Breaking into the arts is quite possibly the hardest thing to do from a pure logistics perspective. While other careers have a pretty straightforward trajectory, whether it’s college, grad school, trade school, you name it, the art world (and music in particular) has never had one particular path.
Because of this, there have been a countless number of otherwise talented artists who simply never got their big break, thanks to not knowing the right people, not being at the right place at the right time or simply not catching the traction their peers have gotten in the early days of their careers.
Around the country music world, there have been countless stories of artists who struggled in the early stages of their career and ultimately thought about quitting music outright. Famously, the King himself, George Strait, had to be convinced by his wife after years of trying and failing to secure a record deal. On a similar note, Jason Aldean, who has been one of the most successful artists of the 21st century, has also gone on record saying he doubted his music career would ever come to fruition…