Jack Gallagher (Mt. Joy) | Making The Best Of 2020 Against All Odds
Where Are All My Friends | Discovering Creative Careers with Inspiring Entrepreneurs
English - November 30, 2020 16:42 - 1 hour - 76.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 245 ratingsMusic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Mt. Joy’s manager, Jack Gallagher joins us this week to talk about a specific subject. How he and Mt. Joy made the best of 2020 and stayed proactive even when they were thrown every curveball you can imagine.
They had an album coming out, they had festivals lined up, they were on tour with the Lumineers and it all fell apart . But! Every time a new obstacle came up they stayed positive and proactive then adapted. This is their story of exactly that.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
3:56 - How’d you get your start working in music?
10:30 - Starting to manage Mt. Joy
15:30 - Did you have a moment where you really knew this was going to be your career?
18:20 - Making the best of 2020 against all odds
25:10 - Changing all of Mt. Joy’s plans for 2020, and being extremely proactive // Taking care of people and fans before anything else
32:30 - Releasing an album at the worst possible time and figuring out what to do
37:20 - How did you stay sane and centered while working through this year?
39:20 - Safely and successfully doing drive-in shows
47:40 - Being proactive, not reactive
49:00 - The future of shows and music
60:00 - How to support bands you care about right now
1:03:00 - How do you get out of a bad headspace when things feel heavy
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Jack Gallagher: @yackogallagher
Mt. Joy: @mtjoyband
Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw
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