Goldy Locks ‘Story

‘Woman of Focus’

Don’t look down even if you are on the first rung. Just look up, smile a lot and tell yourself every day you can do it. Always, says Goldy Locks, March Woman of Focus.

“I am doing exactly what I’ve always wanted to do. Art. And paying the bills with it.”  Goldy Locks is a rock musician.  (www.myspace.com/goldylocksband).  She writes songs and tours for a living, and subsidizes her income as a photographer (www.thefactoryphotography.com).

“Sometimes when people are different, don’t fit in or march to the beat of their own drum they get picked on, or start to feel like outcasts. I did get picked on a lot for not doing what the other kids did. I didn’t smoke or drink, was always practicing or rehearsing something, started working when I was really young. And that’s ok.”

Goldy Locks received two scholarships from different colleges for music. The one she chose was an all girl’s school.  “I just didn’t fit in. My other scholarship was by then void, so I attended our state university for international communications. I found the students to be sheltered although book smart, street ignorant. I’d been traveling since a young age, had nothing in common with the other kids, would go home and write songs rather than papers and eventually dropped out.”

She developed her own way to success.  Goldy Locks’ method to career climbing begins with waking up every day, thinking of new ideas, obtaining some advice, and then trying the ideas out. She sets goals and attains them but in no particular order.

“Always let past crap fuel you. All the unkind things people have said to you should be that fire under your rear end to push through and make it. I never gave up when people were cruel. I laughed in their face and followed through to make my dreams happen. You all do the same. It’s empowering.”

The music business is fraught with challenges for a woman.  This is an industry that is particularly male dominated.  However, Goldy Locks pushes through using her talents and dedicating her energy to hard work.  She has boldly walked through a lot of doors.  Some venues have not booked her band because the front is female. “So I move on…then I find the most badass female managed places and give them the best show they’ve ever seen,” says Goldy Locks.

“For the most part, no one has treated me any differently because I wear a skirt. If they do, I shut them down so quickly, they don’t know what hit them.”

Most recently, Goldy Locks’ song, “Today I Won’t Be Afraid”, has inspired a book for the YWCA in Nashville. She assisted in coordinating a photo-shoot for domestic violence survivors.  They were treated to a makeover.  “They looked like a million bucks and the final shoots made it into an incredible book, with our cd in the back. The book raised a lot of money for the YWCA. I’m proud of the project and the women who made it happen.”

Goldy Locks attributes her will for success to her parents. “My mom was older when she had me, and very ill, and still hangs in there every day with a positive attitude. My father is disabled, and you never hear him complain about anything.”

She also recognizes that key to her success is an inherent will to survive. “It’s a new day. Sometimes if we just keep telling ourselves something over and over, it becomes reality. We see that with the negative things in our lives, or someone else’s. So why not apply the positive to our own lives.”

Affirmations are also important.  “Every day I try to be thankful for what I do have and that just continues my own cycle of success…Envision yourself doing what you want to do. Write about it. Talk to everyone you know about it and watch things start to happen. Someone will know someone else who will become a part of making your dream a reality.”

Networking is also an element to success.  Listening and sharing your ideas is essential, says Goldy Locks. When people know what you want to achieve, they want to help.  Goldy Locks’ advice is to find the people who may share the same ideas and work with them, but always keep your ideas a little guarded until you know a person’s true intentions.

“I’m most proud of the songs I’ve written and the friends I’ve made along the way. My dad always said if you have three good friends before you die, you are lucky and blessed,” says Goldy Locks.  “I’ve also tried to go out of my way to make friends and treat them really well. When I do….the real ones are those who would do anything for you. They have made me feel like I can do anything.”

When times are difficult, Goldy Locks has a good cry and calls a good friend.  “Reach out, be as kind to people as you can be, and watch them (good friends) start flooding in,” says Goldy Locks.

Writing songs and working out and focusing on work are Goldy Locks’ methods to relaxation.  “Walking lunges down a long pathway clears my head, and helps my rear end too…. And I really focus on my work.”  She has a line of leather accessories (www.thefactorybygoldylocks.com).

“I’d like to be branded as the Blue Collar Rock n’ Roll Martha Stewart on a Rock n’ Roll Tour,” says Goldy Locks. “Complete with my own show, product lines, merchandise and an awesome record that inspires many.”

I’ve always wanted to make it. I’ve never stopped no matter what is in my way. I just jump over it really high.

Goldy Locks can be reached at http://www.thefactoryphotography.com/