The trouble with being a solo musician is that your career is frequently at the mercy of other people’s priorities, whether they be agents, orchestra managers, or whomever. Rarely does a promising young soloist have the time (or the will) to fully manage her/his own career, and the result is a descent into an exhausting and unfriendly world of bookings, recording gigs, and an endless search for more recognition. But as 26-year-old British violinist Jack Liebeck is showing, there is a way to skirt the “usual” process and emerge with both a healthy career and an intact psyche – just do everything yourself.