What Exactly Does a Full-Time Artist Do All Day? An Interview with Amena Brown.

08
November

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 [...]

What Exactly Does a Full-Time Artist Do All Day? An Interview with Angela Sheik.

06
November

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 [...]

What Exactly Does a Full-Time Artist Do All Day? An Interview with Jenny & Tyler.

31
December

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 [...]

DAY 2: What Exactly Does a Full-Time Artist Do All Day? An Interview with Justin Trawick.

30
December

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 [...]

Web Presence: How I’ve Built It and What I’ve Learned

25
July

Today’s post comes from New Jersey-based, full-time independent artist, Amanda Duncan.  If her name sounds familiar, its because we interviewed her on our blog almost exactly 1 year ago. Check out “An Interview with Amanda Duncan“.  Amanda’s web presence is serious stuff!  In fact, its earned her free guitar gear and a recent quote in [...]

What Exactly Does a Full-Time Artist Do All Day? An Interview with E.May.

30
March

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 [...]

What Exactly Does a Full-Time Artist Do All Day? An Interview with Micah.

28
March

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. [...]

DAY 1: What Exactly Does a Full-Time Artist Do All Day? An Interview with Natalie Gelman.

12
December

Today’s post is the start a 5-day series where 5 different artist from different cities share what an average day looks like off stage.  I get this question, in various forms, on a very regular basis. Anything from “What do you do all day?” to “Are you bored when you’re not on stage?”  The question [...]