Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Madison Steinbruck. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Alright, Madison thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. When did you first know you wanted to pursue a creative/artistic path professionally?

I started writing songs really young. My mom was a wonderful teacher and I remember her going over spelling and reading constantly. Once I understood how to write, spell, and tell a story, I vividly remember writing songs immediately.

I’ve always loved music. I have a hard time articulating how I feel in certain moments and with certain people… Music kind of saved me. When I sit down to write a song I’m able to craft words into a feeling I was unable to describe before. When I sit down to listen it’s the same way, I’m always like ‘damn I could’ve written that,’ because songs are so relatable, they’re so human.

I’ve always known that music and writing are passions of mine, I realized I’d like to perform when I went to my first concert in 2nd grade, and then the moment I thought I could actually do it was when I auditioned for the voice at 16 and made it through. It felt like a pretty big deal at that age.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

Well my name is Madison Steinbruck and I’m originally from Corpus Christi, Texas. My dad is a football coach and my mom was a teacher. She now runs some small airbnb’s that my parents own in Corpus! I’m the oldest child of 4 and we are all very close. My brother plays music too and one of my sisters paints. I’m really proud of my family – every time I’m home and I’m around my siblings I just think they’re such cool and wonderful people.

As I stated previously, I’ve always loved music and written songs. I majored in music business in college and worked in the industry for a year after graduating. Although I really enjoyed working with creatives, I felt like I was trading my dream to help others, when I wasn’t quite ready for a shift like that. I was in a pretty awful relationship and I just wanted to focus on myself and my music. I decided that more life experience was necessary to better myself as a person and mostly as a writer.

I took a working holiday at the beginning of 2020 and lived in Australia for 8 months with plans of backpacking South East Asia and New Zealand. Covid didn’t exist at the time I left, but I ended up spending most of the 8 months in one of the world’s strictest lockdowns. I also ended up writing my first album, which just came out on January 27th.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

When I was younger I had this mindset of “I have to do everything by myself”. I think that by nature I enjoy doing things on my own and I hate feeling like I owe someone something. I’ve had to significantly change this mindset. I always thought it was old fashioned to say “it takes a village” because there are so many people that do things independently. I was wrong. It really truly does take a village and you NEED supportive people around you. If someone makes you feel like you owe them something then you just aren’t working with the right people. This is a lesson that came with age and maturity and I’m still unlearning it.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

My goal/mission is to be happy. Music is my happy place, it’s my safe space. It’s also very scary. I’ve done quite a few things that have terrified me in hopes of not being scared of pursuing music, but I love it and I care about it so it’ll always be a little terrifying. I have to step back sometimes and remember why I do it at all. I have to remember why I did it when I was 5. It’s because it made me happy and it made me feel understood. I guess I still want to feel understood and I want others to feel understood through my music. I want that connection with other people and I want to do it for as long as I can.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.madisonsteinbruck.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madisonsteinbruck/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madison.steinbruck/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madison-steinbruck-0b07a5152/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/madystein_10?lang=en
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yEdAIx6l34

Image Credits
Destiny Keller and Victoria Metzger