Meet Angélique Cinélu

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Angélique Cinélu a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Angélique, 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?
My mother died before my 13th birthday, so I had to navigate life from a very early age alone. There was a lot of trial and error, but because I didn’t have a parent to fall back on, I learned very quickly how to handle situations and survive.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
I do a lot of things (writing, singing, performing, etc); and I’ve been working on how to bring those skills together under one house. It’s been a long process, but years of wearing many hats is finally paying off. My main focus at this time is presenting the curriculum I have developed with my team. The focus is preparing creatives for beyond the creative. So much of our energy is focused on making something great, but we don’t have the knowledge on how to get what we’ve made out to the world, how to make money from what we’ve made, and how to collect that money. The first music education series will be presented at the Web 3 Innovation Festival in Ibiza, Spain. We’ve designed a series of sessions for artists to engage top industry professionals on music in Web 3. Kickoff is in June!

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
I’m extremely patient. Patience has helped me in the studio working with artists – vocal producing in sessions and also what it takes for a record to be complete once the artist is out of the booth. Being observant and objective are qualities that have assisted me not only in writing sessions but in meetings as well. I’ve found that listening and watching your counterparts gives you more space to retain the information they are sharing objectively. Finally, having a large music vocabulary and appreciation for the music and musicians of the past. At this point there are no original ideas, which is challenging for a global creative community that shares everything. However, recognizing and learning from those that came before can greatly inform your creative process.

All the wisdom you’ve shared today is sincerely appreciated. Before we go, can you tell us about the main challenge you are currently facing?

The number one challenge I am facing is still representation of BIPOC women in the music industry. In music you are seeing more, but generally we are regulated to R&B/Hip Hop music both in the creative and executive sectors. The subject seems redundant, but when you get a glance in the rooms it is apparent that significant change hasn’t really been made. With this Web3 Innovation Festival, there is a real opportunity to connect and build a network for BIPOC women to make a great impact in the next frontier of music entertainment.

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