Show Notes
For Martin Luke Brown, signing a record deal at 21 felt like making it. Growing up in Leicester, England, where money was tight, locals already thought he had “made it.” But behind the excitement, he was learning that someone else’s definition of success doesn’t necessarily become your own. In this episode of Have I Made It?, Martin reflects on signing his first record deal, studying to become a therapist, and how lockdown gave him unexpected time to develop his songwriting when the i...
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