Michaela Anne + Aaron Shafer-Haiss on intuition vs assumption, creative ownership, and vulnerability as a faucet.

To celebrate our 150th episode, we try a bit of an experiment: interviewing ourselves, for the first time. After nearly two decades of partnership, we examine the evolution of the creative self. Michaela Anne – whose fifth record, 'These Are The Days,' marks her first in over a 10 years for which she retains total ownership – discusses the "massive shift of self" required to walk away from industry gatekeepers. Aaron Shafer-Haiss, whose compositions have scored major network dramas like 'Station 19' and 'The Good Doctor,' reflects on the "utilitarian creativity" of a producer. It is a conversation about resilience, the "growth seesaw" of a creative marriage, and the realization that the dream is already happening.

In This Episode:

• Michaela Anne
• Aaron Shafer-Haiss
• ‘These Are The Days’
• Ep 109 Major Jackson
• Nonesuch Records
• Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
• Bonnaroo
• Cayamo
• Mountain Stage
• Folks Fest
• Middle Tennessee State University
• Owen Biddle
• Seth Taylor
• Ethan Ballinger
• Kyshona
• Lyle Davinsky
• Lauren Balthrop
• Post Malone

Go Deeper:

• Watch: View this entire conversation on YouTube.
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The Hosts:

The Other 22 Hours is hosted by Aaron Shafer-Haiss (Producer/Mixer) and Michaela Anne (Songwriter/Creative Coach).

• More about Aaron’s work.
• More about Michaela Anne’s work.

Credits: 

Produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss. Original music written, performed and produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss. Part of the Bluegrass Situation Podcast Network.