Geonny Perspective on Lead You On

I am Geonny a singer/songwriter/musician that plays 6 instruments. My music is considered to be Pop/Alternatve. A Native New Yorker by way of Long Island.

My overarching goal as an artist is to be effective, not famous. Touching 1,000 lives is worth so much more tahn touching $1,000.

I’ve had a lot adventures in the love department and well this was one of them unfortunately
What is your earliest memory of listening to music?

The first song I ever remember hearing was Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond. That song always put me in a happy place as a kid.

I was about 13 when I wrote the first song that started it all. It was the moment that I knew I belonged in music.

"Lead You On" is Pop/Alernative 

My sound and style have evolved in a more mature way. With the experiences I've been through in the last three years have definitely played a significant role on how I write, play and perform. 

im also incorporating Spanish verses into a few songs, I'm writing Country music and becoming literally an International artists. I'm Punk Rock and more Pop/R&B these days.

I continue to evolve in my stage presence, my vocals (I'm currently taking voice lessons). I feel like you can’t evolve as a musician if you don’t learn anything.

mainly explore heartbreak and mental health in my music because that a big part of what makes Geonny.

would 100% be Ed Sheeran. That guy is a songwriting wizard and a hell of a performer. It would be an honor.

My favorite artist Michael Jackson's music is very world immersing. You can either go from falling in love with the girl of your dreams or the girl of your nightmares to being sad about the conflicts of environmentalism and if that's not versatility I don't know what is?

It would have to be Michael Jackson by default. His shows were like going to broadway plays and were worth anything you paid for it.

Michael Jackson for the voice, Frank Sinatra for the class, and Freddie Mercury for the energy.

If all those were food and they came together it’d be a medium rare steak, baked potatoes, and sauteed mushrooms...to put it in lamer terms of course cause i like to eat.

It’s who I am. If I settle for being anything else that someone else wants me to be, it’ll mean that I'm satisfied, and if I'm satisfied with myself, that means I’ve stopped growing.

In the famous words of 'Nipsey Hussle' "It's  a marathon not a sprint". You’ve gotta treat it like a garden with seeds that you just planted.

 If you keep watering the seeds regularly, eventually you’ll have a harvest of fruit bushes and apple trees.

I can never write absolutely anything without a guitar or a piano even if it’s not in the final product.

As a sword is to a Samurai, they are both an extension of myself and of my artistry. Name three artists you'd like to be compared to.

There's something melancholic and mesmerizing about the Mona Lisa.

Its nature is so simple but the way the darker colors bring balance through dimming the beauty element in it makes it all inspiring.

I honestly see everything in an artistic light because I quite literally can’t help myself.

Every single thing that i go through, hear, or see is another thought to put in my art somewhere along this beautiful journey we call life.

I’ve been a fast food worker and a security officer.

For the most part I wouldn’t of changed anything in retrospect because there are many amazing musicians that came out of the way things went.

 see that as a trick question. There are a few roles the artist has in this society. To create, inspire, and unite.

Contrary to the nature of this question, I actually feel more at home and less lonely when I make music or when I'm on stage.

Music is the way I counteract being in a poor mental health space because its my most reliable source of therapy. It's like a dopamine flurry with a cherry on top.

For me that’s "Grow Another One". A lot of pain was put into that song and I was in a dark place in my life when I wrote it, which made me see my situation at the time differently.

Michael Jackson to get inspired, Bob Marley to set the vibes right whenever they’re off, and Queen for the car rides.

Bruno Mars is definitely at the top of that list

Word of mouth. There’s nothing like it.

I do, now more than ever. Every musician should. I've had to get vocal lessons and always strive to master each of the 6 instruments I "play."  

As long as I continue to "master" my instruments I'll always strive for excellence.

I was sitting under the staircase of a hotel when I was homeless and discovered a song by Arctic Monkeys

In all honesty, being homeless. It rebuilt me and destroyed me as a person so much that it almost altered my creative light for the worst.

I've had a few of those but the one that sticks out like a sore thumb is when my guitar stopped working on stage..

Simple. Not being afraid to spread positivity by being me as a person and as an artist and not what anyone else wants me to do or think.

Remarkable, inspiring, compassionate

Geonny And Ed Sheeran live at MetLife Stadium

Euphoria, bliss, and freedom

My definition of success an an artist is making an impact through touching the hearts of people. Another persons life touched is another win in my eyes.

That song for me is "Viva La Vida" by 'Coldplay' for both positive and negative reasons. It captures the idea of great power coming with great responsibility.

 Just as hard as it was for your empire to rise, it can all be taken from you in an instant, so then that's when you want to start to appreciate it. It's a musical piece that every artist should listen to at least once

I think it always pushes me to work harder towards my goals as an artist.

I don't see myself doing anything else for the rest of my life so when I’m not doing it I constantly find  a way to do it.

A beautiful storytelling sunset with colors beyond one's imagination.

This one I felt in my gut. I had this one young lady tell me that my music made her cry while she was pregnant.

I'm thinking "Wow! If she tell that kid one of my songs touched her heart"  That means my music will be "timeless" and I feel music should be a lifetime enjoyment.