Donovan Melero (Hail The Sun / Kill Iconic) | How to Develop Projects From Natural Talents

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  • Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
  • Donovan Melero joins me to talk about Hail The Sun's new music, Kill Iconic, and everything else I listed in the timestamps. Do y'all use the timestamps? I hope so. They take a long time to write out.
    Timestamps:
    0:00 - Intro - Who Donovan is and what he does.
    6:03 - Balancing different projects at once and doing it well.
    8:10 - How to develop projects out of natural core talents.
    11:26 - Donovan's sobriety "obsession" and how that has affected his career trajectory.
    15:35 - Early days of Hail The Sun and how it all came together to be what it is now.
    25:00 - Hail The Sun + side project songwriting - what is the process? How to get from an idea to a good product.
    28:50 - Donovan discusses the visual components of Hail The Sun and the importance of uniformity and quality.
    30:44 - "The Kill Iconic Ecosystem" - building the magazine and the community that surrounds it. Donovan explains where the idea came from and how it grew.
    44:26 - Integrity in Kill Iconic - chasing goals with your friends and coming up together.
    47:30 - Distributing Kill Iconic - learning how to book magazines in record stores and other subscription methods.
    53:47 - Money as the scorecard not as the end goal for new projects.
    56:12 - Kill Iconic podcast and label coming soon.
    57:20 - Donovan discusses how Episode 50 of the Short Story Long podcast changed his mindset for business and life beyond.
    1:04:25 - The importance of thinking before you even write ideas down - start "working" in a traditional sense.
    1:05:29 - Donovan discusses taking pilot lessons during these times to develop a different way of thinking.
    1:07:27 - Where to find and contact Donovan.
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    Donovan Melero:
    Instagram: / donovan_hts
    Hail The Sun:
    Instagram: / hailthesun
    New single (Parasitic Cleanse): open.spotify.com/track/0LZz6U...
    New Album Out: April 16th, 2021
    Kill Iconic:
    Instagram: / killiconic
    Website: killiconic.com/
    Andrew Cramb:
    Instagram: / andrew_ftw
    Twitter: / andrew_ftw
    Where Are All My Friends Podcast:
    Donate: www.whereareallmyfriends.com/...
    Subscribe: / @whereareallmyfriendsp...
    iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
    Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7tE7p9O...
    Website: www.whereareallmyfriends.com/
    #DonovanMelero #HailTheSun #WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast
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  • @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast
    @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast  3 роки тому +2

    0:00​ - Intro - Who Donovan is and what he does.
    6:03​ - Balancing different projects at once and doing it well.
    8:10​ - How to develop projects out of natural core talents.
    11:26​ - Donovan's sobriety "obsession" and how that has affected his career trajectory.
    15:35​ - Early days of Hail The Sun and how it all came together to be what it is now.
    25:00​ - Hail The Sun + side project songwriting - what is the process? How to get from an idea to a good product.
    28:50​ - Donovan discusses the visual components of Hail The Sun and the importance of uniformity and quality.
    30:44​ - "The Kill Iconic Ecosystem" - building the magazine and the community that surrounds it. Donovan explains where the idea came from and how it grew.
    44:26​ - Integrity in Kill Iconic - chasing goals with your friends and coming up together.
    47:30​ - Distributing Kill Iconic - learning how to book magazines in record stores and other subscription methods.
    53:47​ - Money as the scorecard not as the end goal for new projects.
    56:12​ - Kill Iconic podcast and label coming soon.
    57:20​ - Donovan discusses how Episode 50 of the Short Story Long podcast changed his mindset for business and life beyond.
    1:04:25​ - The importance of thinking before you even write ideas down - start "working" in a traditional sense.
    1:05:29​ - Donovan discusses taking pilot lessons during these times to develop a different way of thinking.
    1:07:27​ - Where to find and contact Donovan.

  • @ZoeThomas
    @ZoeThomas 3 роки тому +6

    I love this episode. I'm a visual artist and Donovan never fails to inspire me to work harder! Definitely gonna check out other episodes of your podcast

    • @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast
      @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast  3 роки тому +1

      You have no idea how happy all of that makes me! Definitely check out some of the other episodes, I feel like you'll find some gems. And let me know if you have any other guest suggestions or requests!

