Face the Current is excited to name Chris Assaad to the newly created position of Music Content Curator, effective 07 JAN 2019.
“We are really excited to have Chris join the Face the Current team. We first discovered him as a performer during our coverage of the 2017 Pre-Grammys in Hollywood,” stated Sasha Frate, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Face the Current. “After featuring Chris as an artist in our May edition, we realized there was so much alignment, shared vision and community, that we invited him to contribute. Over a short time it just felt meant to be that he would have a greater role as part of the FtC family, helping develop the music segment and strengthening a connection with a growing global conscious artist community.”
Credit: Cami Mendes
While Chris continues to rise in his music career, create new art, and tour, he now joins the team to help expand and amplify the voice of the conscious artist community with Face the Current. In fact, he recently debuted his new “Conscious Artist Feature” series in our Fall 2018 issue with his interview with Nahko. We know Chris will be full of ideas about covering the music scene as he has a knack for identifying unique talent and high vibe artists.
As the new Face the Current Music Content Curator, Chris will employ his ear for great music, along with his writing and storytelling skills to generate fresh content including artist features, a podcast, and a quarterly #FeelGood music playlist featuring his favorite tracks from established and up and coming artists. Chris will also cover music events and festivals for Face the Current.
Chris Assaad is a Canadian singer-songwriter who left a promising career in law several years ago to follow his heART and his passion for music. Since then, Chris has been sharing his eclectic blend of soulful roots music, heart-opening songs and stories across the globe and actively using his voice to encourage others to live a life they love.
Born of parents of Egyptian descent, Chris was raised in Canada and calls Toronto his home. He has persevered through some challenges along the way, including a condition that threatened his hearing when he first took up singing and songwriting. Through it all, Chris maintained a spiritual optimism and kept on with his passion for music and purpose-driven living.
Credit: Cami Mendes
Chris also has extensive experience writing, blogging and creating inspirational content for platforms such as The Daily Love, Positively Positive and Project Happiness. One of Chris’ quotes recently went viral and has been shared, liked and commented on over a million times on social media.
Learn more about Chris by reading his story in his interview in May issue of Face the Current, check out his debut ‘Conscious Artist’ interview feature with Nahko, or explore and tune in to some of his music on his website.
Please join us in giving Chris a warm welcome to the FtC family!