Life & Work with Calobe Rodriguez of Social Circle Georgia

Today we’d like to introduce you to Calobe Rodriguez.

Hi Calobe, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
It was pretty rough coming up, mom was a drug addict and didn’t know my father. My grandfather was the only person who tried to keep me on the right path. I’ve always loved music since i can remember, some of my first memories are of me memorizing my favorite songs and pretending it was me performing on a stage in front of people. It was always my escape. Because of my mom’s addiction, we could never stay in one place for long so we moved at least once a year or more, meaning i could never form meaningful connections with people for long. I turned to music more and more to the point where i got my first cd player and never took off the headphones, even to this day. The first time i started to write my own music was in 9th grade when i got a copy of Tupacs greatest hits. I would sit in my room with the album on replay and write my own versions of the songs. Eventually i got kicked out of high school and joined the military, where i met a guy named Hambrick, and when we deployed to Iraq in 2009 he brought some recording equipment and that’s when i recorded my first song. It was all passion from there, getting my own equipment and recording with friends and having big dreams. Networking and meeting the right people who helped cultivate my love and passion for music! Now i make music that i feel like people can relate to, dance to, cry to, go through a breakup to, complain about life to, or just turn their brain off for a little while and vibe. At the moment, Only1Tipy has been a mentor figure for me in this music journey and keeps me focused on what matters!

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Not smooth at all. Life always throws curveballs. Being kicked out of high school, deploying to Iraq, having an addict for a mother. It all weighs heavy. When my grandfather died i wanted to give up completely and threw myself into alcohol and drugs after moving to Virginia to escape life. I was homeless for 3 months when i moved to Virginia and ended up pawning all of my recording equipment just to survive another week. Feeling alone is also another struggle. Like the feeling that no one in the world knows, or even cares, about my struggles. Having to come to terms with that was the most difficult, until i was able to make music again and put everything in song. Even today im working on a project called “pain drinks Pain” that is getting a lot off my chest. But giving up is easy, learning to love my struggle and let it mold me is harder and the road I’m choosing.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I love being an “Artist”. Not being confined to one particular category when it comes to my creativity. I love art, period. When i make my music, it comes from a place of experience and understanding. I believe my strongest skill in this is writing music. When i write, im able to form thoughts and express them in a different and meaningful way. And what sets me apart is probably the way i deliver these expressions in music, in a way that makes people relate and do more than just listen, but feel.

What’s next?
I’m looking forward to the day the right person hears my music, and not just hears it, but understands the value in it. I’m looking forward to the day i can perform on stage for 20,00+ people and thy can sing along because they know my lyrics!

Contact Info:

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Image Credits
Kj shoots
Cj DaChamp