William Hinson

<a href="spotify:artist:4C0zxh9wNFnmp5dCHtkrTr" data-name="William Hinson">William Hinson</a> makes his own luck. Raised in North Carolina and taught music on his mother’s piano at the age of 5, he carved out his path early - writing, recording, and self-producing long before landing in Nashville, where he’s now part of a close-knit working artists community that includes <a href="spotify:artist:4dWtsQvuME6tCWFycaTvO7" data-name="The Brook &amp; The Bluff">The Brook &amp; The Bluff</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6fU24B4K9kWmFt5WTwwsLF" data-name="Noah Floersch">Noah Floersch</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0lzGqksyREdfUObGjLYLcT" data-name="Edgehill">Edgehill</a> and others who blur the lines between conventional indie pop and authentic songwriting.

<a href="spotify:track:1D6lf6XCh0lAzi2x5QBGzI" data-name="George Harrison">George Harrison</a>, <a href="spotify:album:12lNQcSljftas1qYwVvv6U" data-name="Why Won&#39;t You Be My Girl?">Why Won&#39;t You Be My Girl?</a>, and his cover of <a href="spotify:track:5f009XeUzgsIIuezEMwtPF" data-name="Sex">Sex</a> by <a href="spotify:artist:3mIj9lX2MWuHmhNCA7LSCW" data-name="The 1975">The 1975</a> have quietly reached millions. As an artist producer, his albums are built from the ground up and stand on the shoulders of giants like <a href="spotify:artist:4STHEaNw4mPZ2tzheohgXB" data-name="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:74ASZWbe4lXaubB36ztrGX" data-name="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:77tT1kLj6mCWtFNqiOmP9H" data-name="Daryl Hall &amp; John Oates">Daryl Hall &amp; John Oates</a>, earning comparisons to <a href="spotify:artist:6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V" data-name="Ed Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0hEurMDQu99nJRq8pTxO14" data-name="John Mayer">John Mayer</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:44gRHbEm4Uqa0ykW0rDTNk" data-name="Ben Folds Five">Ben Folds Five</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3IunaFjvNKj98JW89JYv9u" data-name="The Japanese House">The Japanese House</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:35l9BRT7MXmM8bv2WDQiyB" data-name="beabadoobee">beabadoobee</a>.

In social media bite-sized form, he’s amassed millions of views not only from music, but also for a Conan-meets-Colbert style of comedy on display in videos about the South, artistic burnout, and what it really feels like to chase a dream with no backup plan.

But he’s more than memeable. Underneath the sketches lies encyclopedic Beatles knowledge (he was a key producer on the acclaimed Nothing is Real podcast), and a manic studio ethic.

That’s what we in the business call &#34;range.&#34;