{"id":3927,"date":"2015-07-09T01:57:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T01:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/?p=3927"},"modified":"2015-07-09T01:57:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T01:57:06","slug":"reverbnation-winner-olivia-thai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/reverbnation-winner-olivia-thai\/","title":{"rendered":"ReverbNation Winner ~ Olivia Thai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MCBefN5GiDU\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_3923\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3923\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3923\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-selfie-2-225x187-head-shot.jpg\" alt=\"Olivia Thai \" width=\"225\" height=\"187\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olivia Thai<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Singer-songwriter and comedian Olivia Thai is a breath of fresh air on the Hollywood scene. She says what she means and she walks her talk. We picked Olivia Thai as this month\u2019s ReverbNation contest winner because we love her honesty, her lyrics and her moving single <em>#WhyIStayed<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course the first question that I asked Olivia Thai was to tell me more about <em>#WhyIStayed<\/em>. Olivia explained: \u201cThat song was inspired by domestic violence cases, and it was heavily inspired by the hashtag #WhyIStayed. That was one of the biggest hashtags on Twitter, and women were talking about why they stayed in those relationships. I tried to capture the essence of a victim of domestic violence. That song, in particular, has brought me to the most tears out of all the songs I\u2019ve written.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia Thai records the raw versions of songs while they\u2019re still a work in progress and posts them on YouTube. I love that Olivia brings us along with her on the songwriting journey. I especially adore the single and video for <em>Straight Shooter<\/em>, so I asked her to tell me the song\u2019s back story. Olivia Thai laughed and told me: \u201cI always introduce this song at my live shows as the song about people who beat around the bush. I don\u2019t understand them, because I\u2019ve always been blatantly honest. I wrote it for people who just can\u2019t figure out how to say things straight on, be straight shooters. What\u2019s funny is, I was having a conversation with a standup comedian and he was telling me a joke about Gabby Giffords. I don\u2019t remember the whole joke, but the punchline is \u2018somebody should have been a straight shooter.\u2019 I was like, \u2018Huh!\u2019 And then I wrote the song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I wondered if Olivia Thai planned to record any of the wonderful songs in her videos, because I\u2019d love to hear them professionally produced. Olivia admitted: \u201cActually, a lot of them have already been recorded in the studio. They are unreleased. Nobody has heard them but me, the producer and people who come by the studio. The only fully recorded track of my originals that I\u2019ve released is <em>#WhyIStayed<\/em>. We looking to release in the fall, but I\u2019m not sure yet, because some of the songs might be going to other artists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3924\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-guitar-1-225x225.jpg\" alt=\"Olivia Thai guitar\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-guitar-1-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-guitar-1-225x225-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-guitar-1-225x225-38x38.jpg 38w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-guitar-1-225x225-186x186.jpg 186w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-guitar-1-225x225-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Before becoming a songwriter, Olivia Thai was one of the main cast members and sketch writers for a comedy team with over two million fans. I asked Olivia to shed some light about those days. She smiled and told me: \u201cThose days were so awesome and so fun and lovely. It\u2019s great that I can look back and see that all happened so organically. I was always a music artist. During that time, I was in a phase where I was questioning whether I wanted to be a music artist ever again. There was a point where I thought just screw it! I\u2019m going to do this comedy thing and it\u2019s all for fun. Then, it got more serious. I was taking writing classes with them, writing sketches for them and doing so many more things in the company. I\u2019m so glad and grateful that I got to be part of it. Now, my brand has extended beyond music and I\u2019m also a YouTube personality, which is something I couldn\u2019t have done by myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The call of her music muse never left Olivia Thai. \u201cThe entire time I was doing comedy, I was still running my music academy. My income and my life has always been surrounding music. Now, I have time to focus on my own channel and do what I\u2019ve wanted to do, which is write. I really didn\u2019t come back to music, because it never left me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia Thai\u2019s vlogs are so much fun! I love how she answers fans questions, talks about makeup and looks like she\u2019s having a fabulous time. Why did she start the vlog? Olivia told me: \u201cGoing back to the <em>Straight Shooter<\/em> concept, I don\u2019t have anything to hide and I just want to connect with people on a different level than I had before. When I worked on the comedy channel, it was not aligned with what I believe in. We are all people. We all bleed the same blood. We are all in this together. I personally respond to as many comments as I can. I have such a strong relationship with the people that support me. I feel like that\u2019s the least I can do for the people that believe in me. I want to interact with them, so we can become friends and connect, human to human. That\u2019s the most important thing about these vlogs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vlogs also serve another purpose for Olivia Thai: \u201cI have issues