Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Trevor Rain. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Hi Trevor, thanks for joining us today. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?
Well I can’t remember exactly when but my parents would always ask what I wanted to be when I grew up and maybe from around 13 or 14 on I would say a rapper and it just kinda became like a thing. I never realized it was what I wanted to do until I was about 17. I tried to start pursuing it but I gave up once i realized how hard it is to record and mix music. I always sucked with technology and computers so it just seemed like the most frustrating and confusing thing to figure out. I did try when I was 18 after my mom bought me some equipment for Christmas to record. I recorded my two very first tracks ever and then an ex girlfriend came into my life which derailed me from trying to do anymore music at the time. 2 years went by and life taught me a whole lot more and at 20 years old i decided to once again pick back up music and try it again. I lived in a completely new area at this point in life and so i actually lived near studios to record at so that’s where i would start my career officially at a studio in Redlands, CA called Room9.
What eventually lead me back to music was the drive to become something better in life and to inspire others to do the same. I was a stoner before and I always felt lost and wanted to find purpose. Music was that for me, I was lost , depressed, and struggling to cope with living and music was the only escape for me and I’m forever grateful for it. I recently have gone through some of these same emotions and experiences that brought me to finding music in the first place again so I’m using that energy and focus for my next project. A sequel to my very first mixtape that I created the first month I began my music journey. Pain Healed 2.
Trevor, 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?
My name is Trevor Rain. I am a 23 year old male, born in Escondido, California and grew up in Ramona. I have been making music seriously for about 3 and a half years now(I started in 2021). I make music for people going thru or struggling with mental health issues, substance abuse, addiction, and just simply want to make the world better or the lives around themselves better. (Not all my music has had these same core values or messages in it). Music has always been a big part of my life since I was a kid. One of the only things I do know. But recently I had an epiphany on what lyrics ive been putting in my music so I’ve wanted to change my music to only be a reflection of me as a person and some things I’ve put were untruthful or painting a certain image that isn’t me. I was young and I just wanted to make a name for myself and try to fit in with what everyone else was doing. That isn’t the way! To any up and coming artist please do not try and fabricate a life you don’t live and don’t try to create a false image of yourself, you will lose yourself in the process of doing this. I recently found God again. I’ve been through so many struggles and near death experiences that you would think I would have already been this way but no I was very hard headed and thought I could figure everything out on my own. I’m glad though for my past because it helps me to understand who I am and it’s shaped me into a better person. Sometimes I wanna go and delete all my old music because of all the glorifying of drugs, sex , and violence but I understand it was just a chapter In my life that I have grown on from and I choose to do better with my art. I’m so proud of my new music that’s on the way and I can’t wait to share it with the world.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
This one is for all the addicts. I used to always relapse on smoking weed and vaping nicotine and drinking. Everytime it would happen I would lose months of my life to the addiction and always have to restart and rebuild. After about 6 or 7 times of going months and months sober and then relapsing again , i finally figured out that if you never heal the underlying mental issue or whatever issue is going on that’s causing you to abuse substances, then you are 99% always gonna relapse. I never understood I just always thought it was me or something else would happen and that would be the reason I would use. But for me it was about finding what the real issue is and not creating what I think is the issue. If you are ever feeling like using or numbing your pain with drugs, you gotta go to therapy and talk to someone about these issues and get yourself better mentally.
Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?
I have a goal to get into a bigger position to share my art with the world. I hope it happens but if it never does then I guess God has something different for me in life. I believe I’m on a mission to spread awareness, truth , passion, respect and love into the world again. I’m tired of seeing people tear others down. People don’t care about anything or anyone but themselves. I grew up getting bullied and I feel for all the kids who have to go thru this. It’s something I don’t think will ever stop so that’s why i hope I can speak to those that are out there feeling this way and to just tell them like hey you aren’t alone and i know what you are feeling. Music can be an extremely powerful way to do this and that’s why I believe I was meant to pursue a music career.
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