Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Ra’Desha Stoudmire. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Ra’Desha, appreciate you joining us today. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?

Knowing I could sell tickets, cd’s, merchandise and just inspire people with my words, just by creating music that could motivate them to chase their dreams or, to just simply relate and feel good about themselves showed me that I could impact the world with just one song at a time. The freedom that I felt from the first time that I performed on stage from the freedom that I still feel today, releasing music and getting feedback from the people that love my music and still get inspired will always be a great feeling to me. Knowing that my purpose is unity and to install confidence in others to be great in their own way is a huge reason for my consistency in music.

Ra’Desha, 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?

The first time I knew I wanted to be a creative is when I was 9 years old. I always used writing music as an outlet for dealing with being emotional. I grew up in a household with a lot of yelling, screaming, and watching objects fly across the house. One thing I always told myself is that music will always be a part of my life regardless of, for therapy and or a professional career. The first time that I took that step to involve myself on a professional level is when I decided to invest money into studio time. My dad played a role in the first investments in high school at the ages of 14-16, I am now 28 and have been investing my own money into my craft from the time I graduated at 18. At 17 years old, excepting my first show was very exciting outside my hometown, in Akron, Ohio. I then went on to perform at places like the House of Blues and The Agora, both located in Cleveland, Ohio. Opening for household names or artist that was already established with a team and fans that filled the venues for them was very inspiring from my perspective as an artist trying to grow a fan base of my own.

Currently, I am still creating that elecricfying music. I believe that it’s important for us humans to have positive outlets to release certain emotions. That could be, physical activity, creative expression, social connection, or helping others. The way that I help with my music is by creating that motivational feel. Someone might want to absorb positivity to maybe change or just want a healthy dose of help to be more ambitious and authentic. Songs are constructed with words that can uplift some one’s spirit and make them go, “I can do this” is solving a problem inside of them because someone wrote something that can help them feel powerful.

I want my fans to know that it’s okay to branch out and find yourself and to discover what you love and to accomplish things by being yourself.

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

The fact that I got to do a radio interview with radio station 88.1 WZIP which airs my music every Monday for their Late-night talent show, I got to talk about an E.P that I had released at that time called “Mission Statement 2” with my engineer Justin Kirkpatrick. I also got to speak about a little bit of my background. This radio station is the 2nd biggest station ran by college students at Akron University. Knowing that I am being heard all over the nation and other countries, is an amazing thing.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can provide some insight – you never know who might benefit from the enlightenment.

Something that I think a non-creative will struggle to understand is how to even structure a song and how long the process is from writing, to recording, to setting up visuals, to promoting online, running ads, marketing yourself as artist and understanding that as artist we are the brand. I also feel like the journey of it all can be well misunderstood. Some artists blow up in just a few years and that can depend on the resources that the person has. Some artists take longer and those are usually the artist that last for decades. Alot of work is being done behind closed doors. This means that a lot of trial and error is happening. I also feel like a non-creative does not understand that when a creative does not create, it can cause sadness or a low feeling if that is the persons main outlet. Being a creative does not fit societies norm. You are normally looked at as different. You can be told that it’s not a real career or job, which makes no sense because then we wouldn’t have band or choir in schools around the nation, which is being creative.

Contact Info:

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Image Credits

Personal photo taken by Tucks Visions Productions