Building Context for Your Creative Work
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Why do you make music? Write books? Make films? You might know, you might not. Either way, you do it for a specific reason. Maybe it’s to explore. Maybe it’s… Read More →
Album & Audience: Q&A with Kowtow Popof
- Categories: Art and creativity, DIY, Identity, Life of the troubadour, Q&A •
- Tags: album, audience, brothers quay, cat stevens, coaster, devaulation of content, exalted headband, harry nilsson, indie, indie artist, indie music, infinite suns, kowtow popof, live show, music video, scandanavian jazz, single, song, songwriter, splinters & threads, steel panther, tastes like armageddon, the beatles, twilight zone, wampus •
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As a contemporary songwriter, are you focused on making albums? Or just singles? Or are you emphasizing your live show, where you can reach your audience more regularly, with greater immediacy?… Read More →
Friendship Is a Creative Catalyst
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- Tags: creative catalyst, creative inspiration, creativity, dreams, epistemology, friendship, mind, mystery •
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Creative inspiration comes from many sources. What inspired you yesterday might not help you today, and what moves you today might spark your thoughts again next week. These capricious windfalls… Read More →
On Vince Gill and Music Downloads
- Categories: Art and creativity, Music business •
- Tags: devaulation of music, duke ellington, fart app, file sharing, free music, indie, indie artist, indie music, johnny j blair, music, music downloads, music industry, music licensing, music royalties, pay it forward, recording artists, song downloads, vince gill •
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- by Wampus
Nashville guitar legend Vince Gill recently spoke out on the impact of music downloads on recording artists. His comments have been flying around the Interwebs, fanning dissension. Here is some of… Read More →
Artistic Courage Is Not Optional
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- Tags: art, artists, aspiring artists, cat videos, courage, courage to be, creativity, dreams, eleanor roosevelt, fear, identity, indie, indie artist, indie music, music, painting, recording, star trek, what is courage, words with friends, writing •
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Think for a moment about artistic courage. We’re all busy, right? We have a lot to tend to every day — family, friends, home, job, volunteering, watching cat videos on… Read More →