Meet Rebecka Larsdotter

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Rebecka Larsdotter. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Rebecka below.

Hi Rebecka, appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?

I like to believe that humans are created with an innate resilience, like its kind of baked into the concept of life force somehow. The drive to continue to live , really. Because life , at its core, is exactly that.
Then, that core energy is tapped into specific things, like for me, sticking with the music and creative art, despite many obstacles and it not always (or ever 😉 ? ) being the most lucrative or easy life path.
Because if that thing is part of who we are, we would not fully live without it.
On a more practical level, resilience also, to me , comes from seeing and knowing that I , and others, have overcome obstacles. And to see them instead as road signs, a chance to go deeper, pivot, get better, or maybe even to rest for a while.
Personally, my resilience comes from not knowing what else I would do with my life if I didnt do music. So really, I have to always find a way.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

My story:
I started playing music as a little girl, beginning with the violin and piano and writing little songs as soon as I could talk. I grew up in a church, and we had to sing in it. They were short of people to play the piano for the hymns and entertain, so that is where I started. It taught me a lot about chords, how to be comfortable holding down the music, and creating the vibes needed for the different services. Music always kind of just felt like a part of me. I don’t know how I wouldn’t be able to do it.

I grew up in Sweden, where choosing a path in high school is expected. I was considering becoming a doctor or going into business or finance, so I decided to explore science. However, music was such a deep part of my heart that I didn’t want to let go of it, so I prepared all the material and auditioned for the music school on my own and got in. I told my parents how I had to do it because it is so hard to get in and that I would only go for one year just for fun, but then of course, that didn’t happen, I didn’t quit. My heart knew that’s what I was going to do.

While in music school, I applied to the Musicians Institute in Hollywood and went there for an exchange year. I was initially in music school to become a music teacher, but when I was in school, I started to pursue voice and songwriting seriously and play for audiences more. While in Los Angeles, I began to feel pulled in another direction. Someone told me I should move to New York, so I did…

When I made the move to the Big Apple, I instantly got immersed in the jazz scene, I started very much as a singer-songwriter like Jewel, Joni Mitchell, Ani Di Franco, Alanis Morrisette, that sort of thing. It evolved into jazz when I moved to New York. But after a while, I felt that my stories were being hidden as a jazz singer. I wanted to connect with people differently, so I started navigating back into songwriting where lyrics and message are the dominant factor, i.e., pop/singer-songwriter, whatever genre I am now.

Ive now released 3 albums and a bunch of singles, managed to get on national radio top 40 charts, played some of my favorite venues in the US and Scandinavia, with some of my absolute favorite musicians and friends (Feel free to check out my latest single (in) Another Time and give it some loving ears! )
But there is still more to give , and I would love to collaborate and grow even more in the future, to bring my songs to different places , people, and situations.
Stay tuned for tours, new tunes, and a new album , in 2024 -2025!

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Extended focus ;
You need to be able to buckle up and practice, sit on your computer to learn new things, spend hours on songs without giving up, doing seemingly “boring” things, and maybe even enjoying them, as you know only they will give you the results you want and envision.
Far too many people think music is just a talent dropped down from the Universe .
Everyone who has gotten anywhere, has had to put hours and hours into the craft. And those hours do not look like the image of the “successful musician or artist” we see online or on stage.

Love;
Love softens you and brings you back to joy and peace , the days when times get rough and inspiration might run dry

Humility;
Being able to see the areas lacking and seeking out to improve those, or bringing in others to do what they do better and you can stay out of

Okay, so before we go, is there anyone you’d like to shoutout for the role they’ve played in helping you develop the essential skills or overcome challenges along the way?

My music community for sure.
Dear friends who are also amazing musicians and who have walked and are walking the same path, but with different insights and skills, and also with care enough to bestow their criticism , knowledge, mindset, and guidance on me .
Thank you!!! 🙂

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