Today we’d like to introduce you to Crystal Tamar.
Hi Crystal, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I started singing at the age of 9. I’m grateful for a very observant father who saw something in me that I didn’t know I had. He formed a singing and dancing group out of my sisters, my cousin, and I after uncovering our love for learning choreo & songs from music videos on television. After performing locally and around the state and cultivating our craft, he pushed me to begin singing the songs we’d perform live. The rest was history… I just couldn’t stop doing it!
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?
As much as music fuels me and has opened doors for immense opportunities that I wouldn’t trade, navigating the ins and outs of the industry itself has not been easy. There’s no right or wrong way to “make it,” per se. Your journey is all your own, and for me, it’s been full of failed auditions, grossly difficult personality types and rejection. I know none of it is a waste, though. I heard the great Joyce Meyer say recently that “We live life forward, but we understand if backwards.” Isn’t that so true? On a day-to-day basis, we make decisions that we’ll never really know whether or not are the right ones until later on. So I’ve learned to embrace what the challenge is ultimately going to produce, not just in hindsight but in the midst of it.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I’m a professional recording artist, and my work includes singing and voiceover work. As a singer, I’m known for both my time in pop/r&b group Sophia Fresh and my now solo career as an r&b artist. I’m so proud of both bodies of work. It’s really refined me and expanded by capabilities. What sets me apart as an individual is that I believe in staying super true to who I am… I don’t like to force content or musical styles that don’t feel authentic to me. I cannot even express it right vocally, ya know?
Where do you see things going in the next 5-10 years?
Over the next 5-10 years, I hope to move even further in the direction of authenticity. I’m currently working on a new album/project that encapsulates everything that has inspired me, from the past to current. I’m talking about Frank Sinatra to Mali Music to pure, unfiltered gospel. I pray that it not only opens a pathway for me to stand firm in this current musical climate of doing what’s been done over and over but confirming that there is an audience who appreciates it. Maybe we’ll give other artists and creatives the permission to do the same.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://crystaltamar.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ItsClearAsCrystal
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrystalTamar
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrystalTamar
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@crystaltamarvevo3792
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/crystaltamar
Image Credits
Ryan Middleton
Keith Major
