The theme of this week’s podcast is perseverance although despite it being a longer than normal episode, you won’t need persistence to make it through to the very end. I deliberately didn’t edit too much as we touch on many topics that I want to highlight about the life of an independent artists. This week's guest is Dean Schweitzer of Tidal Wave and he very eloquently describes these difficulties including artistic integrity, the loneliness of creating, the struggle to balance writing, composition, recording, production and promotion and how it feels to reach those (mini-)milestones. Enjoy the episode. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Artist links 'Deadhead': https://open.spotify.com/track/4dPvb0jPV6hF9Vc90fxXXB Spotify artist page: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4nh3auQRLrtadfY1HkjUkc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itsatidalwave Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tidalwave_music YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/itsatidalwave ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean's recommendations Catious Clay: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6iWuBN32BqCJAeXW6o3nil?si=AC0WHDSITDq_j6crGDQPiA 'Puedes', Tidal wave: https://open.spotify.com/track/0zHg7yTArs5BeMN11U1ZlH?si=woGsb4r6QyOgczrlCDlE6A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WAYS TO SUPPORT US Hit the subscribe button, leave a rating on iTunes, Spotify or the podcast app that you’re listening on. It's free and you can even do it whilst listening to the show. Buy us a coffee, either one off for €3 or monthly (with extra perks) for only €5: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ynfspodcast Become a regular patron for exclusive access to the podcast and The Ennrons: https://www.patreon.com/theennrons If you want to publish your music to all the major streaming services, we recommend DistroKid. If you join using this link then you get a 7% discount and we get a few dollars for every sign-up. A classic win-win! https://distrokid.com/vip/seven/1097970 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All of the songs featured in the show are on our Spotify playlist (The Ennrons new favourites): https://link.tospotify.com/nDYTbvqLEbb If you enjoyed this podcast then please hit the subscribe button and leave a review on iTunes, Spotify or the podcast app that you’re listening on. If the music featured connects with you, we'd love to hear it and also suggestions for future favourites. You can also listen to more artist interviews on the 'New Artist Spotlight Podcast'. Thanks for listening. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.