Heroek talks to musician, singer, and producer Vanessa Van Ness about overcoming rejection, how to get your song viral on TikTok, living in the same building as Jim Morrison, and more!
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Vanessa Van Ness - True True Shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWojxZShaWM
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Heroek, Chad Rising - Hero's Journey: https://youtu.be/6CYpNXCnUW0
📚CHAPTERS📚
0:00 Intro
0:42 Introducing Vanessa Van Ness
2:30 Connecting over “Crumb Giver”
4:15 Making “Crumb Giver”
7:58 How “Crumb Giver” went viral on TikTok
14:18 Being an artist on TikTok
20:50 Sophia James group 7 trend
27:40 Being insecure about your singing voice
33:55 Music is subjective
35:59 The story of “True True Shot”
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43:55 Jon Bellion’s “FATHER FIGURE”
48:12 Social media vs. newsletters
50:50 Changing her musical style
55:26 The wide range every genre has
57:02 Starting a second artist name
59:34 Vanessa Van Ness name origins
1:03:25 Musical influences from parents
1:07:32 Living in the same building as Jim Morrison
1:13:47 Scoring an upcoming film
1:15:55 Wrapping up
1:17:09 End screen
Hero's Journey Podcast ep. #178