Today we’d like to introduce you to Tyler Ømari.
Tyler, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
I grew up watching my dad work in the industry as a producer/engineer so I was always around music and grew up listening to a lot of classic hip hop and house records that my dad used to play. My introduction to trying music myself was when I started playing guitar in 8th grade, I was listening to a lot of rock and metal type stuff so that’s what I was making. Eventually, I got frustrated with trying to be in bands so I looked for ways to be a solo artist. Around this time, I got more into rap and I started producing when my friend gave me a copy of FL Studio. After making beats for a while, I decided to start rapping myself to see if I was good at it and I ended up sticking with that. I felt a new type of creative freedom with rapping that I didn’t feel with anything else I tried.
We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
I make music for a lot of different reasons, and I try not to stick with one sound or style because I enjoy a really wide range of sounds and genres. I make music to go with whatever emotions I’m feeling at the moment. I want to be able to connect with listeners who feel the same way whether they’re in the mood to just have fun and forget about everything around them or if they’re feeling lonely or sad and need to be reminded that they aren’t the only one. I hope that my art captures an emotion or a specific feeling when people listen to it, that they can put on my music and go to a different place in their minds for a while.
The stereotype of a starving artist scares away many potentially talented artists from pursuing art – any advice or thoughts about how to deal with the financial concerns an aspiring artist might be concerned about?
It is very possible to pursue art without having a crazy high budget, it requires focus and smart use of the money you do have but it’s possible. If it’s music you’re interested in, I recommend saving up to get a cheap microphone and studio interface. It is good to be self-sufficient as an independent artist because you don’t have the biggest budget to pay other people to work for you. When I first started rapping, I was recording myself on an old microphone on a regular desktop computer. I used FL Studio but you can download a free copy of Audacity if you don’t have access to that. I learned how to mix my own records and make beats, and I made cover art using picture editing apps on my phone. As long as you can make a small initial investment, and you’re willing to put forth the effort, you can make it work with whatever budget you have.
Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
The majority of my music can be found on my Soundcloud page which is soundcloud.com/tyleromari. I also have my last album Now or Never on Apple Music, Spotify, and all other major streaming platforms. I encourage anyone interested in keeping up with my new releases to follow me on Soundcloud or Spotify, as I am going to be releasing a lot more of my songs on Spotify. A link to my Spotify can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ShhbXRNiFE4ED8FJsTzaj
Contact Info:
- Website: Soundcloud.com/tyleromari
- Email: allentyler1337@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetyleromari/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetyleromari
Image Credit:
Olu, Noshi, Hakeem
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