Money and Murals: Navigating Artistic Success - With Ashely Cassens

Colour Me Happy! - By Brandi Hofer Studios

This week on the podcast we chat with Artist Ashley Cassens once more as she tells us about her transition from burnt out teacher to full time artist and her financial successes.

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"Everything comes with a little bit of suck." – Brandi

A little bit of suck…No matter what path I decide to take in my career, every profession comes along with a bit (or a lot) of suck. You really have to decide what job you don’t mind doing the unenjoyable parts of. Musicians need to perform at night when the average person likes to make dinner and wind down from their day. But they are passionate about creating through sound and that is their compromise. But there are parts of their industry, like production or song writing, that they could do alternatively if they didn’t like the evening performances. This isn’t cut-and-dried for any industry, not so black-and-white—you can find a little wiggle room. It is about learning to embrace the suck as long as you get to do what you love.

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