CR 052: Multi-Hyphenate Artist Tiff Randol on Tackling Music and Motherhood

The musician and co-founder of the global nonprofit Mamas in Music discusses her career, AI, and her recent AuDHD diagnosis.

Photo courtesy of Tiff Randol

Since the start of her career, Tiff Randol has worn many hats—composer, producer, vocalist, filmmaker, and writer, to name a few—earning accolades for her ethereal, Kate Bush-inspired music. Her 2013 song “To Feel Alive” was the theme of the hit film Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters; her compositions have been featured in numerous films, TV series, and ad campaigns; and her immersive film projects have screened at festivals worldwide.

But in 2018, she found herself in a new, challenging position. She’d just given birth to her son and, with her husband at work and her family on the other side of the country, found herself alone. “About six weeks after I had [my son], my management team went in a different direction,” Randol says. “My husband’s a director, and he was on set. We were in Los Angeles; I’m from the East Coast originally. It felt isolating to be away from family and unsure during this very vulnerable and emotional period of time.”

Like most new moms,…