♪ [acoustic guitar] ♪ (OC): Roll cameras, please.

♪ [electricity buzzing] ♪ ♪ (soft thoughtful guitar) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [bass guitar sound] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [snapping fingers, percussion] ♪ ♪ [deep rich bass] ♪ ♪ (guitar/snapping fingers) ♪ ♪ [deep bass/snapping fingers] ♪ ♪ ♪ (breezy strolling mood) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [deep bass/snapping fingers] ♪ ♪ ♪ (guitar/snapping fingers) ♪ (guitar) ♪ Olivia: (speaks traditional language) Hello.

My name is Olivia Komahcheet.

I am a multi-instrumentalist from Topeka, Kansas.

I am Comanche and Otoe.

I started out at age 5 playing the viola in the 3rd grade and after I started playing the viola, kept playing that until the 6th grade.

My mom eventually got a cello, and so I started messing around with that.

I was in youth philharmonic orchestra in Topeka, Kansas.

And so, I kind of got exposed to a lot of really talented kids at a young age, and my parents were also in a metal band.

And so, I would go to school, do strings, come home and then my parents would go to practice.

And then, I would pretty much just play the piano or there'd be guitars there.

Just kept myself busy with instruments, really, at a very young age.

So, it was kind of inevitable that I would be able to play all these instruments.

There's a lot of music that I just kind of pull from and I'll find.

And then over time, I'll just kind of incorporate it into my own.

From my parents, it would definitely be metal: Tool, Alice in Chains, Incubus, Soulfly.

As far as growing up, I developed a love for Tash Sultana, and- Bishop Briggs.

She has a really great voice I like.

Alicia Keys is a really great songwriter.

I put a lot of, like, low-five beats in R & B from my drum machine and then on top of that I loop a guitar riff.

Or then, I might solo out to it with distortion guitar.

Then, I'll sing over it.

If I were to classify it, it would definitely be low-fi, alternative rock, and maybe a little bit of R & B beats in there.

Next song is Fallin' by myself and it's a song that my dad and I wrote a few years back.

It's just really cool because he wrote this really good riff and I put lyrics behind it, and usually I'm not one to write lyrics!

But, I don't know.

Just with the juicy riff that he wrote, it kind of motivated me to write lyrics and then we made this song together.

And, yeah.

It's one of my favorites!

♪ (soft sound/picking guitar) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [snapping fingers, percussion] ♪ ♪ [deep bass pulsing/ fingers snapping] ♪ (vocalizes) ♪ Standin' ♪ ♪ at the cliff's edge ♪ ♪ and I don't know ♪ ♪ who's gonna catch ♪ ♪ me, me, myself, and I.

♪ ♪ Gotta make that jump before it's do or die.

♪ ♪ So I jump down, ♪ ♪ get out, ♪ ♪ get down, ♪ ♪ scream loud, oh.

♪ ♪ Woah, I'm fallin'.

♪ ♪ Woah!

Yes, they're watchin'.

♪ ♪ Woah, stay steady.

♪ ♪ Woah, stay steady.

♪ ♪ Sometimes, I can fly.

♪ ♪ Oh no, just gotta try.

♪ ♪ Woah!

No mountain you cannot move.

♪ ♪ Nothin', nothin', nothin' I wouldn't do.

♪ ♪ So I jump down, ♪ ♪ get out, ♪ ♪ get down, ♪ ♪ scream loud.

♪ ♪ Woah!

Woah, oh.

♪ ♪ Yes, I'm falling.

♪ ♪ Woah, oh.

They're watchin'.

♪ ♪ Woah, ♪ ♪ stay steady.

♪ ♪ Woah, ♪ ♪ stay steady.

♪ ♪ ♪ (soulful R & B beat) ♪ (guitar/snapping fingers) ♪ ♪ ♪ [bass pulsing/ snapping fingers] ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh-ohhh!

♪ (vocalizes) ♪ ♪ ♪ (soulful guitar) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (warm R & B groove) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (snapping fingers/rich bass) ♪ ♪ Woah, ♪ ♪ I'm fallin'.

♪ ♪ Woah, ♪ ♪ they're watchin'!

