Singers, if you’re performing for your audience, you’re cheating them—and you’re putting yourself above them. Performing is for you first. It’s for you to have your experience. By having your own experience onstage, you open the door for the audience to have theirs. Each audience member now has permission to have their own unique experience. So your job as a performer is to have a great time up there—experiencing yourself in a brand-new way, experiencing the song in a brand-new way, and experien

REMEMBERING Dolly Parton 🕊️ | Dolly Parton x Whitney Houston at the 1994 Grammys

Where No One Stands Alone (Hymns & Beers Sessions) is live over on YouTube. I recorded this one at Fox & Locke (bar), which feels pretty fitting with the announcement of the album. Last year, when I was trying to decide whether to make this album, I was wrestling with the fact that I’m a country artist. I want to make country music, but I really wanted my first album to be a hymns album. I was worried to death about what people would think, but the idea just wouldn’t escape my mind. One Sunday,

Ego Has Entered the Chat – Pop Songwriter Short