Today we’d like to introduce you to EuHarra Brown.
Hi EuHarra, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
My early start in music was at 4. My mom tells me all the time how I would put my fingers on the keyboard and try to mimic what she was doing. Music is a generation thing for me. My grandmother, mother, uncles, cousins, and siblings are musically inclined. So it’s no surprise that I myself too have made music and entertainment a big part of my life.
I got started with music as early as the 4th grade. I was apart of the percussion ensemble and sang in choir, which led to me playing the clarinet and being in band in the 6th grade up until 10th grade in high school.
After discontinuing band due to a school change I found a website online called Soundation. It was a free website to make beats and I ended up applying my band background to the interface and taught myself how to use the piano roll to make my own beats.
I use to make instrumental cds and make my family listen to them. I got really good at it and my parents invested in my first set of beat production equipment and software.
I would make my beats with my beat pad (machine mikro by Native Instruments) and my midi keyboard and would record my vocals on Audacity with a cheap usb mic.
SoundCloud at the time was very, very popular (still is) and I would put my songs, rough drafts and etc on there and build a “buzz”.
After graduating high school I went to community college for Audio Recording and learned the technical side of things and refined what I self taught.
Here is where I got my introduction to studio ethics, how to mix, and different DAWs like; Pro Tools, Reaper, Logic, and Ableton. This was my first taste of real equipment and the technical and artistic side of music production and being an artist.
Now I’m 28, and finally putting every piece together to pursue it seriously along with many other endeavors.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The road was only smooth when I didn’t doubt.
My biggest struggle has never been lack of resources. I’m a master of making something out of nothing.
The biggest struggle I’ve had has been fear, and lack of faith. When I was building a following and supporters on SoundCloud in my early days I was fearless and it showed. Outside noise of society, media, friends and etc can become poison and stifle your growth if you let their opinions infiltrate your process and goals.
Now I have that fire I use to have. And all it is, is just faith, trust, and peace with what I have to offer. If you like it cool, if you don’t then turn me off. Billions of people in this world and I’m sure I have an audience that’ll rock with me.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
Professionally I work in healthcare primarily with the senior community.
Who else deserves credit in your story?
Most of my credits belongs to my parents. They were my first investors into my craft. Without them I would not have evolved my self taught skills before going to college.
My siblings especially my sister. My uncles for always hyping me up whenever they hear my music.
A few friends back from highschool we use to listen to each other’s beats and record with each other.
When I got to college I became president of a student music group and that was my 1st community of being involved with like minded individuals. It’s too many people to name but MESA Fam y’all know who you are. I’m still close to many of them now.
Also my first music video was shot at school, with a few college friends. They invested their time into my vision. We didn’t know much about how to direct videos but we applied what we learned.
Everyone helped by making an investment in me. By showing me they believed in me and cared.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/euharra
- LinkedIn: https://linktr.ee/Euharra
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