We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Tristan Lauzon. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Tristan below.
Tristan, we’re so excited for our community to get to know you and learn from your journey and the wisdom you’ve acquired over time. Let’s kick things off with a discussion on self-confidence and self-esteem. How did you develop yours?
Honestly, my confidence stems from a long line of failures. I’ve always been the type to throw myself into projects and really give them my all, even if I don’t REALLY know exactly what I’m getting myself into. This has lead to all kinds of projects falling flat on their faces, (countless bands I’ve tried to start, conducting my own choir, gathering all of the necessary musicians to start our own independent big band, and many, MANY more) but it’s also given me what I believe is a fairly healthy relationship with failure. A lot of my projects are things that I started doing because I knew that if they were to work out, they could be things that I would be happy to do for the rest of my life. So, obviously, it really hurt every time I had to declare one of those projects as “dead,” but over time it got more and more comfortable. I began to realize that even if everything I’ve been working on decides to crash and burn, I know myself well enough to understand that I’ll always find something else to pour my passion into. I’ve also learned that every experience can be an education, and the knowledge that I’ve gained from failing at so many things is what’s been giving me the ability to succeed as much as I have been recently.
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
I am a professional musician. I studied jazz in college and spent the early part of my career playing gigs full time. Recently I’ve been more focused on composing and session work for clients in the studio. I’ve been working on the score for a video game, (Ink Inside, which should be releasing in just a few months) an original album that I wrote with my band Dos Besos (which will be releasing by the end of the year) and I’ve been acting as a producer on an EP for my friend Natalia Evelyn
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
I’d say the three things that have been most impactful in my career are resilience, music theory knowledge, and compassion. The first two are pretty obvious, it’s good to be able to pick yourself up when things are hard, and it’s good to know the rules of the medium you’re working with, but I think the third is often overlooked. I wouldn’t be able to do ANY of the things that I do without my friends, and the best way to make friends is by genuinely taking an interest in their lives and looking for ways that you can help each other out. I’d say my biggest bit of advice is to never feel like you have to do things alone. Every artist is valuable because every artist has a unique perspective, and we should try to learn how to appreciate and utilize those perspectives to move art forward.
Looking back over the past 12 months or so, what do you think has been your biggest area of improvement or growth?
My biggest area of growth in the past year has definitely been in my personal relationships. I cannot understate how massive of an impact the people around me have been making recently. I’ve always been pretty introverted, but recently I’ve learned that doesn’t mean I have to do everything by myself. I still love and need my alone time, but once I learned how to communicate those needs with the people in my life, it really opened my eyes to how awesome it is to have a group of people that all want to support each other.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @Tryplow
- Facebook: Tristan Lauzon
- Twitter: @Tryplow
- Other: email Tristanlauzon227@gmail.com
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Kimberlee Christiansen
