Olivia Lynn -->ZAVAYA

I didn't choose it. It chose me. 

I was going through a list of names that I could use for my evolved music artist identity.  Olivia Lynn didn't seem to fit me anymore as an artist. Yes, that is my real name, but I felt I had outgrown that version of me. After many years and much growth , my style has changed. My musical tastes have broadened. And now as I'm going all in on my career, I felt I needed a change. 

I needed to figure out who I was as an artist and what that looked like. Little did I know, that…

Hello, beautiful souls. 

It's been awhile since I've shared an update here, and I'm excited to finally reconnect with you! Over the past few months, I've been undergoing a personal transformation. I've been going within. Into my soul, my purpose, and the sound that defines me as an artist. What I've discovered is nothing short of magical, and I'm so ready to share this new chapter with you. 

The Power of Sound and Transformation

Music has always been my heartbeat, but recently, I've been digging deeper into…

It amazes me how quickly your life can change even when you take one small action. A recent action I took lead to me going through experiences I didn't even see coming in the near future! Let me recap the last couple of weeks.

So, I was on Facebook just scrolling and I came across a list of suggested groups to join. One in particular looked interesting. It was about EDM shows near my hometown. I clicked on the group and looked through the feed. It looked interesting as there was mentions of EDM shows in my…

I know when I first released my song, Jammin', I made it a paid download. I was hoping to be able to earn some money to fund my website expenses instead of coming out of pocket for it every month like I have been. 

Well, no one bought it. 

I was really bummed about it, too, but I tried not to let it bother me. I mean, I am brand new to the music scene, somewhat. 

Anyways, I was watching a livestream of a woman who works with music artists and she stressed the need to give music away for free if you're just…

Do you have a dream or a goal that you've been sitting on for awhile? There's no time like the present to start making that thing happen, you know. For me, it was releasing my music to the word. Well..

I have great news! I have finally released one of my songs! I had recently wrote another song and decided to just go ahead and release it. Mind you I didn't do any kind of release campaign to build up momentum for it. I just jumped the gun and went for it anyway. I learned how to convert a Garageband file into…

Have you ever gone after a dream you had and felt so accomplished when you saw your dreams coming to life? The feeling that told you that you're not doing all that work for nothing. That you have a real chance of building the life you want for yourself and your family. That you can make a real difference in the world doing what you love to do. 

Over and over again this year, my mind has just been blown away by the growing number of people that has listened to my music. The emails and messages I get from new…

I have a question for you.

Have you been too scared to make your #1 dream come true because you thought you'd fail?

I was like that too for awhile, but my feelings of regret for not trying was far greater than my fear of failing, so on a whim, I posted a song on Soundcloud.

I composed it on my iPad using GarageBand.

The song has no name.

It's not professionally recorded.

I just posted it to see what would happen...

Well, last May, I got an email from a website I had never heard of before, N1M. My…

Do you have a dream you have yet to bring to life? Why haven’t you done it yet? Out of fear? You don’t feel worthy of having it? Do you have a fear of failure? Let’s talk about it.
 

Did you know that fear is all in your mind? Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. What do you really have to be afraid of? So what if you fail? Wouldn’t you rather try and fail than to get to the end of your life, never to have even tried to live the life you truly wanted? I don’t.
 

Do you feel unworthy of having that dream…

So much has happened in my life, I don't know where to start...

I guess I'll just keep this short for now, and with good news...I'm making progress in my music career! 

So, it started with me creating an Instagram account for my music last year. I thought it would be best to have a regular place to post since I don't have a Facebook page anymore. I believe it was there that I came across a business coach named Antonia Moore. She posted that she had a free download for a 90 Day Launch Guide. I was like, "OK…

Having my own music career is something I've wished for most of my life. Unfortunately, my life's circumstances have kept me from moving the needle forward.  In an attempt to simply my life, I deleted my music Facebook account and my Facebook music page in the beginning of this year. It just didn't make much sense to keep them going when I'm not doing much with them. When I feel more ready and prepared, I will start a new Facebook page but it will go through my personal Facebook account, currently under the…