See Your Shadow Unveils Their New Single “I Know My Worth”

Sheer genius is demonstrated by the fascinating versatile artist and songwriter Michael Coleman in his new single “I Know My Worth” We’re lucky enough to have sneaked in for an interview with a talented artist. He was generous enough to lend some of his precious moments as we gleefully stumbled deep into his personal and professional life. Here are some excerpts from the interview:

“I Know My Worth” is captivating from the start to finish with a combination of unique beats and catchy lyrics.  What was the inspiration behind the single?

Well, I always wanted to do a female empowerment anthem and it was not until we released our second South African iTunes Country Chart Number 1, “My Worth” that this project started to take shape.  The original southern rock instrumental caught the attention of South African DJ Sentrixx and he and I collaborated on remixing the southern rock instrumental into a dance record and when I heard the remix, I knew that I had finally found what I was looking for in terms of the track to write the lyrics to.  Female empowerment, and empowerment in general, has always been a passion of mine and it just all came together.

What sets your music apart?  What is unique or at least uncommon?

I think what sets See Your Shadow apart and what is unique about us is that we are always thinking outside of the box and bucking conventional norms.  Take “I Know My Worth” as an example, it combines so many different elements to a cohesive unit.  It is the first dance record with the banjo as a lead instrument.  It is the first hick hop record done by a woman of color and when we start the piece out you think it is going in one direction and we totally take you in a different direction.   I love doing things that have never been done before.

What or who has influenced your sound and style?

This is an interesting question because there are elements from a musical perspective and then from a writing perspective.  From a musical perspective I am always influenced by the session players, they truly are the soul of all the music that not only I create, but so many others create as well, yet those people never become famous.  It is that level of passion that they bring to the table that really is paramount to the success of a piece.  Now from a writing perspective, Paul Simon is a big influence as well as the Motown writing team of Holland/Dozier/Holland.

Describe your favorite and least favorite part about being a musician.

I think my favorite part about what we do with See Your Shadow is the emotion we translate to our audience.  When you make an impact on somebody with your work whether it be brining a smile to their face, making them laugh or cry and be impacted by your work.  That really is the beauty of music.  My least favorite thing I would say is as an independent you have to work twice as hard and that every time you turn around there is a new social media platform you must become familiar with.

Do you have any dream collaborations?  Who are they?

I would absolutely love to collaborate with Quentin Tarantino.  I also am a filmmaker and I love his work and I think that it would be great to do a project with him.  Now from a music standpoint, there are so many, probably too many to name, but I tend to want to work with the old timers before everyone starts dying off.

What’s something most people don’t know about you?

Most people don’t know that I am Black.  No just kidding.  A lot of people don’t know that I use to run a mental health clinic when I was younger, and I am pretty good at Jeopardy.

If you had one message to give your fans what would it be?

I think right now the most important message for us all is to get vaccinated as soon as you are eligible.  I am a hugger and I want to start being able to hug again.  I am famous for my hugs.

For our final question, is there anything else you would like to add?

You know 2020 was so rough on everybody from a standpoint of not only the pandemic, but all of the social unrest around the world and I think that it is so important that we as people just give out kindness and be open to receiving kindness.  Kind words can sometimes literally mean the difference between life and death to someone who is feeling badly.

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