Before I ever strummed a ukulele, I actually started out playing guitar. My teacher was Momčilo Sotra—a talented musician and a good friend from Novi Sad. He played in a few awesome bands like Saigon Express, Microsonic, and Prijateljska Vatra. Thanks to him, I got my first taste of making music, and I was hooked. Momčilo and I played songs by the Ramones and The Beatles, which made learning even more fun and inspiring.
Then in 2018, I discovered Grace VanderWaal (yes, the Golden Buzzer girl from America’s Got Talent) and thought, “Wait a minute… if this amazing little human can do it, why can’t I?”
So I did.
I started learning, playing, and recording covers—some sweet, some funny, and a few that are so cringe they could qualify as musical bloopers. But hey, I keep them up on my YouTube channel because they show how far I’ve come (and they make for great blackmail material… for myself).