We were lucky to catch up with Skye Morriseau recently and have shared our conversation below.
Skye, looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?
I would say I get my work ethic from my passion for music. That’s ultimately the fire that keeps me running and reaching for my goals. I’ve always known that music is what I wanted to do with my life, there’s never really been anything else. Every step I’ve taken up to this point has been to achieve my goal of making a career in the music industry. I used to worry that I would never make it out of Alaska but now that I’m in college, I feel like I have the whole world at my fingertips and that drives me ever more to work hard and stay focused on my goals.
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
I’ve been writing songs and playing guitar since I was 12, and singing since long before then. I’ve known since I was about 5 years old that the music world was something I was interested in. I was mesmerized by Hannah Montana as a kid, so that was my first real glimpse of what I wanted to do. I used to tell my teachers that I wanted to be a rockstar when I grew up. I hope one day they see that that dream never changed.
I pride myself on not shoving myself into a box. I don’t put a limit on the type of music I create, I don’t limit myself to a certain genre. I can’t. I write such a wide variety of music from country, to pop, to folk, and so many other things. I find it hard to put a label on myself genre wise, so I kind of stick to Americana because I feel like that’s an umbrella with so many different things packed into it.
I released a new single in November that I wrote with a good friend of mine, Cece Blackford, called “Til Death Do Us Part”. I recorded it when I was in Nashville last year. I’ve been in and out of the studio this year working on projects that I will have more information on at a later date so everyone will just have to stay tuned and follow me on social media for updates!
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
What really started it all for me was learning how to play guitar because that opened up songwriting for me. I truly think songwriting is the most important skill to have as an artist in the music industry. Everything starts with a song, so my advice to those who are just starting out would be to start writing songs. It doesn’t matter if they’re good or not, just start writing.
Other than that, I would say learning how to be on stage and learning how to carry myself in a professional manner were things I learned early on that pushed me ahead of a lot of people my age growing up. I was always the kid that got along well with the adults for some reason. I’d be the one sitting down and listening to all the adults and getting the gossip, listening to the stories they tell and their wisdom.
Okay, so before we go, is there anyone you’d like to shoutout for the role they’ve played in helping you develop the essential skills or overcome challenges along the way?
I would say my family, but in particular my older sister. She always knows what to say to talk me off the ledge when I’m freaking out about something. A time in particular was the day I was getting on the plane to leave for college, I was really freaking out about how I was going to pay for school and I almost didn’t get on the plane because the last thing that I wanted was to be in student loan debt. She calmed me down and reminded me that I was making an investment in myself, and that things might be hard for a bit but everything would work out in the end and I wouldn’t be alone.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://skyemorriseaumusic.wixsite.com/skyemorriseau
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skyemorriseau/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skyeleemusic
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/skyemorriseau
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SkyeMorriseau
- Other: https://open.spotify.com/album/6yAjW7mFzwSx5pNHQAuYnJ?si=rzGLH4z8T4mn8yaB8-QjPg
