Rising Stars: Meet Covein of Prescott, Arizona

Today we’d like to introduce you to Covein.

Hi Covein; we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
Since a kid, I have always loved to surround myself with music. My favorite songs, genres, and artists would be the only thing that would play in my head around the age of 4 and 5. My mother introduced me to my music taste, Paramore, Blue October, and various other artists. I remember being so excited to get home from school and put my CDs into a PlayStation 2 I had that my father gave me as a gift. I would spend countless hours in my room just singing, rapping, dancing, and imagining what performing at a concert would actually be like. Growing up, I struggled a lot deep down, had a hard time connecting with people, and always stuck to myself. I grew up without a solid father figure, and I can see the effects of how it has made me today. There were countless days I spent in my room by myself. Just me and that PlayStation 2 just listened to the same songs repeatedly, but it helped me. Most of the music would help me feel better and safe. I missed my dad a lot because my parents separated, and I didn’t know what was going on. Fortunately, I could find a sense of peace in music. When I was about 7 or 8 my mother gave me her old iPod. It was one of those cool old pear-green-looking iPods that were even more of her music taste, and you can say mine now. I rode the bus to school and back every day, and I didn’t know how to talk to kids on the bus, so I would use the iPod and my headphones to listen to music while I just watched the bus go through all its stops. The iPod had my mom’s music downloaded onto it, so through there, I would listen to “Deftones,” “Chevelle,” and more “Paramore” and “Blue October” I loved the Alternative Rock, Pop Punk, and Shoegaze sounding songs.

I also found “The Fray” I feel like that imprinted music into my brain. As a teenager, I started to get into the underground scene, like all the various SoundCloud artists. That was when I realized that I could create music and get it out to an audience that was once like me. I wanted to create music to make people feel better. I wanted to numb someone’s wounds but with my touch. One day I got home from school and downloaded Audacity and ripped a beat off of YouTube, and made a song called “Go Insane” featuring my friend “HollowMachina,” formerly known as “AndyVent$.” After I released it, I knew I wanted to make music forever. The feeling it gave me when a verse would lie down perfectly and just the energy it would emit off had me hooked. Shortly after that, I got my childhood friend “XOROCKO” to hop on a song with me. I just loved making music with my homies and seeing the vibe it brought. So from that point, I just started learning everything I could to perfect my sound and what message I wanted to give off. I am still working on that; I feel lost and honestly don’t understand myself. A lot scares me, has made me lose myself, and I still wonder if I even have truly known myself at any point in my life. Ever since I was just 5 years old, it seemed like something in the air changed, and I was a new quiet grey person, The name “Covein” was created by myself. “Covein” is the warm, calming static that fills a person’s empty space/void. My name signifies that in any emptiness, a space can be filled. I created it when I was 15, and I still love it; it’s the only part of me that I truly love. He would love it if I could return to show my younger self what it meant. I am now 20 years old, have performed shows (I loved every moment of everyone and wished I could relive it), have dropped an album, and have many high-quality stuff in the vaults. I plan on showing the world myself my friends, and a new meaning to music.

Can you talk to us about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned? Looking back, has it been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It definitely could have been a smoother road. I feel like there is no such thing as a “smooth road” I find myself struggling a decent amount; my biggest struggle now is developing my sound and perfecting it. I have a particular sound in my head and my mixes and I’m always trying to perfect it, making me slow down on music a little. I’m slowly getting there, and then it’s all gas, no brakes.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I make tunes and love indie rock and pop; my alternative/indie songs are my favorites to work on. I’m going to be known for this work. The one thing I am so proud of is that my music has reached out to people and helped them, which I love. I wish I could tell all of my supporters about how good of a job they do at keeping me strong, haha. I’m different from others because I am Covein; I dislike being greedy, rude, or judgmental. I have noticed the world we all live in now is filled with that, contrasting me like a shadow. I want everyone to be something they want to see a change in. It’s a world full of energy, and I don’t see a reason to waste it.

If we knew you growing up, how would we have described you?
Growing up, I was very quiet. I stuck to myself and only my close friends, I remember a lot of kids in elementary school wanting to be my friend, and I would choke up and scare people away; it was like I wanted a real friend or someone to be close to so bad, but it just wouldn’t happen, it took a toll on how I thought of myself. I was always super interested in Spiderman, lol I also loved video games and creating stories or videos. My favorite movie was (and still to this day) “Mickey’s House of Villains” because It was one of the first movies I remember seeing, and it’s Halloween themed. I always found comfort in Halloween for some reason.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/covein
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/covein444/
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/covein

Image Credits
Phillip Saunders, Colton Lake, Logan Kunow