Today we’d like to introduce you to Lauren Weintraub.
So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
I was born in Boston and have lived in Sudbury my whole life. I’m 19 now. I grew up doing theater and played Annie four different times! I’m a triplet so I have two brothers that are the same age as me and an older brother named Greg. I did theatre all the throughout growing up, had the goal of being on Broadway (which is still on the bucket list) and was really drawn to theatre. When high school rolled around, I began to do more music on my own. I started writing songs at the beginning of my freshman year of high school. My dad bought me a guitar around the age of thirteen and I’ve been writing songs for about five years now. There’s just something so unexplainably magical about the mix of storytelling and melody in songwriting that I am absolutely so strongly drawn to. I’m now living in Nashville, Tennessee studying at Belmont University for a degree in songwriting. I feel so lucky to be there and to be in Nashville pursuing my dream every day. Nashville is absolutely magical and the perfect place for someone like me. I’m writing 4-5 times a week, performing, and getting a degree on top of it all.
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
There have definitely been struggles along the way. Nobody in the arts ever walks a smooth path to where they stand today. I joke with my friends that early on I tried every sport there was because my triplet brothers did them. Soccer, karate, tee-ball…I was the four-foot redhead doing cartwheels in the outfield. I realized early on that I was drawn more to the arts. My high school was very sports focused so with no talent in that area, I was definitely an outcast in school in some ways. I was always missing school, birthday parties, and sleepovers for auditions and rehearsals. At first, I hated having to miss those types of things but it was just part of the commitment to everything I had going on. Once I began writing songs, my focus in the arts changed. My focus became more creative and focused on storytelling and truth. My senior year of high school was definitely a bit of a rough patch. I was so stressed and overwhelmed with the college application process that I could not be creative or write songs. I was so focused in on all the details and waiting of the process that I lost a sense of creativity for a while. It was frustrating but definitely taught me the lesson that you can’t have creative output if you aren’t giving yourself creative input. Since then, I’ve made it a point to do one thing every day that’s out of my comfort zone. Whether it be meeting someone new, going somewhere new, or doing a handstand, I try to do something new every day to shake up my creativity and get the inspiration flowing! Being an artist is never easy and there have definitely been rough patches along the way. However, I wouldn’t trade my passion for anything and I’ve learned that with every rough patch comes a lesson on how to be stronger and more confident.
Lauren Weintraub – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
Now in Nashville, I am really honing on my creativity and artistry. I’m writing songs almost every day and really finding that sound that I want to shape for the world. I have become very drawn to story songs and the Folk/Americana/Country sound. In my songs, I tell stories. I tell stories that can speak to wide audiences and I believe that my imagery can really help listeners relate to the stories. I am excited to be in Nashville and to keep on writing and learning while developing my sound as an artist.
What moment in your career do you look back most fondly on?
Wow. That’s a tough question! There have been so many OMG moments in the past few years with my music. However, recently, I won a songwriting competition run by Grammy U, which is the college branch of the Recording Academy/Grammys. The competition was judged by Charlie Worsham, Emily Weisband, and Maggie Rose, three of my favorite writers and artists from Nashville. There were eight writers and I ended up winning the whole event! I will now get to perform at the Bluebird Cafe and have a writing session with Liz Rose who is one of my all-time favorite writers. I feel blessed to have these kind of opportunities in Nashville and it is so cool to have validation in my songs from such well-respected and amazingly talented Nashville artists!
Contact Info:
- Website: www.laurenweintraub.com
- Email: info@laurenweintraub.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenweintraub/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laurenweintraubmusic
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lwmusicofficial
Image Credit:
Matt Ferr
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