Dalby Biehl of Northeast on Life, Lessons & Legacy

We’re looking forward to introducing you to Dalby Biehl. Check out our conversation below.

Good morning Dalby, it’s such a great way to kick off the day – I think our readers will love hearing your stories, experiences and about how you think about life and work. Let’s jump right in? What makes you lose track of time—and find yourself again?
I am super into crafts because it helps me do something creative that isn’t for anybody else; it’s for my own enjoyment and my own peace of mind. Songwriting is an amazing thing that I do that I’m so proud of, but I typically write with the idea in mind that I will be showing whatever I write to somebody else. I like to decompress from having to show my art to other people by doing crafts like paint by number, legos, puzzles, and crocheting.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m Dalby! I’m a singer, songwriter and musician and I’m with Dallas Austin’s label Rowdy Records. From a very young age, I loved music and loved singing so I started playing live shows and writing songs when I was 11 years old. I’ve always had a weird relationship with my emotions and songwriting has always been able to help me process what I’m feeling even if the songs aren’t talking about the precise events that caused the emotions connected with them.

Okay, so here’s a deep one: Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?
I’ve been very fortunate in my life to have a great family and stable home life, but I moved around a lot growing up and starting at different schools was extremely hard for me. I had a hard time choosing what identity I wanted to stick to because I wanted everyone to like me wherever I was. I was super outgoing and tried to make friends with everyone, and being friends with little kids is a lot easier than staying friends when you’re growing up. I started trying to stay in the shadow of a lot of my extremely social friends and started to become the “shy one” or “the listener friend” and even though I am a listener, I wasn’t ever shy. I miss the way that I used to be able to go up to people and introduce myself without a care in the world. Now, I always worry about how I’m perceived and it’s something I have to unlearn.

What fear has held you back the most in your life?
Fear of failure is something that burns so intensely in myself that sometimes I worry that if I take too many risks, I’ll go falling to a point of no return. I try to do everything right, everything by the book, and everything in a way that no one gets hurt or offended. It has held me back in a creative sense many times because if something doesn’t come naturally to me, I tend to give up because I view it as a failure. I’m starting to train myself into believing that just because I can’t finish a song in the moment or that I can’t hit a note in a song that I want to cover doesn’t mean that it’s a failure. Instead, it’s something that I can take a step back from and revisit, which a lot of times even makes it better because I approach things differently.

So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. What would your closest friends say really matters to you?
My friends know that what matters to me is that the people that I love are seen and aware of how much I love them. I am always doing everything I can for the people around me that I care about, but sometimes I feel like I don’t do enough. I feel love and loyalty very deeply and one on one relationships are things that I cherish and value. I’m always the one who will pick you up from the airport, who will get you a care package when you break up with your boyfriend, who will be a bridesmaid in your wedding with that same boyfriend if need be, who will call you on the phone if I’m thinking about how you’re doing that day. It’s extremely important to me that the important people in my life know that I would do anything for them.

Thank you so much for all of your openness so far. Maybe we can close with a future oriented question. What pain do you resist facing directly?
Because my love for my friends and family is so incredibly deep, I have always been terrified of loving someone romantically. I convince myself that I don’t think about love in that way often, but the truth is, I’m just like any other girl who just wants to have a pretty wedding and someone who will let me hang my stupid paintings on the wall and put my Taylor Swift vinyls on the record player and sing along with me. I’m scared that if I let myself fall in love with someone that I won’t ever be able to recover if it suddenly ends one day. It’s the artist in me that wants love, but the cynic in me is worried that I won’t ever be the same person again if the pain of heartbreak ever comes to me.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://dalby.komi.io/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dalbybiehlmusic?igsh=NmkwbzNxMGZzcHoz&utm_source=qr
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@dalbybiehlmusic?si=r2IJnDQI4Yf0D2vl
• Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@dalbybiehl?_t=ZP-8yhHcGlXUys&_r=1

Image Credits
Hannah Nichols, Kael Vox, Mr Wattson