Music Was Cheaper Than Therapy. Musician Terra Lopez On Industry Burnout, Grief, and Falling Back in Love With Creating
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Music Was Cheaper Than Therapy. Musician Terra Lopez On Industry Burnout, Grief, and Falling Back in Love With Creating
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When burnout finally catches up with you, it doesn't always arrive as exhaustion — sometimes it arrives as a blood transfusion and a doctor telling you your heart might stop. Musician and mental health advocate Terra Lopez has spent over a decade making music as Rituals of Mine, building a career in an industry she loves, and quietly burning out doing it.
Today, Piper and David sit down with Terra Lopez — Sacramento-born musician, activist, NPR podcast host, and Community Manager at Backline, the nonprofit connecting music industry professionals with free mental health resources. Terra fronts the electronic R&B project Rituals of Mine, has toured with Deftones, Alice in Chains, and The Mars Volta, and hosts This Is What It Feels Like, which won NPR's Best Interview Award in 2024.
Terra started making music because it was cheaper than therapy. What followed was a decade of wearing every hat — artist, publicist, activist, podcast host — until her body made the decision she wouldn't. This conversation is about what happens after that, and what it actually looks like to fall back in love with something you almost walked away from.
- Hear the story of the week Terra was ready to quit music entirely — and the unexpected guest the universe dropped in her lap in return
- Unpack how she found work to truly sustain her music, and the key thing to look for.
- Hear why momentum isn't just a ‘nice to have’ for her — but a prescription for mental wellbeing.
If this one hit close, our conversation with Amy Toensing — National Geographic documentary photographer on keeping a creative career alive when the industry keeps getting harder — covers similar ground from a different angle. And our episode with Kim Manfredi gets into what it looks like to rebuild your creative identity after you've let one version of it go.
Terra Lopez: https://www.instagram.com/terralopez
Rituals of Mine: https://www.instagram.com/ritualsofmine
This Is What It Feels Like / TIWILF Project: https://www.instagram.com/tiwiflproject
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