June 14, 2026 • 18 mins
What does the future of music sound like? In this inspiring episode of ¿Qué Pasa Boston?, we sit down with Ausar, a phenomenal 17-year-old rising artist and student at the prestigious Boston Arts Academy.
Ausar joins us to share his incredible journey, his deep cultural roots, and how growing up in a musical family shaped his unique sound. He opens up about the discipline it takes to balance high school with a blossoming music career, his mindset when performing on stage, and why Stevie Wonder serves as his ultimate musical inspiration. Plus, don't miss an exclusive, soul-stirring acapella snippet of Stevie Wonder's "Superwoman" right inside the studio!
Whether you are an aspiring musician, a fan of raw talent, or someone looking for a dose of pure inspiration, Ausar’s humility, intention, and vision for the future will completely captivate you.
Stream Ausar’s music on Spotify, Apple Music, and iHeartRadio today!
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0:00 – Intro: Welcoming Boston’s Next Big Artist
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0:45 – The meaning behind the name "Ausar"
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1:15 – How family and heritage influenced his sound
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2:10 – The reality of attending Boston Arts Academy
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3:15 – Why human connection beats social media
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4:25 – LIVE STUDIO PERFORMANCE: "Superwoman" (Stevie Wonder Cover)
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5:30 – Ausar’s 5-year vision and dream stages
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6:40 – The power of intention and discipline in music
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7:45 – Advice to his 10-year-old self & Outro
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Kasas and Kombastan. Today, I have a special guest. I
always say that I have a special guest, but today
is more than special because my daughter's here. She actually
connected me with him, and I'm super excited because I
get to bring an artist that it's in the very
very beginning of his career. He's a part of the
Boston Arts Academy High school program. And I heard his
(00:29):
songs and I'm very very sure that you are gonna
love them too, asar bim Benido.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
How you doing? How you doing?
Speaker 1 (00:37):
How are you? What do you think of iHeart?
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I love it. It's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
It's beautiful. Right. We just did a little tour around
the office and all the stations that we host here,
and he got to meet a lot of great people.
What you're feeling, I like it.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I feel like growing up hearing the radio in like
knowing these stations. It's crazy to actually be here. Where abbs?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Yeah? Yeah, So where is the name I started coming from?
Is that your real name?
Speaker 2 (01:05):
It's my real name. My name is actually Egyptian. It
comes from comet. It means all in one. That's where
I represent.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
I like that only one. We're all together? Yes, Where
does that love for music.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Come from It comes from my family. I feel like, well,
I know a lot of people my family do music.
My great grandfather he created violins and guitars and stuff.
My dad makes music, when mom makes music, So it
just all like this trickled down to me. So it's
been in my blood since.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Shout out to your mom because she's here shout yeah, yeah,
supporting always of course. What's your background as it was
born here?
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yes, I was born here. I'm from matt Pain, Boston.
I make in Jamaican.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Oh what a combination? Yes? Yeah? What do you like
more about being? You know? Jamaican food? The culture?
Speaker 2 (01:53):
I think the culture is what do you like most?
It makes me who I am? Like even in my music,
the music I grew I grew up on Kompa Dansall, reggae,
Lover's rock. That's music that that I grew up on.
So that's that influences my life.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Like that influence also the way of your performing now
when you're creating your music, yeah I say so, yes, yeah,
So tell me about what happened when you were growing up.
You're at home? Do you have brothers, sisters? Is it
just you?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
I want sister.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Do you like her? You fight a little bit?
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Yeah, you fight?
Speaker 1 (02:29):
You know, you know how to do Yeah, mommy is here.
You can't buy you fight. It's okay, as I was
supposed to go. Yeah's your your sister also in the music. No,
it's just you. So what made you go into boss
On Arts Academy Because let me tell you something. Of course,
my daughter is here and she introduced me to you.
(02:49):
I love to see how you guys are developing your
skills and your talents. But also I believe that the
school is teaching you what it's behind becoming a great artist,
which is this learning the skills of learning to read
music and create it, and whether it is the digital
aspect on you know, the platforms that we use. Now, AI,
(03:10):
what's your experience like like right now at school? It's
it's good, it's great.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
I was actually homeschooled for my freshman and sophomore year,
but I found out about the school through some friends,
and I was like, I want to go here, not
because I just wanted to go to school, but because
of like what I'm actually going to get out of
it and how I can pivot what I'm learning and
implement it into my career that I want to have.
