We were lucky to catch up with Soul Food Music recently and have shared our conversation below.

Soul Food Music, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

One of the first meaningful projects we’ve completed is “Furnace.” This project embodies everything that Soul Food Music represents and captured a level of our complexity that other songs prior (which we had released) had not.

A second meaningful project would be our first EP, Thanksgiving. Aside from it being our first EP, which involved a measure of focus and attention to detail that our singles didn’t quite involve, it represented a major milestone of accomplishment and ability to put together a full-body of work — songs that stood alone but also as a collective.

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.

Soul Food Music, much like soul food, is a manifestation of bringing ingredients together to make something special. Rome, Qallidus, and Cour came together as friends and grew to be brothers, building their bond through North Carolina roots, largely because of their common thread of timeless music that relays a substantive message. In other words, Soul Food Music prides itself on making music that has meaning regardless of the era or listener. Imagine Earth, Wind, & Fire and N.W.A having a baby. These are groups with songs that continue to fill the rooms of various households with messages that still carry immense weight.

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.

While Soul Food Music originates from North Carolina, not all of its members currently reside in the state. Cour presently lives in Boston. With the distance, considering baseline challenges that come with being an emerging artist, it could be easy (and perhaps understandable) to call it quits. However, the group has a rare caliber of determination and unyielding tenacity that the group wouldn’t allow this to derail the train or alter the destination. This goes to show that challenging are inevitable but don’t have to necessarily be impactful to the point of harming the goal/s.

We overcome the distance but increasing our communication and availability for each other, which entails weekly FaceTimes, periodic phone calls, scheduling things effectively, and occasionally sharing stems via email. No excuses. If you will change, everything will change for you.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

Aside from the joy we get from creating music, i.e. taking a beat and writing a story, it’s incredibly rewarding to see how our music resonates with people, both those we know and those we don’t. First in foremost, we aim to create music that we can be proud of, so it’s a bonus when others stream it, relate to it, and are moved by it.

Additionally, music is powerful. It has the ability to build up and galvanize or to tear down and discourage. After all, intake impacts output. With that understanding, we appreciate the gravity of the platform music provides us, and we endeavor to respect it with good music that uplifts our community and culture — otherwise known as Soul Food Music.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulfoodmusicnc?igsh=dzd2YWl1bml2NmF6&utm_source=qr
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085454208342&mibextid=LQQJ4d

Image Credits
Dwyne Watkins Neek Poole Stephanie Caress