Artist to know: ORDA, producer, artist, songwriter
Label: ORDA MUZIK
What drives and inspires you as a new artist?
I drive me. My life, my stories, my struggles drives me! I love to express my true feelings through music,
What is the most important thing you want others to know about you?
I want people to know that I’m just like them. I am strong, fair, have a good balance of pride, [and I’m] caring and confident. I am human.
How do you stay in your lane as an artist?
I know the balance I need as an artist and producer when it comes to overexposing myself. I do me and reinvent myself when it’s time to do that.
What is your biggest challenge as an artist?
To get people in the music industry to give an independent artist a chance because these people try to pick what songs they like versus letting the song get out to the public — who is the ultimate decision maker of whether a song is a hit or not.
How do you describe your music?
My music is refreshing. The subject matter of my music depends on my mood or something I’ve experienced. Sometimes I can be very serious, then turn around and act like a clown. My music is a true reflection of me; get familiar with my music and you will get to know me.
Give us three tips on how to be successful as an independent artist:
Build your team, be great not good, know who you are as an artist and your product, and never ever take no for an answer.
I’m a better man today because: GOD giving me his breath of life and [the] birth of my daughter, she put my life in even more perspective.
Top three musicians of all time? Stevie Wonder, Prince, Quincy Jones
Top three new artists? Drake, Rick Ross, Kanye
Top three things to do on an off day: Spend time with my daughter and family. Creating a new song and clearing my mind by working out.
–ashley jackson
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