Scooter Braun – ayminor

Instead of my annual end-of-year reflection piece, I decided to let the music speak for me. I choose the track, “Unbreakable Smile” from Tori Kelly’s debut album because it perfectly personifies my year. There were many milestones — another year of ayminor.com, moving to a new city, my first apartment, a new job, 25 (!!) — but also the challenges in finding my true purpose in life.

That’s when I realized I wanna make a difference
Change other people’s lives, give hope, even for a moment
Use my name for good and change the game I could

Though everything hasn’t gone exactly according to plan, I am not discouraged — I am taking the lessons learned from my successes and failures to apply to my (new) master plan for 2016.

I can’t thank you all enough for your support, and I can’t wait to produce more (and better) content next year. Happy New Year’s Eve and cheers to changing the game in 2016!

When I saw Tori Kelly tweet she was having a concert on the 16th, I crossed my fingers that she would be performing in the city, as she recently did a show at the Roxy in LA.

To my surprise, I found out the concert would not be in New York, but would be a virtual concert for fans using the budding online concert venue, StageIt.com. Although Skype, Ustream, and Google Hangout (amongst others) have made it possible for artists to do live streams with fans, I think the site is a great idea as it is soley dedicated to musicians & performers. Definitely check it out if you get the chance!

Back to Tori — she performed a 50 min set with all the proceeds donated throughout the show going to The Robin Hood Foundation in order to support Hurrican Sandy relief efforts.

She. Was. AMAZING! Accompanied by her guitar, Tori performed all her fan favorites (covers, Christmas music, and original music) while taking requests as she went along. From the inflections in her voice, to her jazzy, pop, yet R&B tone, her positive spirit to the strong emotional connection to her music, the power behind every note to her ability to duplicate her “once in a lifetime” riffs — I was literally staring at my computer in shock!

She also had a few special guest throughout the show including Alfredo Flores, Cody Simpson, and Scooter Braun.

Set List

Confetti

Oh Sandy

Merry Little Christmas

Dear No One**

PYT

All in my Head/Thinking About Forever Medley

Silent Night

Worth It/Who You Are Medley**

Eyelashes

This Christmas

**My favorites

Unfortunately there is currently no video of the performance available, but if you have yet to listen to Tori’s music — click here! If I can find a recording of the performance I will post it here.

#ChristmaswithTori raised $6,500 for the foundation!*

See my original post about Tori here.