Check Out Sean Welch’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Sean Welch.

Hi Sean, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I’m originally from South Side Jamaica, Queens, NY, but I went to school at NCCU, majoring in mass communications and focusing on Sports Journalism. Writing has always been my passion, my outlet if you will. I wrote for my high school newspaper and the Campus Echo while attending NCCU and realized that my love for writing stemmed mainly from poetry. I had written poetry for years before college but put it on pause for my studies. I went through a few tough “situationships” (i.e., miscarriage with my ex, financial struggles, & just pressure from school in general) moments in college. I didn’t know how to express myself or learn how to express what I was feeling in those moments exactly. So one night, I turned off the tv, put on some music, and sat down with my pen, paper, and a few shots of Jack Daniels and just poured my heart out. That is what got me back into writing poetry. Since college, I’ve been blessed to continue writing poetry by doing a few poetry tours with other artists, headlining my poetry tours, and starting my podcast, “KING Radio.” KING Radio is a show that I created in reaction to Nicki Minaj’s own, “QUEEN Radio,” to exemplify and celebrate the Black Male point of view on various topics of today’s world, and I celebrate other artists in the poetry game. I am currently on the second season of KING Radio. I have been able to put out two poetry books: “A Heart For Sale: Broken Condition,” which focuses on my numerous relationships from college that left me heartbroken, and “For the People In the Back,” which takes a different tone from my first book; it shows growth, and how I was able to maneuver through those heartbreaks and find my happiness in today’s world that doesn’t show a lot of positivity for the Black man. “For the People In the Back” actually names a few of the exes that I feel had done me wrong previously, the moments that I witnessed racism and patriarchy within my family and just a few moments where I had trouble finding myself.
With success from my poetry tours, books, and “KING Radio” on the East coast, I am trying to venture out and tell my experiences to a broader audience on the West Coast. I hope that I can use God’s platforms to display my talents to other people and show them that IT IS OK to show emotion, IT IS OK to say things other people won’t say, IT IS OK to do things other people won’t do. I hope that I’m able to show that being rebellious, not following the status quo, or not following the rules, to a certain extent, is perfectly fine as long as you are being true to yourself.

Let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
This shit has not been easy! With people telling me what THEY think I should write about, what THEY think my topics on KING Radio should be, and what THEY believe is appropriate for my readers, it has not been the easiest road to travel down. I’ve found myself creating a form of poetry that I’m comfortable with. I call it “Mixtape Poetry.” So when you put a book out or any project, it has to be edited, formatted, and everything appropriate for publishing. With my “Mixtape Poetry,” I write what I want, how I like it, completely unfiltered, and post it on my website. All of the topics that I write about are really from my life. So, it has been difficult to describe certain situations or name people and then let them read the poem (or poems) about them or our situation. But at the same time, it’s been therapeutic. It allows me to be completely vulnerable and allows them to see how I felt in that moment from the poem. They can see how I was affected if they didn’t understand as it happened.
I’ve hurt many egos and people’s feelings with the truth. And I do not regret one word.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I’m currently living in Denver, CO, working as a Journalist Instructor for a charter school and a Production Assistant for FOX31, a local news station here, and working with Colorado Radio, where KING Radio will be coming to airways soon! I specialize and am known for my poetry. I’ve been told that because there aren’t a lot of men willing to wear their hearts out on their sleeve and then publicly not care about people’s opinions, I’ve been able to “pave the way” for other artists by showing them that it’s OK! Your feelings are OK; you can express yourself freely and not be emasculated. I am proud of myself for showing other people that no matter what you are feeling, no matter what you are going through, no matter what other people say, it is perfectly fine to express yourself in whatever way makes you comfortable. I refuse to let others dictate how I think or feel. It is OK being you. I’m the red-headed, outspoken, unapologetic poet, and I’m OK with that.

Is there a quality that you most attribute to your success?
My aspiration to want more is what is most important to my success. There is nothing wrong with wanting more when you are on the road to success. Sometimes I’ll sit and be like, “Yo, you have a book out. What’s next?” or “You just dropped this project and recorded this episode. How are you going to top yourself?” There is nothing wrong with being hungry for success. I plan to reach as many people as I can and relate to my readers. They want real topics, my real thoughts on whatever I’m talking about. I sometimes have an issue with living in the moment and staying there. I’m working on it. But wanting more and aspiring to be better than I was the day before is driving me to succeed.

Pricing:

• A Heart For Sale: Broken Condition – $25.00 on Amazon
• For the People In the Back – $25.99 on Amazon

Contact Info:

• Email: brokenheartsandheadboards@gmail.com
• Website: https://www.seanwelchwrites.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanwelchunwritten/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/REDSeanWelch
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/seanwelchwrites