Some of the things we discuss include

• How to build a music career that lasts for years
• How to get music on TV show like NCIS: New Orleans
• What it takes to get established in a discerning music community
• How New Orleans has influenced Lynn’s sound and outlook
• Collaborating with musicians to put on a great show
• Staying inspired in spite of heartache

Making music is knowing when to be quiet.” – Lynn Drury

Lynn’s songs that we discuss include “11:11,” “Anniversary,” “Blue Streak,” “Butterfly,” and “Northern.”

After the interview, you can hear Lynn’s song “Blue Streak.”

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Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen enjoyed seeing Lynn perform at Tipitina’s back in December.

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Commentary Track

In this track I share some of my takeaways from the interview and related thoughts.

Some of the things I discuss include

• How to be more effective as a performer
• Building quality relationships over quantity
• The role of the artist in the world at large
• Things that get in the way of trying to make the world better in some way

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Related Episode

To hear more about the New Orleans music scene, check out this interview I did with the filmmakers behind the Papa Grows Funk documentary, Do U Want It?

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