Building a business in the music industry isn’t for people looking for the easy route. Everybody wants the opportunity. Everybody wants the success. Everybody wants the results. But are you willing to do what others aren’t willing to do to get there? Are you willing to make the extra call? Do the extra follow-up? Learn the skill nobody taught you? Show up when nobody is watching? Keep going when the results aren’t immediate? Solve problems instead of waiting for someone else to solve them? Because sometimes, the difference between almost making it and actually building something successful isn’t talent. It’s willingness. The music business rewards people who are resourceful, persistent, adaptable, and willing to put in the work beyond the obvious. 🔥 Going the extra mile means creating your own advantage. So ask yourself: What am I willing to do that others aren’t? That answer might be the beginning of your breakthrough.

About 7 months. That’s how long I’ve been away from Skool. And in that time, a LOT has happened. I’ve been working on myself. Working on my creativity. Making music. Learning. Trying things. Failing at some things. Figuring out what actually matters to me. And honestly, I needed that time. Sometimes you have to step away from the noise to hear yourself again. I’ve realized that growth doesn’t always look like posting every day, building a business, or constantly showing people what you’re working on. Sometimes growth looks like disappearing for a while and quietly becoming a different version of yourself. Over these last 8 months, I’ve learned that you don’t have to have everything figured out before you start. You just have to be willing to take the next step. That’s something I’ve experienced firsthand through music. I started making and releasing music in my 30s. Not because I had it all figured out. Not because I knew exactly where it would lead. But because I finally decided to stop waiting. And now I’m back. Not because I have everything figured out. But because I have more to share. More stories. More lessons. More things I want to create. And hopefully, some of what I’ve learned can help somebody else stop waiting on themselves too. If there’s something you’ve been putting off because you think it’s too late, you’re not ready, or you don’t know where to start… Maybe this is your sign. Start anyway. You might be surprised where the next 8 months takes you.

I grew up watching my father run insurance and real estate businesses. I imagined myself being like him: busy, running around, working, and with large wads of money in my pocket. To me, entrepreneurship meant freedom. In the beginning, it was liberating—quitting the job that told me they would never pay me $20 an hour as a manager of three locations. Setting my own hours, my own rate of pay, bringing my daughter to work with me sometimes. Years later, the disillusionment of business ownership started. I began to wonder: when would I go sit on a beach and lose the idea of time? When would I be rich? When would I get out of survival mode? When would my life change? After 10 years, I finally did schedule a hiatus and sit on a beach. Months went by, and the urge to make money did not stop. See, at this point, I had accomplished so many desires and dreams. There was nothing to do but go for the things my soul had been calling for. And that's when I decided I was going to make music.

I’m a beginner DJ who has been listening to a bunch of music for years. Recently I’ve come across “Selfish” by Charlotte Day Wilson which has had me in a chokehold. I would love to one day be able to play this in a live set but I don’t want to play it forcefully. What are some ways to learn when it’s the right time for a new song that you would like to present to the listeners vs. the wrong time?