Many artists are expected to organise their own ticket sales and event promotion. This is coupled with low pay from venues and having to juggle music with other full-time jobs.
Across her 25-year-long career, Australian singer-songwriter Vanessa Amorosi has sold millions of albums, earned numerous accolades, and even represented Australia at Eurovision in 2020. After her vocal talents were discovered at the tender age of 16 in a Russian restaurant in her home city of Melbourne, Vanessa was signed to her first recording contract, and her debut single Have a Look was released two years later - becoming a global top 20 hit, and going gold in Australia.