you have any advice for young artists or
teenagers who want to pursue music as
a career but also feel pressure to attain a
college degree?
It’s definitely something that you’ve got to
be all in for. And that doesn’t mean that you
can’t go to college and get your degree and
still be all in and writing songs and singing.
I went to college while I was still on tour,
and I didn’t quite make it to my degree - but
I would like to finish it up one day because
I think that’s important. But yeah, if you
really want to make it, especially in country
music, Nashville is the place you gotta be
and just getting in there and networking
and meeting people. And you’ll really learn
that everybody is really friendly, and it’s like
12
a big family down there. And if they see that
you’re taking it seriously, and that you’re
really passionate about it, that you’ve got
the chops people will really embrace you up
there. So it’s a fun business. It can be scary
taking that first step though.
You said that you’re writing and working
on songs now. Can we expect another
album?
We’re getting ready for the next album. I’m
not sure of the timetable on that. We haven’t
even gotten to the studio or anything yet,
but just definitely writing songs for the new
album. And we’re always writing songs, it’s
not like it’s just an album thing, but we’re
definitely kind of getting the ducks in a row
and figuring out when we want to do it. ✽
August 2019
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