Year 8, Day 190

Hey guys. Today's song is Snow Waltz by Lindsey Stirling.

Lindsey Stirling is an American violinist, active since 2007 and got her start through YouTube. When she was a kid, her parents could only afford to get her half violin lessons, amounting to 15 minutes a week, but she excelled regardless. She was in a couple of bands while in school, where she started to write music and one of her compositions actually cinched her win of a Junior Miss title. In 2010 Lindsey auditioned for and made it into the quarter finals for America's Got Talent and even though the audience loved her, the judges were harsh. Piers Morgan being the asshole he always is said she had no talent and wasn't good enough, and even Sharon Osbourne said she didn't have what it takes to fill a theatre. Thankfully Lindsey didn't listen to them and kept at her craft. She started focusing more on her YouTube channel, releasing music regularly, growing her subscriber base exponentially in 2011 before releasing her first album in 2012. In 2013 she signed a deal with Troy Carter, who also manages Lady Gaga, and went on a World Tour before competing on Dance Showdown, a YouTuber dance competition to which she didn't win, but really should have based on talent alone. Her album was re-released in 2013 with some new songs, and she won a YouTube Music Award for her collaboration with Pentatonix. In 2014 she was nominated for an Echo Music Award, announced the release of her second album, and went on another World Tour. Her album earned her a Billboard Music Awards nomination and a Teen Choice Award. After four years she went back to America's Got Talent to perform one of her singles, and they love to herald her as their find and Lindsey is too nice not to give them some credit, but she is successful in spite of that show. In 2015 she was on Forbes 30 Under 30, won another YouTube Music Award, won an Echo Award and was nominated twice in the Billboard Music Awards. In 2016 she published an autobiography which became a New York Time bestseller, and released her third album and she started having writing credits for music in pop culture. She started having some big names collaborations, and even had her song sampled by another artist before it was announced in 2017 that she would be a contestant on Dancing With the Stars, in which she came in second place. She released her fourth album and did some more touring and appearances on other albums, including on an album by Evanescence before joining Dancing With the Stars for one trio dance and being offered a spot in the America's Got Talent: The Champions lineup and declined. She released another album in 2019 and started to tour but the pandemic postponed it. Her songs were used in some more pop culture stuff like The Umbrella Academy and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. She done an EP, some more collaborations and more touring now that she can again and released her next album in 2022, which this is the title song for. I've featured her a lot and it's obvious I admire her perseverance to make music... and really her stuff is great always so hopefully you enjoy this one.

Peace.