more interesting now and I’m still living it. I found out its no right or wrong way to go about being an artist. You put it out there and hope people rock with it. As long as you know you’re doing the best you can do and you’re inspiring others you’re doing it all right.

Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?

I’m all about being organic and reachable. People want to know that you are people just like them. Although you are in a limelight we are all human. I love to interact and also support my fans. There’s never a time I go and perform and not have conversations with the audience. I build my audience by being approachable on and off stage. Crack a joke here and there, smile, make eye contact with them and even a hug wouldn’t hurt. Connections go a very long way! One thing that people will never forget is how you made them feel. I’ve had my run ins with artist that I thought were super dope but, because of their attitude it was hard to genuinely support them after. You can be talented as you want to be but, when you counter that with bad energy it defeats the whole experience.

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

I’m learning now to not rush anything. We have a weird obsession that we have to have this and that by a certain age but what good is it if everything is rushed. I’m learning to be present with myself and situations in order to be my best creative self. Allowing my feelings to be hurt, allowing myself to feel weird, to have bad days then the next second laugh it off and not feel crazy. I’ve realized I can’t write anything I don’t feel and some feelings don’t always have to be wrote down and turned into a song. Being a creative means that you give a little to the world and keep some for yourself to remain balanced.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @karrimusic_
• Facebook: Karrington Sneed
• Youtube: Karrimusic_
• Other: All music are on major platforms under “Karri”

Image Credits
Dejai Moore “Moore Exceptional Photography” IG: @mephotography214