(03:36):
So it's been a greatest sperience, Like I've gotten multiple
opportunities through the school out of me, just like being
in being their right place, right time, Like, yeah, I
love it.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Do you know that kipas of Boston is a platform
for the community where they can learn. I hope that
my listeners is better. So say that you are learning
from this create a capacity Boston to give resources and
tools to the community, to people like you, to people
like your mom, myself that we can use in order
(04:09):
to become a better person, a better career professional. What
do you think is the most important tool that you're
using right now that the school is providing for you
that you can share with with the people that are
listening to us. Tool I say, is it a skill,
a tool of resource? I don't know.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
I'd say honestly, just being human. That's that's what brought
me here, Honestly, just connecting with people and not not
behind a phone. Yeah, not behind a phone or alienating
myself in bossing myself off. Is really just you meet
people who are in an arts high school, so it's
like everybody hasn't being to offer and you feel you belong. Yeah,
(04:53):
I feel like it. Yeah, I know so.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Yeah, So what would you think impacts your life if
when you are learning these skills and tools, like in
the humility of being around people that also have probably
more talent or more skills than us, because there's always
somebody that has more than we do, right, how do
you manage that?
Speaker 2 (05:17):
I use it as inspiration honestly, like coming in last year,
there's there's there's there's always even be somebody better than
you always. But like the way I see it is
just inspiration and I learned from those who are at
a higher place than me.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Who's your biggest inspiration right now?
Speaker 2 (05:34):
My biggest inspiration in music, I feel like my biggest
inforration is is Steve Wonders wonder He's a great.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Favorite song from Stevie All I actually.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Super Woman?
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Oh nice, you're gonna sing a little bit about super Woman.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Okay, Mary wants to be a super for a month.
But it is a really and I just want and
she is.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Very well, well, let thing, I know you very well?
Where is that you knew me too?
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Very well? That thank got can coporate everything going through
your head?
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah, hey, look at you. I love Stevie Wonder. I
think that he would be one of my favorite inspirations too,
if I were to be a musician. Unfortunately, I don't
sing nothing like I will probably get everybody out of
here if I were to sing. I applaud you because
it's not easy to be in front of a microphone
(06:47):
in front of an audience, because you know there's thousands
of people listening to us, and it's very important for
you to grab that courage and put yourself out there.
And that's what you're doing today. You're putting yourself out there.
You're sharing what you've learned so far. You're still very young.
What do you think your future looks like? What do
you dream off?
Speaker 2 (07:10):
I'm getting happy think about it.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I'm really excited to just share my art. That's really
my main goal because I remember me being a kid
and just being around music and the joy that I
was filled with listening to it. It was like it
was like fine seeing. You know, when you see somebody
you like for the first song and you get that
the butterflies and your song, that's what I get from music.
(07:34):
I just want to share that same exact feeling everybody else.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
So you see yourself sharing your music. How do you
see yourself in a stage at a big concert, in
a little stage that is more intimate. You just feel
yourself that you're going to share music being a producer
in the back end. Like, what do you think that
you're going to become in the next five ten years.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
I'm going to be an artist. I'm going to be
performing on big stages, little stages. I'm going to really
value the come up though, really like the House of
Blue shows, you know, the jazz clubs and all that.
I feel like it's really important for me to grow
with my audience too. I think having those intimate shows
(08:15):
is going to help me and like, I think I'm
gonna love that moment too.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
So what's the biggest challenge that you see happening nowadays
with people that have your dreams?
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Biggest challenge? I think I think it's intention. I think
it's discipline and vision. Really intention. I feel like intention
is very important to know why you do something, how
you want to do it, how you're gonna approach doing it.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Who taught you about having intention?
Speaker 2 (08:55):
My parents, honestly, I honestly feel like they Because.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
You can dream something, but you don't take action, and
you don't have the reality of working towards something, nothing's
going to happen.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Right, yeah, right, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
What do you feel is the most important part that
can bring the inspiration, the intention and the creativity in
your music. Is it amuse a person, is it just beats?
