Meet Laionlel
I was 7 years old when I grabbed a guitar for the first time, although I had been loving music since way before that. Since then, I’ve had the pleasure of listening to music, playing it, and collaborating with friends, colleagues, peers, professors, and other musicians from whom I’ve learned so much. Working with these people, I realized the beauty in the collaborative nature of music.
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I have always believed that music is for everyone. Creating it is simply my way of connecting with people and evoking emotions within them. As an arranger, I get to develop other people’s ideas, bridging them to their audience. Likewise, producing allows me to turn ideas into realities, and playing piano makes me feel a huge connection with my audience. I will never forget the reactions I received after releasing my first single. I had no idea that something as simple as a song could find its way into the hearts of so many people, and that it could evoke happiness.
When I was in elementary school, I didn’t have any friends to play with. There was no one willing to spend time with me on recess, because no one was interested in listening to me in the first place. I had to spend the time alone, separated from the other kids. In a way, that’s how I see the world as it is today. This is how I see society. There’s 8 billion of us, and every single one of us wants to share what we have been doing. Everyone wants to talk about the things they’ve accomplished, the things they’ve endured, and the things that bring them happiness. But in so much talking, they forget to listen. It’s so common nowadays to speak to someone and feel like you’re talking to a brick wall because they’re paying more attention to their phone than they’re doing to you. What good is there in sharing ideas, if no one takes the time to appreciate them? However, I’ve found that there’s one phenomenon that gets rid of all that self-centeredness and brings life back to life: Music.
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As soon as I started taking my guitar into school, people stopped talking, and they finally listened. That is exactly what I want to bring to the world.
When I’m working on music, I always pour both my heart and my soul on it. Regardless of what I’m doing, arranging, producing or playing, if I don’t feel that it will foster genuine connection and sharing amongst people, it’s not good enough. What better feeling is there than sharing something, and have people develop meaningful connections through it? I strongly hope that my work inspires people to reach beyond, to be empathetic, and, most importantly, to listen. I will keep learning from the people I work with, with an open mind, and hope to one day fulfill my purpose as a music creator. If I do, I hope to share it with people that are meaningful to me, building and strengthening bridges, both new and old, and look at the past with a smile, and look to the future with hope.
