About

The very first song I ever wrote was for a poetry slam at age nine. I titled it ‘You Forgot Me,’ a rather jarring statement coming out of the mouth of a nine-year old, but as most would agree, I did always have a flair for the dramatic. The song was about an unrequited love and broken promises, and I can with full confidence ascertain that it was the feeling I felt after I read it for the first time, after I put the pencil down and just looked at the words in front of me, that solidified something in my mind and just sort of said: “This. This is what you’re meant to do. This is what you’re good at.” And that was the sensational start of my lyric-writing journey – though the fact that I did end up winning that poetry slam may have boosted my confidence a little bit ;)

Following my sort of “aha moment” came chapter 2 of this passage to stardom, the actual music aspect. I had been training with vocal coaches ever since kindergarten and it was the only hobby I never let go of. I must have gone through 5 vocal coaches till I turned twelve? That was until I met my current vocal coach, to whom I whole-heartedly give full-credit for turning me into the vocalist I am today. I learned to view singing less so as a talent or skill and looked to it more as a new, foreign language I was enthralled in learning. Breathing, intonation, voice manipulation, tone…the complexity of it all just fascinates me and allows me to explore certain regions of my voice in my own work I would have, most likely, never discovered or thought to master. Over the years I learned the basics of piano and guitar playing, both of which I aspire to thrive at in the future, which melodized the lyrics that had been swarming in my head. That was chapter 2, probably the most life-changing when looking back at it.