Barry Divola on making a living writing long-form features and covering music, pop culture, podcasts and travel

So often, we're talking to journalists who've jumped into other related industries, or added other skills to their bow to carve out a portfolio career. But our guest on this episode music and pop culture journalist and author Barry Divola - is refreshingly old-school. Barry chats to us about how he's carved out an enviable career writing for outlets like Rolling Stone, the SMH, Qantas Mag and Entertainment Weekly, as well as belonging to three bands. We also talk about: + Pitching, how long he works on the average pitch (and how many get commissioned) + The long-form features he loves writing and some of his favourites from recent years + What it's like meeting your musical heroes, including THAT Lou Reed story + How he combines writing books with his journalism work + Commercial writing and his experiences with copywriting + And much more! Where to find Barry On Authory: https://authory.com/BarryDivola On the Sydney Morning Herald: https://www.smh.com.au/search?text=Barry+Divola Barry's latest book, Driving Stevie Fracasso https://www.booktopia.com.au/driving-stevie-fracasso-barry-divola/book/9781460759479.html Spotify playlist for Driving Stevie Fracasso: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4q9yBFpOmUtCXcSndKYtGy?si=c098614c9c814acc  Where to find us Rachel's website https://rachelsmith.com.au/  Lynne's website https://lynnetestoni.com/  Rachel's List https://rachelslist.com.au/  As always, thanks to Rounded for sponsoring The Content Byte!