What Kind of Artist Are You Really Trying to Become?

🎬 Need a creative partner for your next artist project or film? Start here → https://beyond-the-notes.manus.space 📩 Business inquiries / custom music / sync licensing: [email protected] ——— Before you choose your genre, your sound, your visuals, or your next single, you need to ask a deeper question: What kind of artist are you actually trying to become? In this video, I talk about artist direction, emotional role, artist archetypes, and why your music starts feeling more connected when you understand the person behind the songs. This is for indie artists, songwriters, producers, and filmmakers who do not just want to make random songs — but want to build a real body of work with meaning, emotion, and direction. We’ll talk about why genre is not the first question, how to find your emotional role, how to use artist archetypes without boxing yourself in, and how to decide what job your next song actually does for your artist project. If you are feeling scattered, stuck between too many references, or unsure what kind of artist you are becoming, I hope this helps. ——— 🧠 What You’ll Learn • Why genre is not the same as artist identity • How to find your emotional role as an artist • What an “artist wound” is and why it matters • How to use archetypes like confessor, survivor, world-builder, rebel, romantic ghost, healer, mirror, or myth-maker • Why every song should have a job inside your artist project • How to stop making random songs and start building a body of work • How to create a simple decision filter for your sound, visuals, lyrics, and releases ——— 🎧 Free Resource Get the free Signature Sound Chart here: https://shawnsymeon.kit.com/soundchart This is for independent artists who know what their music should feel like, but cannot fully explain it yet. It helps you find, name, and protect your sound before a producer, collaborator, or session starts pulling the song away from who you are. Because when you cannot name your sound, you cannot protect it. ——— 🧪 Creative Lab Waitlist I’m also building something called The Creative Lab — a future workshop/coaching space for artists who want help finding their sound, shaping their songs, and building a clearer artist direction. Join the interest list here: https://shawnsymeon.kit.com/creativelab If you join, tell me what you would actually want to learn inside. Things like: • finding your sound • choosing your next single • writing stronger lyrics • building your artist identity • creating a sonic world • working with producers • finishing songs without losing the emotion • turning your story into music I’m building this around what artists actually need, not what looks good on a sales page. ——— 📝 Try This Write this sentence in your notes: “I want to be the artist people listen to when…” Then finish it honestly. Not impressively. Honestly. And if you want, drop your answer in the comments. I’d love to read it. Also tell me what you want me to break down next: • finding your sound • choosing your first single • building artist visuals • writing stronger lyrics • knowing if a demo is worth finishing • shaping a full artist era • working with a producer • turning your story into songs ——— 🎵 My Music Spotify → https://spotify.com/symeonshawn Apple Music →   / artist   Instagram →   / symeon.shawn   ——— 🖤 About Me I’m Symeon Shawn — a music producer, songwriter, composer, and creative partner. I help artists and filmmakers turn demos, voice notes, lyrics, unfinished ideas, and emotional concepts into songs and cinematic music that feel clearer, stronger, and more alive. My work lives somewhere between dark pop, cinematic production, emotional sound design, songwriting, and film scoring. Basically: music that tells a story, not just fills space. This channel is for artists who create from emotion, care about meaning, and want to build something real. ——— 📌 Comment Question What kind of artist do you feel closest to right now? Confessor? Survivor? World-builder? Rebel? Romantic ghost? Healer? Mirror? Myth-maker? Or your own weird hybrid? We respect the hybrid creatures here. ——— #ArtistDevelopment #IndieArtist #SongwritingAdvice #MusicProduction #ArtistIdentity #FindYourSound #CreativeDirection #DarkPop #CinematicMusic #MusicProducer