3 Artists You’ll Love in December
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Music Industry
What I’ve learned and am learning as a career artist and songwriter in Nashville.
Stella Artois features “Anytime I Go” (Acoustic)
November 2019 I’m happy to share that Stella Artois is currently featuring “Anytime I Go” (Acoustic) in their latest campaign. Watch the commercial below and stream the entire song here. Love, Aaron
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How I Deal with Writer’s Block
Even now, writing about writer’s block, I get writer’s block. What should I say? Do I have anything to say? How should I say it? Is this dumb? No, this is pretty good. No, it’s crap. Welcome to my brain. Maybe it’s like yours.
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Farewell to a Friend (Open Letter to busbee)
This is probably my favorite pic of you. You with Addie. Because you made a lot of us feel like she does in this photo. Somebody who is seeing what’s possible when another believes in them and helps raise them up into the light.
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Aaron Explains the Music Industry
The music industry is confusing. Even those of us in it have a hard time keeping up. A lot of you asked if I’d explain it, though, (as I’ve experienced it) so I’ve taken your requests as a challenge. My goal is to make you feel like the cool kid at your next dinner party.
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Confucius vs My Dad
Choose a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life. – Anonymous (Some say Confucius, but likely not. It just made for a nice title.) If you make your hobby your job, it’ll take the fun out of it. – My Dad Before music was my livelihood, I spent
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Where I Look for Good Song Ideas
Sometimes as a songwriter you think you lack good ideas. The thing you might not realize is that you probably already have a lot of good ideas, you’re just looking in the wrong places.
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Don’t Finish a Race Like This
In junior high I ran cross-country. It’s that sport where you run on golf courses, all the while wishing you were golfing. I remember this one race. Park Rapids, Minnesota. Hills everywhere. I was running a pretty decent race. My lap times were good, and I felt strong. But with less than 50 yards to
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Strange Advice for Aspiring Artists
For most career choices I recommend thinking things through. But if you really want to be a professional artist or singer-songwriter then I would very much recommend not thinking things through.
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Getting Public Recognition
I don’t even want to to know the amount of money I used to spend sending my CD to radio stations and magazines. It’s probably in the billions. But I still remember the first time my music got reviewed. I couldn’t believe somebody other than my relatives actually listened and wrote about it. Are you
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