We recently connected with Anuvis Jade and have shared our conversation below.

Anuvis, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.

I learned how to be a musician through years of studying. Music for me has always been something that I loved, but never understood until I looked at the songs that I loved and dissected them. Everything came as a learning process. Every song I heard I wondered and asked why I liked it, and wouldn’t stop until I figured out why. I think I learned everything at a good pace, maybe even faster than most. I was late to the music game compared to my peers. I started lessons at 16 years old, while most of my peers have been taking lessons since they were 7 or have family members who are musicians and grew up around it. I think patience is very important when learning anything. You have to be bad first to be good at something, and that was something I was okay with. Constantly working on my craft and knowing I will only improve from here. The only obstacle that stood in the way was myself. In this day where most if not all of us have access to the internet, you can indulge yourself in whatever you want. You can make yourself your own teacher, as much as you want to at least. That’s why I say you are your own obstacle.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

My personal project is a band called bellerose. It’s a combination of pop rock and indie with some jazz influence. In that project me and my best friend, Patrick, write music together. He plays lead guitar while I sing and play rhythm guitar. Other than bellerose, I usually am a guitarist for many. I take pride in my musicianship and helping others understand music better. I love to play for as many people as I can and serve as a helping hand to understanding the art that they have already made.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

A lesson I had to unlearned was that not everything comes instantly. I am a very quick learner for most things, so when something I didn’t understand instantly came up, I would disregard it and push it off even more. This would leave holes in my playing and would later come back to haunt me. Since those days I’ve learned to be patient with myself and push myself out of my comfort zone, before someone else does.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

I think the main thing pushing my creative journey is the longing to play with others. I see music as a collaborative thing always, so I’m constantly learning more ways to play my instrument so I can play with more people. My dream is to be able to be on famous peoples records, or be that guy they call on stage for a song. I love playing with people, it’s by far my favorite thing about music.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: instagram.com/anuvis.jade
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN09OoFZ2UehXkfZIuwn5sg

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Isabelle Grybow Isabel Chavela Isabella Soares-Sousa Gisselle Carino-Bazan