We had the good fortune of connecting with Eric Tolliver and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Eric, we’d love for you to start things off by telling us something about your industry that we and others not in the industry might be unaware of?
The thing that the most outsiders are unaware of is that, this industry is WORK!!! DAYS, NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS, SPECIAL DAYS!!! ALL WORK.
We’re never off from our job.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
Where we are, is not exactly where we wanna be. However, it has taken a MASSIVE amount of work to get here. The difficulty of the work it took to get here, was mostly consistently pushing when you can’t see where you’re going. Making music for people that are not listening. Having shows where no one shows up, getting on instagram live to see only 4 people watched. LOL… it was a rough up hill battle. The objective of success is not looking at where you are, but continue to press onto where you are going. Along the way the most important lesson is don’t become another brand/band/people trying to chase success. Your originality is needed as an artist. Your friends and colleagues might even be amazing at what they do but you have to remain true to who you are and the art that you create. The creativity pattern comes from the HEART, not from your mind. The goal of the Headliner is to open for the people who helped cultivate our sound as we help others cultivate there sound and then they open for us.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
realistically we don’t spend that much time out, because we all have families and obligations. However, we’d definitely recommend getting in touch with BOSCO, @ SLUG GLOBAL, hit up Moods Music (pick up some records and oils) get some wings from Hotlanta in Riverdale.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Special thanks to Cocktails; E. Period LLC.,/ Dichotomy & the Aural Fiaxation Crew/ Luther McElroy Promotions/ SistaCakes348 / Societe Salon / Re’ Sol Music Group / The Great Jamie Lake & American Sushi these people fueled much of our success amongst others.

Website: theheadlinerbandatl.com

Instagram: instagram.com/theheadlinerbandatl

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theheadlinerbandatl

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_QK5HVdpUkdu5wuYBuFLyA

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