We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Ausha. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Ausha below.
Hi Ausha, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.
I truly believe the most meaningful project I have worked on (and continue to work on) is just the entire conceptualization and curation of my own brand as an artist. Especially as a bassist you often find yourself in supporting roles both musically and creatively. Participating in a lot of for-hire work musically felt as though it didn’t leave a lot of room to develop my voice. I struggled finding that for a long time and really felt myself starting to lean more and more into identifying and developing the way I represented myself as an artist. I love playing bass, but i also love production, photography, videography, song writing, designing and sewing clothing, Maybe I’m just a little bit of a control freak – but it felt incredibly cool to me that I could conceptualize something, do it myself, and articulate my vision in untampered absolute self influence. It felt like I was really finding and honoring my individuality as a creative. Its a project I get to continue to work on every day and its really empowering.
Ausha, 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?
My name is Ausha and I am a bassist. I spent a lot of my early career gigging around locally, playing in different bands and projects primarily. One day I decided to start my youtube channel and it taught me a lot about producing content and recording and when I started to get a bit more attention on the platform I noticed a lot of people commenting that I would be a perfect session musician. I entered that world shortly after and started to really fall in love with it. I think something about getting to do what felt like legitimate work was really cool to me. Eventually some of my content on youtube and Instagram started to pop off and a lot of really great opportunities started to fall into my lap. At that point i was really enjoying what i was doing so I moved away from gigging or being in bands and really leaned into establishing myself as a session musician and brand. I found ways to integrate my other passions into my online presence, I did a lot of self portrait photography and youtube videos, started to write my own solo music and really started to find my footing as an artist. I continue to find ways to work the things i love into my music – for example i love coding and want to do a multi-media project with my solo music that creates a really immersive interactive experience. I also hope to put out a merch line of pieces that I design and hand-make myself with a focus on making it fashionable and something people would love to own regardless of it being merch.
Is there mission driving your creative journey?
The biggest driving force in my creative journey is really just fun. When I first started to get some attention on the internet, I found myself really influenced by what I thought people wanted from me. I got really sucked into that and it felt like I was just pouring so much of my energy into internet people-pleasing. Of course the burnout eventually caught up with me and what I was doing was no longer fun for me. Passion and drive always has an ebb and flow but I was at a place where I was just about ready for a full-stop on music entirely. It took a long time to nurture that passion enough that I fell back in love with the art, but I really make sure to focus energy into projects and content that are fun and reenergizing.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
The most rewarding aspect to me is seeing my work come into fruition. Its like getting to actualize pieces of your mind and see it in front of you. I love that despite my initial vision, through the process of creating it, it always sort of takes life of its own. Optimizing the finished product is a matter of just flowing with that energy and trusting the process. Its incredibly cool seeing what it evolves into by the end. And its a really special thing to be able to share your soul through art and connect with people through it.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themaxpowers/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AushaBass
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AushaSmyth
Image Credits
Ausha, Jade Alex, Emily Elizabeth, Clayton King,