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

Alright, Noah thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?

I think the moment I realized that I wanted to pursue making music and performing as a career was around the age of 11 or 12. I had discovered the band Evanescence through a Pandora radio station around that time, and I had become so entranced by their music. I would sit for hours and watch videos them and my other favorite bands and artists recording in the studio, or performing live. Taking all of that in kind of opened my eyes to the fact that THAT was what I wanted to do. From that point on, I had started teaching myself how to produce, started working to find my voice in writing, and practicing music as much as I possibly could.

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 consider myself to be a singer/musician first, a writer second and a producer last. I try to be as hands-on with my music as possible because, oftentimes, I have such a specific sound in mind that I don’t see it being brought to life by anyone else. That being said, there’s so much musical ground that I want to cover because I listen to so many different kinds of music. I don’t want to stay in one place for too long, and I want to keep my fans on their toes. I want to make a folk or singer songwriter project. I’d love to do a full-on R&B record. I’d love to do a punk record, or a jazz record, or something straight up experimental and avant-garde someday. There’s also a giant list of people from all genres that I dream of working with someday and I don’t want to be pigeon-holed into one sound. I want to take musical risks and stay as versatile as I can.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

It always makes my heart explode into a million pieces when someone tells me that my music has helped them. I want to make people feel seen and give them a safe space to seek refuge in whenever they need it. So when people tell me that they resonated with songs like ‘sober’, or they jam in their cars to songs like ‘lost’ or ‘jealous’, it’s such a full circle moment because that’s the overall goal.

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

I’ve had to let go of the voices in my head telling me that music is an unsustainable career path. I have memories of myself at a high-school age being told by people that I needed a back-up plan or that it wasn’t going to work. That really affects a person, and for the longest time, I believed it. Shaking that mindset has really allowed me to grow as an artist and truly flourish.

You’re the only person that can set limits on what you’re capable of. Don’t let anyone tell you that you need to find a backup plan to your dream, because at the end of the day, it’s YOUR dream to pursue and not theirs.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.noahgrayofficial.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsmenoahofficial/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095526669411
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC14Piz0tnwkS1hZtjacvkXQ

Image Credits
Louisa Roldan, Gregory Bonneville