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

[@WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast]

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.

[@agdrummer2610]

Donovan seems like such a down to earth, good dude. Thank you. In an age where we hear negative news about the wonderful folks that create art for us to consume almost every week, it's restoring to know that Donnie seems like an awesome guy that worked his ass off to get where he is and he deserves to be there. Awesome podcast!!❤

[@andrewholmes4561]

Hail The Sun, disregarding numbers or widespread acclaim, is one of the best bands of all time imo. They just keep getting better

[@andrewholmes4561]

Not even the beatles could do that 😂

[@elenacisneros6620]

I love Hail the Sun💜💜

[@WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast]

Hey same!

[@poogbooket]

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]

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]

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

[@hyper9142]

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

[@luciebolanos9955]

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]

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!

[@punchultimate]

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]

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]

@@WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast No problem at all!

[@waitup-5198]

I love Hail The Sun

[@WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast]

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

[@Cobalt985]

@@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

[@chaiwheeler7057]

this really inspired me on a whole new level. ❤️

[@anthonyk0420]

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

[@cotfdevin]

Awesome interview!

[@WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast]

Yo thank you so much man, I'm stoked you liked it!

[@stevenoverlord]

One of the best interviews with donny I've seen devin!

[@DanKfilmmaker]

I enjoyed the episode!

[@WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast]

Much much love. Thank you!

[@stevenoverlord]

I love hail the sun

[@WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast]

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

[@stevenoverlord]

@@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]

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

[@WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast]

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

[@dEAthlikEstAtic]

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

[@rainstrife]

Is that Maui in the background?

[@WhereAreAllMyFriendsPodcast]

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]

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.