Ep. 18 Kate McGill - Reinventing Your Music Career and Life

Making It

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:26 - How'd you get started on Twitch?

11:56 - Record Label vs Independent

14:59 - Meadowlark's second album

18:18 - How did Meadowlark form?

20:14 - Writing Nightstorm

21:32 - Writing Process

25:54 - Songwriting magic

27:04 - Getting started on YouTube

28:46 - Consistency on YouTube

30:20 - Why'd you stop YouTube videos?

33:16 - Next steps after YouTube

34:07 - Touring with Bastille

35:47 - Thoughts on performing live

45:42 - What would you do if you couldn't make music?

48:01 - Learning music production

50:17 - Is anyone musical in your family?

54:26 - Thoughts on imperfection

58:45 - How do you listen to music?

01:06:01 - Have you ever remixed/deleted anything?

01:10:23 - Songs are like trees

01:12:16 - Letting go of labels (not the music kind)

01:12:37 - We Dive Deeper podcast

01:16:08 - Being your own boss & Burn out

01:18:33 - Coming up with Q's for We Dive Deeper

01:22:14 - Patron Q's - Daniel: What makes you keep moving forward?

01:24:12 - Patron Q's - Daniel: Will you ever get there and does it matter?

01:24:37 - Patreon Q's - Phuong: What's an essential part of your daily routine?

01:26:35 - Patreon Q's - Phuong: Who has had the biggest impact on your career choice?

01:27:37 - Patreon Q's - Phuong: Do you live by any words of wisdom?

01:33:43 - Getting out of your comfort zone

01:37:16 - Patreon Q's - Niko: Any plans on doing a songwriting retreat like you did with Kina, with Mirabelle?

01:37:44 - Outro