We recently connected with Alyxa Gomez and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Alyxa thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. How did you learn to do what you do? Knowing what you know now, what could you have done to speed up your learning process? What skills do you think were most essential? What obstacles stood in the way of learning more?

As I was growing as an artist and an individual, I did a lot of note taking. I was about 19 years old, starting to explore the Orlando city, going to networking events, recording studios, etc. I’ve gotten in touch with a few local artists that would invite me out or even just join their sessions to vibe out. From there, I started to learn the process of recording, writing, and the communication between the artist and the engineer. Then while I was at home or even at work, I would constantly listen to beats on the daily and started to write and hum melodies, even voice record them. This was a very long process of mine when it came to writing. I always had writers block or wrote things that didn’t really make sense. I was very frustrated with my craft and started to question my talent. I took my breaks, but I still didn’t give up. I would always get stuck in procrastination, put relationships first, felt discouraged, and disconnected with my passion. I was still trying to find out who I was and what I really wanted to be. As the years when by, going through life itself, those experiences have made my writing just…FLOW. That pain I experienced was one of my major inspirations. It’s amazing how I don’t even recognize myself and what I’ve been through. I used to say things in my lyrics just to say them or cause it sounds cool. But now when I put my heart and soul in my lyrics rather than overthinking them, it’s like second nature.

Alyxa, 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?

Music runs in both sides of my family. My parents, sister, cousins, aunts, and uncles. If it’s not music, it’s painting, crafting, sketching, generations of creatives. I was visiting my uncle in Miami and he took me and my family to the recording studio to work on my father’s Spanish Christian album. I was around 10 years old. One of those tracks had my mother and sister as well, including myself. When I was in that booth, I felt this spark. Like I was born to be there. Even if I did just one or two takes, it was an experience I will never forget. And I’ve been pushing my voice ever since. Now let me tell you, I was not the best singer growing up. I would always sing off key, I’m too loud, I’m flat. Boy, was I frustrated. I wanted to quit. So many times I’ve cried because I felt like I wasn’t like the rest of my family. But once my cousin told me, “If you keep practicing and keep going, I promise you…you will be an amazing singer.” Something simple as that, I still carry it with me.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?

The struggle of being an artist is that you will broke. For a pretty long time. It takes money to make money. From studio time, producing beats (whether is paying someone or doing it yourself), paying for mix/mastering, paying to boost content, pay for music videos that can rank from $500-$3000, sometimes having to pay locations to shoot, pay models/extras. And if you decide to make your own music, you gotta pay for a decent mic, an interface, a laptop/computer and find a good software and learn all the specifics of your vocals. Not only can it create a hole in your pocket, but it can also be mentally draining, yet rewarding. Very therapeutic. You shy yourself away from the industry because you don’t feel like you’re good enough, that you gotta be better than the next, that you’re not “it”. Whatever anyone loves doing, especially if they want to pursue that as a career takes sacrifices. Can be difficult, but it’s definitely doable. Music keeps me going. Some write in journals. I write lyrics.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

One of the most rewarding things about releasing my music or performing one of my deepest songs is that how much people can relate to them. Most of the time, we feel alone in the dark in our own problems that we think “There’s no one else that is going through what I’m going through. Nobody understands my situation. They will judge me if I speak up.” Let me tell you, you’d be surprised who’s in the dark with you. All you gotta do is turn on the lights. I’ve had people come up to me and hug me and say “Thank you.” You never know whose life you can impact. Who’s life you can save and what mind, what heart you can change with a simple song.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://instagram.com/shesalyxa
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@shesalyxa