What Is Your Creative Brand?
Artists and authors are talking about creative branding. But what exactly is a brand? And do you have to have one? As a label and publisher, we get a lot of… Read More →
In the Land of the Blind…
- Categories: Art and creativity •
- Tags: art, artist, author, bob dylan, create, creative, creative self, creative work, creativity, erasmus, fear of failure, in the land of the blind, james joyce, musician, perfectionism, perfectionist, possibilities, shortcomings, songwriter, songwriting, wampus, writer, writing •
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- by Wampus
Are you a perfectionist? As you navigate life as an artist, nobody you meet — in collaboration or in competition — is perfect. You know this, yet still set impossibly… Read More →
Uncle Green: Lost and Found
- Categories: Life of the troubadour, New music, Q&A •
- Tags: 3 lb. thrill, 57 records, atlantic records, bill decker, book of bad thoughts, brendan o'brien, foldback, foldback records, great lost album, jeff jensen, matt brown, MCA records, peter mcdade, rycopa, sony music, uncle green, wampus •
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The legend of the “great lost album” is one of the most enduring in rock ‘n’ roll. In the case of Uncle Green, fondly remembered from their major-label days in… Read More →
Are You Serious About Your Creative Work?
- Categories: Art and creativity •
- Tags: artist, author, clock, create, creative, creative inspiration, creative plan, creative planning, creative self, creative work, creativity, fun, fun in being serious, inspiration, musician, nickelback, original songs, originality, PBRs, playful, playfulness, possibilities, rationalization, schedule, serious, seriousness, songwriter, songwriting, sonnets, starbucks, wampus, writer, writing, wynton marsalis •
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Seriously. Do you give your best to your art? Maybe you do creative work for yourself, maybe you do it for others. Maybe it’s a mix of the two. In… Read More →
Stop Waiting for Creative Inspiration
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- Tags: a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, artist, author, create, creative, creative inspiration, creativity, dave eggers, i am the walrus, inspiration, john lennon, musician, original songs, originality, serendipity, songwriter, songwriting, wampus, writer, writer's block, writing •
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- by Wampus
Of course it happens to you. It happens to everyone. You want to write, you want to make music… but you’re just not feeling it. Creative inspiration, it seems, has… Read More →