Christian recording artist and songwriter Julianna Zobrist discusses the new music she’s working on, the book she co-wrote with her husband, and managing time between L.A., Nashville, and Tampa, where her two children and Major League Baseball playing husband is.
“It's very important to find your voice, not just musically but what you believe in, what you stand for. Very quickly people will see past just the music and want to know about your home life, your struggles. Success in life and music, in a way, can be that common ground because we all had heartache, failure, and love stories. It's definitely a relatable subject matter so it’s good to have something to say past your music and within your music.”
“The industry is not what it used to be and you are able to accomplish just as much on a performance level than on a distribution level than on iTunes, social media level as a major signed artist would be. And often, independent artists are making more money because you are not having the overhead that you would get with a major record deal, not to bad mouth labels.”
“You can accomplish so much by having your own distribution company, publicist, business manager. You’re not required to have a label anymore, radio promoter anymore, and things like this. There are definitely pros and cons to both ways but the nice thing is that there is an option for those of us that don't want the labels or (do want) to be able to do things on our own.”
“It is very important for us to give back to the community in the way that we can and the way that benefits them because for Ben and I being in entertainment jobs… our fans are giving us jobs. If there were no fans we would have no job. We recognize them and we are grateful for that and not ignorant to it at all. Besides the fact of just wanting to give back, it's a blessing and joy for us to be able to serve maybe in a bigger way than just entertainment.”
“Who was it that said that ‘he wanted to live with eternity stamped on his eyelids’? That always stuck with me from some book. I don't remember who it was, but that's just been a phrase I've lived by.”
"Behind Me"
"The Dawn"