Meet Megan Burtt

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Megan Burtt. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Megan below.

Hi Megan, thank you so much for opening up with us about some important, but sometimes personal topics. One that really matters to us is overcoming Imposter Syndrome because we’ve seen how so many people are held back in life because of this and so we’d really appreciate hearing about how you overcame Imposter Syndrome.

I’m not sure anyone ever overcomes the feeling that they could be making art or impact at a high level. I think the more honest I’ve gotten in my songwriting the more confident I feel presenting it and that softens those feelings a bit. I also like putting myself in growth situations. I don’t ever want to be the best musician in the room. A little imposter syndrome is good inspiration if you’re able to not let it stop you in your tracks.

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?

Megan Burtt has returned with Witness, her first solo album since. The Colorado-based
performer, a past Kerrville NewFolk Competition winner who also performed with the all-
redhead roots band Gingerbomb, had been working on the project for years, but hit delays with illness and false starts. She really began to unlock new levels in her songwriting when she decided to stop dancing around what she really wanted to say. “I discovered that’s a side of myself I like as a songwriter.,” she says. “It’s become a sensibility that I know how to rest in.”

The results were a long time coming, but they’re worth the wait. With unfailing honesty
and vulnerability, Burtt—who self-produced the project—wrestles with weighty topics like
the burden of her own aspirations (“Drugstore Brand”), generational trauma (“Little
Girls”), and the end of an important relationship (“Unfinished Business,” “Good for You”).
She also does it while mixing in doses of groove and pop smarts that make the lyrics hit
even harder. Ultimately, even though she addresses thorny topics, there’s a sense of hope on Witness. “These songs are more real because hidden in them is the belief that there’s a silver lining,” Burtt says. “I’m not ignorant to the shitstorm you have to endure to get there. I am a little jaded, but I am really hopeful too. I enjoy the pursuit of it all.”

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Developing systems for good accounting and bookkeeping has been super important and something I wish I had learned how to do earlier as a young entrepreneur.

Snail mail goes a long way – I try to send thank you cards to everyone who hosts me while I’m traveling.

Thanks so much for sharing all these insights with us today. Before we go, is there a book that’s played in important role in your development?

I think every creative should read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert… and then read it again.. and then another 10 times.

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