Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Neon Amor. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Neon, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.
music and i have always had a really solid connective relationship. it’s the place that for most of my life i’ve felt the most held/seen/cared for. i’ve always put all my questions, misunderstanding, emotions in when they were not/did not feel welcome in the world. when i did not feel welcome in the world. its therapy my greatest confidant (beyond my actual therapist, thanks nicole.)
when i started transitioning i found myself not needing to lean on all the coping mechanisms that helped me survive. music included. our relationship changed, still good just different.
for years i just couldn’t get myself to do it. it felt gone. the link severed. then i met my partner, is just…ugh yes. they have inspired me so much in so many ways the music came back, and in such a new way. it was brighter less heavy, felt more expansive it’s music FULL of love.
then several months ago when my metamour started playing the banjo. it inspired me to play as well which has really kicked another era into play. still though i felt like i was fully in myself the embodiment of art i desired.
it’s what im working now that feels the most present and powerful. i feel as if im in an evolutionary period. the goo state in the chrysalis. the imaginal cell.
the music is so light bright colourful, it’s like the sun on your skin, emotion as u lay in the grass. it’s like a heartfelt hug meshed with grief and growth. it’s what i’m really truly inspired by currently.
it’s spring time. i want to blossom too.
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.
i’ve been involved in music since i was a kid, for as long as i can remember there isnt a version of me that exists without music.
in short i was involved in every musical group u can think of. in high school it wa anywhere from marching band (i played the bass drum…or really it played me) to classical vocal competitors, a cappella and show choir to the kid that sang the national anthem at events.
i picked up instruments loosely learning enough to write songs but not enough to call myself “good”. a friend showed me fruity loops studios and i took a very quick grasp and love for producing music.
somewhere along the way a friend showed me a vocal looping pedal (shoutouts to friends that show u shit) and that took off. all the years of singing choral pieces and harmonies to hits of the 70s/80s was paying off. a chorus of one, a chorus of many. i couldn’t get enough. i’ve done entire shows, entire tours just with me and my looper (their name is “beck”).
these days i’ve worked on composition for plays at juilliard, being the musical director of creative endeavors and after school programs, voiceovers, and really anything sound related i can do.
i’m just tryna make shit that feels. not just feels GOOD but feels. make me/someone/anyone that’s listening feel.
i do not “solve problems” i work with differing paths and see where this new route lands us. i think there is a beautiful freedom in working with what ive got until u have different/better. not striving for a set strict idea of perfect (which girl i KNOW it’s not easy) but working towards finding something “perfect” in the moment whatever the moment details.
shameful music plug:
neon amor
phat a$tronaut
chad browne-springer
dreamvoid
greetings
Have you ever had to pivot?
a lot of the skills if not, all of them are pivots from one time or another that i’ve had to make along the journey of being an artist.
many of them came from a necessity that i couldn’t get from others. i didn’t like their work or i couldn’t afford them. it came from a lack of resource and an abundance of source.
i was told early on that “this will be a long hard lonely road, you’re gonna have a lot of jobs and build a lot of skill.”
too many stories to tell, just know that change is inevitable. change is natural. change is “god(s)” (even if it doesn’t feel good)
Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?
actually i don’t think there’s much they wouldn’t get. maybe the colours and metaphors. the thought sequence and process sure. but the core of creation i think is more relatable than we might know.
i think math is a beautiful art form, coding, grant writing, facilitation, therapy. i think it’s incredible the art we make but because we don’t call it art means that it doesn’t hold an artistry.
i think art is great yes. and i think the little moments, the inbetween stories, the everyday holding of (x) can be just as great.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @neonamorr
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@ymmmworld?si=0yBlxpDlNrmSGfqI
- Other: tiktok: invaderstim
linktree
https://linktr.ee/neonamor?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=6222af1a-7854-4542-bc13-782cd8d824df
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