Are you a young artist? Do you feel like your friends don't understand you and your career goals? Do you want to learn about sword dancing? If you want to feel encouraged and feel like you're not alone in your music journey, then this episode is for you! Today on the show we have Abi Muir! She's an award-winning artist who was recently presented the John Lennon Songwriting Contest award for Rock with her song Stockholm. On the show we discuss: 03:40 - Story behind Heebee Jibees 05:12 - Talking about Highland Dancing 07:35 - Family background 09:30 - Biggest challenge as a young artist starting out 11:15 - Dealing with negative Peer reactions to music 14:00 - Biggest accomplishments in the past years 15:30 - Process of recording with a live band compared to alone 17:30 - Things we wished we would've known years ago 17:58 - Don't worry about what others may say 18:46 - Everyone has a place in music 25:00 - Positive things to come out of a pandemic 26:30 - Fun things about the producing process 27:30 - How Abi proaches songwriting 30:00 - Defining success 32:40 - Dislikes of putting an album together 36:20 - More information on sword dancing 39:03 - Harry Potter fan 44:35 - Superpower that Abi would like to have 46:00 - Abi's rendition of the Office theme song 46:50 - Abi's super secret talent 49:00 - The power of seeing and focusing on what you want 50:53 - Worst piece of advice 54:40 - Is music theory needed? 57:30 - Advice to other young artists Follow her journey at abi.muir on Instagram and other social media platforms! So grab your pen and paper, and get ready to take some notes! You don't want to miss this! Share with someone whom you respect and think would benefit from this! _____________________________________________________________________________________ Hello and welcome back to the Musicpreneur Movement podcast! Where we learn from the best in the music industry as I ask the deep questions that no one dares to ask so that you can skyrocket your music career! Go to @MusicpreneurMovement on Instagram or Facebook to stay connected! We'd love to hear from you and see how we can best serve YOU to help you reach your music goals. So if you're ready to finally start making some real progress in your career, DM me "ready" and we can send you a road map of things that will help you get to that next level! It'll help you gain clarity in where you are going and discover anything that may be holding you back from having a successful career! You'll feel motivated, reenergized, and have a clear strategy moving forward. Thank you for joining us and we'll see you next week! **Remember, you're only ONE step away from changing your life!