AJ Quiero grew up with music as part of his childhood and family life: “My upbringing in Louisiana brought music into my soul very young. I wanted to write music after I learned guitar. I fell in love with making/producing whole songs after an internship at a local recording studio as an engineer apprentice.”
AJ’s gearing up for major success. His latest EP, “cryinginvariousplaces” will be out to stream and purchase on August 24. AJ’s hit a major achievement as an artist already: he loves what he created, “This is the sound I have always dreamt of having in my creation process. It makes me so proud and it feels like I can breathe again. When I listen and practice it, it feels like a new lease on life.” And anyone who’s ever created anything knows that getting it right, and letting it feel right, are what music. and creation is all about.
AJ’s keeping up a complete music empire: “I’m also working on building an audio/visual channel on YouTube to promote recent releases. This will take time and will incorporate many different locations.” He is also looking for a label, but certainly not resting and waiting in the meantime. He’s got the new EP, the YouTube channel, and expects to get his music placed in film and TV soon.
AJ admits he also experienced another artist milestone: letting go and allowing yourself to grow. He looks over his new music and muses, “Developing a new sound and leaving my old music behind was kind of hard. I think the hardest part of my recent life has been living without music because life can get real. Drama and stuff; it happens, it’s life. I deal with a lot of really hard things sometimes too, even as an independent artist.”
AJ’s cryinginvariousplaces, in his own words:
It is supposed to be so fun and carefree. I get picked on a lot though in my daily life; I don’t make nearly enough money to stay away from people like I so desperately want too. I have no privacy. Right now, currently I’m worried of identity theft, and cat thieves and stalkers on the internet for example. People are crazy, and it’s not like I have the lifestyle that I can withdraw from people. I love being around people and making music for people, and the hardest part is; balance. I can only really try my hardest to make the best of all of it. The music and the journey, writing songs, and having fun playing them. Things get crazy almost daily for me and there’s not much I can do besides do what I know is best for me and the people around me that I love and care about. Sometimes I just want to be myself and make everyday new, and people hold onto the past.
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