An exciting interview with the singer/songwriter Lizzie No on her career and background. Among other things, Robert and Lizzie discuss adaptation during COVID-19, the process of seeing yourself as a creative person and creative professional, navigating sexism in the music business, and learning the ins-and-outs of touring and recording.

Highlights

• How the pandemic has affected her - 2:38
• When she realized the impact of COVID_19 - 3:32
• Walking by closed businesses - 4:28
• How this pandemic affects her creative process - 6:42
• Her background - 10:56
• When she first started performing - 11:55
• Using poetry as an exercise? - 13:38
• Writing a song vs. writing poetry - 14:15
• The scary part of the coronavirus - 22:19
• Having instruments in her house and a place to play - 27:30
• Drinking on a tour or performance - 32:52
• Her performances are really important to her - 44:00
• What people think when they hear the word "musician" - 48:00
• Meritocracy in the music world - 50:52
• An audition experience - 52:00
• All that Lizzie had learned during her career - 56:34
• Doing things that she wanted to do - 1:00:16
• What she does when she finishes a song - 1:01:10
• Lizzie's next move - 1:03:10

Episode Resources

• Connect with Robert Hunt Simonds:
• [email protected]
• http://roberthuntsimonds.com/
• http://craigwagnermusic.blogspot.com/
• Connect with Lizzie No
• https://twitter.com/handsomelizzie?lang=en
• http://www.lizzieno.com/