S02:04 The Journey of a Young Independent Artist | Abi Muir Musicpreneur Movement

Are you a young artist? Do you feel like your friends don't understand you and your career goals? Do you want to learn about sword dancing?

If you want to feel encouraged and feel like you're not alone in your music journey, then this episode is for you!

Today on the show we have Abi Muir! She's an award-winning artist who was recently presented the John Lennon Songwriting Contest award for Rock with her song Stockholm.

On the show we discuss:
03:40 - Story behind Heebee Jibees
05:12 - Talking about Highland Dancing
07:35 - Family background
09:30 - Biggest challenge as a young artist starting out
11:15 - Dealing with negative Peer reactions to music
14:00 - Biggest accomplishments in the past years
15:30 - Process of recording with a live band compared to alone
17:30 - Things we wished we would've known years ago
17:58 - Don't worry about what others may say
18:46 - Everyone has a place in music
25:00 - Positive things to come out of a pandemic
26:30 - Fun things about the producing process
27:30 - How Abi proaches songwriting
30:00 - Defining success
32:40 - Dislikes of putting an album together
36:20 - More information on sword dancing
39:03 - Harry Potter fan
44:35 - Superpower that Abi would like to have
46:00 - Abi's rendition of the Office theme song
46:50 - Abi's super secret talent
49:00 - The power of seeing and focusing on what you want
50:53 - Worst piece of advice
54:40 - Is music theory needed?
57:30 - Advice to other young artists

Follow her journey at abi.muir on Instagram and other social media platforms!

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