Artists take rejection personally. It doesn't feel like it's only about your work - it feels like it's about YOU. Today we're talking about this common denominator of sharing your art publicly, and how to keep it moving when not being everyone's cup of tea, struggling to find your people, and not feeling successful all get swirly inside your head. Publishing art will always feel like a risk, but we're spending the next 30 minutes reminding you that it's worth it.

Listen to our very rejectable music at Geraldene.

Last year was one of the hardest years of our lives. Facing pressure, questions, and impossibilities from all sides, we came closer than ever to giving up on our art long-term and focusing all our energy on generating income and finding more normal hobbies. Then, we had an incredible experience that really tripped us out and changed everything. This is the episode where we talk about that.

We hope that someday you have an experience like this, too.

Listen to the music at Geraldene.

Cowriting is what the professionals do, but why is it so vulnerable and awkward? In today's episode we talk about how we learned to supplement each other's weaknesses and expedite the writing process - consistently, together, and without the weird.

Listen to our music at Geraldene

Calling all artists - raise your hand if you're still trying to figure out how to balance your music, your finances, your family, and probably your day job. This is our first episode of the Early Morning Musician, a podcast dedicated to what we have learned from making art in the margins for the last 10 years. In this episode we talk about the top 3 things we've learned from doing it *unsuccessfully,* so you can take the shortcuts and have it all.

Listen to the music we're been talking about at our band Geraldene.