HeyJaredUnfiltered by Vanessa McGowan
Essays by a Kiwi bass player touring out of Nashville. Exploring identity, mental health, and what it takes to build a sustainable creative life in music.
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Music Isn’t Your Everything (opens the original)
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Shrinking For Stage (opens the original)
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Crash Landing (opens the original)
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“Why is the cat medicine out?” I ask.“Because it’s easier for me to leave it out.”Jake can tell what I’m thinking. I don’t like things on the counter.“And since I’ve been the one doing it for the last six weeks…” he adds with a smile.When I get home from tour, everything is in a slightly different place.The cat medicine is no longer in the cabinet above the Solarstream; instead, it’s sitting on the counter by the kitchen sink.My side of the bathroom counter has become an overflow for Jake’s stuf
The Accidental Bluegrass Bassist (opens the original)
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28 Hours in London (opens the original)
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It sounds exciting to be flown halfway around the world to play a show.When you’re first starting out in music, often spending more money to get to a gig than you actually make, the idea of someone else buying you an international plane ticket AND paying you to be there sounds like living the dream.And sometimes, it really is incredible. I’ve had so many cool adventures tacked onto the beginning or end of an international tour, made possible solely because someone else was footing the bill for t
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