T And then tell us about deciding to start creating your own music.
P When I finished high school I went to a music college and I guess from there is when I really getting into guitar and wanting to make my own songs because I was doing a lot of cover gigs and session kind of things. So I was just really feeling like I wanted to make something of my own and really express myself in that way. So playing the guitar is kind of how I started before doing production.
So yeah, writing poetry and then trying to match it with some chords and then from there it kind of blossomed. And then I was like, okay, I want a beat to go with this guitar and then I want some keys – it just kind of flowed from there. I would say it's just like really having that desire and want to create music that would go along with what I was singing.
T I love it. Do you remember the first song that you created?
P First song... I don’t know if I fully remember it, but I can imagine it was not super fantastic [LAUGHS]. There was a few, I think around a certain time, and it was just like, yeah, it was very probably cheesy and random.
T Was this in high school?
P Yeah, I think so, like the very first little things that you kind of make and that I was just like, yeah, not great.
T Bless. What drove you to start creating your own music?
P Hmm, for me, just music in general feels like a form of expression. And I feel like sometimes I'm not great with my words or conversations in real life. And I feel like music was a way for me to put things that I wanted to say that I weren't able to say very eloquently in real life. So then putting it into song really helped me express and release the things that I was feeling internally. I really just enjoy playing music and making music. So that just doubled up as well.
T I love that. Your voice – finding your voice in music – what would you say drives you now creatively?
P Now? I feel like now, there's a bigger purpose to it rather than just expressing. It's like I kind of understand that there is kind of a level of – not power – but maybe, how do you say it? Responsibility. I feel now to want to help people in any type of way through music. Because it started to happen after a few shows where people come up to me and they'd be like, ‘Your voice is amazing’ or ‘Your music is amazing’, even people being brought to tears. And I'm like, okay, this is powerful, so I think it's now important for me to also be able to not only express myself, but to be able to impact people in some way. And hopefully that helps them on their journey of life.
T Beautiful. And have you always wanted to be involved in music this way, because you know how some musicians will just create or they'll just do covers or they'll make music for themselves, but have you always thought that you'd want to make music for the world and be a professional musician?
P Yeah I definitely, when I first started, I didn't really know the possibilities. So, doing cover gigs and wondering, okay, what is more to this? And then discovering, yeah, I can create music. And I think that ever since discovering that my voice has power as well into the world, I think that was my main drive just in general.
I'm discovering more so that I can do that and I can be multifaceted. Like, that can be my main thing: where I'm sharing my music to the world and wanting to sing and use my voice. But working with other artists or producing or guiding other artists is also something I can do.