Is it the environment? Because you know, like Charlie Puth,
he listens to a sound and all of a sudden
he creates a song out of that particular sound. What
(09:32):
makes you be creative?
Speaker 2 (09:35):
My inspiration is life. Honestly, I'm seventeen years old, I'm growing,
so I feel like whatever I'm going through, I do
put in some music and like after I experienced something new,
it gives me inspiration. It gives me like a reason
to like get in a studio and do what I
gotta do. I truly I love living. I love life.
(09:57):
So that's my aspiration.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Well, let me tell you something that's very admirable because
today we're in the news business here, we're sharing information
and learning from other sources. Also what's happening out there.
One of the things that it's my mission is also
getting to that young mind and finding their purpose. Because
people are behind the phone, behind a computer, behind a game,
(10:25):
and they are really missing on what's happening in the present,
smelling the process and connecting with others like you were saying,
also the fact that the relationships that we have nowadays,
they don't last. And that's happening with music too. Did
you know that people are putting so much music out
there and it's just that it doesn't last? Because exactly so,
(10:49):
you have to be very intentional with your music, and
you need to know and have a path in order
to get where you want to go. Obviously there's going
to be options. You're going to go one way or
another one. But in that path, what has been one
or two of the major examples or major catalysts that
(11:09):
have happened to you that help you launch and say like, yes,
I'm doing it. I'm putting that song out today.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
I think I do. I do this thing a lot,
like if I have shows, I'll test out new songs
that I haven't.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
You're ready to be shows, get out.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
I've been. I've been performing since I've been performing since
the age of thirteen fourteen.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Good for you, congratulations. I was not expecting. I mean,
I listened to your songs and I love them now
they're part of my playlist, but I did not expect
you to be already performing. Do you get nervous?
Speaker 2 (11:46):
I get nervous before, but once I get on stage,
I just enjoy it like the whole. The thing I
don't like about show is just that before, the nerves
and getting ready for it. Yeah, it's just like just
boiling over. But once once I get on the stage,
that's when I enjoyed. I really do like performing.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
That's nice. So a couple of hours ago, I had
in that same chair where you're sitting, the soccer player,
the famous soccer player from the New England Revolution, Diego Fegundez.
He is an Orwaiian athlete, and I was asking him,
how does it feel to be in that big stadium
(12:25):
with sixty five thousand people waiting for you to act
and perform right as an athlete. He was telling me
that it really goes quiet in his head, that it's
as much noise as it is, you know, being in
the middle of the stadium. He's focused. Does that happen
to you, Yeah, you really like feed from people.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
At first, I try not to feed from the crowd's
energy because I'm not glad there's sometimes where the crowd
is dead and they're not giving the energy that I
may want. But yeah, I go into it in a
mindset just like a guy's going there and deliver, because
I know that once I perform, I'm going to grab
the crowd's attention.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
So he's even sure of himself.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
I love it, Yes, nice, Yeah, I do feed off
the edge of the crowd too, like a little bit after.
But when someone on stage and I start, I'm in,
I'm just here to deliver. I got a job.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
That's a job. You're right, it's a job, and it's
your job also to entertain people. Has it ever happened
that you're on stage and all of a sudden you
have a very small crowd and people don't show up
or vice versa. Right, has it happened then you're like,
oh my god, this place is full and you were
not expecting it.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Both has happened When it's not a lot of people.
It's not really a problem to me because at the
same time, like, I'm still putting myself out there and
I still get to deliver the message that I came
to liver. Either way, it's the same, it's still the
same job that I have big crowd or little crowd.
If I do have a lot of leasure, that's a blessing,
that's the goal.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
But I love you already. Oh my god, I love
you already. You've been surprised how many people have the
fear of rejection, fear also of projecting in what they're
looking like, and they're always very much so aware of
who they are for others, not for themselves. And I
(14:30):
feel that what you're expressing on what you're sharing with
me is that you are really truly knowledgeable of who
you are, and I commend you for that. You should
be very proud of it. Mom, you should be very
proud of him, because this is very hard to find.
