Rising Stars: Meet Sarah Trammell

Today we’d like to introduce you to Sarah Trammell.

Hi Sarah, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I’ve been a musician my entire life. After many years of taking music serious, I started a new journey during college into hairdressing. They gave me 10 long years of experience fun, friendship, ambition, and business savvy. As the pandemic came around I decided to go back to my roots, and started practicing music again. I didn’t know where it would take me, and I certainly didn’t know where I wanted it to take me. I had my sights set on my salon that I had opened less than a year prior. However, as I started releasing homemade versions of my songs, more and more people started showing interest in what I was doing.

By the end of December 2020, I’d been signed to Bentley Records, and everything changed. My music took off, I was getting more attention on my music than I was ever used to. People wanted to collaborate, people wanted to write about my music. I started to take it serious, and that led to many publications on my music, plus months filled with shows coming out of the pandemic, and into 2022. It doesn’t come without it struggles. I decided to end my tenure hair career, and put all of my attention, finances, business savvy into my music career including starting my own record label.

As we enter 2022, I have a Southeast two are planned, a really fun live recording project scheduled with Standard Electric Recorders, and lots of other things that have yet to be announced. 2022 is looking to be a beautiful year.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Yes, and no. I believe that when you make the right decisions the universe rewards you. As far as it goes for it being rewarding, it is special though, and I don’t feel that I am meant for any other path than music. Of course, I always will dabble in other things such as comedy, film, and maybe even beauty again at some point, but my soul calls out to this. It’s just like starting a business, because it is a business. I should expect to be in the red, and to be putting all of my earnings towards my business for at least a year until it starts to pay off. So, I’ve been toughing it out. Working the side hustles – eight side hustles to be exact, including working door the Masquerade. It’s fun though, I like the hassle. I like being busy, and I like challenging myself. I’m finally hitting a point in my music career where I am seeing a good return, and I have a wonderful support system.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I honestly feel like what sets me apart from other people is consistency. That isn’t to say that my peers don’t have it. I look up to so many of my peers who are just as consistent – sometimes way more consistent than I am. It’s what it takes in this career path, though. Consistency, pushing yourself, pushing your music, pushing your brand. I’m so proud of the peers around me, and my artistic community because I feel as though what I have pushed, and strived for, and considered myself for years -which is vulnerable – is starting to become the common theme. I love it, and I think it’s what makes art so beautiful. I also intentionally make my music sound dated. Although, I don’t think it sounds dated, I simply think it has a motion. It has body. People on platforms like SubmitHub disagree sometimes, but one thing I have been trying to make sure young artists understand is that gatekeepers like SubmitHub aren’t what’s going to make your career. Your art is you. So make it you. Love it like it’s you. Make it no matter who thinks he shouldn’t, and push it as hard as he would push yourself.

We love surprises, fun facts and unexpected stories. Is there something you can share that might surprise us?
I cry. I worry. Some days I sit in my chair, and wonder what I do it for. I push for vulnerability, and I push for people to keep pushing. Sometimes, though, the imposter syndrome sets in. I think it’s healthy to cry, but I think most people think I don’t. The Internet can be such a fickle thing, All people see is your success most of the time because that’s how you make it. You set it up that way, and I do try to be emotionally vulnerable on the Internet, and in front of my band for sure, but in a professional setting I usually don’t let that out. I read once in an article on Forbes, however, that authenticity is how you make it an art career. I’ve always believed that. Although I am all about uplifting other people’s successes, I’m just like anyone else who looks at somebody success who may be got something I’ve been trying to get for a long time, and I think to myself why couldn’t I get it? Why does that person get the support that I’ve been buying for? Why did that person get more fans? Why did that person get more re-shares? Why did that person get more people to come to the show? Then a week later I’ll sell out a show, people will buy my merch, I’ll get a share from people I love, and it all goes away. I think they start should be normalized, though. I think a lot of people think they’re the only ones who get them.

Pricing:

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Contact Info:

• Email: sarahrae@lostgirlrecords.com
• Website: www.sarahraesings.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/sarahraesmiles/
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/sarahraesings/
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/sarahraesings/
• Youtube: lostgirlrecords.bandcamp.com
• Yelp: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg3gupB6LrtTnL60NPXNVTw
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/sarahraesings
• Other: www.lostgirlrecords.com