Rising Stars: Meet Edwrds

Today we’d like to introduce you to Edwrds.

Hi Edwrds, 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?
Hey! I’m Edwrds, a music artist from Long Island, New York. I make songs about the various feelings we all go through in life through my perspective. I aim to inspire people to just be authentically themselves and spread love. My introduction to music began at the age of three when my mother signed me up for dance classes after I begged her to let me join. I fell in love with the way music moved my body, how it fueled my soul, and how it brought people together. From my dancing years, the passion I had for wanting to make my own music stemmed from there. Dance classes led to singing lessons, guitar lessons, piano lessons, anything music-related I wanted to dive into. I’m super grateful for the support and belief from my family to continue to support my music-related choices and changes. Thanks to growing up and finding my sound, I’ve evolved over the years to the artist I am today. Nowadays you can find me traveling to perform at various gigs across the United States, shooting music videos, doing interviews, and producing/writing some great music with friends.

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?
Definitely hasn’t been a smooth road. There’s a lot of stuff in this industry you have to overcome. I had to overcome people I thought were my friends switching up, mental battles with anxiety and depression, false promises, learning to believe in myself, and learning how to make and produce music that sounded good and professional with pretty much no previous experience.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I’m Edwrds. I like showing people what I’ve learned in my 19 years of life through the eyes of my social media and the lyrics of my music. I believe It’s important to understand that there’s always more to learn about yourself; no matter how much you think you know who you are, what drives you, what interests you, there’s always more to discover. Thanks to my music career, I’ve been able to heal from some past trauma and mental health issues and I hope some people out there are able to connect with my messages and heal for themselves as well. Music is an amazing outlet and gift that I’m grateful to be able to use to connect with so many other people around the world that may be on similar journeys.

Where we are in life is often partly because of others. Who/what else deserves credit for how your story turned out?
I’ve had quite a few. Definitely have to give credit to my old mentor Jay Cloud who first showed me how I could make music without a professional studio. Thanks to him, I was able to create music at my little home studio day and night and it really helped me grow as an artist both in production and writing. I also gotta give credit to Melissa Mulligan and her amazing MMVS team who granted me even more knowledge about making music and even the business of it. Mike Mangini really polished what I was lacking and I remember finishing up my classes feeling proud to say I’m my own music artist. I definitely can’t forget about my close friends Suave, Scotty, Bean, XO, and Michael Lomando who spent hours in the studio with me developing this sound. They inspired me to keep being me and I love that.

There’s plenty of other people who have helped me through the journey and I’m grateful for each and every one of them. The good, the bad, I learned from all of it.

Contact Info:

• Email: [email protected]
• Website: www.edwrds.net
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edwrds999/
• Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/edwrds999/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/EdwrdsOfficial
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/edwrds

Image Credits:
@davidprspctive @made2shoot