We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Nadia Pricia Rey a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Nadia Pricia, 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.

Active practice.

As a multi-hyphenate creative, my learning has been trial centric. I have spent years honing my crafts of music creation and digital design purely out of passion. Initially, being raised in music and dance, as a child of an educator/creative and then branching into my affinity for music during my high-school years : time has been essential to developing my artistry.

Music came first, I was born to two music lovers. My mother played Sade to me in the womb, and I believe I naturally came to the inclination that music was an absolute necessary in navigating life.

I started in the early 90’s as a student at the amazing Alvin Ailey Dance school in New York , and began learning clarinet in the third grade. From there, research was my major pathway to enhancing my skill. Being naturally competitive and wanting to grow as a performer, by 6th grade I had petitioned my orchestra teacher to allow me to start a composer’s club.

I knew that music was my deepest love. I spent countless hours practicing and visualizing my future through studying music videos. I applied myself and worked tirelessly on learning audio programs to create, record and engineer myself. I pursued higher education in audio and visual arts. Sinking myself deeply into tutorials, open mics, making time to study great artists who delve into the craft and researching various approaches is how I grew.

I strongly do not believe it could have taken me any less time to learn or connect to the arts. I’m a believer in destiny and how things occur. I believe we go through phases that mold us into our highest selves. Each of my paths in art are woven into the other, helping to sustain the presentation. For example, I learned web design to support myself as an independent musician and make tangible my self representation in the digital landscape.

The most essential skills to enhancing my craft were adaptability, self-awareness, endurance and the ability to create without inhibition.

The only obstacle I’ve ever experienced was with my self doubt, that’s a phase in the healing journey and for artists : a prominent one. This is when you come in to contact with critics and forget your connection to the craft is spiritual and guided.

I’ll never do that again. I understand the value of the energy that goes in and comes out of my art. That is paramount now.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I am Nadia Pricia also known as Godbody Nadi.

I am an artist, foremost. I specialize in music creation, every aspect, from production to performing. I began as a dancer and poet, leaned deeply into lyricism and production and consider myself an all around creative. I began publicly djing around 16, performing poetry live at 18 and production/song creation at 20. I was raised in dance and the arts by a mother who was once a ballerina/poet and then an educator. My parents were young, and immersed me in hip hop : as they themselves were certified lovers of the culture. I was lucky enough to have a mother who championed the arts, invested in my exploration of various crafts from painting to jewelry making.

I do everything. I have friends that in jest, identify me as an octopus. I paint, do photography, build websites and applications, produce, engineer, sing, rap, write poetry, film and long format stories, dance, dj, draw … edit videos. The list is limitless because I try to transmute my emotion through the creation of art.

Currently, I am developing my sync library and digital music store which is a culmination of about 12 years of dedicated work. I want to share more of my art. It is called The Echo Chamber. I am completing two projects simultaneously , one a mixtape : 88 and an EP : The Divine Love Theory. Lastly, working on a series of creations centered on evolution and self-development for women called The Goddess Blueprint.

Professionally, outside of creating my music and related art; I am publishing, designing and formatting a few clients’ books, for commercial release. I believe I bridge a gap for my clients from their dreams to tangible reality. They are able to generate income, share their work, and see their product in hand. It changes their perspective, and makes their dreams : real.
I am consistently moving towards being more present and creating with no boundaries. I’m proud of that. I’m proud to continue working despite obstacles I’ve experienced ; be it time, relationships, loss, finances or life trials. I’ve continued to create through it all.

I am working to share more.

www.NadiaPricia.art + www.ArtEra.us
With my brand as a designer, I provide creative services from web to ux design, all digital print from business card to flyers and audiovisual editing/content creation ranging from books to animations/branding.

www.Nadi.link + www.EchoChamber.vip

With my brand as a musically creative
artist, I provide production, featured vocals, songwriting assistance and guidance in navigating the digital realm as an audio centric creative. I will be soon selling more compositions, audio assets and guides to being a creator in this space.

Do you think there is something that non-creatives might struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can shed some light?

Accepting the journey, pitfalls and highlights. Flow.

As a creative, I am able to meld with shifts in my experience that may not seem most favorable. Surviving those moments and forging through with creative integrity has grounded me each time. Communicating this to those who live a structured, less fluid experience has resulted in confusion, judgment and lack of support in my personal endeavors. These encounters with family and former friends taught me about my independent entrepreneurial spirit. I did the self-dive, researching why I felt so called to pursue my passion beyond the average person’s self-limiting belief.

It was purely a realization of destiny and purpose. Our purpose is not meant to be understood to others.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

Healing.
Working through my trauma, transmuting my pain, doing my shadow work, growing through learning and actively loving myself more
, as I create more. Expression and self-validation. The experimental nature of art encourages me to continuously create because I am always excited to hear or see the end results and impact of the time invested.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.nadi.link
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godbodynadi
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nprart
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@GodbodyNadi
• Soundcloud: https://m.soundcloud.com/godbodynadi
• Other: www.echochamber.vip
  www.nadiapricia.art
  www.artera.us

Image Credits

Jay Haute ( graffiti photo)