Swing Factory Sounds

How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard you before, and what makes it undeniably you?

It's weird and quirky just like me lol. The song I'm releasing I consider a cross between LoFi House and a Jersey Club Track. It's my 1st single and my inspiration to make dance music comes from years of back issues and a passion for making others dance even if I can't. I'm also an aspiring DJ learning how to make a living making others move.

What's the story behind the music you're releasing on May 8? Where did it come from emotionally?

The song I'm releasing I consider a cross between LoFi House and a Jersey Club Track. It's my 1st single and my inspiration to make dance music comes from years of back issues and a passion for making others dance even if I can't. I'm also an aspiring DJ learning how to make a living making others move.

How do you know when a song is finished?

I'm often not satisfied with my work so it's never quite finished lol!

Is there a lyric or line in your upcoming release that you're most proud of? What does it mean to you?

There's only one line about it all being a dream. It's a bit of a hybrid song so it fits and also describes a bit how I feel sometimes about life.

What do you want listeners to feel when they listen to your track?

I want listeners to dance, let go and feel good! Have a party right where they're at!

If your music were a place, what would it look like?

With me it depends on the song I create. 'Just A Dream' I would imagine would look like a brain cell riding on a beam of golden light just dancing and vibing throughout the cosmos!

What's your creative process like? Do you write from life, from imagination, or somewhere in between?

I write from somewhere in between.

What genre do you officially claim, and what genre do you secretly belong to?

I officially claim House and secretly belong to Future Bass.

Do you make music better alone or with other people in the room?

If I don't have a plan I'm better off alone to think, less distractions. If I'm working with others and a clear plan is in place and I have a role I'm good.

Was there a specific moment, song, or artist that made you think, "I need to make music"?

I always had a passion to make music, but I knew I wanted to make house music ever since clubbing in the 90s at the Limelight in NYC when I first heard the Witchdoktor.

For those releasing for the first time, what took the longest: making the music, or getting the courage to put it out?

Life, raising a child and family responsibilities.

What's something you sacrificed to get to this release?

I sacrificed the belief that I could not do it!

What's the hardest part of being an independent artist right now, and how are you navigating it?

As an introvert, self promoting and social media to me are the hardest parts but I'm learning and growing and getting more comfortable with it.

How has your city, background, or culture shaped the music you make?

I grew up in CT which is very close to NYC so my friends and I hung out there a lot.

What do you do when creativity stops flowing? How do you get it back?

Use the Scaler 3 plugin with a 4 on the floor kick until something comes to me.

Have you ever almost quit? What made you stay?

Yes many times! The desire to finish something I started kept me going.

What's the worst advice you ever got about your music career, and did you take it?

That 'making beats isn't for girls', nope, never listened!!

What's the best advice you ever got, and who gave it to you?

Best advice I ever got was to take up space in the world and stay small for no one. Think big, dream big, hold myself to a higher standard and aim for that. Don't aim to be better than anyone, just better than the person you were yesterday!

What did your younger self think your music career would look like, versus what it actually looks like now?

My younger self saw me rich and living the rockstar dream lol!

Who are you making this music for? Is there a specific person, version of yourself, or community you had in mind?

I'm making my music for whomever wants to dance!

What's something people would never guess about you just from listening to your music?

That I LOVE dancehall, afrobeats, and lover's rock reggae!

How do you separate the artist version of you from the everyday version of you, or do you even try?

My online communities is how. My personal facebook and IG has nothing to do with my artist profiles and I prefer it that way.

What do you do outside of music that secretly makes your music better?

I enjoy reading. Mostly self help older out of print authors.

What's a part of your personality that shows up in every song whether you intend it to or not?

I'm quirky and weird and I often have some kind of quirky weird sound somewhere in my songs.

What's something you've never said in an interview before, until right now?

That I'm quirky and weird lol.

If you could only keep one, your voice, your instrument, or your lyrics, which one and why?

My voice. Right now I don't take the ability to speak or sing for granted.

What emotion do you find the hardest to write about honestly?

Sadness because I often just want to avoid talking about it.

What do you listen to when you're not listening to music?

Self care and self help audio books.

What does success look like to you, not in the industry's eyes, but in yours?

To me success looks like being content in who you are and your level of popularity and making livable income doing what you love.

What's one thing you wish the music industry understood about artists like you?

That we deserve to be fairly paid for our streamed music.

If you could open for any artist, alive or gone, who would it be and why?

Prince, just to hang out and vibe with them all backstage afterwards lol.

What's your message to another artist sitting on their music, too scared to release it?

Just take the steps needed and release your music! No one else will ever hear or know you if your music is locked away somewhere on a hard drive.

In five years, what do you hope people say when your name comes up?

I hope they say whatever she aimed to do she did!

Streaming, vinyl, live shows: where do you think music actually lives in 2026?

I think streaming and live shows.

If a label called you tomorrow and offered you a deal, what's the first question you'd ask them?

How much are you paying me and how much of my publishing?

What would you never compromise on, no matter how big the opportunity?

Music with a negative vibe or super negative lyrical content. I'm not talking about 'cuss-core' or 'parental advisory' lyrics. I mean the subject matter like grave or unaliving someone.

What do you want your legacy to be, not your career, your legacy?

That I made people feel good!