Artist Spotlight: Becca Tremmel - Constellations
Artist Spotlight: Becca Tremmel - Constellations
Constellations by Becca Tremmel live in Nashville, TN
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An Interview With Becca Tremmel
Tells us about the song you are performing for the Nashville Pop Artist Spotlight. What is it about?
“My song is called "Constellations." I wrote it a few years back and will be my next release. It's one of my few songs about the magical complications about falling in love with somebody but finding the simplicity in it. Everyone has a past. Everyone has baggage. When you fall in love with somebody, you're taking in the good and the bad but you don't love them in spite of their past traumas, but because of them.”
What first got you into music? How did the journey begin?
“I was writing songs when I was 5 years old! I always loved singing and writing. Song structure came very naturally to me and music has been my life long love. I began taking guitar lessons when I was 12 and putting my songs to music. It was always my way of processing emotions. Without it, I simply can not function!”
How would you describe the music that you typically create?
“I love making cinematic and interesting tracks, but for me it's all about the lyrics. Being able to put certain indescribable feelings into words is such a beautiful talent. I've always loved artists who create music that people can relate to. My music is based off of emotions, every emotion! I try to create a safe space for people who need to sort through some feelings and also feel understood.”
What does your music represent?
“I believe it represents every emotion in the color wheel of emotions. To me, emotions are not bad no matter the emotion. Anger and sadness and guilt are not "bad." Sure, they're not the most fun to feel but they help us grow as human beings. Emotions are part of the human experience. I'd like to think my music gives people a safe space to feel every emotion and process it in a productive way. I'd also like to think that my personal story has been a long, sad, but ultimately hopeful one. I've learned my own worth throughout my life and I've written it all down along the way. I'd like to inspire other women who are on that similar journey of dismantling all of the obstacles in front of you that are keeping you from your true potential. Women are constantly given obstacles in the music business, but really in every aspect of life. I'm still figuring it out as I go and dismantling obstacles is a hard and unfair task, but I'd hope that by doing so we inspire other women to do the same. My music details all of those obstacles that I've faced and that countless other women have faced.”
What is your creative process like?
“It really does vary, but I try to write every single day, even if it's terrible! There are times when inspiration strikes and you just have to sit down and write a whole song right then, but I typically take my time. Sometimes it takes years for me to finish a song. I typically don't write songs about current situations or feelings, but I write more in hindsight. I want to live out the full story before I begin to re-tell it. It can start with a guitar part that evokes a certain feeling or just a title that provides the map to where I'm going lyrically. It's not a formula for me, but I try to keep in touch with my inner artist and write the song however it best suits the song.”
If you were to open for any 3 artists, who would they be?
“Taylor Swift hands down. I'd probably faint whenever I would be in her presence, but i'd definitely attempt to keep my cool... that's a lie. Kacey Musgraves is an amazing inspiration of mine. I love her songwriting and artistry. She's been a fave of mine since her career began! The Lumineers are my favorite band. I would absolutely lose it if I could open for them. Their album, "Cleopatra" fully changed my life and they are so energetic on stage. They put on an amazing show! I'd love to open for them just so I could watch them every night!”
What would you be doing right now, if it wasn’t for your music career?
“Probably living in a tiny cottage with 100 cats trying to figure out how to play a G chord and letting the local kids believe I was a witch.”
What is the best advice you’ve been given so far in the music industry?
“Be delightful, but know you're worth. I spent so long fighting imposter syndrome that it truly hindered me. I never felt worthy of any room I was in or any stage I was on. Later I had a thought that helped me, if I am in a room or on a stage then I am automatically worthy of being there. I wouldn't be there if I wasn't. The day I stopped referring to myself as an "aspiring singer songwriter" was the day I became an actual singer songwriter. If you sing and write songs, then you're a singer songwriter. Boom! Done. I also discovered that comparison and judgement towards other artists can completely poison your own craft. There is no reason in the world why you shouldn't want another artist to succeed, unless they're like an ass hat or something. Someone once told me, "Don't compare your success to someone else's. Just because someone has found success doesn't mean that you can't find yours." I feel like we're told to be competitive and that the music industry is "cutthroat" and it definitely can be, but I don't want to live my life like that. i want my friends and even strangers to succeed. If I ever find my way to the top, I don't want to be alone up there.”
What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?
“I love finding happiness in the journey. Sure, there are terrible days but you have to celebrate the little wins too! Even little wins are wins! I cried when I got my first batch of business cards that said I was a singer songwriter. If I celebrate every win, the failures are a bit easier to endure. I'd also say that the community I've found in Nashville has enhanced my life more than anything else. Having supportive friends that I can go see play on a nightly basis is really incredible. So much talent flourishes here and it's so inspiring. Like, I get to be friends with these people?? Absolutely insane.”
In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives such as yourself?
“I would say that people need to love on artists earlier in their lives. I've met so many people who felt like they couldn't be artists or that they weren't any good because they never received support when they were first discovering that aspect of themselves. Art is beautiful. Art is love and life and loss and connection and so important to our culture and society. Without art, we are nothing. Therefor, without artists to create art, we are nothing.”
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