Amanda takes music and brings it back to an art form- not a business.
She makes her music for the music; not the money. She gives her fans her music
and her fans give her a place to stay and help her out. It’s like her fans are
a part of her band because they do so much. If they are true fans they will
gladly support the artist they love. She says that asking her fans for help
brings them closer and forms a connection. She doesn't just love her fans- she
trusts them. She trusts that they will give her what she needs to keep making
her music. Her presentation style is very easy-going. She is obviously at
home and calm on the stage. She moves around some but it is in a casual style,
not agitated or nervous. She used her hands to emphasize and she has a very theatrical
look. Her topic is not a very widely accepted thing but she is passionate about
it and shows the audience that. She is dressed differently than most of the
speakers we have seen, which adds to her persona and her topic. She is not
afraid to be that person. She even says that her music is not for everyone but
she continues making it and advocating for a record label-less music business.
Even though she got a lot of crap for being a street performer, she says that
it has helped her tremendously in her music business because it has showed her
that asking for help is okay. All the people yelling at her “to get a job”
probably do not realize that she is educated and a college graduate who chose
this as her current job. It took me a while to warm up to the ideas she was
talking about but she presented them in a way that makes sense. She knows not
everyone is in favor of them and she speaks from all angles.
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