Today we’d like to introduce you to Julian.
Hi Julian, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I started playing piano around 8 or 9 years old. I was put into formal classes but within a month a wanted to stop. Those classes instilled the base of the piano in me and from there I started teaching myself how to play. I learned mostly from YouTube, but as I got better I started trying to learn simple songs from ear and I started writing my own songs. I don’t know how to read sheet music, but my ear has developed pretty well to the piano and my advantages lie in a different place. I used to live in south Florida but when I was 13 I moved to Cumming, Georgia. It was around that age the I really started dedicating time to the piano and I started to improve my dexterity. Catholicism has been the center of my life so I’m learning how to incorporate that into my creative process, I’m following the path of being music producer/artist but I don’t exactly know what I want to do yet, I just know that I want to do music. And in this journey I’m learning to trust God more so that I can ultimately complete his will and not mine. At the end of the day I’m a person trying to find his vocation through music. My idols are musicians like Yanni, Alexis Ffrench, Hans Zimmer, Hania Rani, Gibran Alcocer, Austin Farwell, Chris Botti, Tony Ann, and many more. These people have found there own style in music and Im currently trying to develop my own style rather than copy any beautiful song. I’m also currently practicing music production and I’m proving my technical skills on the computer.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
No it definitely hasn’t. Most of the struggles have been internal, self-doubt and lack of confidence can easily creep in, but I’m growing stronger and I’m not letting it consume me. Along the way there’s been struggles like not knowing exactly what I’m going to do for a “job” in the future. Another has been if I’m going to be successful or if I’m doing what God wants or if my music is any good. Many things have bothered me and sometimes I think the worst of myself and other times I don’t, but the most important part is that you keep increasing exponentially. Everyone has their own Cross to carry and we need to figure out a way to push forward. We need to trust God more and follow his plan not our own. So while these “struggles” still are with me today. They don’t define how I act and what I do.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I’m currently in the path of a music career. Music producer, artist, slung engineer, synth programmer, etc. All of these careers sound super interesting to me but I don’t know what yet. What I am doing though is building my own portfolio. I’m currently releasing songs on Spotify and I’m trying to post more on my instagram about what I’m currently doing. I’m currently doing a mission year, so it has been a little hard to not make music the priority, but I still work on it everyday. The type of music I make write now is a combination of neo-classical, instrumental, no-lyrics type of music. Honestly that’s the best way I can describe it. I’m open to many different music styles but this is the one I’m interested in right now. Something I am super proud is that I’m strengthening my relationship with God, I’m forming a real meaningful relationship that is effecting every aspect of my life in a positive way. People would say that I’m known for being super nice and good at piano and sports. Everyone has a little more depth to themselves but that’s probably what most people get at a first encounter. Something I’m most proud of is the effort I’m putting in every part of my life. I’m have positive results because I’m working hard. That doesn’t mean that I don’t have bad days or that other days I feel like doing nothing, but again I don’t let that consume me entirely. Maybe something that sets my apart from others is my realness. I don’t put masks on and I don’t try to buff up my story or skills or whatever. I’m a raw person and I try to portray that to everyone through my actions or words. And I’m also super ambitious with things I’m interested in, if I like something I’m going down that rabbit hole to find more of it.
What makes you happy?
Doing the things that God created me for. Like I said before we have a specific vocation and God’s best plan for us is our best plan. But the world can be super confusing sometimes so we all get lost along the way at some point. But what truly makes me happy is knowing that what I’m currently doing is completing God’s plan for us. It brings so much purpose to my life and it allows me to let go of doubts, worries, shame, etc. because If what I’m doing now reflects God’s plan then I’m willing to do that and nothing else. At the end of the day it makes us twice the person we were before.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliancoronadoo/
- LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/julian-coronado-
- Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0A2FRmmnnppBUmW9nVYlto?si=O-h8o3yiS4aSqhBED8RrcQ
Image Credits
Brother Sterling
