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Jasmine Mahmoud will also be playing a solo show at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday in Loker Commons. Wax will appear at a Harvard Music Performance Series event in Sanders Theatre at 4 p.m. on Saturday, along with a show this weekend at the Gato Rojo...
However, the problem may not lie in the campus at all, but may simply be an essential part of creating music as a solo artist. “Being a singer-songwriter is tough because the nature of writing the songs is often an incredibly introverted process,” says Wax. “You spend a lot of time alone, and it can be very frustrating because after three hours of work, you might not have anything you’d actually want to play to another human being...
...despite the reclusive environment that songwriting often necessitates, there is unanimous agreement that community is necessary for musicians to strive. “Every solo artist needs to build these sorts of networks,” says Carlisle. “Not just to help them learn the business, but to help keep their artistic life alive and dynamic...
...artists are often challenged by great difficulties in promoting oneself as a solo artist that large bands and orchestras simply don’t have to face. “You really have to approach publicity in as multi-faceted to get the best word out,” says Mahmoud. “So for show I produce, I’ll poster, personally e-mail friends, make an e-mail for group-lists, get the listing in Crimson Arts, the Beat, the U.C. Calender...
...when, he said afterwards, he felt he and the audience “knew each other”—the aging guitar star brought out his acoustic to play two impromptu tunes, stretching his dulled but still bright voice to hit the high notes, entirely solo. If his lively talk had left any doubt about the power Stills has to inspire a crowd, his music quickly dashed it with the first finger-picked chords...