Being as this is my first post on Steemit, let me introduce myself! My name is Christine Harazim. I'm 25 years old and the founder of a local Nashville music blog called "Nashville Offbeat." I graduated from Berklee College of Music as a vocal principle in 2014, moved to Nashville, and thought that the music scene here would just automatically find me. I couldn't have been more wrong!
Nashville is this magical place full of tons of people who are willing to network with you and be your friends, but you have to go out and fine them! This was my first lesson. I started waiting tables a few months after moving here thinking that the money would be good and that I would be able to create a schedule around my music. It ended up being the other way around. I ended up creating my music around my work schedule, and I ended up working such ridiculous hours that I kept saying "I'll do it tomorrow" until I wasn't doing anything. (Sound familiar?)
Fast forward two years and exactly 8 months from when I moved here to April 19th, 2017. I quit waiting tables, and started working full-time at a wonderful local business called Daily Juice which has allowed me to do what I love while not being a starving artist.
In April, I had gone to see some friends perform and brought my new Canon t6 with me to capture them and that's when the Nashville Offbeat Instagram was born! About two weeks after that, I got an email asking if I could interview someone about her latest release, so the website was created. And now here I am, three months later. I've seen over 100 local bands and artists perform live and done about 20 interviews with the non-country artists of Nashville. I have an official blog editor, Jamie Hagerty, and just brought on another writer named Liz Flynn who I'm super excited to have as part of the team!
This Steemit blog will hopefully become a place that you can come to gain some knowledge through my work. I've learned so much throughout the last three months and that growth will only continue. I want to share that with other musicians and bloggers alike. So hang tight! My next post will be on the do's and don'ts of submitting your music to a local music blog. (I've been wanting to write this one for a while!)