Check Out Julia Ross’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Julia Ross.

Hi Julia, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
My story feels like a million in one. My journey started when I was 8 years old in Indiana PA with my two older sisters and a big ‘ol dream to make the world happier with music. We became businesswomen as kids and successfully toured alongside each other for over 15 years. Our hugely supportive parents moved the whole family to Nashville in 2003 to continue pursuing the dream. We were signed to multiple record labels over the years and had some great success with the Disney machine on Hollywood records when I was around 16/17 yrs old. I moved onto to my solo project in 2013 after the band disbanded and kept writing with others along the way. I toured as a background singer with Miley Cyrus and other various artists for the past 12 years. As I continued to write on and off the road, I worked on a website called Soundbetter.com. A platform that has, and still to this day, given me the ability to get paid for what I do and the opportunity to work with 100s of people around the world that I would never be able to without the site. I have a cover that reached over 100 million streams this year that came from it!

In 2019, I started working in K-pop alongside an amazing co-writer and artist, Krysta Youngs. We got our first billboard #1s together including gold and platinum records from the boy band BTS. I still write toplines for DJs, producers for pitch, demo work and develop new artists online and in person. It’s crazy to me that I will be celebrating 26 years of touring and working in this music industry next year. ( 2023 ) Thinking of making myself a congratulatory pin lol I recently decided to focus more on my writing and artist career which brings us to my current creative venture, Mossor Music.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Sometimes the biggest challenge for me is to remember to let the stress and doubts leave as quickly as they come in. To remember that feelings are for feeling but also not meant to guide the ship.

I faced different things at the beginning of my industry journey as an artist like people I trusted stealing money, lying, labels shelving records, producers crossing boundaries, a million and a half NO’s, etc. Now being a woman CEO for the first time I am seeing different shapes of this industry from a whole new angle. I love it though. Everything before now has made me sharper and wiser and so incredibly open to learn first without reacting. With anything we do in life I believe that obstacles, though hard to see through, are the bridges to greatness.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I am a writer, always an artist and all-around creative. I still love what I do every day. I make sure to ask myself often just so I know in my gut that the fire is still alive and well. Quitting has never been an option. Even if a thousand doors close, I know that if I continue to stay present and real, that the right ones will open.

I am a big follower of the gut and my company, Mossor Music was born from that guiding force.

A close friend and colleague of mine, Andreas Moss, were chatting at the beginning of the year about doing it all differently. I wanted to find a new way to make what we make and give back to the world somehow in a big way. Just like I did when I was a kid. Mossor Music is a one-of-a-kind company bridging the gap between music industry royalties and non-profits for the first time in a unique way. We host writing camps around the world and allocate 10% of pub of each song to our partnered foundations. Our camps are for creatives by creatives and we offer a non-recoupable all-expenses paid trip for each of our songwriters and producers. We value creatives because we are them. We’ve found a way for music to give even more than just being the soundtrack to our lives while we pour into the ones creating it.

Our first camp was at a studio called Estudis Ground located in Girona, Spain in April of 2022. Our partnered foundation was The Remy Healthcare Foundation, whose mission is assisting in the needs and healthcare support for children and adults with autism. Jacob Sacks, the founder of the foundation, also has a huge heart for music and incorporates musical expression as a way to connect with the beautiful community of special needs. We flew 16 musicians from around the country and created 25 amazing songs in 5 days. Every one of those songs when placed will be giving back to the non-profit forever.

My business partner, Ripton Powell, and I are continuing to seek out talent and non-profits to partner with us in our mission. Purpose over politics is our mantra. With Ripton’s heart for sustainability, connecting like-minded communities and my own for shedding light on the value of working musicians and every moving part of the music business, we are slowly becoming a force of change. Our hope is that the industry will soon follow suit.

Our next songwriting camp is in April 2023 in Santorini, Greece at Black Rock Studios in partnership with The Conscious Planet Foundation.

Have you learned any interesting or important lessons due to the Covid-19 Crisis?
I was talking to someone recently about the pandemic and how it affected the world in such a terrifying but positive way.

The world got sick and our eyes opened. Time stood still and we had more than enough to see the shapes of the clouds again. For me, I went back to my child-like self. Waving to neighbors (on the other side of the street of course). Watching families play outside without phones. Touching the grass and looking inward more. I felt like the music industry got smaller as well. We remembered that we are all human, that life is a fragile gift with a time limit and we really are all in it together.

I was fortunate to still be working at the time in my home studio and continued to write and hone my craft as a vocal producer. I honestly don’t think Mossor would have come about if it weren’t for the space created in my heart and mind during that time. We gotta have space for the universe and god, or whatever force you believe in, to speak into or we’ll miss it. It’s purpose.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.Mossor.us
• Instagram: @JuliaRossMusic

Image Credits
J. Morris David Tosti Vanessa Heins