solo career
Post-band professional life
A solo career is the professional path of a performer who previously worked as part of a group—typically a band member who leaves to record and perform independently.
The term implies both separation from collaborators and individual artistic identity: After the band broke up, she launched a successful solo career.
It carries connotations of ambition, risk, and sometimes ego, since going solo means betting your name alone can sustain an audience.
- lead singerBand's main vocalist
- debutFirst public appearance
- debut albumArtist's premiere full-length recording
- record dealArtist-label contract
- breakoutSudden escape from restraint
frontman · vocalist · singer · album · independent · artistic · freedom · spotlight · bandmate · departure · reinvention · personal brand · comeback · hitmaker · chart · Grammy · creative control · touring
- biographiesbiography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, memoir
- rock musicrock band, electric guitar, guitar riff, guitar riffs, power chords
- solo performancesaria, recital, one-man show, one-woman show, monologue
- breakoutsoutbreak, jailbreak, prison break, acne, pimples
solo careerband
Group playing music together
group · group work · band membership · ensemble · partnership
solo careerband membership
Belonging to a musical group
ensemble work · collective identity · session work · side project · featured artist
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