Making music allows me to connect with others, and hopefully by sharing my stories listeners can relate and feel a sense of camaraderie.
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Music, very specifically hybrid work using orchestral elements, acoustic guitars, piano, and finding a unique way to blend my voice into that equation to spark an artistic signature that all of us are constantly looking for. I of course also love to play concerts and shows, but we always need music for that don’t we?
Where do you find inspiration?I find inspiration in many things! From sequences of events that pertain to my personal life, to people like Mr. Depp himself who, like myself, has a strong connection to maintaining his artistry in not just one field, but many. I find inspiration from one artistic field to another. If I’m performing in a musical I’ll be inspired to take photos on a random afternoon, or 10 pages of poetry, or start writing an album. All of these have been done before, ha!
What would you do with $25,000?Oh boy… Where do I begin? I suppose I’ll just be blunt. The $25,000 would go towards the creation and release of an entirely new album on all platforms, a beautifully curated sound, and it would go towards so many other parts of music releases that people aren’t even aware of. Outside of studio cost, promotional costs, photos, video, album art… This would be a life changing opportunity for me. I simply want to show the world what I can do.
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