♪ ♪ Woah, ♪ ♪ stay steady.

♪ ♪ Woah, ♪ ♪ stay ready.

♪ ♪ (guitar/snapping fingers) ♪ ♪ (guitar only) ♪ (music fades) Olivia: So, the whole story in a nutshell.

My cousin and I, we used to jam out during the summertime.

She would love to sing, turn the amp up all the way to, like, level a million!

And then, I would just kind of be in the background playing piano.

Playing behind her, very chill and subtle.

And, she was one of those people that's just very outgoing and very- just doesn't care about what anyone thinks, and she'll belt it all day long.

One day she asked me 'why don't you sing?

'You play all these instruments.

'You play piano and cello, 'and violin and viola, and guitar.

And, you don't sing!'

That's kind of weird, right?

She knew why I didn't.

She knew that I was shy and all that stuff.

And so, long story short, she ended up having cancer and she passed away.

But, she asked me to sing at her funeral and the funeral had about- how many people?

I wanna say 1,800 people?

It was huge!

It was a huge funeral.

And, she wanted me to sing one of her favorite songs.

And so I did, and I got through maybe half the song.

But, that one time that I was on that stage was, like, the most nervous that I feel like I will ever be, or close to it.

Just because I was so much out of my comfort zone.

I did it for her, and she did that intentionally.

I think she threw that at me.

Like, 'hey, you're gonna do this.

You're gonna go this way'.

Every time I sing, I just kind of think about that and it just brings good energy.

And, I think it was definitely a sign for her to do that and kind of live through her, as far as that goes.

And so, that's kind of my backstory on singing, getting out of my comfort zone, all that good stuff.

Next song is "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley.

It's a song that I learned probably about 3 years ago when I first started singing, and I specifically remember the first time I performed this song.

It was at another smaller talent show.

I was helping out and I was going to perform, last minute, (snaps fingers) and so I did.

I forgot the lyrics on stage and everything!

And, it was really funny.

Everyone seemed to like it and I was just super new and, like, freshman at singing and being on stage.

I was super nervous.

But, that specific song I feel like has gotten me places just because- for some reason, people seem to like it a lot when I sing it.

And so, I keep that one in my back pocket.

♪ ♪ (soft rollicking guitar) ♪ ♪ ♪ Well, I heard there was ♪ ♪ a secret chord that David played ♪ ♪ and it pleased the Lord ♪ ♪ but you don't really care for music, ♪ ♪ do ya?

♪ ♪ ♪ Well, it goes like this.

♪ ♪ The 4th, the 5th.

♪ ♪ The minor fall, and the major lift.

♪ ♪ The baffled King composing Hallelujah.

♪ ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ ♪ Well baby, I've been here before.

♪ ♪ I've seen this room, and I've walked this floor.

♪ ♪ I used to live alone before I knew ya.

♪ ♪ ♪ I've seen your flag on ♪ ♪ the marble arch and love is not a victory march.

♪ ♪ It's a cold, it's a broken Hallelujah...!

♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ ♪ Maybe there's a God above, ♪ ♪ but all I ever learned from love ♪ ♪ was how to shoot at somebody who outdrew ya.

♪ ♪ ♪ And I remember when I moved in, ♪ ♪ you and the Holy Dove was moving too ♪ ♪ and every breath we drew ♪ ♪ was Hallelujah...!

♪ ♪ Oh, Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ (music fades) Sage: My name is Sage Cornelius.

I'm a fiddle player/violinist, multi-instrumentalist.

And, my tribal affiliations are Navajo, Oneida, Potawatomi, and Kickapoo.

Livs is awesome!

Purely for the fact that she pushes me.

You know, she's gnarly!

She's a very dedicated person to her music and to what she does, and how she presents herself.

I admire her a lot.

Our first date, we watched "Nacho Libre" and then we watched "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny".

Which is, like, the best first date ever!

You know what I mean?

It's really, really cool being able to, like, jive that hard with Livs.

You know, what she writes I'm pumped on.

Like, I respect.

It's never like- you know, she comes up to me and she's like 'hey, here's this new Taylor Swift song'.

