FREDDY ZAMORA Emerging Singer-Songwriter When did you first get into music? I First got into music at the age of 11. I started taking guitar lessons from the church band leader where I attended. Being a part of the church band is how I honed my skills and where I developed my skills as a musician. What inspired you to pursue a career in music? I always felt gravitated towards music, but I never truly thought I could make a career out of it until a teacher of mine, Tyler who at the time worked at Youth On Record, gave me the push and the motivation to begin performing live at events and open mics. How would you describe the music that you create? That’s a question I’ve always found hard to answer because I have created music of various genres and instrumentation. The music I create is a form of expressing feelings and moods inspired by the things I see, hear, and feel. How has your music evolved since you first began playing music? My music has evolved many times over the years. Currently, the band I’m in, for Bailey Elora has made the way I approach writing music change almost entirely. I find my self writing choruses that have more harmonies than I ever have before and making sure that the Voice is at the center of it all. For the first time in my musical career, I have found people
whom push me to be better and have a genuine approach to the music I wish to create with them. If you were forced to choose only one, which emotion, more than any other drives you to stay in this tough business? Is it joy, anger, desire, passion or pride and why? If I was forced to choose one emotion that drives me to stay in this business I would say it is desire. I choose this emotion because above all else the desire to make music and to be able to only make music is the goal for just about any artist. It’s as if life has put a desire in me to express my self through music and it is what I intend to do and what keeps me going in this though and competitive business. Which ingredient do you think makes you special and unique as a performing artist in a genre overflowing with new faces and ideas? I would say that what makes me unique in this industry as a performing artist is the approach I have towards music. This won’t sound very poetic and I will try to explain it to the best of my ability but I approach the music in a very sorta Specific manner. I often find myself performing or creating music for someone. Every song is meant for someone different wether they are at the performance or not but it helps me connect with the music and express a more genuine and personal touch to the notes I play.
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