Keeping Up With Conrodthe life & times of c. jay conrod

The first bit of advice that I could give any­one want­ing to be an inde­pen­dent artist, or desir­ing any career a bit off the beaten path, would be study. I’ve always thought is was nec­es­sary, but it wasn’t until I heard it from Monica Tyson of Yoruba Records at the International Soul Music Summit did it res­onate as strongly as it does now. She went fur­ther on to say, and I’m para­phras­ing because it’s been some months since I heard her say this, “Your music should be a sym­phony. How can it be that unless you study? The best artists of our time are great because they have stud­ied and mas­tered their craft.“
Now this prob­a­bly sounds super-obvious and maybe a lit­tle bor­ing, but let’s explore the idea (just humor me).  There are sev­eral options that you could go about pur­su­ing, but it really depends upon your sit­u­a­tion and per­son­al­ity. Continue read­ing →