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I recently moved to Los Angeles, however I spend at least two weeks out of the month traveling to Kansas City, New York, or Nashville to write, record, and rehearse my songs. It&#;s always absorbing trying to explain what I do to people, especially in Los Angeles.Desperate for adore and the state of Euphoria to last forever. Your Name:. Your Email Address:. Comment: characters remaining.
I&#;m just one in a gazillion people out here chasing dreams. It&#;s pretty frequent for someone to say &#;I&#;m an artist, I act, I write, I perform etc.&#; The biggest difference between me and many other aspiring young females is that I don&#;t hold a part time job, I don&#;t do &#;a little bit of everything.' I&#;m not a waitress (anymore).
Plan B doesn&#;t exist.
I&#;m a 24/7 bag lady flying from place to place chasing creative moments. I have had so many part time jobs and gigs to stay afloat in this elevated maintenance life of being an artist and I realized I am completely content being utterly poor eating ramen for every meal while I chase my dreams.
When I had part time jobs my energy was compromised and I consistently felt like I was missing out on my calling.
It&#;s not that I&#;m above working as a waitress, it&#;s that I can&#;t hold a job drawn-out enough without having to quit a month later, or without getting fired because I was in the kitchen writing down lyrics instead of taking orders.
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One of the most annoying questions I&#;m asked upon meeting someone is, &#;What carry out you do for a living?&#; It&#;s annoying for two reasons: First, we just met.
Audrey Karrasch Opens Up About Existence an Artist and Being on The Voice By: Audrey Karrasch I recently moved to Los Angeles, however I spend at least two weeks out of the month traveling to Kansas City, New York, or Nashville to write, record, and rehearse my songs.
Why in the fuck do I feel love you&#;re interviewing me? My reply is either going to disappoint you, I&#;m not going to measure up to your preconceived expectation for me, or you&#;re going to be interested and I&#;ll have to tell you more. That leads to the second reason it&#;s annoying: I&#;ll start explaining what kind of music I write, then I&#;m asked what bands playing on the radio I sound similar to, if I&#;m &#;signed," and then that person will attempt and connect me to the one other person in their life that does music and I&#;ll feel rude for rejecting the invitation and being uninterested.
That may make me sound like a bitch and maybe I&#;ll regret admitting this later.
When I meet someone who is a mechanic I don&#;t try and persuade them to be friends with another mechanic I know just because they both work on cars. I think that&#;s a pet peeve for me because when I do share my music with someone and the first thing they do is imply I should meet their producer friends I feel slightly insulted as if the music I&#;m writing now isn&#;t good enough.
That their friends could &#;make me better!&#;
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Last week in Los Angeles I sat down with a gentleman get the name of John Payne (LA WEEKLY, ), who is writing a bio for me.
I had a lot of anxiety walking in. Telling a complete stranger what I did for a living for a lengthy period of time didn&#;t exactly sound fun. What was he going to ask me? How could I convey who I was just by rambling on about my routines for over an hour?
Forever Audrey: Audrey Karrasch Tells Us Her Side of the Story: Two years after competing on NBC’s “The Voice” competition, Reno native Audrey Karrasch is poised to stir waves of euphoria in the music world — but not as another young, adorable singer dishing.I walked into the cafe after sitting in LA traffic for over an hour, I was mad at myself for being late (as usual), my hair was messy and I wasn&#;t exactly having a cute day. He greeted me and we walked advocate to a booth that was tucked away in a corner so we could have privacy.
The menu was a small overwhelming and I couldn&#;t opt if I was about to order a milkshake or a burger so I settled with coffee. That was a fine choice as his recording device would have picked up my sloppy eating and I was thankful l made that decision.
After five minutes of minute talk he pressed record and asked me to share my story with him.
I began my normal script. &#;I&#;m 22, I&#;m from Reno, NV. (Yes, like Reno) I&#;m a singer songwriter. I write pop song but it&#;s a little alternative. I want to perform at the Super Bowl one night, uhhhhh yeah what else?&#; I was pleasantly surprised when he interrupted me after 30 seconds and said, &#;I know what you do.
Tell me about you.&#; WOAH, you wanna realize about me? I didn&#;t grasp where to begin. For so long being an artist was just my identity. I didn&#;t really know what to utter .
By: Audrey Karrasch. I hold had so many part moment jobs and gigs to endure afloat in this high maintenance life of being an creator and I realized I am completely content being utterly underprivileged eating ramen for every meal while I chase my dreams. When I had part hour jobs my energy was compromised and I consistently felt enjoy I was missing out on my calling. I had a lot of anxiety walking in.So many areas of my life I thought were repulsive , embarrassing, or just simply uninteresting. I reminded myself that he was a stranger and chances of me seeing him again were slim so I fired away. I thought about 10 minutes would be enough and by then I would hold either scared the shit out of him and we&#;d wrap up or he would be intrigued and my real story would be told.
I told him about my childhood, my brothers, my marching band days.
I told him about organism in a band and opening for Paper Tongues and Neon Trees when I was 16 and how that night has shaped the rest of my life. I could feel myself starting to open up and as the minutes passed by I was beginning to sense like I was talking a shrink, one that I actually wanted to talk to and not one my parents sent me to.
It was in that moment where the F bombs and sailor vocabulary started to fly out of my mouth that a young family sat down at the table right next to us even though EVERY table in the restaurant was available. I tried to put a filter on it because I didn&#;t need to freak the youngsters out.
Tim McGraw couldn't be more proud of his daughters. Most recently, he couldn't help but gush over his youngest Audreywho is following in his footsteps and leaving her own tag in the music industry. In addition to the budding performer, the "It's Your Love" singer and his wife Faith Hillwho he married inare parents to daughters Gracie27, and Maggie On Monday, Tim took to Instagram and shared a stunning black-and-white video of Audrey, showing off her impressive singing abilities.I wondered what they were thinking. Who is the odd pair next to us and why is she just rambling on and on about rock shows and why is she speaking with her hands so much and maybe she&#;s his phone girl that he just pays to talk loudly next to him?
Ha. Whatever.
At this point I was sharing with John my experience being on The Voice and how that show made me feel a like a money puppet. I felt like my artistry was compromised while being on The Voice and I never experienced anxiety or self-doubt until existence on that stage.
The exhibit did not portray me as the woman I am and even though I thought it was a great opportunity for exposure and a chance to break into the industry I&#;ve had to do a lot of damage control since then. I explained that my addiction only got worse on the show, at that point I tried to speak softly because I didn&#;t want to place a bad example for the children eating their nuggets beside us.
John was pretty peaceful the first 15 minutes and as I started to reveal up I think he was shocked at how different I am in person.
He said, &#;You are not that miss on The Voice." That was the nicest compliment.
It was so refreshing to share with someone, even a stranger, my story. I think every musician should be able to own a conversation with someone favor that, at least just once.
Audrey Karrasch was born and bred in Reno, Nevada, and raised among a big family who encouraged her love of singing and playing.
It reminded me of who I am, how far I have reach, and how close I am to achieving what it is I want. It&#;s easy to feel like I&#;m just playing the lottery every day hoping my number gets called, and that I don&#;t stand a chance at all. Everyone wants this.
I have always dreamed so big that I presume everyone else&#;s dreams are just as big as mine and/or the same. Before I was able to embrace being an artist I&#;ve had to include the person I am.
Suddenly all of my pet peeves about people asking me what I do had vanished.
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They should, because you own to be crazy to complete what I do. There&#;s some good in some crazy. My meeting with John at the diner was an eye opening experience. Plus, now I can say I have a fresh friend (hopefully fan) in Los Angeles.
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