Don't take life too seriously! Learn to enjoy yourself and be grateful for all you have.

Write your own music and write frequently. Go to as many live shows as you can as well (of bands you enjoy of course). You can learn a lot watching other performers.

Keep up with social media. Twitter and Facebook are both great ways to get your music out, especially internationally.

Don't take life too seriously! Learn to enjoy yourself and be grateful for all you have.

If they ask you to sign a contract up front or for money, that's usually a bad sign.

I'm a perfectionist... So to me, if I had my way, a song is never perfect, never finished.

If my lyrics mean something special to someone... that's the most important thing to me.