One of the reasons why I can tell you that
is because most people that come through my path they
(14:53):
have amazing careers, they're big athletes, big celebrities, and at
some point they get lost and they forget why they
started and why they were doing things, and then they
try to come back to it.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Right.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
I urge you to continue to be who you are.
You are really a great example of a teenager almost
an adult. You're doing things the right way. It's going
to take probably a little more time than others. You're consistent,
You're disciplined. Is there anything else that you think it's
missing in your career right now that you will be
(15:28):
happier if you had it?
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Everything that I need is going to come. I'm very
appreciating what I got right now, and this is a
part of my journey to where I'm going to be.
So I'm soaking everything.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Every little moon Schoolcha listen to him, please, you have
to listen to these words. You're so savvy and you're
a prophet. It's just crazy to me that these words
are coming from you. You're such a young soul. Yet
you know you're so admirable in that sense. We have
lost that as a community, as a as a human race,
(16:05):
we've lost empathy, we've lost hope, and you're sharing that
with me right now. And I'm so proud to have
you here today. As when can we see you again?
Where can we find your music? Tell me a little
bit of where your platforms are.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Well on all streaming platforms. My name is A Sar
a U s A R on Instagram. I am the
real a SR, the real There another SR. Fortunately there
is Oh no, that's okay, that's okay.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
You're the real one. Yes, and your music. They can
download it, they have to buy it.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
You can download it Spotify and Spotify our media. I'm everywhere.
I'm everywhere, good, good, well.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
I wish you all the best. I really am very
proud of you. Thank you Valid for bringing us are
to us, Thank you Mom for being here. I am
I'm really really happy that you're doing a great job,
that you are fulfilling your dreams. Don't stop. We have
a custom here at the show. We leave a question
for our next guest, and the guest that was prior
(17:13):
to you leaves a question for you the question that
they left before For you, you don't know who it
is and they're not going to know who is answering, right,
and the same for you passing it over. The question
was is like, if you cannot fulfill your dream, asking
ten years like they think about yourself ten years ago,
(17:34):
what would you do differently if you were not to sing.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Or were not to sing? Can I still be in music? I?
Speaker 3 (17:42):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (17:42):
No?
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Is your answer?
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Like? I know, I grew up a musician and a producer,
so I would just continue to produce and be an engineer. Nice.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
That's a great answer. Now, give me a question for
the next guest.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
When did you realize that whatever field you're in is
which one to you? I want to hold backstories.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Let's leave it at that. As us, thank you so
much my people listening to us. This is a great story.
Remember that you're listening to us on iHeartMedia. Download the
app and select passa Boston as your favorite podcast. We're
here to share stories like the one that I Saar
is sharing with us. We'll see you next week. Thank
you Sar for being with us. Thank you Boston cos
(18:26):
history as Astra Communita
Kasas and Kombastan. Today, I have a special guest. I
always say that I have a special guest, but today
is more than special because my daughter's here. She actually
connected me with him, and I'm super excited because I
get to bring an artist that it's in the very
very beginning of his career. He's a part of the
Boston Arts Academy High school program. And I heard his
(00:29):
songs and I'm very very sure that you are gonna
love them too, asar bim Benido.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
How you doing? How you doing?
Speaker 1 (00:37):
How are you? What do you think of iHeart?
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I love it. It's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
It's beautiful. Right. We just did a little tour around
the office and all the stations that we host here,
and he got to meet a lot of great people.
What you're feeling, I like it.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
I feel like growing up hearing the radio in like
knowing these stations. It's crazy to actually be here. Where abbs?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
Yeah? Yeah, So where is the name I started coming from?
Is that your real name?
Speaker 2 (01:05):
It's my real name. My name is actually Egyptian. It
comes from comet. It means all in one. That's where
I represent.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
I like that only one. We're all together? Yes, Where
does that love for music.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Come from It comes from my family. I feel like, well,
I know a lot of people my family do music.
My great grandfather he created violins and guitars and stuff.
My dad makes music, when mom makes music, So it
just all like this trickled down to me. So it's
been in my blood since.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Shout out to your mom because she's here shout yeah, yeah,
supporting always of course. What's your background as it was
born here?
