EPK

MOTIVATION

I strive to create music with the love, passion, dedication and determination that The Great Kobe Bryant channelled to be the best basketball player. 

HISTORY OF A SWEET KID, LOW-KEY BEING A LITTLE CREEP (DISCLAIMER: HARMLESS CREEP)

I have been writing songs in my notebooks (which I have saved over the years) since I was 7 years old. Before I could write I just free-styled songs about other kids in my pre-school class, singing them under my breathe during nap time or on the school bus as I looked out the window in full daydream mode. 

With all this creative energy and passion inside, I realized I could turn my countless notebooks full of lyrics into songs, if I did the work to learn how to record and mix on my own. I never imagined asking for help (mainly because I was way too shy to sing in front of a single soul). So imagine singing in front of another human person, plus singing lyrics that YOU wrote about the boy from 6th period, who you've been crushing on since he transferred to your social studies class 3 weeks ago, who also doesn't know your name or probably about your existence. Yeah, right. Not happening. 

THE SPARK THAT LIT THE FIRE

One summer, right before school was about to start, I was in Lowell, MA visiting my grandparents. My grandma and mom went to the store and my grandfather was in the study downstairs fully gripped by a book he thinks HE was gripping. (You gotta grip the book, don't let the book grip you kids.) Alone in that moment, I felt a spark come over me to push myself to try something I had been so nervous to try. I closed the bedroom door, pulled out a thick and shiny white mac laptop (2007) and began to try this recording thing out for myself. And I did it. My 1st song was in the books. 

If you heard that 1st song from 2007 you may have said, this sounds terrible. But guess what?  I'm glad you didn't and I'm so grateful that shy and sensitive 16 year old kid never stopped, because with every song she recorded, a sense of fulfillment, peace, excitement, strength, and accomplishment fueled her, giving her new life and purpose.

A PROMISE ON PURPOSE

I discovered my true love is music.  I made a commitment to achieving my goals in music, pursue excellence and feed my curiosity through continuous learning, practice, application, and most importantly staying focused no matter how long it takes. I also committed to do all  of that good stuff with a positive mental attitude.  

I commit to nurture my purest emotions (a child-like/wide-eyed eagerness to create) as a source of power, internal motivation, and approach to life.