All the way from LA, via the medium of the internet, Liezl is joined by singer songwriter and front man of Nine Mile Station, Will Hawkins. Today the pair talks about Will’s story of making music, his life, the ups and the downs and getting to the place where you can make your dream come true and how that dream can sustain your lifestyle. 
KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Liezl and Will met around 2003 in London at the iconic Rock Garden club (U2 played their first London gig here) when, after Liezl had just been playing violin during a sound check, he asked her if she wanted to earn £20 and perform a song with him that afternoon. He got three songs for his £20 because the two really clicked while playing his music together in a backroom.
• Will’s 2003 album got picked up and was getting played on BBC 4 as part of the growing Americana scene at the time. He decided that to follow his musical passions, he had to move from New York to London where he felt he was getting a little traction. 
• Will has learned to stop chasing the things that he’ll never get and pay attention to the opportunities that are actually in front of him at that moment. The more he started embracing what’s around him, the happier Will became. 
• A belief Liezl and Will both share is that the most amazing thing about music is finding happiness and joy, happiness and joy for yourself but also giving it to others, inspiring them. 

BEST MOMENTS
‘It was one of those amazing magical music moments where everything just clicked’ 
‘In New York I was one of many but in London as an American I was the authentic guy’
‘It’s so frustrating watching you try and kick down locked doors’
‘The things in life that are meant for you will find you’
‘And once again music saved my life’
GUEST RESOURCES
WWW.NineMileStationMusic.com
Nine Mile Station on Instagram
Nine Mile Station on Spotify

https://linktr.ee/NineMileStationMusic

ABOUT THE PODCAST 

In the Spotlight was born as a platform to share, broadcast and promote the interesting, wonderful and inspiring things that some of the people who crossed Liezl’s path have done. She would love to shine the spotlight on them and share their journeys with you to hopefully inspire you to be the best you, not to give up and to follow your passion or dream.  And in that way, help to make a little difference and share some of the beauty of this world. 

ABOUT THE HOST

Liezl Colditz van Rooyen
Born and raised in South Africa, Liezl followed her dream to see the world at age 23 and twenty years on has now travelled to 50 countries and worked and lived in the UK, Belgium and Saudi Arabia. She is a mum of two boys, a chartered management accountant working in large energy projects, a musician, runner, a world citizen but proudly South African and now a podcaster.The incredible people she has met, the amazing places she has seen and the magic of life she has experienced, inspired her to start this podcast.

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