Waves. What do you like most
and least about working with
your mom, Tara, as your
manager?
I absolutely love working with my
mom! She really knows what she’s
doing, and the best part is that
she is my mom and always has my
back and best interest. It means I
also get to see and talk to her a lot
more often.
I would say the only hard part
is finding balance between work
and family time. Also, I’m just shy
of 24, and I sometimes worry that
people might think it’s weird they
have to consult with ‘my mom.’
But I always assure people not to
worry since she really is in ‘man-
ager mode’ and not in ‘mom
mode’ when it comes to business
situations. We actually get many
compliments on how profes-
sional she works and how profes-
sional we are together. There’s
never any negative feedback on
it! I really wouldn’t trade it for the
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world! Once I said I wanted to
be a musician full-time she pretty
much picked up the role right
away. I didn’t even ask, it was just
like, ‘OK, we’re doing this.’
You have accomplished much
at a young age, such as great
gigs with the Asbury Park Press’
‘Storyteller Series,’ NAMM,
headlining the Stone Pony and
Asbury Lanes, playing festivals;
releasing acclaimed material to
many streams and sales; raising
funds for causes dear to you;
working with a Grammy-nomi-
nated producer and much more.
What to you is your greatest
accomplishment and why, and
what impact did it have profes-
sionally and/or personally?
When I was 19, I sang the Nation-
al Anthem at Madison Square Gar-
den. It was quite some time ago,
and I’ve done so much since then,
but there’s something about that
phrase that seems so unreal. The
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