We were lucky to catch up with Brittany Myers recently and have shared our conversation below.

Brittany, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

The most meaningful project I have worked on in my career is the one I am currently involved with, Shadows & Sounds. I have teamed up with EMDR and trauma therapist, Dr. Elizabeth Berrocal, mixing sound with therapy. I have been studying sound frequencies and how listening and writing with certain tones can effect the mind and body. Elizabeth and I have created guided meditations pairing her empowering words with music that I write/compose. We have created live workshops that incorporate live guided meditations, music, and exercises that are aimed to heal. I have been a DJ for the past 15 years and recently decided to pivot. The industry I was in was no longer serving me and I knew I had to make a change. Being able to use music and sound in a healing way has been so much fun to work on. It genuinely brings me happiness and I get to positively affect other people lives. What more could you ask for?

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I got into djing 15 years ago while going to college in San Antonio, Texas. I was jumping through majors and unsure what I wanted to do but I knew music had to be involved. I studied sound engineering and music production. I realized djing was becoming more than a hobby and I figured out how to turn it into a career. I quickly moved from djing in San Antonio full time to getting booking in Austin. The Austin bookings started out-weighing the San Antonio bookings and I ended up moving to Austin. After a few years in Austin I decided to move to Los Angeles, a dream city for me, to continue to pursue my DJ career. Los Angeles was tough and taught me so much. I learned a lot of truths about the industry and I learned how to hustle. 8 years ago I decided to move back to my hometown, San Antonio, to start a family. When I was ready to start working again I started getting more and more booking inquiries. I was a new mom and unable to commit to all the bookings I was receiving so I started outsourcing and plugging in other DJs. This led to me creating a DJ agency/event company and I ran it solo for about a year and a half. I was managing bookings for 10+ DJs, for hundreds of events. I soon realized I was investing a lot of time and energy into others and not on myself as an artist. Around that time, I was introduced to Louis Cardenas, executive director of San Antonio based youth education nonprofit called The AM Project and knew I had to be involved. This nonprofit educates youth through digital arts and music. I got involved as an educator (teaching djing and music production), board member and business developer. I have helped the organization with different programs and fundraising concepts. I also started focusing on creating my own music to release publicly while continuing to DJ. During the pandemic I was able to produce and focus on who I was as a person and as an artist. I have released two singles under my artist name, Catwalk, along with two music videos. It was so much fun finally being able to experience these things as an artist. I was gaining momentum and getting the bookings I had always wanted but for some reason it wasn’t bringing me the joy and happiness it once did. I knew I had to pivot again. I knew the industry was no longer serving me. It was filled with too much toxicity, substance abuse, and negativity. I was fortunate enough to cross paths with Dr. Elizabeth Berrocal, an EMDR and trauma therapist. She was a music lover and I was teaching her how to DJ. As we became friends we realized we were both in a transitional period in our careers and come up with a concept combing her therapy expertise with my sound expertise. I studied sound frequency and how they effect our minds and bodies, and how to use them to promote healing and positivity within the listener. We created a company called Shadows & Sound. We offer sound therapy in the form of guided meditations, workshops, and education on how to heal and become the best version of yourself. Using sound in a positive and healing way has been one of the most exciting parts of my career and I finally feel like I am doing exactly what I should be doing. I look forward to producing a wide range of healing music. The possibilities have no boundaries.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

Being able to create. Creating is such a powerful gift. I find so much happiness in being able to create musical concepts that positively affect others. Being able to think of an idea and turn it into a tangible thing feels like magic, magic we are all capable of doing. I am grateful if I can effect someone’s life in a positive way and help them in their journey through my creations.

Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?

I’ve learned through many trials and errors that consistency is key. Before you start working on your social media presence you have to have a clear vision of who you are as an artist and/or brand. Put energy behind things that genuinely make you happy. Finding yourself as an artist can be a difficult journey that isn’t always clear. The more you practice sitting down and visualizing what and who you want to be the more direction you will have when coming up with content. Also using tools like Canva to create high quality graphics and fliers is a must. If you are just beginning, take time on figuring out who you want to be in the world and how you want to be presented. Stay true to you and understand growing your social media platforms takes time and consistent work. Don’t over think posts while you’re learning. The most important part is posting and learning from your post. There’s always room for improvement and the platforms are always changing. You have to study other accounts that resonate with you and your branding and use them for inspiration. Using apps like Pinterest can be helpful with visual inspiration.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.djcatwalk.com
• Instagram: @catwalk.music
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/djcatwalk
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UC8m7HDxUWOYdISb-N0L_4ZQ
• Other: https://soundcloud.com/djcatwalk https://soundcloud.com/shadows-sound https://www.tiktok.com/@djcatwalk?lang=en https://open.spotify.com/artist/0YbVeqhnmW1rRGIHhLQ8yJ?si=wwQq9jy8T–bHCLC1nS4OA

Image Credits
Saige Thomas Jorge Campos Elliot Andre Photography April Beth Dru Photography Chris Martinez Josh Huskin Feeds the Bexar