We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Eric Olvera. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Eric below.
Alright, Eric thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you open up about a risk you’ve taken – what it was like taking that risk, why you took the risk and how it turned out?
When starting this band, I was unsure what would come out of it and how much work would need to be put in. I had always wanted to start a band and It’s something that if I didn’t do now, I know I would regret it later. I live a comfortable life being supported by my parents in all avenues, so pursuing something that has no guarantee and is incredibly hard to do full-time was daunting. I decided to take the jump a little over a year ago and although members have come and gone, I still have plenty of great memories and am still working towards my dream of having a full-time career in music.
Eric , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
The band is comprised of Daniel, David, Ernesto, and Eric (me). We got into being in a band by having a passion for playing music. We all came from musically rich backgrounds and used it to become proficient at our instruments which led us to forming Eky’s World. We play shows all throughout SoCal and have music out on all platforms. We also plan on releasing more music very soon. We are proud that we come from La Puente, California which has a very dense Hispanic population, and we try to incorporate our culture into our live shows/music by playing covers of very popular Hispanic party songs that we all grew up listening to such as “El Sonidito”. The main thing that we want our fans to know is that we like to have fun while playing our music and that it should feel like a party from start to finish at our live shows
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?
Non-creatives will typically think that every moment of having a creative project is positive, uplifting, and successful. However, there are moments where sometimes the creative process is stalled or something drastically goes wrong that not many will see. Being a creative requires one to understand that not every day or every show will be better than the last one and that’s part of the journey. One must go through difficult times to reach the spiritual creative freedom and success we strive to get from our projects.
How can we best help foster a strong, supportive environment for artists and creatives?
As a whole, society can benefit from receiving more information as to what helps create their favorite art they like to consume daily. This could be done by emphasizing the staggering statistics that show how little independent artists get paid from streaming services and how they need all the support they can get from their local community (Attending shows, buying merch, streaming songs, reposting, sharing, etc.) to keep creating more art. With streaming services dominating the musical landscape, it is difficult for the average person to comprehend the amount of time and effort that goes into creating the art that is trying to cut through the noise in an extremely oversaturated market.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://linktr.ee/ekys.world
- Instagram: ekys.world
- Facebook: eky sworld
- Twitter: ekys.world
- Youtube: @Ekys.World.
- Other: Spotify/Apple Music/Tidal/Etc.: Eky’s World
