Artist of the Week: Ali Brustofski Q&A

This week’s Artist of the Week is pop-singer/song-writer Ali Brustofski. From YouTube to musical theater, Ali’s done it all! Learn more about her below.

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I started off doing musical theater when I was 8, but I was always writing down poems and ideas. When I started high school I realized that I’d rather work on my own music than play a part.

So many! I love Rihanna, Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, and Amy Winehouse to name a few.

It honestly changes on a weekly basis! I love “Starving” by Hailee Steinfeld and “Cold Water” by Justin Bieber at the moment. I’m always updating my playlists on Spotify – my “NOW” one is always filled with what I’m currently jamming to! https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KxBixTtWRYyojmIvlFvjD

While I really love working on covers and taking my own spin on other artist’s songs, it’s a really special feeling to go into a session and work on something you created yourself. It’s an incredible feeling to see a song come to life.

I’d say I’m glad I’ve done so many covers because it really helped me learn a lot about background vocals and how to layer things in a song. Analyzing what the original artists were doing in their tracks and finding cool unique ways for my covers helped me figure out what I like to do in my own music.

It’s honestly all I know and it’s been amazing! When I started my channel almost 7 years ago (crazy!!) I was just super excited to post old choir videos and get feedback. Never in a million years would I have expected it to grow into what it is today, but I’m extremely grateful. My alinators are so supportive of me, in covers and original music, and I think because they found me on the internet it has given me a stronger bond with my fans. It’s helped me reach people all over the world that I wouldn’t have been able to without Youtube and social media.

ALL OF IT! Haha. I think writing sessions and performances are probably my two favorite parts of this industry though. Writing is so cathartic and amazing – it allows me to express myself and get things off my chest that I may not have been able to do with just words. Performing gives you the chance to connect with people face to face. I can’t put into words how surreal that feeling is.

Oh absolutely. The more experiences I’ve had the more I have to write about. Traveling is also a great way to get you out of your day to day and give you some perspective on life.

I went to London for the first time to work with some people out there and ended up falling onto broken glass and cutting open my finger. It was my first time in the hospital since I was a baby and I was with literally one friend in a foreign country – pretty crazy and scary! I think it helped me realize that I was able to handle things like that on my own without my family with me, which was good to find out.

I would really love to be able to do more touring – hopefully all over the globe. I want to be making and releasing more and more original songs for my alinators!

The first cover I ever recorded in a studio was “Somewhere” by Barbara Streisand.

Katy Perry, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Christina Aguilera, Zedd!

EAST! NYC is my favorite.

The Beatles. Or Woodstock!

I have so many!! Two of my best friends are super talented Youtube musicians as well – Savannah Outen & Caitlin Hart 🙂