Widening The Lens: Amanda McCarthy

About this episode

Amanda McCarthy shares her journey as an independent artist navigating unexpected life changes.

Send us Fan Mail In this installment of our Widening The Lens series, we're welcoming full-time independent artist Amanda McCarthy onto the podcast! Most people don't exactly plan to drop out of college, become a parent before the age of 21, and move to a new city in the middle of a pandemic - but Amanda McCarthy has always been pretty good at tackling the unexpected head on. In a situation where most would have given up and settled for a traditional 9-5, she has gone on to make a full time l...

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Guest: Amanda McCarthy

Topics covered

• independent artist
• personal journey
• music industry
• pandemic challenges
• parenthood

Keywords

• Amanda McCarthy
• independent artist
• music
• pandemic
• parenthood
• career change

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