My story! I'm on a Path of Discovery through an Intuitive Following of Passions & Removal of Blockages.

Hello everyone!

Sofia Raisanen here! I've been a writer my entire life and I've been practicing The Art of Journaling for over 10 years! It's completely changed my life! I also have 6.5 years experience in just about every field in the music industry! My main focus right now is writing, blogging, learning music production and helping others taps into their fullest potential because we all have magical gifts inside of us.

Discover what I'm up to: https://sofiaraisanen.com/

"I'm on a path of discovery through an intuitive following of passions and removal of blockages". - Sofia Raisanen

I am Sofia Raisanen and am on a wanderlust journey. I am tapping into my creativity through mediums of the art of journaling, writing, blogging and learning music production. I’m following my passions and breaking through resistance.

I am finding solutions.

My tools focus through The Art of Journaling. I have 10 years experience with allowing this practice to fully flourish my creativity.

My expertise in the music industry resolves around the Networking, Writing, Blogging, Promotions, Public Relations, Brand Development, A&R ( Talent Scouting and Artist Development), Advising, Artist Management, Planting Ideas, Strategy, Music Marketing, Digital, Graphic Design, Editing and more.

Strengths in self development, communication & connecting the dots have led to profound growth and the ability to help others accomplish their goals.

Sofia Raisanen’s creativity stems from an intuitive self-reflection of ancient knowledge, an intuitive following of passions which has led into to the now. A first-generation American and Texas native, she is of Mexican and Finnish heritage. A true bilingual communicator, her fluency surrounds both Spanish and English, having developed a linguistic depth at a very young age.

She attended the University of Colorado at Boulder from 2007-2010 and passionately pursued the creative fields of Communication and Linguistics ; one of her favorite Linguistics projects was focused in Morphology which consisted of breaking down the language of Gujarati, spoken in West India and figuring out its structure, syntax, and semantics, which ultimately furthered development in the field and learning the language in a rapid fashion.

During profound moments spent in time in Boulder and surrounded by mountains in 2009, Sofia had the urge to pick up a blank journal which led to writing in it consistently, and as of today, it still remains a fresh passion.

In 2011, and at 22 years old, Raisanen moved back to Dallas, Texas where she first dove into the world of music promotions starting with Banjos.to.Beats. Seven months later, in February 2012, Sofia became co-owner of her friend’s event production company based in Austin, Texas, which eventually led to moving there Spring of 2013. During early 2012, there was a vision and removed a blockage two years later, through the Art of Journaling.

In October 2013, Afro Monk (whom she had met mid-2011 in Dallas) proposed an invitation to be a contributor for his blog, where her creative alias, Clear Shadow ( removal of blockages ), first appeared. Since then, Sofia has published over 300 publications in 9 different outlets/web magazines/blogs as a freelancer.

Outside of banjos.to.beats promotion starting in 2011, she has experience with promotions with The Parish (venue), Art Seen Alliance, and Art Outside. In October 2014, Street Ritual Records pulled her in as their in-house writer and a few months later, in January 2015, she also evolved as their PR Director, A&R, Brand Development, Co-Marketing Director. Also around October 2014, Raisanen became a writer for Evolver EDM (music section of Reality Sandwich). In the Fall of 2015, she became a Talent Agent under Street Ritual Agency representing international artist, Hedflux [ UK ], AMB [ Hungary ] and KarmasynK [ India ] www.StreetRitual.com

2018 is a fresh new start. Four months ago, I let go of ALL of my major roles in the music industry to focus more on writing in a variety of styles. I will continue to tap into creative passions.

As of recently, ill.Gates, invited me to be Editor of his platform, ProducerDojo and have joined @hedflux's @audioalchemy for more expansive learning

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“That’s one thing I really love, says Sofia, the visual arts. The visual representation sets everything off. Everything is visual; it’s the art of visualization that I’ve been doing way longer than the art of journaling. IMAGINATION IS KEY. More importantly, it’s the sound from within that has brought me to the visualization of it all.”

Proven to show authenticity, consistency & endless passion in creativity, it is no surprise that it will forever continue flourish and therefore inject many ideas into the music industry and beyond.

With over ten years with tapping into the art of journaling and six and a half years of experience in multiples fields within the music industry, I have developed a strong desire to create, elevate and inspire conscious and creative change through passions.

REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE: Extensive Knowledge/Experience:

• The Art of Journaling ( 10+ yrs )

• Street, Online, Venue, Festival Promotions ( 6 yrs )

• Promotions Management ( 4 yrs )

• Digital Blogger ( 4 years )

• Social Media Management ( 6 years )

• Co-owner, Event production ( 3 yrs )

• Artist Management ( 4 years )

• Writing/Blogging in the industry ( 4yrs, over 350 publications – 9 different outlets )

• Public Relations Management ( 3 yrs; over 150 Press Releases since January 2015; top outlets include The Huffington Post, The EDM Network, Live for Live Music, YourEDM, EDM Sauce, LostinSound, The Untz, Dancing Astronaut, Live for Live Music, All Nations, Bass Nation, Reality Sandwich plus many many more )

• Editor ( 3 yrs )

• WordPress ( 4 Years )

• International Visa Consultation ( Developed Hedflux career and obtained a work O1 visa – approved for 3 yrs in the USA. Recommendation Letter – Bruce Pavitt of Sub Pop Records – Nirvana’s Record Label )

• Branding/Brand Development ( 3 years )

• Marketing, Music Marketing, Digital Marketing ( 4 years )

  • Strategy, Planning, Ideas
  • Content Marketing
  • Email Marketing
  • SEO
  • A/B testing
  • Copywriting

• Artist Development ( 5 yrs )

• Booking Agent ( 2 yrs )

• Stage Management ( shows and festivals – 2 years )

• Event Producer ( 3 years )

• Advisor ( 4 yrs )

I love you all! <3