Once upon a time I thought I had it together...
But now, I'm doing the same things I said "I'd never"...
"Desensitized"- Written by Azara
//AZARA
"Music Is My Ministry." - Azara
With a servant's heart and a passion for creativity, Azara is spearheading a movement. She desires to get people UNSTUCK - something she knows about all too well. Though she is a Christian artist, her music touches the "unchurched," people who wouldn't normally listen to traditional gospel and worship music. This is where her heart is, because she did not grow up in church, and received her calling from God while in college, where she literally threw out of her car window her entire secular CD collection, hundreds of CDs, after a pastor's message at a church convention woke her up to the truths about music and how powerful it can be to reaching a person's soul.
Azara is not just an artist, she is also a music producer & songwriter, with degrees in Music Production & Engineering as well as Business, a serial entrepreneur as a CEO/Founder of multiple companies, and a community advocate, where she leads creative community engagement and empowerment initiatives that help everyday people not just survive... but thrive! She loves people with the genuine love of God and intentional action, as an ambassador of Christ's love.
Her sound is light & fun, with a soulful, airy, soprano vocal, laced over "pop-n-b" beats fused with elements of jazz, edm, pop, and more, the sounds she grew up listening to. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Brandy, and Sade were her "vocal trainers" growing up as a little girl playing their tapes and CDs over and over while perfecting her vocal sound. After receiving the Lord, she was able to study incredible vocalists like Karen Clark Sheard, Kim Burrell, and Tonex, some of her favorite vocalists of all time. She also received classical vocal instruction under Dr. Karen Nevins while in high school, receiving local, regional, and national recognition.
Azara's debut indie released album "Love Notes" ('07) was well received, and got spins nationally and internationally, with recognition from early internet music sites like soundcloud, soundclick, myspace, and more. She was offered record deals, but decided to stay independent and keep ownership of her music. After her life took a turn, she was unable to release another album for many years. She has graced stages and studios with many amazing artists, and is back on the music scene as a personal mission to finish what she started long ago. There is a fire and a passion now that Azara possesses that is contagious... to help people like her and to become everything God has called her to be!
