My Name is Skila, I am an MC / beat maker / song writer & producer, I do mostly (but not limited to) Hip Hop, Rock, Soul, R&B, & some Alternative. I am also completely deaf in my right ear, and have Meniere's Disease effecting my left ear. Meniere's disease is an abnormality of the inner ear that causes symptoms such as light dizziness to vertigo, tinnitus, fluctuating hearing loss, and the sensation of pressure or pain in the affected ear. The disease usually affects only one ear and is a common cause of hearing loss. Now I've been doing music almost half my life, 3 years ago, I lost about 75% of the hearing in my remaining ear to Meniere's disease for about a year, & spent another year in recovery. When it was happening, it was so surreal, & I was a different person then. At the time I had a good job, I was in a relationship, was in great shape, & was about to finish my album & go full steam with my music career. Then I started getting sick, & I slowing began to lose everything along with my hearing (along with my sanity). During that time I learned many things about myself, the first is that I'm very hardheaded. The second is that I still have no clue just how blessed I really am! Sometimes it takes losing everything, being stripped down to nothing....just to see what you're made of, to see what really has meaning. So I eventually hit rock bottom, (its a liberating experience) That's when I realized I had 2 choices, live or die, obviously I chose live. Now when I say live or die, I don't mean suicide, what I mean is that when life hits us hard enough, sometimes we die inside, & lose all motivation, we lose our will to live. The secret is to chose life, embrace your pain & suffering, let it remind you that you can still feel, that you're still alive, & fight!
It was difficult, but I started making beats & recording vocals, following vibrations more than sounds. Most importantly, I began to eat better, exercise, & remove a lot of negative energy from my life.
It's 3 years later, my album's finished, I'm getting the promotions half of it in order now, along with starting to hit the show circuit. I working with a hand full of very talented artists on various project that show much promise, but the best part is that I've gotten back most of the hear in my left ear. They say God helps those that help themselves, I believe he helped me way before I was even conceived, I'm only beginning to use that help now. Well you know what.....I'm about to help myself to 2 servings!!
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