Meet Ty Cameron | Festival Founder/Director

We had the good fortune of connecting with Ty Cameron and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Ty, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
My thought process behind starting Crosswire ATL was my inherent love for music, and the concerts I throw in my room to no one but myself. Connecting with people and directing music videos over the past couple years in Atlanta made me realize how much I loved people, and being able to see people bond over their love of music live is a feeling like no other. Feeling the energy of humans connecting and music I think are my two favorite things in one place. I also had been directing crews for music videos for a while and started to realize I was and can be a great leader.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
I think what sets us apart is the balance between professionalism and energy. Lots of live event spaces struggle to handle business and also keep the youthful energy, and I think Crosswire ATL does that perfectly. Being run by mostly young entrepreneurs, we have the energy needed to make events fun and high energy for people to have the best night of their lives. We are tapped into everything new happening in terms of artists, social media, and more. However, we still treat it like the business that it is, and still learn to prioritize what is important and focus on making the event happen properly. Getting to where I am now was not easy, in fact I lost my home in Atlanta, which was the Airbnb I was crashing at during the summer I was getting this festival together. My roommates and my situation was waking up to cockroaches everyday, the power going out everyday, and living with a hoarder who was weirdly strict about us going to the bathroom. Just to get kicked out and need to scramble at 4 am to try and find a hotel to stay at since we weren’t 21. This all happened during the few months that I was getting the event together, and I had to balance filming marketing videos with people while I didn’t have anywhere to drive back to, carrying all of my possessions in my car. The biggest lesson I’ve learned is that the most important thing in any business is the people. Hire the best people with the best attitudes and you will have the best result. I don’t need/want the world to know anything. I only want the world to go to Crosswire ATL in the future, and have the time of their lives.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
I would take them to the Flying Biscuit to get breakfast, to The Loft at Center Stage for a concert or two, and then show them the roof on top of SCAD and sit and talk with them. I would also take them to SCADshow to see whatever event they have going on. I love live events and seeing art in person, so anything would energy is what I would take them to.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I want to dedicate my shoutout to Mia Isabel Carrasco who helps truly make the multiple businesses I work on happen. She organizes so much for me, and does her best to keep me from overworking myself and ending up in the hospital (like I have previously). She truly is the best support I have ever gotten, and someone who loves similar things and is willing to put their all into it is something that I wouldn’t trade for anything. As a friend, a supporter, and the hardest worker out of anyone I’ve worked with, I think she deserves every great thing that is coming her way.

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