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Podcast: Religion on the Mind
Episode: Why John Mark McMillan Walked Away From The Music Industry (#356)
Description: I sit down with musician John Mark McMillan for an exclusive conversation about something I never thought I'd see—one of contemporary Christian music's most boundary-pushing artists stepping away from the touring life after nearly 20 years on the road.Â
What starts as a discussion about the brutal economics of modern music—the streaming pennies, the oversaturated venue landscape, the mounting tour costs—quickly becomes something richer: a meditation on what music is actually for.Â
John Mark shares about a wild night in a Belfast pub where strangers went from wanting to fight him to nearly kissing...