Life & Work with Finnikin Lee of The Nations

Today we’d like to introduce you to Finnikin Lee.

Hi Finnikin, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
As a child, I really gravitated towards sports – anything I could exert energy towards. Around mid-year of the 6th grade, I had an injury to my lower back (fractured L5 vertebrae).

This, in its own mystical way, was a very pivotal time in my life. I had grown up in a family where music was present but in my own life, it had until this point taken the back burner.

Dammed to my room and after a few months of wearing my backcast, I was inspired to pick something new; to really give something my all, as I did sports. I became infatuated with music.

Today, I own a media company and create music full-time. I film weddings, and music videos for artists and work with rebranding companies – helping with fluidity across their marketing platforms. I’ll tell you, it has been a blast making music and sharing it –– but it was beginning to become a tad repetitive. I moved to Nashville during the pandemic, so I first met Nashville in an interesting light.

I am a videographer so I naturally gravitated to the abandoned buildings here in the Nations. I started setting up in these buildings and filming myself making music. Would go home afterward to edit it and share it on Tiktok. Around this time I had a deal with Lava Records sitting on the table. Something didn’t feel quite right about this deal so I ended up declining it. A month later, my Tiktok took off and my music career was elevated quickly.

My sister passed away from a long battle with cancer a month later. This radically changed my life, or how I chose to live my life I should say. It put a massive magnifying glass on my mental health. She allowed me to see what areas I needed fine-tuning. Around this time my career became my vocation. I shifted from being an ADHD singer-songwriter kind of aimlessly exploring every genre under the sun – to creating a business called, Energy Hospital where I make individual songs curated specifically for humans to assist them on their healing journey.

This also spilled into making a podcast where I use my music and foley design to take people to a place I created called, “There”. This podcast is not really a podcast, it’s more of a fully immersive experience for people that struggle with mental, physical, and emotional illness. I believe we are at a bridge between Western Medicine and Ancient Eastern Holistic Practices – gathering the best of both worlds if you will.

Though Modern Medicine is quick, powerful, and important for trauma response, we must never forget the importance of nutrition – by that I mean, ALL nutrition: What we see, what we hear, what we eat & most importantly what/how we think!

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
I believe the goal should never hope the road is smooth.

In fact, the concept of ‘be positive’ can be a tad hurtful. If I learned anything through the passing of my sister it is understanding that the trials, the pain, the dark times in life have just as much value as the moments of bliss and pure triumph! We have the authority to rebrand the “rough road”. When we do this or operate from this mindset, we take back the ownership of ourselves!

Simply put: the road has been smooth and rough – potholes and all. I will gladly pull over and fix my popped tire.
I could look at the flat tire/pothole as a setback or… a sign. Maybe I need to slow down – figuratively and literally. Pay attention and focus more. If we give badly the value of bad – it becomes bad…

But if we give badly the value of… not even good, but opportunity – it has the potential to be good.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I don’t believe I am reinventing the wheel per se. I always like to think, that originality is overrated. Inspiration is influential! But I think I am approaching old ancient healing methods in a more creative/modern way.

Because things are so accessible via the internet, I’m able to get things out to a mass of people that might be seeking help. I work with certain types of frequency that target problem areas and possible blockage. Uses of these songs are kind of different for everyone and range from listening while on chemotherapy to meditation, prayer, morning routine, and even cooking!

I don’t believe there is a podcast that’s doing what I am doing. There have always been guided meditations… but this… until you hear it, you’ll know. This is different!

Where do you see things going in the next 5-10 years?
I see my music and my idea of Energy Hospital going on tour.

Setting up in forests, mountains – preferably in nature. Hundreds of people wearing Bluetooth headphones synced up to the same song/experience/guided journey. Laying down on earth’s ground healing themselves. Finding peace again. Remembering the importance of, “play”. To be reunited with the child self.

If we don’t first believe we can heal ourselves, how do we begin?

It’s my goal with my music, with Energy Hospital to reveal the power in the human. So that they can believe they can.

Pricing:

• Energy Hospital song: $333-555
• Weddings: packages from $2k-5k
• Music Videos: packages from $500-2k
• Branding: prices vary
• Graphic Design: prices vary

Contact Info:

• Email: [email protected]
• Website: https://linktr.ee/st.finnikin
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/st.finnikin/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/st.finnikin
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxKW69R_ehOcb992SslmOyw/videos
• Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@st.finnikin

Image Credits
St.Finnikin and Monarch album artwork created by: Guillermo Vázquez