Hey everyone, welcome back to the Going Scared Podcast.

Join me here every week for conversations on living lives of purpose by leaving comfort

and going scared.

This week's story is a story about leaving comfort and going scared.

I'm so honored to welcome musician Brittany Spencer with me as we continue our going against

the grain series.

Brittany is a country singer, songwriter living in Nashville.

Her lover storytelling drove the Baltimore native to Nashville in 2013 with dreams

of singing and writing country music.

She's since toured and performed as a background singer for such artists as Carrie Underwood

and Christopher Cross, all while establishing herself as a songwriter in music city.

In late 2020, Spencer began her ascent to what we're just going to call Stardom with

the release of her debut EP, which garnered rave reviews.

So I was excited to have Brittany on this show because she shares about what it was like

for her to pick up and move to Nashville to make herself known as a country music artist.

And the journey that it's been for her to make her mark in this world as a black woman

artist.

There just are not many black artists in this country music world.

And so I thought this is a story of going against the grain.

Here's my conversation with Brittany.

First, I just wanted to ask you, how on earth are you surviving?

Because, you know, as a musician, I think you might be the first musician that I have had

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