Today we’d like to introduce you to Julia Price.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I started playing flute and started making my own compositions after I found a meaningful connection to how funny, attractive and confident many women outside of “solo flutists” were, and they only look like one type of person. I just made my own lane. On the journey, early on, I grew up in an emotionally disruptive household, so I found solace in music because you express and connect to your emotions in it. During my journey I had teachers that really pushed me, and I found a way to keep encouraging myself. When I started finding my lane as a flutist — the one you know today, I kept my musings centered in composing. I knew I wanted to keep writing and also compose, and turned many flute solos into essays from being motivated to write to food and culture writing, and turning this into small works that can connect people to new projects. When I was a teenager, I practiced a lot, I took private lessons as much as possible, and went to many orchestra rehearsals. The women today, who are moving the needle to new ideas, make my attention focus on sound projects that represent and encourage women and youth. I received my Bachelors Degree in Flute in North Carolina and then a second degree, California, at the State University.
Today as a professional, and independent musician, I have found my voice from fashion shows and private and public shows that I have performed in and film. In the studio, I get a sense of what I want to hear from what sense of what to do with securing my space into a concept. I started putting my music on secondary markets, most of my solo recordings I had with programmed and computerized sounds, “Music for Flute and Computer” for an example, were instantly up, and on Twitter (@otramiga), where typically, I am able to draw a connection with listeners and put them into the space of art and art criticism. My flute solo and love for it comes from academic environments that even when I got out of them, heard a lot of ideas from. Overall, I love to encourage others to find music in their daily lives, and listen to flute because where I started, it has really taken me into a magical journey.
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?
I definitely struggle with feedback. When I moved to California, I was terrified of the world before me. I was searching for a meaningful connection with others, and sometimes found that anticipation to be lonely. It can be hard to observe yourself like this, when you’re playing or doing a program and you want to know how you sound. Once I have climbed over this, motivating myself to believe in my message and method of communication is the next step. There is conflict all around us, all the time, but conflict around me, the key takeaway in it, is to control how you see yourself in the situations. You have to wear a bullet proof vest and have self-celebrations. As an artist,– I have to make a response through change and triumph, and listen to the community. While the emotional journey mediates my artistry, community influences me as much as motivates me. There can be so many triumphs that can offset the struggles. I will be playing at a wedding, which recaptures my spark for duos. This summer, at the Texas New Music Festival, I will be with others in an ensemble. It is very humble, but will pay off with a concert. We are collaborating with lots of other contemporary musicians. Energy is everything! Even in pop culture, which LA is sometimes centered around, while also being innovative; creating a space as a soloist and writer is about taking care of my end of the work and enjoying that, and having someone hear it – We have Lizzo now on team flute, when she exposed herself I loved how I got so many students wanting to learn her songs. I do find that the aim in media and representation is to make social occasions the most impactful, as well as brilliant, and also bring inclusion and equality to the art form, that you seldom see.
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?
Thank you for being a fan of my work. I really appreciate that. Sometimes everything I do is related to flute, and when it is, I am a composer, studio musician, and sound artist that blends solo flute, percussion, strings, and piano into recordings. In short, recording and composing is what I focus on. When it is not related to flute, I write about essential changes in pop culture and lifestyle, and write as a poet and non-fiction essayist. I have microessays on my instagram, and twitter. Right now, through writing, I am focusing on the family of music that reflects today’s culture and how we identify it with our everyday lives. I think we all need new perspectives to keep us alive and fresh. I have learned I am the type of artist who has to worry less about the end results, and complete it for the chance to see it edited well. IN music, for an example, when I go into writing mode for new flute music with cleansing the space or the mind or connecting with social media: “Cleanse!” Or “The Friend App.” I have used a lot of funny satire to string together a design concept in music, I am the most productive and can connect with the work in new ways with experimenting after say, the flute is recorded, then I know what to put and write for the rest of the instruments. It ends up very professional, but always with some humor. I have made pieces of music, off of household names in pop culture, and have designs that make sense to others from composition titles, like “Airport Fantasy” solo flute, and pieces based off of the Super Bowl Draft, on solo flute.
In my work for “Music for Flute and Computers” And “Cleanse!” a solo flute recording now up, It’s a laid back category also reigns the respect of classical music, and neo-classical music, is a more aesthetic filled, beachy or meditative, state of a recording. As professional as I am, in independent productions, I am in the category of an person that has a heart for those private or public beach showings, microessays on skin care and also just outdoor activity in general. I really have the personality to have a photo on a beach or in a window with a bikini…because it’s a vivid example of the whole package of being happy, and active. And I think others can enjoy it.
Alright, so to wrap up, is there anything else you’d like to share with us?
As a flutist and essayist, you can listen to new work that I upload very often and all the upcoming performances! You can read what I write as well. Follow all my journalism and solo recordings on my Twitter! In Los Angeles and Orange County, I appreciate writing new works that require me to play in a lot of different spaces – outside of a concert hall or studio – Solo flute work is just as beautiful to listen to, and I love to know who can hear me! From walking to the grocery store, listening in your car, on the beach, travel or in your home – stay tuned for live shows and collaborations!
Pricing:
- Private Performances: $500
- Lessons: $55 h/r
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @worldozycotin
- Twitter: @otramiga
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=LL
