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Nourishing a Music Career While Savoring the Journey with Jon Sandler (Great Good Fine Ok)
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- Nourishing a Music Career While Savoring the Journey with Jon Sandler (Great Good Fine Ok)
- description
- Great Good Fine Ok has been featured on songs with The Chainsmokers, earned millions of plays, and toured the world headlining and supporting acts like X Ambassadors and Tove Lo. Jon digs into how they built their career and how it continues to grow after over a decade. I love talking to “working musicians,” especially about the realities of touring and turning their music into a career. I hope this look into the reality of the modern successful band can help you love music more!
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- 2024-04-02
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- guest
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- jon-sandler
- listenUrl
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lovemusicmore/episodes/Nourishing-a-Music-Career-While-Savoring-the-Journey-with-Jon-Sandler-Great-Good-Fine-Ok-e2hqckr
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnbyGLSygMw
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- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nourishing-a-music-career-while-savoring-the/id1567355195?i=1000651159940&uo=4
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- https://open.spotify.com/episode/40Yh3ATHW8q49uka9pJicu
- youtubeUrl
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXf0cJXh2ss
- topicsDiscussed
- Touring
- Songwriting
- The music business
- Collaboration
- The pandemic
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Music production
- Fan engagement and merchandising
- Longevity as a working artist
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- The title comes from how Jon Sandler of Great Good Fine Ok talks about his own career: nourishing it while savoring the process, not just chasing outcomes. He's written and toured behind songs with The Chainsmokers and played rooms opening for X Ambassadors and Tove Lo, and over a decade in, he's still building. We talk through his move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and what that shift did to his songwriting sessions, the tension between chasing a hit and just writing a great song, and the reality of touring: the highs, the unpredictability, and merch as the thing that actually keeps a band solvent between tours. His advice for anyone trying to stay in it long-term is blunt: the friends who made it are the ones who didn't quit.
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- Jon on moving from Brooklyn to L.A.
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- 215
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- Discussing the shift in his songwriting environment.
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- The dynamics of songwriting sessions
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- 1002
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- Explaining the collaborative process in creating music.
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- Balancing artistic integrity and commercial success
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- 1080
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- Jon emphasizes the importance of focusing on great songs.
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- Experiencing the ups and downs of touring
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- 1623
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- Sharing insights on the unpredictable nature of live shows.
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- Collaboration and community in music
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- 1245
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- Discussing how collaboration enhances their sound.
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- The significance of merchandising
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- 2027
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- Expressing how band merchandise supports financial stability.
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- I love the journey of it. The more creative I can be, the better that journey is, regardless of what the outcome is going to be.
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- The only thing I can tell you is the friends that made it didn’t quit. Friends that don’t make it quit. So all I can say is don’t quit.
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- We’re trying to make it work and we’re trying to create music every day.
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- Touring is really like a gift that we want to give our fans. It’s a labor of love, but still a labor.
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- Sometimes it feels existential when you’re in a band, but the universe keeps rewarding us in unexpected ways.
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- What is Jon Sandler's background in music?
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- Jon Sandler is a musician from the band Great Good Fine Ok, known for their collaborations with big names in the industry and their unique approach to songwriting.
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- How does Great Good Fine Ok manage touring and finances?
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- Jon discusses the challenges of touring, including the importance of merchandise for financial stability and how ticket sales fluctuate based on various factors.
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- What can musicians learn from Jon Sandler's experiences?
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- Jon emphasizes the importance of resilience, collaboration, and focusing on the creative journey in sustaining a music career.
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