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I Thought I was Destined to be a DJ…Until I Wasn’t
What’s up Green Room Stories? I’m Joyia, and I’m an artist from Toronto, Ontario. A lot of people have described my sound as a slightly darker, more modern Aaliyah. Those are HUGE shoes to fill and I would have never…
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Artist Journeys
My Journey Back to Music
When the revelation of my diagnosis hit me, I wasn’t in a hospital room and I wasn’t sitting motionless on an examination table with a doctor asking me if I had heard him. I was home. I was in the…
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Influences & Inspirations
FEAR
It’s a scary world out there but only if you’re afraid of it. Fear used to be my best friend until I realized our friendship was hurting me more than helping me. I come from a community filled with goodhearted…
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Artist Journeys
My Experience at Standing Rock
I wrote “Tears I Can’t Hold Inside” in Los Angeles in January 2018, after I was forced to return to the United States from Paris (where I currently live) to await trial and see if I would be spending the…
Editors Picks
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Artist Journeys
Finding Light After Darkness
A couple years ago I found myself in an extremely dark place at the college of my dreams. During my fourth, and final, semester at Berklee College of Music everything moved in slow motion. My winter break, right before the fourth semester began, was spent saying my final goodbyes to my Grandpa. Once I returned back to Boston I couldn’t…
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Artist Journeys
Education vs. Music: My Personal Battle
Throughout my entire life, I never envisioned music as a career choice; music was always an escape or a hobby for me. When I felt down in the dumps, music was there to bring me peace of mind. When I was enjoying life, music was there to lift me even higher. But when it came to deciding whether or not…
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Inside the Industry
Do Be Do Be Do: A Balancing Act
I have a question for all the creatives out there, grinding away at the latest project, or practicing until their hands go numb: When’s the last time you felt good about taking a break? If your answer is never, then I promise you, you aren’t alone. It seems we and our colleagues are plagued by this cheeky little voice that…
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Artist Journeys
You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Beat
I have two incurable diseases: one physical and one mental. My physical disease limits my ability to swallow. My mental disease is that I swallow too much, I let myself take on the world with no room for respite. Music has always been the one arena where I thought my mental disease couldn’t touch me. It’s been the golden sheath…