We have an amazing episode for you today and it features a very special artist who has had a MASSIVE year! It is my honor to have the one and only Maddy O'Neal as my guest for episode 215.
Maddy and I have been trying to line this up for awhile and I'm so glad we finally made it happen.
In episode 215 we discussed:
-Gratitude - Past, Present and Future: Something I've been thinking a lot about is practicing self-gratitude and I wanted to get Maddy's take on what she is grateful and proud of from her past, present and future. This opened up a much bigger discussion on how she mentally and physically manages her life as a touring artist. I know this portion of the interview will resonate with so many people - Thanks for sharing so much Maddy!
-Relationship with Music: Maddy has described her music as "dirty funk bass music but make it pretty" and I think anyone that is so poetically raw when describing their music is connected to it more than the average person. For an artist like Maddy, music is so much more than music. It's a way of life - it's where she finds "home". Like any relationship in life, they come with highs and lows. Maddy and I shared stories of when when that love is tested and when it's reaffirmed - loved this discussion!
-New album - "Ricochet" - Maddy just released her second studio album and all I can really say is WOW. We went deep on her creative process when she was putting it together and where her heart and head were at throughout. One thing that continued to come up during our interview was being "unapologetically yourself" and this album is her story that she wanted to tell the world. You have to check it out!
While music is always at the core of a SITB interview, Maddy and I found ourselves on topics in and outside of being an artist which was so much fun. She has a genuine love for making and sharing music but in her own dirty but pretty way.
Maddy, thank you so much for making some time in between your tour stops and sharing some incredible pieces of advice for anyone who's trying to build their career.
