Today we’d like to introduce you to Vivie Myrick.
Hi Vivie, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I saw Miley Cyrus in concert when I was six at the FedEx Forum. After the concert ended I told my mom, “I wanna be a singer like her when I grow up.”
When I was ten my mom decided to put me in singing lessons. I really wanted to get the proper training I needed to use my voice in a safe way. I did talent shows at school, community theatre, and vocal competitions at the fair. Around this time, I also started auditioning for film and television. I booked my first series on CMT, a show called Sun Records. Fast forward to 2019, right before the pandemic happened, I got on the show, American Idol. This was such a different experience from anything I had ever done before. When on the show, I got a yes, from Katy Perry, and you have to come back from Lionel Richie.
American Idol really gave me a push in the right direction. Katy Perry told me to learn to accompany myself, so I have since taught myself to play guitar. I also started writing music. The pandemic really derailed my progress. That was a really sad time for a lot of people but especially performers. I had shown canceled, I was dropped by my manager because there was always nothing to manage. I was feeling really lost, I didn’t know where my life was headed. This was a time for unity, our country had to work together to keep each other safe, I had to see a positive light in such a terrible time. I started to really think and suddenly I realized, that I was young and in no hurry.
After being on American Idol, I needed time to discover myself as an artist, and that’s what I did. At sixteen, I was trying to get my career off the ground, deciding what I wanted to do, making a plan. I was writing my own songs and working on my acting, I was really spending this time to train and experience new parts of the industry. During the pandemic, I wrote an EP, learned guitar, and learned so much about the music business. Things are starting to come back to life for performers and I feel like I can get started again.
I recently took a work trip to New York City and it’s the first time I’ve been since the pandemic began. I have also taken a few trips to Los Angeles taking classes and getting to know the city. As of right now, I’m just continuing to grow my resume and better my abilities!
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle-free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
I would say my biggest struggle has been patience. It takes a lot of patience in this industry. I keep getting lost in the idea that I am almost eighteen and haven’t made it yet. Sometimes, I just need to realize that life doesn’t happen in one second. I really need to look at life and enjoy it will it lasts.
I feel like in a few years, I’ll look back at this moment in life where I am trying to grow as an artist. I think more recently with social media and children trying to grow up faster than ever before, we feel lost when truthfully, we’re just at the same pace as everyone else.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I would say I am very artistic. I write my own music, my own chord production. More recently I have started dipping into writing films. I think I specialize in writing music. I have been writing music since I was little, starting by writing about trees and apples and now I’m writing songs that make people mean something.
That is what I hope to see, I want people to listen to my music and feel like they understand the feeling. There are so many situations in life where people feel alone but the truth is that so many people experience similar things. The more we talk about things like that, the more inclusive our world will become.
Can you share something surprising about yourself?
Most people don’t know about my severe math disability. I have a developmental math disorder and math has always been a struggle for me. My disorder does make my life a little harder, I have a really hard time understanding time, space, money, and numbers.
Most people would say that that’s doesn’t seem like that big of a deal, but you would be surprised how much math is used in everyday life. My math disability does cause a struggle but I am able to cope with it. I have to have a calculator at all times and I have to set up reminders and calendars a lot.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vivie_myrick/channel/
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/login.php?next=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2FViviesings%2F&refsrc=deprecated&_rdr
- Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/viviemyrick
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/viviemyrick
Image Credits
Andrew Cunningham of Curtis&Cort Photography
