Meet Ricky Palomino

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Ricky Palomino. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Ricky, we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?

I get my resilience from my mother and family, plain and simple. From the very beginning I knew what it meant to work hard for something. How much it takes. And I knew what was important in life. Passion.

Life is filled with a series of moments that sail you up, down, and sideways, with twists, turns, and reverses. lol. And being resilient is being able to see yourself through. Wiser and stronger.

I think we are all resilient.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

Hello VoyageLA, thank you for having me. Hi everyone. My name is Ricky Palomino, I am from Tempe, Az with a background in Music, Dance, and Choreography, and I am currently focusing on my production company, Energycore Productions, a full service Film Production and Live Entertainment Company based in Hollywood, Ca.

I have Produced and Choreographed Television for Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition, Dance Moms, and Raising Asia for LifetimeTV and Disney, Choreographed for Artists, Simple Creatures, Charlotte Martín, VINCINT, Patti Labelle, and more. Danced on So You Think You Can Dance for FOX, Dancing with the Stars for ABC, the controversial Cedar Lake Ballet, and have Written for American Beauty Star on LifetimeTV, as well as Produced countless Music Videos for upcoming Indie artists.

After opening Energycore Productions 2 years ago we have worked with Labels like- Warner Music, Capitol Records, BMG, and SONY. Artists such as Halle Bailey, Nessa Barrett, Conrad Sewell, and Nikki Lorenzo. Brands- Beats by Dre, Dermologica, Tonal, AT&T and Apple. Athletes- Caleb Williams, JJ Mcarthy, Evan Mobley, Jalen Suggs, Kool-Aid McKintry, and Jalen Milroe, to name a few.

We are currently most excited about our recent Off-Broadway Musical, The Great Escape, that Premiered in May in New York’s Theater District. Written by Ricky Palomino, Lyrics and Music by Ricky Palomino, Matt Cady, Nicole Funicelli, and Shayon Daniels, Choreography by Matt Cady, Set Design by Joshua Warner, and Lighting by Sam Weiser. Starring CJ Tyson, Kaeli Heffner, Ricky Palomino, Elijah Caldwell, and Nicole Funicelli. Danced by Ali Pfleger, Katie Weatherly, Ashley Welch, Morgan Ponte, Daisy Duncan, Greg Michaels, and Manuel Vaccaro.

We could not be happier with our results and our clients just as well.

What sets us apart from other Production Companies and Live Entertainment companies is the range of freedom we offer our Artists and Clients. From Music Videos to Commercials to Theater. Our foundation and mission is built upon adaptivity and facility. Supplying our Clients and Artists with an arsenal of mediums to bring their most imaginative visions to life.

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?

I had a great Band Instructor in Symphonic, Marching, and Jazz Band who taught us three credos.

Discipline before instruction
Behavior before performance
And
We are better only if, we work harder.

By 13 I was playing at a professional level because of him. And since then have accomplished so much.

But the key word in these three lines is, “WE”.

The idea of involving yourself with like minded people, community, who strive for something greater. And the idea of, you cannot, will not, and really don’t want to, do it alone. You are not alone. From teacher to student and all the teachers before them is a delicate thread spanning generations weaving us all together. Knowledge from eras ago now resting between your ears.

So in this day and age. You are supposed to go to work, eat right, look amazing, visit family, create content, edit it, plan the roll out, share it, over and over again. It’s isolating and it can make anyone feel. Alone.

The only thing anyone should focus on, is what they love to do, and learning everything about whatever that is. Inside and out, spiritual and surface.

Ultimately this is your life. What do you wish to learn here? What do wish to experience? What do you wanna create here? What makes you happy? What makes your heart melt and brings you to tears?

Do that and share it with your friends. Book your friends. Ask your friends to help read through your script, give you notes on your turns, acting a role, editing your music, modeling your clothing line, whatever it is. Just ask. I promise. Someone is waiting to hear from you.

What would you advise – going all in on your strengths or investing on areas where you aren’t as strong to be more well-rounded?

Ok, I’ll take this one because it’s hardest.

This is toughest for artists working in a multi disciplinary capacity. Now when you just have one expertise such a modeling, you model, have a manager, an agent, a publicist, and you are required to also do your own social media, edit, post, etc, and you work the world of that.

Multi disciplinary artists for example an actor, with a band, with a fashion line are working three fields with those teams, and those personal focuses as well, times three.

Now what about emerging artists? With no agents. No help. They are starting from the ground with nothing and No Connections.

It’s very hard to break through with one Talent or field, but Multi Disciplinary Artists have even more pressure.

So going back to the question, is it better to lean in on strengths, or to be more well rounded. This will not be for everyone, but I say. Lean in on your strengths one quadrillionth percent.

The movement of culture and trends changes so fast. And will fluctuate only quicker in the future especially now we have tapped into quantum computing. But the people that shape culture and that shape history, leant in so hard on their strengths that they looked insane, distraught, and disgusting to other people of the culture of that time. I don’t think Einstein ever combed his hair. lol. Google him. Da Vinci, spent two years of his life in a cave. That is psychotic to any everyday person today.

There are so many more that shaped our world today that didn’t waste time on the small stuff. Because when you truly know you are onto to something and it fills your heart with so much joy you can float, the world will bend to you, the culture will turn to you, and then people will want to help you facilitate, will get you a manager, a an agent, and all that you have no time for. Because YOU are providing the world with something no one else can.

So lean in with all your might.

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