It's early on an April Sunday morning when I receive an email from a close friend telling me to go on YouTube and listen to a young performer she knows. I'm still half-asleep with my coffee in hand when I search for Olivia's YouTube channel, but I'm suddenly wide-awake as her soulful voice comes through my speakers, singing a stunning rendition of Alicia Keys's If I Ain't Got You.
Read MoreI want to provide the tools and resources that you want to see, that you need to be successful in your career. So let me ask you this: what do you want to see on this blog? What types of toolkits, resources, videos, online courses, etc. would you be interested in?
Read MoreI took a chance last week. A giant leap of faith to better myself, understand entrepreneurship, and create something of my own. I signed up for a two-day entrepreneurship summit, bought a plane ticket to Chicago, and booked a hotel room.
Read MoreJen Sincero's You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life came to me at a time when I needed a shove in a new direction. Despite packing up and moving everything to California two years earlier, I started to feel stuck.
Read MoreI have always been obsessed with New Music Friday (and New Music Tuesday before the switch) and Spotify and Apple Music have made discovering new releases that much easier for me. Each week I stumble across more new music than my brain (or iPhone storage) can handle thanks to Spotify's Discovery tab, and it does not disappoint. Here are just a few of the albums (both new and old) I stumbled across this past week
Read MoreI am obsessed with podcasts. I would probably go so far as to call myself a podcast nerd these days, which is a total 180 from last year when I could barely stand to listen to podcasts. There was only one I could sink my teeth into (Washed Up Emo) and the rest literally just put me to sleep.
Read MoreWith a quarter nearly down, I wanted to take some time to reflect on the awesomeness of 2018 for women in music so far. Women's equality in the music industry was brought to light in a tremendous way in the first part of the year, and it will most certainly set the tone for the unforeseeable future.
Read MoreThere's no doubt that the music industry is a hustle. Whether it's working two or more jobs, freelancing and working multiple roles, or working full time and then attending (or playing) a show, we're always moving and working.
How long can we keep this up before we spectacularly crash?
Read MoreGo ahead, turn on your local station and listen for an hour. I'll wait...
What did you hear? Notice anything about the artists played?
If you guessed that the artists were almost entirely male, well you'd be right.
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