Today’s post is an interview with Beacon, NY-based duo The Whispering Tree. They share their experience of leaving it all behind with the intention of permanently hitting the road. Their story is a pretty challenging one and if you’ve considered living out your art fully, this is a great post to read for an honest, [...]
Today’s post is excerpted from a Jeff Goins post, with his permission. If you follow us on Twitter or Facebook, you know we retweet/post alot of Goins’ content. Everything he writes is gold. He puts out daily challenges to his readers and pushes them to be better at what they do. So naturally, Grassrootsy loves [...]
Kurt Scobie is not only a dear friend of this blog but also the most talented pop pianist we know. His music is contagious and he’s got a following and tour calendar to prove it. Scobie is the only independent artist we know who takes on the challenge of a 6-week tour and hits [...]
The first time we saw Amena Brown perform, it was in front of a room of 3,500 college students. This chic is captivating…and actually the only full-time poet we know. Today Amena talks about her average day on the road and how it differs from the days she’s working from home. We love this post [...]
Ian Ethan (Boston, MA) is one of those musicians who plays all the instruments you’ve never seen or heard of before. He is a captivating multi-instrumentalist whose songs linger somewhere in between the land of jazz and world music. In today’s post he talk about his “atypical” day as a musician and the frustration that [...]
Today’s post features multi-instrumentalist and BOSS National looping champion, Angela Sheik. Angela’s music packs a real punch. Her music is more original than most and she’ll undoubtedly be the most mind-blowing looper you’ll ever witness. But while she spends alot of her time on stage, she spends even more of it behind-the-scenes. She explains it [...]
This week we’re bringing back the ever so popular “Day in The Life of a Full-time Artist” series where we interview independent artist and entrepreneurs who are making it work. Lets just say I’ve read all the contributed posts for this week and you’re in for some really great stuff! Today, we start with [...]
So you’re about to do it! You’re about to jump into the life of music and you’re not really sure what you’re doing. Either you’ve been playing for a long time and just now deciding to jump into it full-time. OR you’ve been hiding in your closet and no one even knows you exist. Well, [...]
Jenny & Tyler are a husband and wife duo based out of Nashville, TN. Most of our contributors for this feature have been solo artists due to the fact that it’s easier to keep the overhead down when you’re covering expenses for just one person. But the words of these two are especially needed as [...]
Today’s post is the second installment of a 5-day series where 5 different full-time artist share what it looks like to pursue music for a living. Today’s contributor is Washington, DC-based artist, Justin Trawick. His words are insightful and they’ll probably be a kick in the pants for all of us who’ve been sitting on [...]
What I love most about Grassrootsy is that none of our contributors are industry professionals (in the traditional sense). We’re all musicians who have learned from our experiences and have something worth sharing with you the reader! That’s why I love Dan Fisk. If you remember, he wrote a feature on our blog a [...]
Nelson Emokpae of Nelly’s Echo has a reputation for being one of the few singer-songwriters, along with Micah, who “cleans up real good” at the NACA (National Association for Campus Activities) conferences. In fact, almost all of his gigs through the year are at colleges. And when he talks about hitting the road (below), he’s [...]
Pittsburgh-based Erika May is one of the most multi -talented artists you will ever come across. She runs sound here and there, has a band, and even tosses fire (yea check out www.erikamay.com/fire). In today’s feature, she talks about how she has been able to sustain herself as a full-time musician who doesn’t tour (like all [...]
So yes, it was definitely about time to bring this series back! We received such great reader feedback from you guys last time we posted these artist interviews. This week’s lineup of contributors is excellent…and I’m proud to say I know a few of them pretty well. Today’s post is from Rochester, NY-based artist Micah. [...]
Today’s post is the fifth and final installment of a 5-day series where 5 different full-time artist share what it looks like to pursue music for a living. Today’s contributor is ilyAimy, a Baltimore, MD-based duo. These guys are an interesting two (you’ll catch that below)! *hehe* They’re pretty honest folks, from my personal encounters, [...]
