We were lucky to catch up with Karrington Sneed recently and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Karrington, thanks for joining us today. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.

Learning my craft has been the best part of my journey. Trust me, it’s way more that I would love to learn pertaining to vocally. The most important thing I have taken away from learning my craft is I have to love what I do. My grandmother use to tell me, “If you take care of your car, it will take care of you.” I can confidently say that all the hard work and training is currently paying off. I have so much under my belt that I can say I do this professionally. I’m a flexible, quick learning and stylist singer. I’ve learned that after you master what you do there are no right or wrong next steps. I’ve done background work, weddings, released music, traveled abroad etc and now my next step is to see what else I can do that I haven’t done. I am currently working on booking musicals in the DFW area. I was in my first show last December, “Black Nativity”, at the Bishop Arts Theatre. That was such a trilling experience. I made me face a lot of fears and myself. I had to do a lot of things I’ve never done before. I’m not too good with memorizing words, but I made through all 8 shows! I’ve never liked easy. I like to be stretched and challenged. It’s nothing better than the feeling of conquering a fear or succeeding in areas you never saw yourself in. This year I told myself that I want to be an overall artist. Not just in the churches but on stages, tours, stadiums. I want to touch everything possible so I can continue to be a master at what I love to do.

Karrington, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I am a 27 singer/songwriter born and raised in the best part of the world – Dallas, TX. As any black girl I was brought up in church singing in the choir. I found my love for music at a very young age. People who know me now wouldn’t believe that I was very shy as a child. I wanted to sing but was scared to. What I can remember my first solo was “Silver and Gold” by Kirk Franklin. I don’t know if it sound go or terrible but I knew then that was something I’d want to do forever. Went to school for music and had the opportunity to tour in Europe twice. What sets be apart from others is my artistry. I’m simply, unapologetically me. I mix R&B, Soul and Gospel and turn it into a sound. I’m most proud of where I started to where I am now. I organically created a following by being interpersonal and supportive. I love that people can relate to my music and my energy. I’ve have a hard time with expressing my feelings sometime so as I write music I try my best to express myself. I want people to take away from my music that we all at one point feel the same way. We all hurt, love, self sabotage, hurt people, get it wrong, – we all are trying our best. Music doesn’t have to be boring or sound like everything you hear already on the radio. I want music to be fun again.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?

One, if you could sing you would NOT want to sing all the time nor would you, haha! I hear people say all the time if they could sing they would sing all the time or do this and that. I like to sit in silence more than anything because when you’re out performing you share your energy, smiles and conversations with your family, friends and potential fans. You’re drained when you finally get in your car and get home. Just like any athlete you want to protect your gift. You train and try your best to not break or sprain any muscle/bones. You’re careful with who you’re around and what you do. So no, I’m not about to bust out in song just so you can see if I can really sing or not.

Lastly, the smallest details count too. We do everything with precision and deliberately because it all ties together. For instance, every ad lib in a song is meant to be there. I’ve been in studio sessions where they playback the song you can’t hear anything thing I did underneath the lead vocal. The most work goes into the little details in any art we release and we want that to be respected.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

To support your creative friends. We put in just as much or maybe more work than your favorite artist. Prioritize coming to shows, post flyers or put people on to your artist friends. Word of mouth is the best tool in today’s society. One share can be the audience that your friend is trying to reach. Also, I feel like sharing tools or maybe advertising workshops that are looking for hungry artist need to be broadcasted and available. The most important part is to be honest with creatives. Granted, not all artist may like constructive criticism but, I feel like it’s necessary. If you like it or feel indifferent tell them. Honesty goes a long way for us.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: karrimusic_
• Facebook: Karrington Sneed
• Youtube: Karri Music

Image Credits
De’jai Moore IG @mephotography