Today we’d like to introduce you to Gambeaux.
Hi Gambeaux, 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 always knew I wanted to be a performing artist since I was performing for my mom and grandma in our living room or kitchen, in Disney princess costumes. That passion transformed into me turning my early poems into songs on the classic DAW, Garageband, enrolling in voice and guitar lessons, and eventually doing musicals all throughout elementary and high school. I’m from Chicago, which has an amazing performing arts program for high schoolers called Gallery 37, as well as the After School Matters programs, which allowed me to study voice performance, and classical and jazz music while in high school. From that, I was inspired to study Voice Performance as a major, at Temple University. I switched to a Theater major in my Junior year though (as a Gemini, I’m also pretty indecisive), and graduated with that B.A. I’ve always had dreams of turning both my passions and pains into performance. Music has always been my biggest form of self expression. A cathartic release from the crazy experience of life. I’ve been here in LA since 2021, still with unrelenting plans to pursue my music and acting careers. Currently, I’m shedding skin and preparing for the transformation that is my next recorded musical project. Everything is still in the works, but I’m equally as excited to share my upcoming single, “Ihategums” with the talented Jeff Eveline. He came to me with this vision of standing in the light of who you know you are– recognizing that you’re one of one and loving it. The single will be out fairly soon, and I’m thrilled to let the world hear one of the best collaborations I’ve done in LA!
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
It’s been a crazy ride for sure, and I’m sure that won’t change going forward either. As an independent artist, myself and a lot of other artists that I know as well, have always had 50 jobs to support both the dream and bills. Having little time, freedom, and funding can stifle the creative process, of course. And then there’s the anxiety that once you do make something–will people like it if you put it out? Or if you rehearse and rehearse for that big performance, who’s to say that stage fright won’t get in the way anyway? Those are definitely some of the challenges I’ve faced along the way, but I like to see them as just that. Like hurdles, rather than obstacles– so that I remind myself I can jump over them. And if I can’t get it the first time, I can always try again.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
My name is Gambeaux. I’m a performing artist that specializes in singing, rapping, and acting. If you look at my work, I’m known for my musical performances as a recording artist, and my acting performances in web series, tv shows, and commercials. I’m most proud of creating music, of art in general, that moves people. I want people to feel something– whether it be self confidence, love, fear, rage, regret– whatever it compels, I’ve watched and heard how my art resonates with it’s audience and that’s what made me the most fulfilled. What I feel sets me apart is my ability to piece words together in a poetic way, where my monologues become music– it’s my ability to combine theater with music and never stay boxed into one genre, feeling, aesthetic, or region. What makes me different is my refusal to stay the same– I think of myself as a chameleon in that way.
What do you like best about our city? What do you like least?
Los Angeles is a hustling, bustling city of bursts of creation, and you are bound to see something different everyday. I like that about LA because I feel it’s a reflection of my own mind, my own thought process. I love that you can wake up in LA and have the craziest, out of the ordinary and sounds like it can be in a movie type of day. Those are the experiences that inspire me to keep making art– I reflect on those crazy times when I’m writing/recording music or I’m acting in a scene and am pulling from those memories. There’s also so many wildly talented people here, and collaborating with them brings me so much joy. What I like least about LA is something that I would be rich for if I had a dollar every time someone agreed with me on disliking it. The God forsaking traffic. But I guess we can’t have it all be perfect here, can we?
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gambeaux/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@gambeauxmusic
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@gambeauxheaux
Image Credits
Timothy Ayodele, Jade Ellis
