Hello, world.

Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.

I'm your host, Don Hutchison.

Every Tuesday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most popular or interesting occupations or professions who shares an insider's look at what it's really like to do what they do.

Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Drew Smith, and our topic, A Day in the Life,

what's it really like to be a professional songwriter and country artist? Welcome, Drew.

Hey, thank you so much for having me. It is our pleasure.

Drew, are you using your talents doing work that you love?

I am.

All right.

We certainly want to dig into that entire story.

Drew Smith is an R-I-A gold award-winning professional songwriter and country artist based in Nashville, Tennessee.

He's the owner of Grey Sound Recording LLC,

working as a producer and senior mixing engineer,

and the creator of the Before You Record course for new artist.

His work has been recorded in many countries by legends like Merle Haggard, Nashville Powerhouse Randy Hauser,

Rob Snyder, Jason Charles Miller, Kevin Denny,

an Australian Canadian country singer Gord Bamford. Drew is toured coast to coast and shared the

stage with Merle Haggard, Don Williams, Big and Rich, Lee Bryce, Lady A, and many others.

Well, that's a summary of your amazing career, Drew.

Take just a couple of minutes before we get into your backstory.

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