{"id":44615,"date":"2019-01-07T11:14:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T11:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=44615"},"modified":"2019-01-07T11:14:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T11:14:33","slug":"six-quick-questions-with-amaru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/01\/six-quick-questions-with-amaru\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Quick Questions With Amaru"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Yesterday we wrote about Amaru&#8217;s empowering new single, <a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/01\/amaru-warns-about-having-a-champagne-attitude-with-his-empowering-new-single\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Champagne Attitude (Rap-Titude Mix)&#8217;<\/a>. We found him to be very interesting, and so invited him to answer six quick questions for us. True to our impressions, Amaru came back with some very informative answers, giving a deep insight into the music business, as well as other aspects of the entertainment industry.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EP: Hi Amaru! Lovely to meet you! You&#8217;ve had a very interesting career to date &#8211; can you tell our readers briefly the Amaru story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amaru: Hi there, thanks for taking the time, I appreciate it. Well, I am not a mainstream artist or anything, but I am always on the grind, as I put it. Going from audition to audition, always working on new music at the studio, writing lyrics\u2026 keeping busy artistically is what fuels me and I am very driven. It\u2019s hard work, as you may well know, but for me it\u2019s all about getting my work out there, first and foremost of all. It\u2019s also about growth and building a fanbase, enthuse people with your creativity, so to speak. And I\u2019ve always wanted to sing, as far back as I can remember, but it wasn\u2019t until we moved to Europe when I pursued that. But oddly enough, after finishing acting school, it was the acting that took off first. But there is so much more to the Amaru story, we will run out of time (lol).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EP: What&#8217;s been the highlight of your career so far in your music career? How about in your acting career?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amaru: Musically, my biggest victory is when I released my debut album \u201cChampagne Attitude\u201d in May of 2018, which went on to win TWO Gold \u201cGlobal Music Awards\u201d in Los Angeles, California (USA). The album won \u201cGold Emerging Artist\u201d and \u201cGold Album\u201d. Acting-wise I have done (independent) film, TV commercials, animation, voice acting and much more, but my proudest work as an actor are two animated films I did about AIDS education in Africa and certain parts of Asia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first film was a resounding success and some schools in Africa even incorporated the film as part of their curriculum, I was told. Because of the success of part one, none other than Sir Richard Branson decided to finance the sequel, which was also a success. They have since re-dubbed the voices of my character in the sequel, but my name still appears in the credits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EP: What&#8217;s your advice to anyone wanting to start a career in music?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amaru: Having the talent to sing beautifully isn\u2019t quite enough these days, especially considering that \u201ceverybody can sing nowadays\u201d\u2026Trickery and technical fixes have become the norm in the recording landscape of today, but I always say: \u201cIf you can\u2019t sing in the studio, chances are you won\u2019t be able to sing LIVE\u201d. So, first of all to be able to sing would be a start, but also, learn as MUCH as you can about the BUSINESS aspect of show business\u2026There are a lot of grey areas in the music business that many don\u2019t want exposed, which is why you have to be vigilant and tenacious. Know about your rights, about copyrights, about taxes, about money.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let me tell you, I don\u2019t proclaim to know everything, but I know plenty and I\u2019m still learning. There are plenty of people in the music business who will take your last penny if they can and leave you high and dry and not give a rat&#8217;s behind about that\u2026And when they see that you do know a thing or two about the business, that\u2019s when they\u2019ll do one of two things: they will pull back and keep you at an arm&#8217;s length (because you may be on to them\u2026) or they will carefully try to engage with you to \u201cdo some business\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What I see is that most (young) people only wanna sing and become famous\u2026In their pursuit of fame they fail to realize that \u201cfame\u201d is not something one can put on a resum\u00e9. And what if the music fizzles out, what if people lose interest and you have nothing to fall back on\u2026? That\u2019s where your High School diploma or college degree would come in handy. What I\u2019m saying is to always have a back-up plan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EP: If you could go back in time, what if anything would you have done differently with regards to your music and acting careers? Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amaru: Well, this is a simple one. I hardly ever look back. I think that things are predestined anyway and they happen in a cosmic order. I think that I am where the universe wants me to be, so I\u2019m okay with the progress thus far.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EP: What&#8217;s next on the horizon for Amaru?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amaru: What\u2019s next? I am busy promoting the new single &#8216;Champagne Attitude (Rap-Titude Mix)&#8217; and I will continue to shoot my first international feature film this spring! In addition to that I am awaiting a ton of replies to prospective musical gigs, so we\u2019ll see what will happen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EP: What question do you wish you someone would ask you in an interview but nobody ever does?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amaru: I have done quite some interviews, but most of the questions have been about my work as a singer and actor\u2026Maybe as my celebrity grows they will ask me my opinion about the state of the world today\u2026or maybe they\u2019ll ask me how I feel about religion\u2026or sex and sexuality or maybe even aquatic life\u2026I don\u2019t know, I\u2019ll cross that bridge when I get there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thank you for speaking to us Amaru!<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about Amaru online on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amaru.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offical website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amaruonline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/amaruofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amarumusic1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. You can buy physical copies, download, or stream his music from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCf9Wut9XWZ6kSEKow9l-LPA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.cdbaby.com\/cd\/amaru115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD Baby<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3v7VQE99Fb6j0dXbojICvt?si=YK-pXdMwQyuhsMb1bgtbCg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/music\/album\/Amaru_Champagne_Attitude_Rap_Titude_Mix?id=Btok2x7rn4ofvlx3vyl7uzsr6ra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play Store<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2BZCJXS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/nl\/album\/champagne-attitude-rap-titude-mix-single\/1447010847?l=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/amaruofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reverbnation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tidal.com\/browse\/track\/101143829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tidal<\/a>, and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amaru-music.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out his acting credits on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.me\/amaru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMDb<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we wrote about Amaru&#8217;s empowering new single, &#8216;Champagne Attitude (Rap-Titude Mix)&#8217;. We found him to be very interesting, and so invited him to answer six quick questions for us. True to our impressions, Amaru came back with some very informative answers, giving a deep insight into the music business, as well as other aspects of the entertainment industry. <\/p>\n<div class='heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_vertical_sharing heateor_sss_bottom_sharing' style='width:39px;left: -10px;top: 100px;-webkit-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none;' data-heateor-sss-href='https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44615'><div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"heateor_sss_facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fessentiallypop.com%2Fepop%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F44615\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:32px!important;box-shadow:none;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle\"><span class=\"heateor_sss_svg\" 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