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Wednesday, January 18, 2017 7:52am ET by Newsdesk
Bebe Rexha says music industry sexism makes it hard to get aheadBebe Rexha has revealed that she was once told that staying in the music industry is a lot easier if you have songwriting skills. She chatted to Stylist magazine about making an impact in the music world and confessed that writing songs is a great way to build a reputation and to carve out a name for yourself: "It was tough because I was thrown in with all these 40-year-old men. But I met this lady, Samantha Cox, who was working with Lady Gaga at the time. She believed in me and told me the key to staying alive is to be a songwriter." She went onto add that getting a start in the industry, especially as a woman, is incredibly difficult: "Starting out is really hard. I had men inviting me to their studios privately when I was 16, telling me not to bring my parents." "An established male artist once told me to be quiet; he actually shushed me. Music is a collaborative process, you have everyone chiming in, trying to make better a song. If I'm being told to sit in a room quietly and hold my hands over my lap, then what's the point?" Follow us: @Pressparty on Twitter / Pressparty on Facebook. Watch her performing live below: Latest 10 Newsdesk News Stories
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