Reflection :: 5 Years of Seersh

Dear Reader,

This may come as a surprise, but I am not an overly sentimental person. I tend to focus on the future and what’s next, and sometimes to my detriment, to leave the past in the dust of the past. But as I come up on the five-year anniversary of my Seersha project, it feels like the right time to reflect and celebrate.

Seersha was truly born out of my need for freedom of creative expression. I was tired and burned out after a stint in Nashville (I won’t go into too much detail as you can read more about that on yvynyl). I was finally embarking on a journey of finding my own sound and producing myself for the very first time. I remember coining a phrase to steer my creative ship by: freedom to feel // freedom to change // freedom to chill. For three weeks in the month of October, I logged off of all social media, holed up in our studio condo in Buckhead, and wrote and produced the first Seersha EP.

I’ve learned a lot in the past five years, but a part of me is deeply envious of fresh-faced, naive, beginner producer Seersha. I didn’t know what I didn’t know yet. I wasn’t chasing plug-ins or gear. I was just trusting my gut and my ear. I was creating freely.

I’m really proud of that first record, and the aesthetic vision that came along with it. My ride-or-die, most supportive husband, who also happens to be an incredibly talented visual artist and hobbyist graphic designer, crafted three exceptional pieces of art to accompany the first three singles. A few years later, those pieces would be lost to the sands of internet time after I ignorantly pulled the Seersha EP off of digital streaming services, following some bad advice (you live and you learn).

Obviously the record is back on DSPs, and I’ve since released my sophomore EP (Metaphors), 4 solo singles, and a myriad of collaborations. Now, to celebrate five years of Seersh, I’m going to get those three pieces of original single art back into the wild as special edition NFTs on the Rally platform.

I’ve admittedly done a 180° on NFTs, from disinterested and skeptical to embracing, similar to the 180° I made from “I can’t produce myself” to diving into the Seersha project. I find the possibilities that NFTs hold to support artists and for creative use cases very exciting. And there’s something fun about the juxtaposition of using what feels like a futuristic technology to commemorate a personally historic milestone.

It’s been a little slow-going lately, but I have more music in me to write and make and release. Right now, I just want to thank you for sticking around with Seersh over the past five years. It truly does mean the world to me. Cheers to five more. And go check out those NFTs, dropping on October 14, if you’re into that sort of thing.

Peace,

Seersha