This month, we would like to introduce singer Adiana Ross.

There are millions of people trying to make it in the music industry. Millions of people who can sing. Millions who can dance.

Just millions with talent. But the one question that solidifies the artists artistry is, what sets you apart from the rest? In my opinion, the answer to that question will be the defining moment in an artists career.

What separates you from everyone else?

When Unheard Voices collaborated with Reverbnation several years ago, our ultimate goal was to find artists not only separating themselves from the rest but also living in their truth while epitomizing the meaning of true artistry and beyond.

It is always refreshing doing this opportunity because you will stumble upon a hidden gem who exemplifies that and more.

Who is Adiana Ross?

A native of Detroit, Adiana Ross, is in a genre of her own. As a mystic known for her ingenious and intuitive spirituality, this alternative soul and r&b songstress finds herself at home in the expression of her expanded artistry and charges into the music.

And her natural sultry tones, versatility, and bold allure serve as catalysts in many of her effects.

Ross aims to embolden her listeners which she affectionately calls hers “beloveds”, with “openness, vulnerability, and power that is uniquely harnessed”.

She describes her music as carrying an impressive depth adding a unique hue in her work that “penetrates souls with idiosyncratic grace and captivation”.

Adiana Ross is a seasoned vocalist and performer with experience that spans into the international sphere. Ross released her debut single last summer and plans to pleasure us with her EP release in Spring 2019.

Interview

Unheard Voices had the chance to ask Ädiana Ross a few questions about her career and where she sees herself going.

Get to know Adiana and listen to some great music below:

UV: When did you fall in love with music?
Adiana Ross: I fell in love with music as a little girl through my mother’s gift of song and music. She was a jazz vocalist and would take me to her shows and rehearsals. And church. My mother was a soprano in the church choir. She was my star and I wanted to be just like her. I would listen to her old records and fell in love with (her) music at an early age.

UV:How long have you been creating and performing music?
Adiana Ross: For as long as I can remember. I would hear melodies and phrases in my head and just go around the house singing them over and over annoying the hell out of my older brother.

I was discovering a world that was beyond me and developing my black girl magic. My mother put me in piano lessons and vocal training pretty early on where I’d go on to perform in showcases and recitals.

I was also involved with youth ensemble groups that held pivotal space for artists. In school, I was often cast in lead roles for musical theatre productions and plays. And it all greatly extends through my adult years. So yes, I’ve been performing for as long as I can remember.

UV:What does your work aim to say?
Adiana Ross: My work is meant to empower and embolden my beloveds (listeners) with openness, vulnerability, and power that is uniquely harnessed. I do it for my beloveds.

My tribe. In the tribe, we hold intense spaces of unconditional love, freedom to be and acceptance.

It took me several years of my adult life to be okay with being vulnerable, and more to see its beauty and significance. And I aim to empower my beloveds in doing (and seeing) the same in and for themselves. It’s love and I am grateful to be in it with them.

UV: What artists have the greatest musical influences on you and your music?
Ädiana Ross: Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway, and Sarah Vaughn. But in all honesty, I am mostly inspired by my multiple aspects. I am my greatest influence when I tap into my higher forms.

UV: Who are your biggest influences besides musical artists?
Ädiana Ross: I’d say, my 104-year old grandmother, Marie Ross. My name is rooted in her legacy. The meaning of Ädiana is “the night’s falling reveals the angel’s undeniable beauty” and with my art, I vow to be the carrier of the stars in her night’s sky. I honor her strength and perseverance; her grace and resilience. She influences all of me.

UV: Where are you from? Has it shaped your musical influences? Is there a big music scene there?
Ädiana Ross: I was born in Detroit, Michigan. Motown. It’s shaped my world of music and it’s richness pulses through my veins. My soulful parts are big, real and raw. I appreciate my hometown and what it’s done for me and the landscape of my sound.

UV: What is the hardest challenge you have encountered with building your fan base, especially on social media?
Adiana Ross:I don’t see anything on social media as a challenge. I see so many opportunities; it’s glorious. Any opportunity to share myself with the world is everything.

As a diverse figure with several different facets, my audience is a very special one.

Bringing in spirituality and conscious living to a sophisticated, intelligent yet madly creative and liberated audience is a journey in itself.

In catering to them, I am me. And I encourage that they are empowered in who they are and come as they are. I do my best to personally and spiritually engage my audience and followers and open up to them and with that, I see my base is steadily growing. I’m pleased to see the organic growth so I just go with the flow of it.

UV: Has anyone ever given you negative feedback on your music, if so how did you react to it?
Ädiana Ross: People will give negative feedback to the sun about it being too hot or too bright while it is providing them with their very own life. So, negative feedback is not negative and it is instead, lovingly neutralized. Feedback is feedback. And, if I find resonance with said feedback, I utilize it to constructively inform and uplift since the only feedback that matters is my own. What do I feel about the record or the visual? How do I feel about my sound and how it’s evolving and developing? I make up the whole. My feedback to self is the most important.

UV: How important and/or how difficult is it to support your career with your own funding?
Ädiana Ross: Glad you asked… ‘cause it’s not easy. Not at all. But I find that when I am living honestly and in my life’s purpose, the universe responds in the most supportive way. Everything comes to me in divine time and I find that abundance is all around me. And I have an incredible team and support system at my side. I’m working at a healthy pace.

UV: How does your work comment on current social or political issues?
Ädiana Ross: Much of my work tends to be empowering.

Red Wine is a women empowerment piece while allowing men to access perspectives of social expansion. The work I’ll be releasing in the next few months speaks on more women empowerment as well love and vulnerability through connection. And I speak to my divine masculine male, beloveds too. They feel me and (learn to) appreciate the strength of the woman like an incredible wave that changes with energetic tides. It’s healing; it’s informing. So my work is all over the map and relates to a very broad audience and a plethora of topics.

UV: Where do you see yourself in the next five years?
Ädiana Ross: In the clouds. Higher than I could ever dream. I see myself bringing every single one of my wildest dreams into fruition with an infinite flow of wealth and an abundance of love that I share with my tribe.

UV: What current projects do you have out or forthcoming projects in progress?
Ädiana Ross: I’ll be releasing a couple of singles and some exciting collaborative projects before the emergence of my EP in Spring of 2019. I’m so stoked. the masterminds on these projects are to live for.

UV: In closing, I would like you to leave the Unheard Voices readers words of encouragement and inspiration, especially for those pursuing a career in music and entertainment.
Adiana Ross: Keep your eye on the reward that you are destined for and never fear your purpose or passion(s). And there are hard days, but those are there to stretch and prepare you. In the darker moments, go and seek nature and take time to re-ground. Get back to who you truly are; your core. Meditate. Eat a balanced diet. Look at your lifestyle and tailor it with love, and start with loving yourself. Everything you engage should be sacred and special because you are sacred and immensely special. And lastly, beloveds, know that you are loved for all of you.

Connect with Ädiana:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/seeking.nature/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AdianaRoss
Tritter: twitter.com/seekingnature