Heroek talks to music producer Exez to go in-depth on his latest album "Sincerely (THE ALBUM)," the near-death car crash that inspired his song "Matters," future plans for his label StaminaSounds, and more!

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🎵MUSIC USED🎵

Heroek - Around Midnight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFgTm1_ltnw

Heroek, Chad Rising - Hero's Journey: https://youtu.be/6CYpNXCnUW0

Exez - Matters: https://youtu.be/rBhAIA35rN0?si=tW0uBEqYjcGDiK4o

📚CHAPTERS📚

0:00 Intro

1:06 What music does Exez make?

2:00 Album into and outro

4:55 The story of "Sincerely (THE ALBUM)"

8:44 The meanings of "Afraid to Drown" and "I'm Afraid of Time"

11:04 Discussing mental health in music

14:40 Making the album cover art

17:56 The song "Death" and tracklisting the album

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23:08 Mixing styles of songs

26:13 "Matters" being inspired by a car crash

37:48 More album tracklisting

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42:29 Album collaborators

47:44 The future of StaminaSounds

51:06 Would Exez make an album movie?

52:23 Wanting to work on new music

54:23 Next Heroek release

57:32 Songs with multiple versions

59:25 Releasing music as a small artist

1:00:36 Exez promo

1:01:36 Making content as an artist

1:05:17 "Outerwilds" with Michelle Teh

1:06:17 Wrapping up

1:06:29 End screen

Hero's Journey Podcast ep. #180