We recently had the chance to connect with Isaiah Galvan and have shared our conversation below.
Isaiah, so good to connect and we’re excited to share your story and insights with our audience. There’s a ton to learn from your story, but let’s start with a warm up before we get into the heart of the interview. What are you most proud of building — that nobody sees?
For sure it’s been building a relationship with myself. My personality is very much the type to depend on others to enjoy my own life. And it took me a while to figure that part out. Technically, I’m still figuring it out. But it’s very peaceful knowing I don’t have to go around anymore convincing some random person that I know myself as an individual. Now don’t get me wrong, I can still have those annoying thoughts about how that person might perceive me, but now I won’t let it control what I do.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Isaiah Galvan, I’m 19 years old and I write and produce music. I play the guitar, drums, and know probably three chords on the piano. I record everything in my room and write about things that I feel deeply about. In August of 2024, I wrote a small ep called “for when you let me in” and I am so proud of it. I can’t describe how much I love that project and how much I learned from it. And then this past summer, I released my first album “BURNOUT” which I probably love ten times more than anything else on this planet. I poured a lot into that writing and to know people actually listened and could relate to it felt so incredible, I am so forever grateful.
Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. What relationship most shaped how you see yourself?
I can’t think of one way my brother hasn’t helped shape me in one way or another as a kid. My older brother has been my biggest inspiration for really everything. We’re ten years apart which makes him my automatic role model for anything. You know, everything from the clothes he wears to how he relates to music, I feel so connected to him. There’s something so satisfying about being able to talk to someone who can feel music on a deeper level, that person is him. I would say in my opinion we did grow up kind of separate because he was a lot older than me, but I don’t think it affected us as we got older. Our relationship right now is the best it’s ever been. I will never forget the music he would blast in our room, the clothes he would wear to school, the friends he would bring over, and the confidence maybe I didn’t have at the time. And now I have him to thank for helping me with all of that. Something I will always do is think of him when making music, I’d be like, “Yo Jake would love this” or “This is definitely gonna be his favorite”. He’s definitely my #1 supporter. I’m definitely his #1 supporter.
What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
Probably the relationship I write about the most in my songs. I’ve definitely healed from it, but it’s just that I don’t think people realize how many aspects of a relationship that you can expand on and write about. I mean my whole last album is about one person and it’s crazy to think about because all the songs are written so differently. Writing about that experience has healed me in ways I don’t think anything else could’ve. Except of course during that time of my life I spent a lot of days with my friends and crying sessions at the beach. But without a doubt, it was the writing that healed me.
I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. Whom do you admire for their character, not their power?
100%, Amy Winehouse. I admire that woman like she’s a legend, which she is. Her unconditional loving and her relentless obsession with love is such a beautiful and sad thing. That was her true spirit and I really admired that. I see myself a lot in her and feel she did not deserve anything that happened to her while she was here. I have dreams of visiting Camden some day and going to her favorite pubs and places where she’s made music. The way she writes in her songs and conveys these complicated emotions is so beautiful to me. Truly so inspiring. Her and her art will be engraved in me forever.
Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. When do you feel most at peace?
For sure when I’m writing. My notes app is such a safe space for me. I’m constantly writing things down that make me feel a certain way or any type of way in general. Feelings that only I would understand. I like to write down things as if I was gonna send it to a version of myself that knows nothing about what’s going on. It’s such a liberating feeling and feels so honest and free. Most of the time the stuff I write down doesn’t even rhyme, I like to figure that out later because I don’t want to lose the feeling I have at that moment. Once I feel like the timing is right, I’ll pick up my guitar. Once this happens, everything else just follows. It all just flows out. Music production is honestly my favorite part about all of this. I don’t know how people can just download a beat off of YouTube and call it a day. I think creating the music piece by piece is so satisfying and is really the main part of how I express myself. That is the art I care about most. The lyrics are just there to tell how I feel, but the music is how I transfer the feeling I had in that moment. Recording my guitar, creating a bass line, using different synths, formulating a drum pattern, stacking harmonies (my favorite part), are all things that I care about. That’s my art.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://hyperfollow.com/IsaiahGalvan?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafC4f4yu1vRoupx94w3mXqxayHzNUPjBzi0vwc0JF6anrrY0j_JZ8lWYUGIQA_aem_ZUS840FeQsE8ZcyYhWeUxw
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/is6iah.g/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@isaiahgalvann
Image Credits
Trina Galvan, Diego Tejeda