And, I gotta be like 'oh... boy!

This is...

great?'

And instead, she's like 'hey, check out this sweet riff'.

Ooolulululu... And, I'm like 'okay?

Alright.

I'm gonna go practice for 5 hours now!'

(laughs) When we first met, we were talking about what kind of music we liked and stuff.

I said 'I like Tool', and we both agreed 'hey, we both mutually like this band'.

And, she's like 'what's your favorite song?'

And, I said 'Right in Two'.

And, she's like 'dude!'

She pulls up her little cover that she did online and I'm like 'this Indian girl!'

Olivia: So this next song, Sage is going to join me.

It's called "Right in Two" by a band called Tool.

I picked this one because my family loves Tool.

I was growing up listening to Tool, Alice in Chains, Incubus, all these awesome bands!

It's probably one of my favorite songs of all time.

The twist that I bring on it, it's definitely more modern.

It definitely has different genres spinning in and out of it.

I added bass and kind of like some snaps and claps to it that you wouldn't hear in the song.

It follows the song but at the same time, it doesn't.

So, it just kind of weaves in and out.

I ended up liking it and the crowd likes it, and so it works!

♪ [rollicking bass] ♪ ♪ (nimble bluesy guitar) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (slow mournful violin) ♪ ♪ ♪ [snapping fingers/deep bass] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Ooo, angels on the sidelines ♪ ♪ puzzled and amused.

♪ ♪ Why did Father give these humans free will?

♪ ♪ Now they're all confused.

♪ ♪ Oh!

Don't these talking monkeys know that ♪ ♪ Eden has enough to go around...?

♪ ♪ Oh-oh!

Plenty in this holy garden.

♪ ♪ Silly monkeys.

When there's more than one they're bound to ♪ ♪ divide it ♪ ♪ right in two.

Ohhh!

♪ ♪ [hey!]

♪ [hand claps/deep bass] ♪ Ooo... ♪ ♪ Angels on the sidelines, ♪ ♪ baffled and amused.

♪ ♪ Father blessed them all with reason ♪ ♪ and this is what they choose.

♪ ♪ Oh!

Monkey killing monkey killing monkey ♪ ♪ over pieces of the ground...!

♪ ♪ Oh!

Plenty in this holy garden.

♪ ♪ Silly monkeys.

When there's more than one they're bound to ♪ ♪ divide it ♪ ♪ right in two!

♪ ♪ Ohhh!

♪ ♪ Right in two!

♪ ♪ Ohhh!

Ohhh!

Oh-Oh!

♪ ♪ (violin/guitar) [hey!]

♪ [hey!]

♪ ♪ ♪ (guitar/violin) ♪ ♪ (guitar wah-wahing) ♪ ♪ Ooo... ♪ ♪ Ooo... ♪ ♪ (guitar) ♪ ♪ (guitar/violin plucking) ♪ ♪ ♪ [deep bass/hand claps] ♪ (raspy guitar) ♪ (violin/guitar/hand claps) ♪ ♪ (bolder guitar) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (guitar/violin/'hey' chorus) ♪ ♪ ♪ (blues rock guitar) ♪ ♪ ♪ [hand claps/'hey' chorus] ♪ ♪ (violin/ hand clap percussion) ♪ (music fades) Olivia: Four years ago, I was totally polar opposite of how I am today.

Super quiet, super awkward.

I was homeschooled during high school and I was just going through this phase where I didn't know what I wanted to do.

I didn't have a purpose.

I didn't know that I could manage my emotions.

And, I just kind of got a lot into and learning about myself and others, and how to feel good every day.

And, just move forward and try and be better every single day.

And so, that's what fuels me.

And, I would say that's when I really figured out how to start living and really having a purpose and like 'okay, I can wake up every day feeling really good'.

I would say to all young people 'find your purpose'.

Find what you want to do, try stuff out.

If you don't like it, try something else.

And then once you kind of have interest in something, keep doing that and go for it and seeing how far you can get.

'Cause you never know your true potential until you go for it.

♪ ♪ [acoustic guitar] ♪ ♪ ♪