❤️‍🩹 Overcoming "Content Block" for Composers

Throughout the last 365 days, my YouTube channel has been climbing rapidly to nearly 100,000 subscribers.

But for the past few months...

I'd been dealing with a pretty hefty creative block. 😓

It started with a short break from content creation I took in November to create the 🎬 Composing Career Bootcamp.

But as more time went on, I found it harder and harder to resume the types of YouTube videos I'd been making that had been growing my viewership so quickly - mostly music theory videos and pop culture reactions.

Even though I KNEW that content would perform well, I just couldn't bring myself to make those kinds of videos anymore.

(Seeing loads of other creators quitting YouTube at the start of 2024 didn't help.)

After weeks of creative paralysis, I finally made the decision that the path forward WASN'T to try and resume my previous content at all.

It was to drop the pressure, stop trying to appease the "algorithm gods", and make the content I WANTED to make.

My metric for success needed to shift away from my view count and back to my personal creative enjoyment. ❤️‍🩹

So a few weeks ago, I took the first step:

This video may not have felt like a seismic shift to my audience, but for me, it was the first video I WANTED to make in months.

And here's the funny thing.

Within the first 24 hours, that video got MORE engagement and support from my community than the content I'd been making before! 🙈

So why am I sharing this?

I believe that as we create things that are successful, it's easy to grow anxious about changing what's "already working".

But this experience has made me realize that our audiences grow WITH us.

No one expects us to do the same thing forever.

And when we make things we're GENUINELY passionate about, we cultivate a deeper relationship with the people who love what we do.

So...

I hope my story inspires you to value your passion for what you create as the HIGHEST metric for the health of your career.

(And a HUGE thank-you to every one of you for being such a great, supportive community 🥰)