GUITARIST BY FATE - JOSIE STICKDORN

You might probably know her or you may not before she appeared with MIke Shinoda in one of his concert. There is an ocean of artists who distribute their contents online on social media for free and are sometimes poised to the fame industry of the spectrum. Josie Stickdorn can be seen as one of that artist but it's just the part before the interval. The artist isn't taming for fame or attribution instead just practicing each day on social media. At once it seems odd, but this new trend has taken this young 17 year old girl to shore of opportunities and the sea of tunes in front.

Q. How did you start finger-style on Guitar?

A. We used to have a guitar with us that belonged to my father. He couldn’t even play with it, because he was to lazy to actually start teaching himself. But I never had the commitment to start playing guitar too. At some point I got a guitar as a gift and I taught myself basic play through youtubevideos. After that, I discovered fingerstyle and I really wanted to learn it. Again I used the same way to teach myself, while watching YouTube videos of several players and teachers.

Q. At the age of 17, you got a chance to share the stage with Mike Shinoda. How did that feel?

A. At first I had to play a song completely alone and in the beginning I was very nervous. But when the crowd started to sing along, it was totally fun. When I was on stage together with Mike, everything was much easier and I wasn’t really nervous anymore. Having the opportunity to play on stage with such a talented and nice person was very unique!

Q. How much credit you give to Instagram or YouTube for all that you have achieved yet?

A. Instagram is very important to me at the moment. In contrast to YouTube, artists can reach you much easier. They can just send you a message or they could like and comment your videos very easily. I prefer having a bunch of good videos on Instagram then on YouTube and I definitely have to post more videos.

Q. Being a showstopper at 17,what are your near future plans?

A. I would love to improve my voice and become better in singing. I think it’s an awesome combination of being a good guitarist and a nice singer. I don’t think that you could have a bright future as a solo artist, with just playing an instrument.