Balancing Music & Business with Gavin Chops (Drummer of Chelsea Cutler | Founder of Pack Records | Founder of Bear & Owl Management)

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English - December 14, 2020 08:00 - 58 minutes - 66.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 245 ratings
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Gavin Chops is a rare breed of musician and business man all in one. Not only is he the drummer for Chelsea Cutler, he's also the founder of Pack Records and Bear & Owl Management.

He joins us this week to share his come up story, and explains how he manages so many projects while maintaining passion and attention to detail in all of them.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:20 - Who you are and what you do

9:25 - The turning point of committing to music fully

14:25 - How long did it take for things to start clicking in your music career?

19:40 - Goals mean nothing if you don’t actually DO things to accomplish them

21:30 - Balancing drumming for Chelsea Cutler, and running two companies

27:00 - How to efficiently structure and time block your day

34:20 - Dropping everything to drum for Chelsea Cutler

40:10 - Courage is more important than confidence

45:00 - Working on personal projects and self improvement

46:40 - Starting his management company Bear and Owl and his record label Pack Records