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yes, I was born here. I'm from matt Pain, Boston.
I make in Jamaican.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Oh what a combination? Yes? Yeah? What do you like
more about being? You know? Jamaican food? The culture?
Speaker 2 (01:53):
I think the culture is what do you like most?
It makes me who I am? Like even in my music,
the music I grew I grew up on Kompa Dansall, reggae,
Lover's rock. That's music that that I grew up on.
So that's that influences my life.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Like that influence also the way of your performing now
when you're creating your music, yeah I say so, yes, yeah,
So tell me about what happened when you were growing up.
You're at home? Do you have brothers, sisters? Is it
just you?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
I want sister.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Do you like her? You fight a little bit?
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Yeah, you fight?
Speaker 1 (02:29):
You know, you know how to do Yeah, mommy is here.
You can't buy you fight. It's okay, as I was
supposed to go. Yeah's your your sister also in the music. No,
it's just you. So what made you go into boss
On Arts Academy Because let me tell you something. Of course,
my daughter is here and she introduced me to you.
(02:49):
I love to see how you guys are developing your
skills and your talents. But also I believe that the
school is teaching you what it's behind becoming a great artist,
which is this learning the skills of learning to read
music and create it, and whether it is the digital
aspect on you know, the platforms that we use. Now, AI,
(03:10):
what's your experience like like right now at school? It's
it's good, it's great.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
I was actually homeschooled for my freshman and sophomore year,
but I found out about the school through some friends,
and I was like, I want to go here, not
because I just wanted to go to school, but because
of like what I'm actually going to get out of
it and how I can pivot what I'm learning and
implement it into my career that I want to have.
(03:36):
So it's been a greatest sperience, Like I've gotten multiple
opportunities through the school out of me, just like being
in being their right place, right time, Like, yeah, I
love it.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Do you know that kipas of Boston is a platform
for the community where they can learn. I hope that
my listeners is better. So say that you are learning
from this create a capacity Boston to give resources and
tools to the community, to people like you, to people
like your mom, myself that we can use in order
(04:09):
to become a better person, a better career professional. What
do you think is the most important tool that you're
using right now that the school is providing for you
that you can share with with the people that are
listening to us. Tool I say, is it a skill,
a tool of resource? I don't know.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
I'd say honestly, just being human. That's that's what brought
me here, Honestly, just connecting with people and not not
behind a phone. Yeah, not behind a phone or alienating
myself in bossing myself off. Is really just you meet
people who are in an arts high school, so it's
like everybody hasn't being to offer and you feel you belong. Yeah,
(04:53):
I feel like it. Yeah, I know so.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Yeah, So what would you think impacts your life if
when you are learning these skills and tools, like in
the humility of being around people that also have probably
more talent or more skills than us, because there's always
somebody that has more than we do, right, how do
you manage that?
Speaker 2 (05:17):
I use it as inspiration honestly, like coming in last year,
there's there's there's there's always even be somebody better than
you always. But like the way I see it is
just inspiration and I learned from those who are at
a higher place than me.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Who's your biggest inspiration right now?
Speaker 2 (05:34):
My biggest inspiration in music, I feel like my biggest
inforration is is Steve Wonders wonder He's a great.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Favorite song from Stevie All I actually.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Super Woman?
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Oh nice, you're gonna sing a little bit about super Woman.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Okay, Mary wants to be a super for a month.
But it is a really and I just want and
she is.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
Very well, well, let thing, I know you very well?
Where is that you knew me too?
Speaker 3 (06:19):
Very well? That thank got can coporate everything going through
your head?
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah, hey, look at you. I love Stevie Wonder. I
think that he would be one of my favorite inspirations too,
if I were to be a musician. Unfortunately, I don't
sing nothing like I will probably get everybody out of
here if I were to sing. I applaud you because
it's not easy to be in front of a microphone
(06:47):
in front of an audience, because you know there's thousands
of people listening to us, and it's very important for
you to grab that courage and put yourself out there.
And that's what you're doing today. You're putting yourself out there.
You're sharing what you've learned so far. You're still very young.
What do you think your future looks like? What do
you dream off?
