@jaiqua

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Music is my heart.

My purpose for making music is to give the world a new sound with a message of my life story. I started making music when I was 11 yrs. old. I remade Marvin Gaye’s "Let’s Get It On”. That was the very first song I had ever written. From that point I continued to write lyrics and arrange them. Music has always been my first love. The inspiration for me writing and singing was to release my pressures as a kid who had a lot going on. It was and still is an outlet for me. Music gives me a voice to be heard because even when I speak at times I am not heard clearly. So therefore I sing to finally be heard. I am not really sure what mainstream artist I can be compared to, but I always say I am just me the singer, writer, and performer. There are some artist who are mainstream that I love such as Brandy,Erykah Badu, Dwele, R. Kelly, Floetry, Jill Scott, Tweet, Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell, Etta James, Angie Stone, Linkin Park, The Temptations, and many, many more. I love all kinds of music, rock, alternative, jazz, blues, hip-hop, reggae, swing, Latin, and r&b. My goal as a musician is to touch people’s hearts and life with my story. I want to give them a breath of fresh air and utilize my gift to help people express their emotions when they feel they can’t because they believe no one understands them. That is why my genre of music is not one sound. It has many sounds that everyone can relate too, no matter what mood they may be in. Some accomplishments that I have had goes as follows, I sang at the United Center for a Lil Bow Wow concert that featured many artists. R. Kelly was one of them. He sang "I Believe I Can Fly" where I was one of the choir members. I also co-wrote a song for the Arkansas mass choir that landed a spot on their album. I demoed songs for Sparkles brother Leroy. I sang with New Direction for a brief moment. I got a chance to record with them where Shirley Caesar was featured on the song or maybe we were featured I don’t remember the exact order...lol. I also did some demo work that was given to MC Hammer for a gospel project that he was working on years ago. As a child I sang with the Chicago Children’s Choir. The question was posed to me "what sets you apart from other musicians?" I honestly don’t know, I never really stopped to as myself that question. Maybe I will soon find out. The audience can expect the truth through music and poetry. The motto I live by is "My life experiences are not for me, but others who need an example to look at to learn how to make it through." I have been homeless and I have always struggled for everything my entire life. A lot of times I just wanted to give up and say forget it all, and I believe sometimes I actually did. My past still hurts a lot but I am trying my best to move forward. A close friend told me that I have to not live in the past but to move forward and use what I have been through to be successful. So that is what I am working to do, move forward and be the best me that I can be in life, love, music, and poetry.