We recently connected with Amy Han and have shared our conversation below.

Amy, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you open up about a risk you’ve taken – what it was like taking that risk, why you took the risk and how it turned out?

It can feel terrifying to make decisions outside of your comfort zone, but you can only grow so much when you stay within your bubble. In my case, I took a risk when I started to pursue music seriously. This meant I was taking risks by entering into a completely different field than my educational background, choosing a less stable career, investing in music equipment, and performing with stage fright, just to name a few of the hurdles I faced when I first jumped into music. In all honesty, these hurdles looked like some of the most intimidating obstacles in my life at the time and it would have been so much easier to choose the financially stable job I already had… but I knew for a fact that I would never be happy if I chose to stay there.
One night, I had the scariest dream where I had been promoted to a management position in the corporate job I was working in at the time. For some people, it would’ve been a really good dream. For me, it took seeing myself in the same toxic corporate nightmare and staying with a job that would never fulfill me, wasting years wondering what life would have looked like if I had the courage to follow my dreams and take that risk. Shortly after that nightmare, I filed my two weeks’ notice and started making serious goals towards the career I wanted.
I often reflect on that dream because I believe it was meant to give me that burst of courage to really make the jump into the unknown. The future might be uncertain but the alternative was guaranteed to be a life not worth living for me. Life is short, might as well take a chance and explore what sets your soul on fire rather than living in what ifs and regret.

Amy, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I’m a Toronto based pop artist and songwriter who goes by whereisluna. My approach to songwriting is one of openness and unfiltered emotions based on personal experiences. My bold yet vulnerable lyrics tell stories of how I’m embracing who I am and my uniqueness.

I would say that I got in the industry through attending countless networking events and shameless dms. I got to know as many people as I could and hear about their own experiences and dm’d other artists whose music I thought was cool and wanted to work with!

The problems that I strive to tackle in my career are being an advocate for mental health and domestic violence by bringing awareness in my music and one day hopefully building a safe community for people who understand what that’s like and need support.

I’m most proud of my songwriting and being able to express myself in ways that I’ve never been able to talk or write about in a non-musical context. Sometimes music is still the only way that I can get things off my chest. This is also why music wears so many hats for me, which in a way is also what I want people to know about my work. It’s healing, cathartic, liberating and also fun. I hope that people can find some of these things in my music as I’ve found in some of my favourite artists’ music.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

I didn’t go to school for music or music business but about halfway through university, I decided that I wanted to dedicate more time to music. I knew one of the biggest things I had to learn about was the music industry and networking in this industry. So after classes or on weekends, I’d bus from Guelph to Toronto for any free or cheap event, (had to be student budget friendly), that I could get to and listened to music industry professionals impart their knowledge, asked a million questions, brought my notebook with me like an eager nerd and learned as much as I could. I started to make a networking goal for myself at these events as well. I used to be pretty shy at events and one of my first goals was to work on my social skills, also because I knew that this was going to be a crucial skill for my future in music. So, I made a goal to talk to at least 1 new person at these events and network with them. Liquid courage can also be helpful in this situation but nowadays I don’t feel nearly as overwhelmed as I used to when I go to networking events in a room full of strangers. I usually enjoy networking most of the time now and always love to meet new people in the music industry. My tip to anyone in a similar boat of being shy and wanting to build on their networking skills is to strive for small, attainable goals first. Networking is an invaluable skill in most industries and can definitely be intimidating. Starting with the goal of just networking with 1 new person per event helped me a lot in the beginning and I’d deem it as a successful night if I could accomplish it, which was also really encouraging to myself. I’ve met some amazing people along the way and people I’m incredibly fortunate to call close friends because of networking. This is also something I often reflect on to remind myself how far I’ve come in my own journey and also because it helped me in meeting one of my most worked with producers and friends. And it’s also now a funny little story we tell all the time.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

I turned to music at a time where I had no one else. It was my comfort, support and it saved my life. I hope I can do that for someone else one day by sharing my own stories in my music.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/whereisluna
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wherethefisluna/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wherethefisluna
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/wherethefisluna
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@whereisluna6304/featured
• Other: Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wherethefisluna

Image Credits
Taha Chanouha Cord Allman