Today we’d like to introduce you to Vian Izak.
Hi Vian, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
My name is Vian Izak. I’m an artist/producer who writes songs that say you matter in a world that says you don’t. I’ve contributed to hundreds of songs for my own artist project along with other artists songs which have led to hundreds of millions of streams online.
Music has always been my way to connect with others and make sense of the world. I used to sit on my rooftop as a kid in the summer and listen to Coldplay. It was my way of feeling connected. I started writing music to share that feeling of connection I always felt with others.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
The road in any creative field is never smooth. But the beautiful thing about art is it’s a mechanism that catalyzes all the trauma and tragedy in someone’s life into something useful and beautiful. I’ve lived through ups and downs but the thing that has always been a guiding light is the music, my wife, and my son.
The stories of hardship are infused in my work. An album like “The Reign of the Heart” wrestles with the divine and if there is something greater that actually cares for humans. My album “where do we end up when life goes on?” explores how it feels to lose someone or go through huge changes. I’ve written 6 studio albums and each explores a different facet of the human experience.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I write songs that say you matter in a world that says you don’t. Almost everything in life nowadays communicates how little perceived value humans have. I strongly disagree with that. From social media, to politics, to corporations, it feels as if everyone sees humans as numbers for profit.
I don’t. I see each human being as a wonderful complex creature with a beautiful colorful story. And my music explores all the different parts of being human. From the sad parts full of doubt and fear to the joyful blisses. When I was at my lowest and I needed a song go hope I wrote “Things Will Get Better”, a simple folk tune with the repeating line “Things will get better / Things will get good.” When I felt trapped in the dark I wrote “Glow in the Dark” which is a song about finding the light in the dark.
I’ve also had the privilege of working with incredible artists from billboard #1 artist/writer Juniper Vale to Grammy winners like Davide Rossi (Coldplay) and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. My goal is always to add value and emotional depth to anything I work on. I truly believe music is the ultimate universal language of love so I try to bring that to everything I work on.
Where do you see things going in the next 5-10 years?
Ofcourse AI is making big waves but I am quite hopeful about music. Perhaps not the industry which always fights and claws for survival, but I have great hope for music. AI and tech is becoming the ultimate foil to show what things are and what they are not. Is a song generated by a machine with no human soul behind it still art? Or is art made to be the connective tissue that holds communities together? I think it is. So I think a big musical renaissances is coming that will be grassroots and all about community. This is what I think music was always meant to be before record labels and social media platforms.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://vianizak.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vian.izak/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vianizak
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgPQlqMNk92jnpnmp4Aq6Qw
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/46U5WmejGzsPqUiw3Uw0Xq
- Other: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vian_Izak
