Today we’d like to introduce you to Lynnzee Fraye.
Hi Lynnzee, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I guess my story starts in 3rd grade. The school choir had an age limit of 8-9 or 3rd grade, and I was finally old enough to join. I sang every day and got a few little solos and just really fell in love with singing. I started taking piano lessons outside of school with the same teacher and really got involved in music in general. My best friend ended up passing in 7th grade and it really changed music for me. That loss really started me on my writing journey and using that as a therapy. I wrote my first song for him and it went to the national level of a local competition. I never really looked at any other options after that. I started bands and sang and wrote as much as I could after that. About 16 years, probably 2000 shows, and 100s of songs later, I am just as in love with music as I was then.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The main obstacle and challenge for me is definitely self-discipline. I tend to get overly excited about the big picture of things and have a hard time looking at the first steps I need to take to get there. I can get caught up in perfectionism and then never allow myself to complete something because it’s not perfect. I’m trying to get better at that one. I also love to take on multiple projects and then never really have enough time to finish them. Being Consistent is by far my biggest challenge.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
My work, in a sense, is to just help people find solidarity in the chaos that is life. I guess I just want people to hear words and melodies that spark feelings and memories, whether they’re good or bad. To just help them process. Songs have always made it easier for me to digest my thoughts, and I want to hopefully do the same for someone else.
I don’t know if I specialize in anything, but I’d probably say, feeling emotions too deeply and being able to verbalize them. I have an ability to put myself in others’ shoes and really understand their point of view. I guess that’s probably the thing I’m most proud of.
What sets me apart from others is probably my versatility. I have always been able to be a chameleon of sorts. Being able to fit myself into any genre or style needed of me, was consistently my forte. It made me a great choral student and studio musician, but I struggled with finding my own sound for a really long time. I tried every genre, every fashion look, anything to try to get other people’s perception of me to match my perception of myself. Which wasn’t the healthiest of things to do, but got a lot of skills from doing so.
So maybe we end on discussing what matters most to you and why?
A few years ago I would have said that being seen was the thing that mattered most, but now I think it’s just being authentic. Being a very real, in its glory and its downfall, human. I find that with social media being so important in this industry, I only want to put my best foot forward. To disregard my flaws or mistakes or just honest failures. And in doing so, I make this insane version of myself that can’t be lived up to. So now, all I want is to be is honest, with the good bad, and ugly all laid out.
Contact Info:
- Website: Lynnzeefraye.com
- Instagram: @lynnzeefraye
- Youtube: Youtube.com/lynnzeefraye.
Image Credits
Joseph @Flickzbyj
