When Shawn Abhari was asked about advice to upcoming musicians, he said:
Yeah. I mean, I would say, Ultimately, it's just keep writing music, and eventually you will be writing songs that you're feeling excited about. You'll start to think, "Oh, there's something special here."
I hate to say it, but sometimes someone will show me a song that they're so psyched about it. But in the back of my mind, I'm like, "I can't really see an audience for this song." I think it helps to listen to and expose yourself to other types of music. Because if you bring something in from this genre and this genre, then you're able to write a song that wows you, and then chances are it's going to wow multiple types of people.
So I think that if I had to talk to someone, I would say, just believe in the songs that you're writing and they'll show for themselves. It's kind of like, you're burying your seed now, but eventually later, you'll reap fruit.
Yeah, that's the hardest thing about music is you put a lot of time into it, a lot of work into it, and it's not even like, okay, cool, now here's your payout. And you're not even thinking about the payout. Like, I never did and I still never do whenever I'm writing, you know, you don't think about that.
You're only doing it because you want to create music. Because you feel like you have something to get off your chest or get out there. And so it's more of a form of expression. And if you really love it, then you might as well share it.
