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AUZEY: DIFFERENT ENERGY, DIFFERENT SOUND, DIFFERENT PATH
Different energy. Different sound. Different path.
Indianapolis artist Auzey is carving out his own lane with a sound that blends melodic vocals, storytelling and a rebellious edge. From studying Music Engineering at SAE Institute Chicago to performing alongside Babyface Ray and making appearances in Miami and Los Angeles, Auzey is turning experience into momentum.
With “On My Body” featuring Suga T, a growing presence across multiple markets and a mindset centered on creativity and authenticity, Auzey isn’t interested in following the traditional path.
“I’m always going to try new things. You won’t get the same energy ever.”
Read the full 20 Questions & Answers with Auzey in Limitless Magazine and discover the artist behind the music.
Limitless Magazine — Exclusive Artist Spotlight
Indianapolis is home to a growing generation of artists who are redefining what it means to build a career independently, and Auzey is emerging as one of the city’s artists to watch.
Blending melodic vocals, authentic storytelling and modern hip-hop energy, Auzey’s music is designed to connect with listeners emotionally while still bringing energy to the room. But his artistry is about more than making records. It’s about individuality, growth and creating music that reflects who he is.
A graduate of SAE Institute Chicago in Music Engineering, Auzey brings technical knowledge to his creative process. His education helped him understand the recording process, engineering, songwriting, sample clearance and, perhaps most importantly, the business behind the music.
That understanding has helped him approach his career from multiple angles—not simply as an artist, but as someone learning the entire music ecosystem.
FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO NATIONAL PLATFORMS
Auzey’s journey has already taken him beyond his Indianapolis roots.
His career highlights include being featured as an ACE Magazine cover artist for the Memorial Weekend Edition in Miami, participating in BET Awards Weekend interviews in Los Angeles, and appearing on Highly Unique Radio.
He has also performed alongside Babyface Ray, giving him the opportunity to introduce his sound to audiences who may not have previously known his music.
Additional experiences include a Miami Listening Party and an Audio Vision showcase alongside Swurv305, where Auzey found inspiration through the creativity and energy of fellow artists.
A DIFFERENT SOUND FROM INDY
Growing up in Indianapolis influenced Auzey’s perspective, but it didn’t make him want to simply follow the city’s established sound.
Instead, observing how people carried themselves and moved through the city encouraged him to develop his own approach.
“Instead of following the ways of everyone else, I move my own way.”
That philosophy carries into his music.
Auzey describes his sound as fun and a little rebellious. It’s not traditional rap, and that’s intentional.
His goal is for the music to represent his personality as much as his artistry.
THE POWER OF EXPERIENCE
Auzey’s music is also deeply connected to personal experience.
He believes that somewhere on the other side of his story is someone who can relate to what he’s been through. Music gives him the freedom to express emotions that may be harder to communicate outside of the studio.
“Music allows me to be truly vulnerable. I’m not as vulnerable outside of my music. It’s easier to express myself in a song.”
That vulnerability becomes part of the connection between artist and listener.
“ON MY BODY” FEATURING SUGA T
Auzey’s featured release, “On My Body” featuring Suga T, captures another side of his creativity.
The concept began with a simple feeling: being in a club, taking in the atmosphere and feeling like everybody is “on my body.”
But for Auzey, the record can mean more than the literal experience.
He wants listeners to connect the song to their own lives—even when they’re dealing with challenges and pressure.
The message is ultimately about still being here despite everything around you.
A GROWING NATIONAL PRESENCE
From Indianapolis to Miami and Los Angeles, Auzey is learning that every market has its own identity.
That has taught him to bring something unexpected whenever he steps into a new territory.
Opening for an established artist also provides a unique challenge: the audience may have come specifically to see the headliner.
For Auzey, that’s an opportunity.
It’s a chance to introduce people to his style and show them what he brings to the stage.
His multiple performances at the Emerson Theater have provided another important part of his development. Performing in front of his home-market audience creates a different energy every time, and the fact that Indianapolis audiences have embraced his unconventional sound means a great deal to him.
THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC
Auzey’s education at SAE Institute Chicago reinforced something he now understands clearly:
Music is a business.
Learning about sample clearance, engineering, songwriting and the people involved behind the scenes made him want to understand every component of the industry.
That knowledge has also expanded his creativity.
The more he understands technically, the more freedom he has to experiment.
And experimentation is central to his identity.
THE NEXT CHAPTER
Auzey isn’t interested in giving listeners the same experience twice.
His philosophy is simple:
“I’m always going to try new things. You won’t get the same energy ever.”
That mindset is driving the next stage of his career.
He wants his progress to eventually leave people “mind blown”—not simply because of how far he traveled, but because he accomplished what people once thought he couldn’t.
Auzey wants people to know that he has a voice.
And he’s only beginning to use it.
20 EXCLUSIVE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS WITH AUZEY
The Person Behind the Music
1. For readers discovering Auzey for the first time, who is the person behind the artist? What experiences, values and life lessons have shaped the man people hear through your music?
Auzey: Life experiences. I know someone can relate to what I’ve been through.
2. Your sound combines melodic vocals, storytelling and modern hip-hop energy. How would you personally define the Auzey sound?
Auzey: Fun, a little rebellious. My sound isn’t traditional rap, but it’s different and shows who I am as a person and an artist.
