Junior Sebastian Olfatmanesh plays in two bands, one of which he founded.
“Well, (the) first band Cherry Amoia, I started basically myself with two of my close friends,” Olfatmanesh said.
In both bands, Olfatmanesh generally plays guitar and sometimes drums and he is currently learning to play piano. While he was one of the founders of Cherry Amoia, he joined Road Trip when he met the members of the band through Instagram. Road Trip is a pretty well-known band that often attends different concerts
“With Road Trip, I played at a punk venue in downtown LA,” Olfatmanesh said. “It was really packed with a lot of people. Then I also played with my other band (Cherry Amoia) at a Halloween house party. There were like 200 people. Those were the best shows I played.”
While Olfatmanesh’s parents weren’t really into music, his uncle introduced him to songs from the 70’s and 80’s, which inspired Olfamanesh to try playing guitar. Now, he works on chord progressions for Road Trip and attends small events where he plays in his bands.
“We play at some little venues or (at) a little bigger ones,” Olfatmanesh said. “Or it’s half and half. Our audience are usually people 16 to 25.”
Still, it is not easy to balance schoolwork and being a member of two bands. Recently, he has been on a tour, which resulted in him missing a few days of school. He is able to overcome the difficulties of catching up with school work and tries to catch up on any school work he misses. He does most of his work at school, so he doesn’t have to worry about homework.
“It is pretty frustrating. Because sometimes, after school, I got to rush to practice,” Olfatmanesh said. “So it’s kind of hard to balance.”
Olfatmanesh plans to pursue music as his future career and is aiming to produce his own music or produce it for other people. He is also interested in the film industry, so he is thinking of making it his career path as well.
“I’m also working on my solo project where I write my own stuff,” Olfatmanesh said. “If I write anything, I try to save it.”
