We recently connected with Ayr and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Ayr, thanks for joining us today. Can you recount a story of an unexpected problem you’ve faced along the way?

All of COVID man. It was super crazy because I was doing so many shows, dropping a lot of fire music and content, and I was prepping for a tour at the time too. The world shut down and that literally made all the hard work and lessons I learned about the business futile. Things have changed, people have changed, and the industry has changed too. I’m still dealing with some of the detriments from that time but its all good. I took a break to regather myself as an artist, but most importantly just as a person in general. You have to go through it to get through it.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers

Music has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I loved listening to my parents CD’s and got a taste for music from that. I started writing poetry in elementary school and after my first talent show that a teacher pushed me to do, I fell in love with performing. I loved the appreciation and reactions from the crowds. From there, I started writing my poetry to music, and I never stopped.

I’m happy I kept through it because just that one decision from a young age took me on a journey I never could’ve imagined. The choice to do music and be in the entertainment industry came with so much throughout the years because I’ve wanted it since I was young. It influenced friendships, relationships, my thought processes on life, etc. It was life changing honestly. I’ve had the ups and downs but through my fair share of woes, I appreciate the ups the most.

How did you build your audience on social media?

My following is organic. That’s the best way to describe it. Everyone I interact with via social media I’ve either met in real life, or I’ve interacted with them, or spoken to them, all that. I like for people to know me as who I am and not just what I post on socials because its more than music, modeling, and curating events. Im a real person and I don’t want social media to give off a false persona or for me to be interpreted as something I’m not.

If I met people at shows, we’d connect, have conversation, then exchange social media. I feel the more personal a connection is with someone, the better the support and retention on social media will be.

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

I think resolve is something non-creatives can have trouble with, but you can easily relate it to accomplishing goals that aren’t in the creative sector. Take buying a car for example. You set up a game plan to either save up and drop a down payment, then finance the rest through, or you save up completely and buy the car straight cash. Either way, you had to get there somehow whether it was saving up, cutting back on certain things, and focusing on the steps in your plan. Things go up and down due to life being what it is, but you have that goal in mind and your resolve is to keep going for it no matter how out of reach your goal may seem to be. It’s the same in any creative industry. We face so many moments where you just want to give up, but you think of that end goal in mind and all the steps in your plan, and you work to achieve them.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/imayr
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