Not Famous, Still Creating

I have been doing music for nearly 25-30 years. I have made one EP, released three singles, and my first debut album. I know it's not much. But it's something. But during my career I was chasing fame as well as master some enjoyment out of my sound. But fame is questionable. Not guaranteed, or realistic.

 It’s unpredictable, often disconnected from quality, and heavily influenced by timing, algorithms, marketing budgets, and luck. Plenty of brilliant musicians never become famous, while others explode overnight for reasons that have little to do with musical depth. Realizing that frees you up to focus on the part that actually lasts: the relationship between you and the music.

Fame has always been in the back of my mind, investing small amounts of money in my budget to promote myself, trying to get a gig without having the funds to buy live equiptment, and getting little to nothing out of it. I usually only promote if I have a proper song or album to release, and that is chore. I need to stop thinking about getting famous, and continue to remember why I started doing music in the first place.

Some of you are going to think this is a crazy, and I am showing my age. But it all started when I was a child, about to be transformed into a teenager. I ended up being a huge fan of Hanson in the 90s. They were young, and blowing up with lots of screaming, crying teenage girls at concerts. The fact that they were/are great songwriters kinda grabbed me. The fact they were also young at the time inspired me to think that I too could be a famous young songwriter/singer. That was when my mother arranged singing lessons, and I started writting lyrics.

But now I need to put fame out of my mind even if I still want it. I need to concentrate on the relationship between me and my music, how it makes me feel even when I complete a project, or successfully learn a new skill, getting lost in the process that I am meant to trust. Being humble is not only a beautiful thing. But it's one of the keys to survivial especially when no one pays attention to your music.

In the end, my journey with music has been a long and personal one. What started as a dream inspired by artists I admired slowly turned into a lifelong relationship with creativity, persistence, and self-discovery. The releases may be few, and the path may not have led to fame, but the time, effort, and emotion invested in the music are real. Through everything—successes, frustrations, and quiet moments of progress—music has remained a constant part of who I am and how I express myself.