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The artist’s beginning

Written by María Paula Murcia 10A

The talent in Colombia is abundant, and emerging artists rise every day with new ideas, so much passion to give, so many things to say, and parts of themselves to share through their art. They have an everyday journey of self-discovery, new creative ways of sharing thoughts, and encouraging free expression and changes to make in our world with their music. Monte No Existe is one of them. He is a local artist that in his teenage years, has produced dazzling singles and an EP with other artists on the rise, friends that use their youth, their talent, and ideas and add them together into beautiful pieces of art. 


The production of rap music has grown bigger in Colombia, thanks to those people who saw the beauty of the genre and turned it into their own art, ideas, and creation. It’s impressive to see so much passion in someone’s eyes, and that’s what I saw in Monte, that passion of freeing his ideas and knowing that his art will get to people and will let them see the beauty of his thoughts and feelings in the same way I saw them. 


It’s fascinating the unique form of Monte’s expression about life, love, sadness, happiness, loneliness, as well as his vulnerable way of giving the listener parts of himself and pieces of his own experiences. Talking to him, I was impressed by his love for music and his way of thinking, which made me wonder about his beginning, his passions, and inspirations, things that made him who he is today. 


His idea of becoming an artist came from listening to music he loved and artists like Noname, MF DOOM, earl sweatshirt.  It also came from Colombian artists like N.hardem and Aaron Moreno that reached to him through music and gave him inspiration for doing it better, making his art something that he would be proud of. His motivation is the genuine appreciation that people give from listening to his music because of all that he puts of himself in it; it’s pure creation from his head.


The pandemic hasn’t helped the expansion of underground artists, yet they see it as a way of learning to have better management on how to get people to listen and appreciate their music through social media and friends. Monte saw the opportunity to take this time and improve his way of doing music. He quoted: “The best experience is feeling the process, no only artistically but as a person. To put your thoughts and ideas into a public view and feel that it generates and requires a constant catharsis.” 


On the other hand, something that he finds scary is to put too much of himself into his art and not knowing how people will react to it. Some people tend to be closed-minded, and their criticism may not be precisely constructive, which makes the communication from the artist to the listener harder and causes motivation to fade sometimes. Despite this, artists like him have overcome this feeling of exposing themselves. Facing this fear makes it easier to confront it and be comfortable with sharing their music with people around them every time.  


Monte is a sixteen-year-old artist that produces music on his own and whose talent and passion are exceptional. He has many dreams, and though he mostly only writes music, he sees the making of his songs as an exploration of his mind and the way he thinks and feels. This is only the beginning of his life as an artist and the release of his music. 


There are many underground artists and people who passionately share their music and their art. The best thing we can do is to support talent in our country and have an open mind, search for different sources and new artists to support and appreciate their talent and work. Ask people around you about local artists, what they listen to and like, or follow people like “El enemigo,” a  local Youtuber who reviews Colombian artists and their work. For everyone who wants to start doing music, publishing their work, and feel passionate or inspired by local artists, trust your talent and do it. 

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