Ashley McKinley

Have you ever practiced radical honesty? What the hell is that. Here goes: 

When I was in high school, I was fearless about my music. Even when I was nervous about something, I went for it anyway. I wrote it…

Are you like me? Do you struggle to get out of bed sometimes, get stuck daydreaming, wondering about your future, or worrying about your past? I get it and it's hard. I've recently been listening to this podcast called "We…

Hello, 

It's been quite some time since I have felt the comfort I once had here (literally here on my website), in the world of my art. I have realized recently in reading a book suggested to me by a…

Less than a month ago, my neighborhood, along with many others here in Nashville, was hit by a tornado. the wind that night sounded like the freight train i live next to was headed towards my house. it was terrifying…

Hard work and dedication: the two most important ingredients for success when striving to attain pretty much any job...right? Not always. When our career path is in entertainment or the arts, it functions in much less of a linear fashion…

Ahhhhh. Well don't know you know what I was doing while writing this song? Coming TOGETHER.

When I wrote this song, I was thinking a lot about phrasing. I wanted the verses to have a memorable/similar feeling that…

This is a song I wrote after spending months and months writing and re-writing songs for my album. I really wanted to write a pop song with a defined structure. I was more careful when writing this than I usually…