Beyond the Boys' Club is a monthly column focusing on women in rock and metal music, offering their perspectives on the music industry and discussing their personal experiences. Journalist, radio host and musician Anne Erickson Audio Ink Radio and the music team On wingswrites the column. This month's article includes an interview with trap-metal artist Zheani.
Life as a freelance musician isn't easy, but it can be very rewarding. You don't have to do what a record label or manager tells you. You can keep your vision as pure and focused as you want without any outside influence.
It’s always beautiful when a DIY musician overcomes the challenges of being independent and achieves remarkable success. That’s what’s happening with Zheani. The Australian trap-metal artist has overseen her entire career. Her music videos have garnered millions of views on YouTube and she’s now touring the world and selling out her shows like major label artists. And she’s doing it all without compromising her values as an artist.
Zheani has just released the new single and video “Sex Never Dies” and will embark on a US tour from September 4th to October 15th, with tickets available through Ticket Master either StubHubBefore the race, he spoke with Serious consequence For the last Beyond the boys club Column in which she talks about her decision to remain a DIY artist, her experience as a woman in the music industry, why she thinks her messages resonate with fans, and more.
You've been working as a DIY artist for a long time and have only recently started to expand your team. What is it like to be a DIY artist these days? What kind of opportunities are there?
Independence as an artist is a result of my nature. Every independent triumph is worth a hundred times more than the one achieved by the machine. I believe that collaborating with the machine would undermine the meaning of my art. The future of music is independent and the only advantages that the record companies maintain today are those they obtain from their blackmail.
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