3. How did growing up in Indianapolis influence the artist you have become? What parts of the city show up in your music, whether directly or indirectly?
Auzey: How people carry themselves and how you should carry yourself.
It’s not perfect, but staying out of the way and observing the ways people move influenced my not wanting to be a part of the normal.
Instead of following the ways of everyone else, I move my own way.
4. You studied Music Engineering at SAE Institute Chicago. What did that experience teach you about music that you couldn’t learn simply by being an artist?
Auzey: I learned the process and how to clear samples. It shaped me in the business portion of being an artist and making music.
It’s more than just making music. There are people behind that—the engineering part of it, the writing and how to bring it all together.
It made me want to learn every part of the music business because it is a business.
5. How has your technical understanding of recording and engineering changed the way you approach your own songs?
Auzey: It allows me to be more creative now that I’m more knowledgeable.
6. Your music is designed to connect emotionally while still moving a crowd. How do you balance vulnerability with the energy needed for a live performance?
Auzey: Music allows me to be truly vulnerable. I’m not as vulnerable outside of my music.
It’s easier to express myself in a song.
7. You’ve performed alongside Babyface Ray. What did that experience teach you about performing at a higher level?
Auzey: Opening up for someone, people don’t think about the crowd you’ll perform for.
Some people like the main acts for their music, but I get to show my style and what I have to give.
8. You’ve also performed at the Emerson Theater multiple times. What does performing in front of your home-market audience mean to you?
Auzey: It’s great because it’s a different energy with every performance.
I’ve gotten a lot of support. They expect a certain sound with the music that is local in Indy, but I bring something different and they’ve embraced it, which means a lot to me.
9. Your career has taken you beyond Indianapolis, including Miami and Los Angeles. What has traveling and performing in different markets taught you about building an audience?
Auzey: It has taught me that you have to bring the unexpected every time.
Everywhere has their own sound. When you’re walking into another territory with your own sound and style, you don’t know what to expect.
10. You were featured as an ACE Magazine cover artist for the Memorial Weekend Edition in Miami. What did that moment mean to you personally and professionally?
Auzey: It meant a lot to have my family with me and have them be a part of my growth as an artist.
It brought exposure professionally, and it humbles me to have the support and love from the opportunities that have been presented.
11. You participated in BET Awards Weekend interviews in Los Angeles. What was going through your mind knowing you were representing yourself on a much larger entertainment platform?
Auzey: It was surreal and very different from what I’ve done so far in my career.
It’s a bigger responsibility, and it encouraged me to keep working.
12. Radio remains an important part of artist development. What did your Highly Unique Radio interview allow fans to learn about Auzey that they might not get from your music alone?
Auzey: They got to know me. They get to see my personality and how I am behind the music.
13. Tell us about “On My Body” featuring Suga T. What inspired the record, and what do you want listeners to take away from it?
Auzey: I was thinking, “I’m in the club, taking in the vibes and everybody is on my body.”
I want listeners to relate with their own experience, even with challenges. People can be on your body, but you’re still here.
14. When you collaborate with another artist, what do you look for before deciding that the collaboration makes sense?
Auzey: Something that keeps my integrity and where we are on the same vibe.
15. You’ve appeared at a Miami Listening Party and an Audio Vision showcase alongside Swurv305. How important are listening events and showcases to your overall strategy as an artist?
Auzey: It’s very important. Artists inspire artists.
Everybody has influence, and Swurv’s creative style inspired me to incorporate his energy into music.
16. Social media has become an essential part of music discovery. How are you using Instagram, TikTok and YouTube to turn casual viewers into actual fans?
Auzey: I’ve been more active on Instagram. I’m getting into TikTok more.
It makes you want to do more, for sure. It’s nice to connect to my listeners and show them they’re my inspirations as well.
17. With the music industry becoming increasingly independent, what does success look like to you beyond streams, followers and numbers?
Auzey: Success looks like my experiences being heard and my hard work is paying off.
18. What is one misconception people have about emerging artists that you want to change?
Auzey: That we aren’t confident or working hard.
It’s hard for people to see the behind-the-scenes part. We are working hard and we’re taking it serious.
19. If you could collaborate with any three artists or producers right now, who would they be—and why?
Auzey: Young Thug because he isn’t traditional when it comes to music. He incorporates his own style while experimenting.
Lil Uzi Vert because our music styles are similar. It isn’t traditional rap and it’s fun.
Wiz Khalifa because I grew up listening to him. He’s a free spirit like me.
20. Five years from now, when people look back at the beginning of the Auzey story, what do you want them to say you accomplished?
Auzey: I accomplished what they thought I couldn’t.
I want people to be mind blown by my progress and know that I have a voice.
THE LIMITLESS QUESTION
What makes Auzey limitless?
Auzey: I’m always going to try new things.
You won’t get the same energy ever.
AUZEY — THE TAKEAWAY
Auzey isn’t building his career by trying to become the next version of somebody else.
He’s building it by becoming more of himself.
His Indianapolis upbringing taught him to observe. SAE Institute taught him the business and technical side of music. Performing in different markets taught him to expect the unexpected. His family continues to be part of his growth, while his music gives him the freedom to express the emotions he doesn’t always show outside of it.
And as he continues to evolve, one thing remains consistent:
Auzey refuses to give the world the same energy twice.