with expressing anger or sadness through my speaking persona. When I do my music, it\u2019s a lot easier for me to have my emotions come out genuinely than when I film my talking videos. My music brings the dorky, quirky and weird social media persona full circle. It gets real when I do my music. Those are some real feelings that I put on there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3925\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-guitar-2-225x186.jpg\" alt=\"Olivia Thai guitar BW\" width=\"225\" height=\"186\" \/>The success of Olivia Thai\u2019s video strategy is confirmed by the fact that her YouTube channel has over 10,000 subscribers. What\u2019s her secret? Olivia\u2019s not quite sure: \u201cI don\u2019t know if there\u2019s really a secret. Maybe the secret is that I\u2019ve been on social media for over 10 years now. It\u2019s evolved. I started in the Myspace days as a music artist, and I was 16 or 17-years-old at the time. Now, it\u2019s a totally different animal, but I\u2019ve adjusted, stayed relevant and still wanted to connect with people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What advice does Olivia Thai have for other singer-songwriters who want to pursue music full-time? \u201cThe main question that I ask fellow musicians that are still trying to do music and have a day job is: What\u2019s stopping you? Sort of like the <em>Office Space<\/em> concept. You know how he just wanted to sit at home and do nothing? I know there\u2019s a survival thing going on. But, I feel like if you\u2019re not putting in the same amount of time in your music that you\u2019re putting into the day job, where do you think that\u2019s going to lead you in music? Music and social media are literally my entire life. Sometimes, I sleep on problems and wake up with the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Olivia Thai acknowledges that music is a big part of her life: \u201cIf it\u2019s not something you\u2019re that passionate about and it doesn\u2019t feel like breathing, then work until it feels like breathing or maybe consider music as a hobby. I don\u2019t want to be discouraging, but that\u2019s really what it is. If you put 40 hours into your day job, then maybe you should put 40 hours into your music and you will see it for yourself. Your music will immediately improve, because you are focusing on it. I tell people that being a musician is who I am. It\u2019s not a choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s up next for Olivia Thai? \u201cI just made a sad announcement last week, because I was sad about my last show. I\u2019d been playing a lot of small shows and secret shows for about 9 months now, after I discovered that I could write songs. I played all over LA, doing my singer-songwriter life and performing as many originals as I could. I feel that\u2019s over and done with. I don\u2019t think that I can do the shows where I play to zero people any more. So, that was my last show. I do have a few festivals booked. I have daily videos coming to my YouTube channel, which is absolutely new. I posted a video every single day in the month of June. That\u2019s what I\u2019m going to be doing for July too. I hope that I can keep it up. I feel it\u2019s a very important part of being an independent artist. I want to keep engaged with my audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I wish Olivia Thai all the best and I\u2019m going to watch her daily videos as often as I can.<\/p>\n<p>Amused Now ReverbNation Contest Winners<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3926\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-masked-225x225.jpg\" alt=\"Olivia Thai masked\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-masked-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-masked-225x225-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-masked-225x225-38x38.jpg 38w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-masked-225x225-186x186.jpg 186w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Olivia-Thai-masked-225x225-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Olivia Thai<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliviathaimusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OliviaThai.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/oliviathai\" target=\"_blank\">@OliviaThai<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oliviathai\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/oliviathai\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/oliviathai\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/plus.google.com\/+oliviathai\/posts\" target=\"_blank\">Google+<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Kahn, Founder of Amused Now<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/amused_now\" target=\"_blank\">@Amused_Now<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmusedNow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/amusednow\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/amused-now\/id916561789\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/amusednow\" target=\"_blank\">SoundCloud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer-songwriter and comedian Olivia Thai is a breath of fresh air on the Hollywood scene. She says what she means and she walks her talk. We picked Olivia Thai as this month\u2019s ReverbNation contest winner because we love her honesty, her lyrics and her moving single #WhyIStayed. Of course the first question that I asked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[956,946,330,955,838,957],"class_list":["post-3927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-whyistayed","tag-comedy","tag-indie-music","tag-olivia-thai","tag-singer-songwriter","tag-straight-shooter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ReverbNation Winner ~ Olivia Thai - Amused Now<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our ReverbNation winner singer-songwriter and comedian Olivia Thai shares insights into her music and comedy back story.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/reverbnation-winner-olivia-thai\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ReverbNation Winner ~ Olivia Thai - 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