Foxxglove

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Foxxglove is a singer/songwriter from Wales. She spoke to me about her experience as a music artist throughout the Pandemic and how she has been able to book gigs for when concerts are allowed to go ahead again.

"Like everyone else, the Pandemic had quite a negative impact on me as an artist. Before I was gigging at least once or twice a month which is the main source of income for many DIY artists like myself, playing gigs is one of the most effective ways of earning money and meeting new people in the industry and getting new fans.

I had to adjust being online more and making the best out of social media to help reach new people and create content that would keep people engaged.

I've learnt a lot from it all though and I think a lot of us adjusted quite quickly to this new way of living and there's been lots of support.

"I think the main thing will probably be the fact that it will still be sitting down and less people in the venues, at least for a little while. But overall, I think it's going to be so good and I can't wait to get back to it"
Throughout the pandemic many artists have found it difficult to book gigs due to the uncertainty and restrictions that has been put on concerts.

"I applied for a couple of festivals, one for which I'll be performing at in October if it can go ahead.

I haven't tried too much though as I just assumed that gigs weren't allowed to happen with the restrictions. I have been asked to play gigs though, some have been online and pre-recorded and others are for when venues are open again and gigs are able to go ahead"