Surviving as Artists in a Chaotic World (with @TonyAndersonMusic )

My friend Tony Anderson has carved out an incredible space in the world of ambient music. He’s a wonderful example of an artist who has found the thing he is most passionate about and then pursued it with great success along the way. In this conversation, we talk about Tony’s own path as an artist, the challenges facing modern artists, where we should direct our focus, and his role in the recent fires at the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.... 0:00 - Tony’s role in various fires around Europe 5:20 - Actual intro and how Tony got started in music 16:33 - Tony’s start in Sync Licensing 22:36 - The importance of patience in a music career 33:58 - The issue with judging music by stream/view counts 38:46 - Growing with other people on your level 41:21 - Q&A with Tony 46:54 - Experimental music with commercial expectations 1:00:57 - Are labels necessary anymore? 1:07:56 - Slowing down in a world that’s speeding up 1:21:26 - A final, most important qu