Ruby Dice on Austin Music, Creativity, Politics & the Psychology of People | CKC79

Austin musician Ruby Dice joins the Cody Kai Cast for a wide-ranging conversation about building a life in music, developing your own artistic identity, collaboration, comparison, failure, relationships, therapy, narcissism, psychedelics, technology, politics, and the strange experience of trying to remain human in an increasingly digital world.Ruby shares how losing her gigs during the pandemic pushed her from working primarily as a bass player into writing and performing her own music—and ultimately increased her income. We also dive into her upcoming collaborative album and documentary celebrating Austin musicians, the danger of comparing yourself to naturally gifted artists, why creative chemistry matters, and what years of playing with different personalities taught her about people.Later, the conversation gets much deeper: addiction and adversity, therapy culture, entitlement in modern relationships, recognizing narcissistic behavior, turning jealousy into support, psychedelics and perspective, comedy and authenticity, and why our phones may be the most powerful tools ever created for controlling human attention.