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Podcast: The Dr. Darian Parker Podcast
Episode: 239. XIMXIA - Billboard Recording Artist, Growing up with Classical Music Roots, Music as Meditation and The Difficulty in Writing Music When You Are Happy
Description: Top 20 Billboard charting artist XIMXIA (pronounced shem-shee-ya), a versatile Los Angeles singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, debuted her first single, "Don't Follow Me," with an impressive #19 Billboard Dance Club ranking, making its way to radio shortly thereafter. She can attribute the early success to the handfuls of musical heredity and experience in her sonic swirl—a strikingly original sound rooted in the influence of some of rock and pop's greatest singular visionaries. Individuality and poignant self-expression are constants in XIMXIA's musical universe. The equation works like this—XIMXIA sings her truth and you dance. Fans who can't help but stamp a label on h...