sands of other musicians can do that as well . How do you stand out from the crowd ? How do you even let people know you exist ? And how do you get the ones who know you exist to download your songs rather than stream them ?” “ You learn there ’ s no ideal situation and you can ’ t go into it with stars in your eyes and expect someone to open the vault for you and magically transform your life ,” adds Daly . “ It ’ s hard work . Some of it is luck . And ultimately , you have to do it because you love it . If you ’ re doing it with dollar signs and stars in your eyes you ’ re going to be disappointed . I wake up with music in my head and if I didn ’ t put it out , it would stay in my head and I ’ d go insane ! There ’ s the hope that other people will hear it and relate to it , and it will have some sort of universality to it .”