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

Larmani, appreciate you joining us today. What was it like going from idea to execution? Can you share some of the backstory and some of the major steps or milestones?

I always loved singing. As a kid I used to always sing in church or in my home on a karaoke machine. When I got kicked out of church for being gay, I remember being hurt, devastated, and lost. Somewhere along that dark journey something sparked in me, I realized that those horrible people did not give me my voice, my gifts, they did not make me, and they do not define me. I picked myself up and started to pave a path that I could be myself, unapologetically.

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 background and context?

I am Larmani. I sing, write, act, model, and dance a little. As a public figure/artist I aim to encourage people from all walks of life to be who they want to be unapologetically. I feel like we’ve made life so complicated, everyone always has varying degrees of what and who you should be. Sometimes we can get so caught up in what other people expect of us that we miss what we want for ourselves.

I am most proud of my resilience. I mean life has it’s struggles as it is but being in the industry its almost like those struggles just amplify. Its a lonely road. I just refuse to quit, I do this because I love it, it’s what I was put on this earth to do so I’m going to give it my best as long as I got breath in my body.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

I remember when I started working with my current producer, and I went to the studio with these 15+ beats and I’m like ok here’s the songs for the albums we’re going to pick the best ones, we’re going to record and I’m going to release the album. I had so many plans, ideas, visuals, I was so excited. Then things didn’t go as planned, not to say those visions won’t happen, just not right now, cause let’s be real that album is still in the vault.

I feel like I learned such a valuable lesson, I’m such a perfectionist to a fault. If something isn’t to a certain standard or quality, I wont do it, it’ll never see the light of day. I feel like this way of thinking has held be back for so long, because you won’t always have every single piece to the puzzle, but it’s about working with what you got and building on it. There’s a fine line between perfection and excellence. I feel like perfection is like a dog chasing it’s tail, you know what it is, it’s there but you’ll never obtain it, now excellence to me is an achievable goal, which is doing the very best you can with what you have.

Do you have any insights you can share related to maintaining high team morale?

To manage a team you need to establish values and start by walking them out yourself. My team we operate like family, we keep it real with each other, we work hard, we trust each other, we’re honest, we’re transparent. I make it a point to create an atmosphere that people want to be in. Manage your team like they’re people, they have feelings, they have dreams, they have inspirations, learn what those are and interact with them accordingly.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Www.instagram.com/larmani
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6nrSc1SsHv3OkjjjsHJCcQ

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