Hi everyone,
The winter has come, my snake just shaded skin and my music scene just turned upside down.
Don't get me wrong it's definitely not a bad thing.
I wanted to update my blog much earlier but first I wanted to be sure about some things before sharing.
About a month ago when I was meditating it became very clear to me how much I need a manger. I known it for a long time but now it really came up to the surface.
The further I get with my music the harder it is for me to keep track of the business part: promotion, planning releases, layouts, marketing, website, getting deals, organize gigs etc, not let alone the most important of all, being an artist.
I thought about what kind of a manager would be good for me. Someone who knows the business well, who's outgoing, energetic, see me for who I am and dedicated.
A few weeks later I got a phone call from a manager being interested.
First I didn't want to get my hopes up, but a week later we had a meeting and before I knew it he became my manager.
It's the best thing that has happened in a long time.
Three years ago I jumped out of acting school to focus full time on music. I decided to give myself at least 6 years, before I would "allow" myself to consider doing it as a hobby if it nothing happens (hopefully I can go on for many more years).
I set up my own company in order to control as much as possible, especially in the beginning since the music business was so new to me.
I started applying to fonds, finding investors, found a team of a promoter, booking agent, business consultant etc.
I got the band together, the websites running, recorded songs and wrote new ones, went to stage coaching, took promo pictures, and eventually made music videos, singles etc. The list goes on.
So far it's been an amazing trip, that's been developing me as a person/artist but also teaching me a lot of valuable things about the music business.
The only problem that caused me stress many times the further I went, was that I started to feel I needed 10 more hands, twice as many hours a day and 5 more personalities in order to get everything done the right way.
People around me had very different opinions on what to do and how to act, and the only thing I could do was to follow my intuition and use my common sense.
I was constantly thinking: What is the next step? What can I do tomorrow to get closer to my goal, and what is the to-do list for 1 months, a half year and a year from now?
As soon as the management deal was confirmed, it felt like a big rock lifted from my chest. The Pepsodent smile is still wide on my face.
There will still be as much work as before, but this time I can focus more on the music and feel relaxed knowing that I have a smart guy behind me who knows how things work and who can help me to focus on the right things. It feels like the best Christmas gift of all times!
A lot of awesome things have already started to happen that I would love to write about, but I still have some things to work on before sharing. All I can say is that feel very happy and thankful.
Life rocks rights now!!!
Cheers,
Jessica
Ps. Check out my blog the end of next week
