We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Don Cody. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Don below.

Don, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.

I think I take a risk on myself for every project I put out with my name on it. Once it’s out there, it’s out there forever. It could be good or it can be bad, and the internet is very unforgiving. That’s why it is extremely important to me to improve each and every project. So sure, maybe my music didn’t sound too hot a couple of years ago, but it doesn’t even make it into the same conversations to what I’m putting out now. I just want that to always be a recycle and repeat method moving forward.

Don, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I got into the music industry about 10 years ago, goofing around in home studios with my friends. By the time I had graduated, I was being offered opening slots on many significant tours. It was a great way to get my feet wet and an even better job/hobby for a broke college student. We’ve come an extremely long way over the past 10 years, many ups and many downs. But just to look back on everything we’ve done, every opportunity, every project, it’s really special to reflect on. That really gives me the drive to keep going to chase those moments for the future ahead.

How did you build your audience on social media?

Funny thing about this is I absolutely hate social media. My manager is constantly on my backside about posting more content, creating accounts for every new platform that rises, etc (For the right reasoning). But I think how I initially developed that original core following was from people discovering my at live shows. It was really great way to establish a loyal base because they got to experience me, live, in person, on the job. Rather than just discovering me online from a lame selfie I post of myself.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

If you have a friend, a family member who is an artist or creative, support them to the moon and back. You can love and cherish all the megastars out there all you want, but at the end of the day they don’t know who you are. The ones who ride or die for you from the jump stick in your mind, your heart, in your journey the entire way.

Contact Info:

• Website: doncodymusic.com
• Instagram: @bydoncody
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC95UnAf0wZKSYG59kXObW3Q