Meet Samantha Babb | Music Artist

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

Hi Samantha, why did you pursue a creative career?
My entire life everybody always told me that music is just a hobby. I definitely understand why people would believe that. You really have to have your life together I’ve learned to even do music in the first place. You have to find that perfect balance of working your traditional job, paying your bills, managing your relationships with people and your relationships with venues, you have to find a marketing strategy, and you have to do it all your self until you partner up with a team that’s willing to help you. A lot of people don’t understand the business side of music. To be an artist is to essentially be your own manager as well. I read an article somewhere that 95 percent of musicians fail. I don’t know if this is accurate or not but it really gets me thinking. It can be absolutely discouraging if you don’t have a plan. So you balance everything and submit to labels and a&r representatives and hope that something sticks. You go play shows around where you are and just try and build your fan base and do promotions online and make connections until eventually something works. It’s definitely hard for any artist to find this balance. Then when you do find a team willing to promote you and put a lot of money into your music you give them rights to the publishing 50 percent of your music give or take for royalties and that’s how they get paid to promote your music. But getting there is the hard part. I’ve spent years doing this stuff and I’ve done a lot of things that would be trial and error trying to find something that works. I’ve had my fair share of things that have worked and things that haven’t especially when it comes to marketing my music. I always wanted to be a musician but I didn’t always pursue it. When I was little I used to do acoustic guitar covers in my room. My family always used to say that I needed to get into a science or a math. So I chose veterinary and I tried sticking with that. I graduated high school and went for my associates degree at Northwest Florida State College and I was barely scraping by. I ended up interning at The Panhandle Animal Welfare Society in the clinic and I didn’t last very long there because of how brutal it was and emotional, but I did end up fostering and taking home a lot of animals until I realized it wasn’t for me. Then I started pushing towards music because I didn’t feel like anything else was meant for me. Music always flowed naturally to me. So after all of that I finally went with my gut feelings and let myself be me. It was a long road to get here and I felt like I was disappointing a lot of people but at least I wasn’t disappointing me anymore and I was free. Everything really worked out in the end. If I could give a message to all my fans and people that are supportive of independent artists it’s to just follow your gut even if the whole world and everything is against you. You were meant for big things and you will achieve them as long as you have a positive mindset and you work towards your goals every single day. And don’t forget to enjoy the little moments along the way. Every moment is a building block to where you want to be. You’ll never get the moments back so enjoy them while you can. Also remember that the road to success is not linear at all. There’s going to be so many moments that feel like setbacks. Trust in the universe and handle them day by day because you are going to need the courage and strength that these moments teach you to get to where you are going. Trust yourself.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
It was definitely not an easy road to get here as an artist. I had many challenges that basically involved just trying to get my life together financially so I could fund music. I had to learn a lot about balancing my day to day. I had to learn a lot about disciplining myself and I had to train my brain to have that management and business mindset. To this day I am most proud of the woman I have turned out to be due to these changes and the positivity that the music scene has brought into my life. Not only is it fun but it has really taught me a lot about being my own music manager and to work independently. My entire first album was dedicated to people who really never thought they fit in anywhere when In reality we were meant for such big things and we just don’t know where we’re going until we get there.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
If we were to hang out in Atlanta I would show them the center stage theater or the masquerade for shows coming through. I’ve seen many of my favorite artists come through such as Brakence and Polyphia. I’ve also gotten to meet a lot of really cool people in the bands that come through. The Georgia aquarium is a must for people who have never come to visit. It’s so dreamy with the beluga whales and is really inspiring. There is also the Atlanta Botanical Gardens that’s a beautiful place for some serotonin or even a photoshoot. Little five points is my favorite for some alternative shopping fun! And also vortex is a really yummy place to eat and really aesthetically pleasing for pictures!

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I want to give a shout out to my dad, my mom, and my grandpa for supporting me through the hardest parts of my life.

I also want to give a shout out to videographer David Reiling and choreographer Kaley Satterfield for being amazing friends and so helpful to my career along the way and motivating me to be a better person every single day. I literally couldn’t do this stuff without you guys. You have my heart.

I want to give a shout out to Trevor Lajiness, David Leathem, and Jonathan David for teaching me so much about production and being a big part of my music career and sharing those special moments with me. It was life changing.

Website: Www.Sammiebeare.com

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammiebeare/?

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SammieBeare/videos?

Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6CXKy9Yuzbr9pHBEt7r8GA?si=3Da9eYoQRX-YA6q3hU_OQQ

Image Credits
Danielle Koren Holmes