“At school, life was normal for me, meeting friends, activities and of course homework. I had no intention to leave school for University or to study in higher education, the only hobby I was interested in was singing. Like many girls in my school, I had a karaoke machine at home to keep me interested in my free time. Although I knew I wasn't very good, I still carried on like I was singing to masses at concerts. As expected my music passion kept with me through school with singing lessons and band practice, which I was the lead singer of. However this wasn't going to get me any where, sitting in a group of ordinary people wont help, instead I knew I needed to get my self noticed for something unique. Unfortunately popularity and fame wasn't a subject at the time.”
“ The way I got out of my skin and showed uniqueness was through YouTube. I believed that if I got out of my school band and went solo, I might get noticed. YouTube video creators had just started to become well known and YouTube famous with different styles of videos. However I noticed that not all categories had been covered, only videos to do with: Makeup, Gaming and technology where popular whereas singing wasn't typically on there. After realising I could do singing, I started a YouTube channel (The singing Iggy). Not a very professional name, but I didn't believe I was going to get anywhere. Contrary to believe my singing videos where popular, reaching anywhere from 1000 views to even 10,000. This was unbelievable to me and my family, Uploading a video a day of me singing in my lounge or even in public lead me to grow my channel to match over YouTube stars. Although I didn't become famous in a day, I did reach the goal from the start to be noticed by others.
“ After reaching my goal on youtube I knew that maybe I had some skill in me. Therefore I looked on a plethora of sites online to see if their were any record labels. However, they were all for high achieving individuals that have fame to their name instead of youtube subscribers. Although it seemed impossible I emailed any company that seemed lower down on the requirements for a label. After no avail for a whole month, I realised that my dreams might not come true. However, upon checking youtube I had seen a notification on my channel. I checked the notification and their it was, an email from CheapThrills record label. They had said that although my following wasn't huge my skill and vocals were impeccable, therefore they said I have a chance to get a Record Label if I came in for a interview and live performance. After a successful performance in London they took me on, after a few popular records I went on to receive a variety of emails from high hitting record companies. In short Cheap record labels are worth It.”
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