{"id":2421,"date":"2014-08-05T02:51:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T02:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2014-09-05T23:34:37","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T23:34:37","slug":"keshay-love-breathless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/keshay-love-breathless\/","title":{"rendered":"Ke\u2019Shay Love ~ Breathless"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KeShayR&B and soul recording artist Ke\u2019Shay Love has a smile that lights the room. Ke\u2019Shay recently released the hit single Breathless<\/em>. The success of Breathless <\/em>surprised Ke\u2019Shay, \u201cIt is very overwhelming. I can say I\u2019m very, very blessed. I didn\u2019t expect it to do what it\u2019s been doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

I listened to all of Ke\u2019Shay Love\u2019s music, and I think there\u2019s a hint of hip hop to the song Boyz All Pause.<\/em> Ke\u2019Shay explained that she has hip hop in her background: \u201cI can go each way. I think the hip hop portion brings a little bit more energy, the same way the pop does. Vocally, R&B and soul is where I am, but I still have that energy for the pop music and the hip hop music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like many vocalists, Ke\u2019Shay Love started singing in church. \u201cThe choir is a platform for children to really get a boost in singing, because you have all the loving. No one criticized.\u201d As she got older, Ke\u2019Shay moved into hip hop bands. She got back into singing when she started hanging around singers. They heard me sing and said, \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n

So, Ke\u2019Shay Love started taking lessons. \u201cI did take voice and music theory, and I tried to learn how to play the piano.\u201d Then, she started laughing, \u201cI tried. It did not work. I can\u2019t get that left-hand thing going.\u201d She\u2019s also had a few vocal coaches. Ke\u2019Shay advises, \u201cI always say that for any singer, even if you sing well, learning more is never a bad thing. You always can perfect your craft. That\u2019s how I\u2019ve gotten better and better over the years.\u201d Plus, you don\u2019t want to destroy your voice.<\/p>\n

Ke\u2019Shay likes to collaborate with male singers, just to get the insight of the opposite sex. \u201cI want to get their point of view. I recently started writing new material and I\u2019ve been collaborating with some R&B male singers to bring both aspects together. They hear things that I may not hear. They bring something extra that I couldn\u2019t think of myself.\u201d She smiled and added, \u201cI want males to listen to my music too.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"KeShayKe\u2019Shay Love says that she\u2019s on social media \u201cevery day, all day. If I\u2019m not tweeting, then I\u2019m on Facebook posting or I\u2019m on Instagram posting. Releasing the song Breathless<\/em> last month has encouraged me to be on social media more. Now that I have my own product, I have to. That way, when people ask me questions, I tell them to go out to my Facebook or out to my Twitter. It\u2019s all there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her advice to other recording artists is simple: \u201cPromote yourself. The key thing is that you cannot wait for other people to do it for you. A lot of people think that they have so much talent that they can get other people to do the work for them. That\u2019s not the case. You have to promote your own brand. These days, people are not going to work with you unless they know you can do your own promotion. If they can see that drive in you, then they\u2019ll be more willing to help you. If you don\u2019t believe in your brand, then no one else will.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ke\u2019Shay continues, \u201cAs I\u2019ve been working in music, I\u2019ve also learned the Do\u2019s and the Don\u2019ts. My biggest thing is that we have to give back. In the same way that someone has shown me how to do something or connect with someone, I\u2019m going to give it to someone else. It\u2019s seems like people don\u2019t share information. It\u2019s just information, not a bunch of money. I\u2019m just telling you something that you can do, and I want you to go out and do the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now that Breathless<\/em> is such a huge success, Ke\u2019Shay Love wants to produce a video to go with the song. \u201cThe one thing about doing this independently is that you end up footing the bill for everything, and you don\u2019t realize how much things cost until you start paying for them. I got the single out. That\u2019s a great thing. I finally got distribution for it, so that\u2019s working its way, but they also want a video. So, now I\u2019m in the process of raising money and getting investors. Then, you can actually see the song, in addition to hearing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

I love Ke\u2019Shay Love\u2019s energy. She ended the interview with: \u201cKeep it positive. Keep pushing. Try to think ahead. Think positive that everything is going to get better.\u201d Of course it will.<\/p>\n

Watch the complete video interview on the Amused Now YouTube channel:\u00a0http:\/\/youtu.be\/kQVoEbL7-F8<\/a><\/p>\n