Category: Music

  • Rockstars Are People Too

    I really hate the stereotype of musicians and the rockstar lifestyle. It’s not true at all. Believe me, their lives are not as glamorous as you think it is. Yesterday I walked into a bar with a couple of friends for Sunday Funday. Low behold, guess who walks in. Miranda Lambert. And after all the…

  • “I Believe That I Can Make You Scream”

    I’m filling out a form for a mentorship program in Nashville. One of the questions for the  form has is “What is your definition of success?” And I thought about it really hard, because everyone has a different definition of what it means to be happy. As I’m writing it, I’m not actually sure what…

  • Balance of Life

    There’s always highs and lows in everyone’s life. And it’s not different when you work in music. How I explain it to people, is there is no guarantee that I will job tomorrow. There’s no guarantee, that I will ever make it. There’s no guarantee whether or not anything I do is ever worth it.…

  • My Month So Far

    Wow! Where do I begin! These past couple of months have been absolutely insane! I guess I’ll start from mid June: CMA Fest I ended up working a promotion for CMA Fest, not the gig I necessarily wanted but it does work and pays really good money. Side note about working promotions: The reason why…

  • “It’s Going To Be OK”

    When I was four, I fell off my bike and busted my knee. I acted like it was the end of the world. My mom told me “It’s going to be OK”. Sure enough, my knee was fine, but I still have a scar on my knee to prove it. When I was 17, I…

  • Not another music conference: #Pollstar

    So, what’s so special about this Pollstar conference? You’re probably thinking not much, but really, anyone who is anyone (unless of course you are busy working… or family or whatever the case may be) in the music industry attends this conference. People from all over the world come to attend and they’re not just “making”…