We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Seth Marques. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Seth below.

Hi Seth, thanks for joining us today. Do you feel you or your work has ever been misunderstood or mischaracterized? If so, tell us the story and how/why it happened and if there are any interesting learnings or insights you took from the experience?

I think it can be hard to find a balance while you’re promoting music. On one hand, you don’t want to cheapen the experience/mystery/magic of a piece of music by spamming Tik Tok, posting photoshoots and pictures and “self-centered” content, while on the other hand at times it’s easier for an audience to relate or understand your music when there is a clear face & brand behind it. I don’t care what people think and I know things I’ve done have worked, but I always struggle within myself finding that balance within music marketing. I would never want to be an “influencer” and hope people would respect the music, production, and lyrics over how many good promotional pieces I’ve made or been in.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

My name is Seth Marques, and I’m a singer, songwriter, and producer for my project The China Blue. I’ve been releasing music under this name since 2018, and have had some cool successes, such as my song ‘Nervous’ being featured on Spotify Fresh Finds: Pop editorial playlist, and the project has had songs featured on some reputable music blogs such as Lyrical Lemonade and Early Rising.

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

As I’m continued to get farther along for me, I’ve noticed how much a balancing act having any ego/confidence vs being humble can be. There are extreme periods of self doubt, and then good periods of self assurance and feeling on top of the world. And there are many different paths to monetizing your work, but its a balancing act as to how far you want go to fund your career, and balance that between “selling out” or cheapening your work. I’ve always struggled with balancing all of these mindsets as an overthinker, but I’ve been doing better by taking a big step away from social media and promotion for a second, as to focus on writing the best music I can for myself.

We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?

When it comes to music, (in my opinion) you need photo and video content to supplement your music. Long gone are the days of a demo floating around on CD’s and you’ll just get magically discovered. Find and make friends who are willing to give you a head start and collaborate on video content together; you’ll grow a lot faster that way.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://thechina.blue
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechinablue/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/thechinablue
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEL9pg5e_vPx9Wp0HUHRmwQ

Image Credits
Mason Pimental, Mackymacguire