Speaker 2 (07:10):
I'm getting happy think about it.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I'm really excited to just share my art. That's really
my main goal because I remember me being a kid
and just being around music and the joy that I
was filled with listening to it. It was like it
was like fine seeing. You know, when you see somebody
you like for the first song and you get that
the butterflies and your song, that's what I get from music.
(07:34):
I just want to share that same exact feeling everybody else.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
So you see yourself sharing your music. How do you
see yourself in a stage at a big concert, in
a little stage that is more intimate. You just feel
yourself that you're going to share music being a producer
in the back end. Like, what do you think that
you're going to become in the next five ten years.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
I'm going to be an artist. I'm going to be
performing on big stages, little stages. I'm going to really
value the come up though, really like the House of
Blue shows, you know, the jazz clubs and all that.
I feel like it's really important for me to grow
with my audience too. I think having those intimate shows
(08:15):
is going to help me and like, I think I'm
gonna love that moment too.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
So what's the biggest challenge that you see happening nowadays
with people that have your dreams?
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Biggest challenge? I think I think it's intention. I think
it's discipline and vision. Really intention. I feel like intention
is very important to know why you do something, how
you want to do it, how you're gonna approach doing it.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
Who taught you about having intention?
Speaker 2 (08:55):
My parents, honestly, I honestly feel like they Because.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
You can dream something, but you don't take action, and
you don't have the reality of working towards something, nothing's
going to happen.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Right, yeah, right, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
What do you feel is the most important part that
can bring the inspiration, the intention and the creativity in
your music. Is it amuse a person, is it just beats?
Is it the environment? Because you know, like Charlie Puth,
he listens to a sound and all of a sudden
he creates a song out of that particular sound. What
(09:32):
makes you be creative?
Speaker 2 (09:35):
My inspiration is life. Honestly, I'm seventeen years old, I'm growing,
so I feel like whatever I'm going through, I do
put in some music and like after I experienced something new,
it gives me inspiration. It gives me like a reason
to like get in a studio and do what I
gotta do. I truly I love living. I love life.
(09:57):
So that's my aspiration.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Well, let me tell you something that's very admirable because
today we're in the news business here, we're sharing information
and learning from other sources. Also what's happening out there.
One of the things that it's my mission is also
getting to that young mind and finding their purpose. Because
people are behind the phone, behind a computer, behind a game,
(10:25):
and they are really missing on what's happening in the present,
smelling the process and connecting with others like you were saying,
also the fact that the relationships that we have nowadays,
they don't last. And that's happening with music too. Did
you know that people are putting so much music out
there and it's just that it doesn't last? Because exactly so,
(10:49):
you have to be very intentional with your music, and
you need to know and have a path in order
to get where you want to go. Obviously there's going
to be options. You're going to go one way or
another one. But in that path, what has been one
or two of the major examples or major catalysts that
(11:09):
have happened to you that help you launch and say like, yes,
I'm doing it. I'm putting that song out today.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
I think I do. I do this thing a lot,
like if I have shows, I'll test out new songs
that I haven't.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
You're ready to be shows, get out.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
I've been. I've been performing since I've been performing since
the age of thirteen fourteen.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Good for you, congratulations. I was not expecting. I mean,
I listened to your songs and I love them now
they're part of my playlist, but I did not expect
you to be already performing. Do you get nervous?
Speaker 2 (11:46):
I get nervous before, but once I get on stage,
I just enjoy it like the whole. The thing I
don't like about show is just that before, the nerves
and getting ready for it. Yeah, it's just like just
boiling over. But once once I get on the stage,
that's when I enjoyed. I really do like performing.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
That's nice. So a couple of hours ago, I had
in that same chair where you're sitting, the soccer player,
the famous soccer player from the New England Revolution, Diego Fegundez.
He is an Orwaiian athlete, and I was asking him,
how does it feel to be in that big stadium
(12:25):
with sixty five thousand people waiting for you to act
and perform right as an athlete. He was telling me
that it really goes quiet in his head, that it's
as much noise as it is, you know, being in
the middle of the stadium. He's focused. Does that happen
to you, Yeah, you really like feed from people.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
At first, I try not to feed from the crowd's
energy because I'm not glad there's sometimes where the crowd
is dead and they're not giving the energy that I
may want. But yeah, I go into it in a
mindset just like a guy's going there and deliver, because
I know that once I perform, I'm going to grab
the crowd's attention.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
So he's even sure of himself.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
I love it, Yes, nice, Yeah, I do feed off
the edge of the crowd too, like a little bit after.
