PLUG IN with singer-songwriter Will Rose

Writing songs best categorized as alternative hip hop, I draw from a broad background of styles and influences. Mac Miller, Glass Animals, The Black Keys and more have all impacted my songwriting. Creating songs and writing lyrics is the way I tend to make sense of the world, often when it's difficult or confusing. My background as a drummer definitely shapes the way I write and produce songs as well. 

Getting to do what I love more than anything and connecting with people while doing it. I create music to interpret the chaos of my own life, and it's really powerful when doing so can bring meaning to listeners.

Being a musician requires a lot of patience and perseverance, try and remember why it is you love what you're doing. 

Keep creating without expectation and try to remember to have fun. Read 'The War of Art', that's my best advice. In it the author says that to be an artist is to subsist on a diet of doubt and suffering. That sounds a bit extreme, but I'm trying to find the lie. Doubt is part of creativity, and to incorporate, overcome and reconcile those questions is the great challenge of being a creative person

In light of recent events, I think we are all redefining the importance of community and socializing. What we once took for granted has become a more precious commodity overnight. That said, being purposeful in our daily interactions and how we socialize is all the more relevant. Being intentional and conscientious isn't necessarily innate, it's something you work to foster within yourself. Ideally, we are all working to make our actions have the most positive impact on the community, and collectively overcome life's greatest challenges.