Aryan Ashtani is your favorite artist Maurex! His smash single "Perfect Girl" lit up Tiktok. Get to know him through his high school friends!
Rate your High School Experience (1-10):”
Hot Seat (they get 2 hall passes) * PLAY DAYDREAMING*
Who was your high school crush? And did you ever shoot your shot?
Who did you have beef with, or didn’t have a good vibe around?
Did you drink or do drugs in high school? Why or why not?
Are you currently north or south of a six-figure income?
As of this podcast, is your investment portfolio larger than your student loan debts?
What was your most embarrassing or awkward high school moment?
Did you have your first kiss in high school? And if so, who was it with?
Times Stamps:
11 mins: “Way Back Machine” segment. Going from Economics to Film Studies at UCSB and then getting into Ebay re-selling
13 mins: moving to Texas with cousins as a medical assistant/EMT and grad school to be a physician assistant. One of his songs went viral on TikTok (had been doing music on the side).
14 mins: 3-4 years ago been a full time musician and producer
15 mins: Jim as the OG Clippers fan
16 mins: Aryan chasing his musical path in college. Staying home and making beats. “The Perfect Girl” beat was made in college. Sampling a song from “The Cure”
18 mins: Ear nose and throat surgery rotation in PA school while his music career was building up
19 mins: Where did Aryan post the song (Soundcloud first) and then Spotify and such later
20 mins: How he gets paid for his music content
23 mins: What is it like to be famous, any crazy fans?
25 mins: How he navigated the early music career. Lifestyle wise, money wise, future aspirations
27 mins: What it is like to perform on stage and his first 10 shows and what he learned
29 mins: How much he can invest in the shows and where he makes the most money as a musician
31 mins: How much of his music he makes intrinsically for himself vs. his audience
33 mins: How does Aryan deal with the haters?
35 mins: The Reddit feedback he gets
36 mins: What does Aryan want to accomplish in the next 10 years of his life? His routine: gym, coffee, girlfriend, wine, hang out. 1-2 more solo albums and then producing full time for other artists.
37 mins: Who is the most famous person he has met and what his Coachella experience was like
40 mins: “Job deep dive” into the life of a musician
Has a business manager and appointment manager
44 mins: “Favorite memories of the guest” segment
Also, we hope you enjoyed Tyler's into verse to our Alumni Podcast! The credits for the B-Roll and instrumental are below:
Brandon’s B-Roll of Santa Monica:
• Santa Monica | Brandon's B-roll
Intro Music Credit:
Youtube:
Beat provided by https://freebeats.io
Produced by White Hot
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