  • @ebenezerspludge8369
    @ebenezerspludge8369 3 місяці тому +1

    This was a great interview. Love Hail, Seen them so many times live. Still have my signed copy of wake.

  • @elenacisneros6620
    @elenacisneros6620 3 роки тому +5

    I love Hail the Sun💜💜

  • @luciebolanos9955
    @luciebolanos9955 3 роки тому +6

    This is awesome, I love that you’re both very passionate about what you do! I just recently got into HTS and I wish I knew about them sooner 😭.

    • @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast
      @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast  3 роки тому +1

      What a great compliment. Thank you so much Lucie! And hey, at least you found them now and get the fun of discovering all of their back catalog of music. You've got quite the fun journey ahead of you!

  • @anthonyk0420
    @anthonyk0420 10 місяців тому

    I love this , thank you both for your hard work ♥️

  • @punchultimate
    @punchultimate 2 роки тому +3

    Very good episode. I appreciate how positive you guys are. Really nice to see.
    I recently got into HTS, and I haven't been this into a new (to me) band in a long time. Wake and Secret Wars will probably never leave my rotation. New Age Filth and Kill Iconic are legit. Both of you keep up the good work!

    • @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast
      @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast  2 роки тому +1

      That’s such a rad compliment. Thank you haha! It’s hard not to be positive when talking to Donovan tbh. And that’s so rad that you just got into them. They’re so good

    • @punchultimate
      @punchultimate 2 роки тому

      @@WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast No problem at all!

  • @hyper9142
    @hyper9142 5 місяців тому

    You asked great questions! I loved the overall positive energy of this podcast

  • @chaiwheeler7057
    @chaiwheeler7057 Рік тому +1

    this really inspired me on a whole new level. ❤️

    • @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast
      @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast  Рік тому

      YESSS! That's the whole goal with it. Honestly so glad you found the pod. Was this the first episode you came across?

  • @DanKfilmmaker
    @DanKfilmmaker 3 роки тому +1

    I enjoyed the episode!

  • @waitup-5198
    @waitup-5198 3 роки тому +7

    I love Hail The Sun

    • @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast
      @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast  3 роки тому +2

      Yo, same! I'm stoked you found the podcast. Who else do you wanna see on the show?

    • @Cobalt985
      @Cobalt985 3 місяці тому

      @@WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast Man I know this is late but I would LOVE to see Sergio Medina! He doesn't get enough media coverage at all imo

  • @cotfdevin
    @cotfdevin 3 роки тому +4

    Awesome interview!

  • @stevenoverlord
    @stevenoverlord 3 роки тому +1

    I love hail the sun

    • @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast
      @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast  3 роки тому +1

      Saaaame! It's been so sick to watch the continue to grow and evolve too.

    • @stevenoverlord
      @stevenoverlord 3 роки тому

      @@WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast great interview too! You brought out alot of good dialogue from donny especially about productivity/ self improvement which I hadn't heard before. Even before kill iconic he's been such a high performing individual but now he's going to another level. Subscribing to the channel and kill iconic now🔥🥋💎🎸

  • @dEAthlikEstAtic
    @dEAthlikEstAtic 3 роки тому +3

    good shit!!! where do we dm you if you don't mind my asking?

    • @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast
      @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast  3 роки тому +2

      Hell yeah! Glad you liked it. You can DM me at @andrew_ftw on Instagram

    • @dEAthlikEstAtic
      @dEAthlikEstAtic 3 роки тому +2

      @@WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast sweet, thank you! you seem chill and you had donovan on so what's not to like :}

  • @rainstrife
    @rainstrife 3 роки тому +1

    Is that Maui in the background?

    • @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast
      @WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast  3 роки тому +1

      Damn, that's a good eye right there! It sure is. I've always wanted to go. It was my grandmothers poster and I thought it was so cool!

  • @ebenezerspludge8369
    @ebenezerspludge8369 3 місяці тому

    Oh my god, Set it off is the worst band ever. Saw them at swan fest, It was like jock jams from the 90's.