S2, Ep. 5: Turning a roadblock into an epiphany... with Matt Urmy

Matt Urmy is a singer-songwriter and entrepreneur who created multi-million dollar music tech startup -- Artist Growth – that enlists nearly 20,000 users. His path to being a successful businessman actually started with him blowing a meeting with a Nashville music manager. This moment of career defeat – a story Urmy tells on the podcast – led to a million-dollar epiphany. What you’ll hear on this episode: - Matt’s story about his music career hitting a major road block – a meeting with a top music manager that went awry and eventually changed his life path. - How Matt went about solving a problem for thousands as opposed to just solving the problem for himself. - What Matt learned after spending several months living in New Zealand in and among Maori culture – a life-changing spiritual experience. - Matt expands on his creative process. How has he been able to create, day in and day out, for more than a decade? What goes into generating ideas, then implementing? What tricks does he use daily? - The biggest differences between musicians or artists who “make it,” and those that don’t – differences that also apply to many other professions outside the music industry. - Why integrity is the most important characteristic anyone can possess.