How was Taylor Swift discovered?

I love tay so i know she was preforming in a cafe and a producer loved her and started Big Machine Records and produced taylor

country music.

here is how she was discoverd:
she was always a good singer and wrote her own songs when she was little so one day she decided to rpesent them at her school and made her own mini CD that she gave out to her school. she then started to sing at commuunity clubs and other get togethers and then she was noticed by somebody I guess. and now shes famous :0