AUSTIN LARA
AUSTIN LARA IS A SAN DIEGO RAISED, LA BASED KOREAN AMERICAN ARTIST. HIS SOUND BLURS THE LINES BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY R&B, PSYCHEDELIC ROCK AND VINTAGE 70'S SOUL. AS A CONFIDENT MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST AND PRODUCER, HE IS CURRENTLY PURSUING HIS EFFORTS AS AN ARTIST. PERFORMING LIVE WITH A 5 PIECE BAND ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, HE VALUES AUTHENTIC MUSICIANSHIP AND AN ENERGETIC PERFORMANCE.
HIS DEBUT SELF-PRODUCED RECORD “FEATHERFALL” ENCAPSULATES AN HONEST REPRESENTATION OF HIMSELF. (SAMPLES BELOW)
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DECEMBER 2023: I REMEMBER BURSTING INTO ELI’S APARTMENT WITH AN IDEA. I’M SURE I INITIALLY CAME OFF AS DELUSIONAL. IN RETROSPECT, I NOW SEE THAT I HAD A VISION FOR A BODY OF WORK THAT I WANTED TO CREATE.
JANUARY 2024 - FEBRUARY 2024: FIVE ONE MINUTE SEGMENTS OF MUSIC WERE CREATED THAT EVENTUALLY BECAME THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE RECORD.
MARCH 2024: I VISITED HOME FOR WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME. UNCERTAIN OF THE FUTURE, I IMPULSIVELY DECIDED TO VISIT ALL THE PEOPLE I TRUTHFULLY CARED ABOUT. SOME I HAD SEEN FAIRLY RECENTLY; OTHERS I HAD NOT SEEN IN YEARS. JUST KNOW IF I SPOKE TO YOU AROUND THIS TIME, I CHERISH HOW YOU HAVE IMPACTED MY LIFE. THIS WEEK OF CONVERSATION BECAME THE CATALYST FOR THE CREATION OF THE RECORD.
MARCH 2024 - APRIL 2024: UPON RETURNING BACK TO 38, I REMEMBER BEING OVERWHELMED WITH EMOTION WALKING BACK FROM THE TRAIN. ON THE VERGE OF TEARS, I BEGAN WRITING AND DIDN’T STOP. THIS PERIOD LASTED ROUGHLY 2 WEEKS. 8 OF THE 9 SONGS WERE WRITTEN IN THIS TIME. YEARS OF COMPRESSED FEELINGS AND EMOTION WERE RELEASED, CAPTURED, AND DOCUMENTED. THIS MOMENT OF TIME CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS SOMETHING SPIRITUAL.
MAY 2024 - AUGUST 2024: THE RECORD WAS REFINED INTO IT’S FINAL ARRANGEMENT. PRIOR TO THIS, I WAS VERY SELECTIVE WITH WHOM I SHARED THE RECORD. IT WAS AROUND THIS TIME THAT I SHOWED THE PROJECT TO PERSEPHONE, JACK, AND MATTHEW. EACH HAND SELECTED FOR THEIR SPECIFIC SOUND. WITH THEIR ADDITIONS, THE RECORD WAS ELEVATED AND COMPLETED.
IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, THIS RECORD STEMS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF DEPRESSION, PURPOSE, SPIRITUALITY, AND LOVE. WHILE ORIGINATING FROM A DARK PLACE, THIS RECORD HAS HELPED ME REFLECT ON THE EMOTIONS I HAVE HELD ONTO, AND COME TO PEACE WITH LETTING GO. WITH THAT SAID THERE IS NO ONE WAY TO LISTEN OR INTERPRET THIS RECORD. CRAFTED AS ONE BODY OF WORK, IT IS UP TO YOU HOW YOU CHOOSE TO INTERACT WITH IT. HOWEVER YOU DECIDE TO LISTEN, MY ONLY WISH IS FOR YOU TO FORMULATE YOUR OWN MEANING AND CONNECTION WITH THE MUSIC.
- AUSTIN