Sit Down with Eric Hirshberg

2026-04-14

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Pull up a chair for some fascinating behind-the-scenes stories of Eric Hirshberg’s amazing music (and, perhaps, a few life lessons to consider). Our conversation with Eric begins as we learn about his service to nonprofits through his own organization, Will Work for Change. Later, we get to hear about his support for the XPRIZE Foundation and the impressive work that they are doing. Eric explains the interesting stories behind three of his incredible songs, It’s Hard to Be a Human Being, For...

Pull up a chair for some fascinating behind-the-scenes stories of Eric Hirshberg’s amazing music (and, perhaps, a few life lessons to consider).

Our conversation with Eric begins as we learn about his service to nonprofits through his own organization, Will Work for Change. Later, we get to hear about his support for the XPRIZE Foundation and the impressive work that they are doing.

Eric explains the interesting stories behind three of his incredible songs, It’s Hard to Be a Human Being, For Real, and More Is Not the Answer. That third song, More Is Not the Answer, came out the day after we spoke! The lyrics were inspired by the mere minutes that Eric and his family had to evacuate their home during last year’s fires in Los Angeles.

Eric shares the story of meeting Aloe Blacc, developing their songwriting collaboration that brought us For Real, then performing it on Live with Kelly and Mark. Yes, Kelly Ripa did proclaim that their song “sounds like an anthem”!

Eric describes how his family responded to the long days of Covid19 and recouped some power and a bit of positivity during the experience. There’s a lot of great information about shifting one’s mind throughout our talk.

Eric mentions Viktor Frankl’s book, Man’s Search for Meaning.

Finally, we get to hear just how good Activision’s former CEO is at Guitar Hero. Yea, it’s here! We end our conversation with a trip down Memory Lane to discuss Eric’s favorite adolescent albums. YOU remember… vinyl, album design and liner notes were the best!

Visit Eric’s website at erichirshbergmusic.com

And learn more about the XPrize Foundation at xprize.org. Please consider making a small donation to support their world-changing work.

Hear more rare conversations at Compassionate Measures dot org and invite another music friend to pull up a chair. Join our community on Facebook or Instagram. Thanks always to YOU for listening, to Eric Hirshberg for being a musician who is changing the world and to Chris Downey for putting it all together.

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