• 118. The Power of Diversifying your Skills with Ayo Awosika

  • Apr 15 2025
  • Duración: 51 m
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118. The Power of Diversifying your Skills with Ayo Awosika

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  • Today we sit down with the powerful Ayo Awosika and explore how diversifying her skills has been one of the most powerful ways to create new opportunities, increase adaptability, and ensure long-term success in her career and creative endeavors.Quote:“(The music business) truly is about referrals, community and connection” - Ayo Awosika“Your health is your Wealth” - Ayo AwosikaAyo Awosika is an LA based vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. She is also a vocal/performance coach, music director, and arranger. She has toured and sung background vocals for artists including Miley Cyrus, Sam Smith, Rob Thomas, The Chainsmokers, Danny Elfman, Dua Lipa, Lizzo, Carlos Santana, and Pentatonix, among others. Ayo has shared the stage or opened for the likes of Richie Havens, Ryan Shaw, Peter Eldridge, and Esperanza Spalding and has also performed with the Colorado Symphony. She has performed on The Today's Show, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Ellen, BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, and The Voice, as well as the UK's top music TV show, Later...with Jools Holland. In 2019, she had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a vocalist in the choir heard throughout The Lion King film soundtrack. Since then her vocals have been recorded on scores for several TV shows and feature films like Minions 2, Nope, Creed III, Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, and Despicable Me 4. Ayo is a Berklee College of Music graduate.Her debut album, “We Best Not Wait,” produced by Scott Jacoby (John Legend, Sia) was released in 2016. In 2023, she was commissioned to compose and conduct a new choral piece for a 250 person choir that debuted at the 2023 Sister Singers Network Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. Since then she has been commissioned to compose several choral pieces for various groups in the US, as well as being invited as a guest artist to workshop, perform, and guest conduct with these choral groups. The next one is with Cincinnati's MUSE choir at the end of April. Most recently, she was a featured singer in Disney's 80s-90s Celebration at the Hollywood Bowl as well as a member of the choir for the 30th Anniversary Lion King Show.Wow, right!? One of the greatest joys of being on this earth for a longer period of time is seeing the results of people's pursuits. Ayo is a prime example of how consistent pursuit and unwavering dedication can yield great results, and we are so grateful to be around to see it all come to fruition as well as share her story with you. Action:Taking Ayo’s point of finding ways to combine your diverse skills, create a list of 5 things you would like to put on your radar and include which of your skill sets would make you uniquely qualified to give them a try. Seeing this clearer will also help you identify what skills, resources, and connections you might need to pursue next, inorder to make these ambitions a reality.**If you find this information useful, please rate and subscribe to the podcast and slam the Like button if you’re on YouTube, so we can help keep you up on the finance side of your music business.**As always, thanks for joining us, and remember there is already enough for everyone; you just need to know how to get it. Until next time, on behalf of Dave Tamkin and myself, Chris Webb. Stay happy, healthy and wealthy. The more skills you can do, the easier this career is to pursue. This is Musicians Tip Jar.Sing better instantly with these 6 simple warmups from Ayo Awosika: https://bit.ly/ivb10Work with Ayo directly to elevate your voice: https://bit.ly/BookwithAyoSubscribe to Ayo's Youtube Channel: https://bit.ly/YTSubAyoAyo's IG: @ayoawosika (https://www.instagram.com/ayoawosika/)Intro & Outro Music Donated by: The Magi https://www.themagimusic.com Intro Read by: David “DJ” Lee of The Magi https://soundcloud.com/rockababyrock Pictures by: Kit Chalberg https://kitchalberg.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/musicians-tip-jar--4698023/support.
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