Episode 088 – Things You Tell Yourself

Every creative has a roommate.

Not the one paying bills. The other one. The voice in your head. The one that shows up when the room gets quiet, when the headphones stay on too long, and when the same sixteen bars have been looping for hours.

In Episode 088 of Why Make Music..., Willa May dives deep into the private conversations every artist has with themselves—the dangerous, motivating, self-sabotaging, confidence-building stories that shape everything we create.

From creative delusion and self-belief to isolation, perfectionism, technology, AI tools, and the ever-changing structure of the music industry, this episode unpacks how the internal voice affects the external work.

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