We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Damar Aaron. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Damar below.

Damar, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Are you happier as a creative? Do you sometimes think about what it would be like to just have a regular job? Can you talk to us about how you think through these emotions?

Coming from a strongly musical family, I’ve always felt from an early age that my calling/purpose was connected to music. Before starting my first production company in my sophomore year of college I was working in a corporate office. Financially, that was one of my most secure times of my life, however, my creative mind and passion were suffering. I felt stuck, unable to find motivation and unable to create due to having to devote so much time and brain space to my 9-5 at the time. I had already decided I wanted to be a music industry professional and the 9-5 at the time was not feeding that desire in any way. Since that time, I knew I wouldn’t be happy or fulfilled doing anything else. In fact, I sometimes feel like I wouldn’t be as good at anything else outside of my creative/musical passion.

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 was born in New Jersey into an incredibly talented and musical family. My dad was part of an acapella group that was widely popular throughout Asia. Growing up my uncles sang and toured with the likes of Whitney Houston, Stephanie Mills and currently Earth, Wind & Fire. As a kid growing up all I was surrounded by was music. Eventually my family noticed I had the gift of music as well. From that point they began to nurture that gift. I’ve been enrolled in some sort of music curriculum from 4th grade all the way through college. I had the chance to travel and tour very young. Including places like South Africa, Kenya, Jamaica, Barbados. Even performing for presidents and dignitaries around the world. In my latter years I moved to Los Angeles to further solidify my career in the music industry. There I started my second production/artist development company and went on to have success in Film & TV music, numerous charting records that I’ve written and produced and even a Grammy nomination.

I am a strong advocate for the lost art of artist development. I feel like development is a missing piece in our industry these days. Therefore, a lot of our artists lack stamina, knowledge and longevity. My job has been to take raw talent and through my extensive knowledge of music, theory and performance, I teach and coach artists to be their best in all arenas of their creativity, whether it be live performance, songwriting, production or even music business.

Do you think there is something that non-creatives might struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can shed some light?

The journey as a creative is full of peaks and valleys. There is no actual blueprint to how to be successful in a creative field. Sometime it can even feel as if you’re winging it until something sticks. The path to be successful as a creative entails so many unknown variables and can be very foggy. The one thing i’ve learned is that there has to be an enormous amount of passion and love behind what you do or you will be discouraged very quickly and may even consider quitting. So before taking on the journey as a creative I would say really access and decide your reason for doing what you do. Look for purpose, how you can change and effect people’s lives and the world in a positive way, find out what can you do to help with the gifts that you were given. That gives a sense of purpose and without purpose, the journey of being a creative can be very difficult.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

For me, the most rewarding part about being a creative is the unique way we see the world. I feel like we are gifted and made in God’s image. We are blessed with the ability to make something from absolutely nothing which is a miracle. It’s almost like we were given a superpower.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.damaraaron.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/damaraaron
• Twitter: www.x.com/superproducerdb
• Youtube: www.youtube.com/@damaraaron