As a musician and recovering perfectionist, I’ve spent thousands of hours practising violin, piano, singing and composition. But what is practice actually for? Drawing on teaching, daily routines and two songs that reuse the line “practice makes perfection”, I explore failure, repetition and the pressure to improve - and why learning to value the process may matter more than reaching an impossible ideal.

One sharp comment from my mother while I was singing along to Mariah Carey stayed with me long enough to become my first official single. In this Music Deep Dive, I trace Mother from a donated electronic loop and reversed piano chords to lyrics about love, resentment, family and the fear of being heard. A close look at how a painful moment can be transformed without simplifying the relationship behind it.

In 2022, I recorded two albums across five intense blocks of studio sessions. Then the producer holding the files stopped responding for 15 months. In this first episode, I explore the pain of beginning again: why starting is so difficult, how lost momentum changes a project, and what happened when the files finally returned just before Christmas. A story about creative limbo, tenacity and finding the courage to start from where you are.

Deep Down with Jordan Hunt is a podcast about how artists become themselves - and how to keep making without destroying yourself.

I’m Jordan Hunt, a London-based composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist and self-releasing artist. Through candid solo reflections, music deep dives into the lyrics and stories behind my work, and conversations with artists I admire, I explore how we find a voice, identity and place; how music holds love, loss and memory; and what it takes to sustain a creative life.

What do you really feel, deep down?