To pivot or to persevere? Or more bluntly – to give up or to not to give up? This is a haunting question, a question that has ramifications far after an answer has been chosen and it’s also a question that almost everyone in our community has had to face at one time or another. How do you know when to give up and when to keep trying?

Timothy Goldkin

This is a tough question because, as an artist, it doesn’t really feel like there is a choice. There is no option to ‘give up.’ The drive to create is something that is only satisfied through continuation. For me, being an artist is less about output and more about a way of being—how you see the world, how you move through it, and what you choose to observe. It’s about curiosity. How could you ever give that up? Read More>>

Thomas Dumont

My “career” in music started the same as many; No instant hit successes, no big paydays, no tickets to fame and fortune. Instead, I spent my first years of musical pursuit working retail and coffee shop jobs between playing in dingy clubs and going on tours that oftentimes barely broke even. Trying to make ends meet as a young musical artist proved challenging given the spontaneous and sporadic schedule of opportunities. Read More>>

Miracle Bassett

I ask myself: Have I succeeded or achieved everything I set out to do at least in some way? That question helps me check in with my goals and my growth.

When it comes to building your own business, you have to realize that it’s okay for your vision to shift as you grow. What you started with might not be what you end up with and that’s not failure, that’s evolution. Read More>>