Sam has been surrounded by music his whole life, performing with various bands, and production companies developing a wide array of musical knowledge and awareness. Music is his passion and he strives to share it with the world. He is a vocal graduate of the Humber College Contemporary Music degree program, and has been training in the music fields of jazz, classical, and contemporary for over 8 years. Through his time at Humber, Sam has studied with various musicians, such as Rik Emmett (Triumph), Ian Terry and Denzel Sinclaire, learning the ways of songwriting, performance, production, music marketing, and music business. Sam was born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was brought up in a musical family and has been surrounded by music all his life. At 12 years old he started singing. He began to develop a love for rock and pop music, through watching his icons, Michael Jackson and The Beatles perform. Music started to become apart of his everyday life. It became a way of communication for Sam, instead of writing in a journal, he would write songs. He learned to love the stage at a young age as well, performing at many events around Thunder Bay. Sam knew at this point, that he wanted to become a musician and that he would never give up on his dream. He went back to Thunder Bay and started a band with a couple of friends. Singing lead, Maraday Park started to dominate the Thunder Bay music scene. They went on to win The City-Wide Battle of the Bands and open for many numerous touring artists: April Wine, Trooper, Marianas Trench, The Arkells, The Sheepdogs, Said the Wale, and Faber Drive. Sam grew to crave the rush of performing on stage with his band and wanted to continue on with a solo career in Toronto.

Sam went on to graduate from Humber, leaving with a wide array of musical knowledge and his first, original ep. He continued to write and produce new originals, only these new songs started to take a shape of their own, with each tune swapping out genres like cards in a deck. He began work on his first full-length album, Daydream which was released on April 2nd, 2016. Sam’s new album features 10 unique songs, all with an electronic foundation, but with a familiarity to them. Songs like Sunset Love, infuse the tropical tones of a new generation summer song, with the funk and piano undertones of an original hit. Sam finally feels that he found his place, he’s constructed music that takes the old and new and forces them to work together in an uncommon yet eye opening union. Sam Louis knows that through his experiences, as well as his many years of music studies that he will be able to create a new destination for music and reach more lives as he goes on.

I was able to sit down with Sam during the craziness of his month long visit to Los Angeles. In addition to learning about how he got started and his journey moving forward into establishing a career and making "a brand of himself," I was able to hear his reaction to coming to a city like Los Angeles and how it compared to his experience in Canada. While Sam grew up collaborating and creating music with both his family and friends, he explained how he was pleasantly suprised to find that this sense of artistic collaboration and support for the arts was everywhere in Los Angeles. In just a few weeks of being in the city, Sam has had the chance to work with friends and artists on material for the next album, creating a music video for his song, "On Fire," and the chance to perform his album, Daydream, live at an album release concert, created and directed by his sister, Angelica Migliazza, for her Senior Dance Thesis at Loyola Marymount University. 

"Always stay true to yourself... especially with music, don't try and make something that you're not - be your own - that's the thing that people want." - Sam Migliazza, Interview

Sam was happier than ever to talk all things music and to share how he keeps up and stays inspired in this competitive pursuit. He shared how, in his experience, he's found that a major key is persistence; to keep moving and to never stop. He also explained how this pursuit requires a great amount of audacity, courage and determination. Traits which may seem vast, but with the right amount of passion, which comes along with doing what you truly love, anything is possible and and everything is attainable.