But when someone on stage and I start, I'm in,
I'm just here to deliver. I got a job.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
That's a job. You're right, it's a job, and it's
your job also to entertain people. Has it ever happened
that you're on stage and all of a sudden you
have a very small crowd and people don't show up
or vice versa. Right, has it happened then you're like,
oh my god, this place is full and you were
not expecting it.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
Both has happened When it's not a lot of people.
It's not really a problem to me because at the
same time, like, I'm still putting myself out there and
I still get to deliver the message that I came
to liver. Either way, it's the same, it's still the
same job that I have big crowd or little crowd.
If I do have a lot of leasure, that's a blessing,
that's the goal.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
But I love you already. Oh my god, I love
you already. You've been surprised how many people have the
fear of rejection, fear also of projecting in what they're
looking like, and they're always very much so aware of
who they are for others, not for themselves. And I
(14:30):
feel that what you're expressing on what you're sharing with
me is that you are really truly knowledgeable of who
you are, and I commend you for that. You should
be very proud of it. Mom, you should be very
proud of him, because this is very hard to find.
One of the reasons why I can tell you that
is because most people that come through my path they
(14:53):
have amazing careers, they're big athletes, big celebrities, and at
some point they get lost and they forget why they
started and why they were doing things, and then they
try to come back to it.
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Right.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
I urge you to continue to be who you are.
You are really a great example of a teenager almost
an adult. You're doing things the right way. It's going
to take probably a little more time than others. You're consistent,
You're disciplined. Is there anything else that you think it's
missing in your career right now that you will be
(15:28):
happier if you had it?
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Everything that I need is going to come. I'm very
appreciating what I got right now, and this is a
part of my journey to where I'm going to be.
So I'm soaking everything.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Every little moon Schoolcha listen to him, please, you have
to listen to these words. You're so savvy and you're
a prophet. It's just crazy to me that these words
are coming from you. You're such a young soul. Yet
you know you're so admirable in that sense. We have
lost that as a community, as a as a human race,
(16:05):
we've lost empathy, we've lost hope, and you're sharing that
with me right now. And I'm so proud to have
you here today. As when can we see you again?
Where can we find your music? Tell me a little
bit of where your platforms are.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Well on all streaming platforms. My name is A Sar
a U s A R on Instagram. I am the
real a SR, the real There another SR. Fortunately there
is Oh no, that's okay, that's okay.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
You're the real one. Yes, and your music. They can
download it, they have to buy it.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
You can download it Spotify and Spotify our media. I'm everywhere.
I'm everywhere, good, good, well.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
I wish you all the best. I really am very
proud of you. Thank you Valid for bringing us are
to us, Thank you Mom for being here. I am
I'm really really happy that you're doing a great job,
that you are fulfilling your dreams. Don't stop. We have
a custom here at the show. We leave a question
for our next guest, and the guest that was prior
(17:13):
to you leaves a question for you the question that
they left before For you, you don't know who it
is and they're not going to know who is answering, right,
and the same for you passing it over. The question
was is like, if you cannot fulfill your dream, asking
ten years like they think about yourself ten years ago,
(17:34):
what would you do differently if you were not to sing.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Or were not to sing? Can I still be in music? I?
Speaker 3 (17:42):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (17:42):
No?
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Is your answer?
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Like? I know, I grew up a musician and a producer,
so I would just continue to produce and be an engineer. Nice.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
That's a great answer. Now, give me a question for
the next guest.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
When did you realize that whatever field you're in is
which one to you? I want to hold backstories.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Let's leave it at that. As us, thank you so
much my people listening to us. This is a great story.
Remember that you're listening to us on iHeartMedia. Download the
app and select passa Boston as your favorite podcast. We're
here to share stories like the one that I Saar
is sharing with us. We'll see you next week. Thank
you Sar for being with us. Thank you Boston cos
(18:26):
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