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Monthly Archives: March 2011
The Gentle Art of Encouragement
If you get known for your artistic output, sooner or later, somebody is going to show you something artistic they made and ask you for your honest evaluation and opinion. This is your big chance to add to the stock … Continue reading
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Tagged Criticism, Critics, Critique, Encouragement, Honesty, Nurturing, Praise
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Artistic Competition? What a Load of Tosh
I like Seth Godin. He often posts really interesting and surprising blogs, with refreshing points of view, that get me to think. I like to share some of them with friends on facebook, etc. Recently, though, he posted one that … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artists, Better, Collaboration, Competition, Conservation, Ecology, Economics, Enough, Faster, Monetary Reform, More, Non-Renewable Resources, Seth Godin, Sufficiency, Uniqueness
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The Problem with Imagination
Artists tend to be characterised by at least one commonly shared characteristic. They tend to be imaginative and have active, agile imaginations. That’s a good thing, right? Mostly right. If imagining comes easily to you, there is a danger. A … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Distraction, Getting Stuff Done, Imagination, Isolation, Loneliness, Results, Seeing Differently, Vision
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Why Must a Song Be Three Minutes Long?
It’s become conventional wisdom that if you want a song to be commercially successful, it has to be three minutes long. Look on the song writing advice and tips web sites and they tell you the same thing. The art … Continue reading
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Tagged Albums, Art, Art Form, Artists, Attention Spans, Dance Music, Disk Jockeys, Entertainment, Feature Films, Integrity, Interest, Music, Musicians, Progressive Rock, Song Writers, Songwriting, Trance, Vinyl Records, Wagner
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Reverence
Sometimes, the most creative expression you can make is to silently revere those that have lost all, those that are suffering, those who are in pain and those that will somehow find the strength to carry on. We are all … Continue reading
Surprise Yourself
This is not advice I like taking myself, but like many things that are good for you, it initially fills you with dread. Next time you feel you are too tired, ill, uninspired or lacking in motivation to create some … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artists, Creativity, Motivation, Procrastination
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15 Records That Changed the Way I Make Music
If we make music, I believe we’re all a product of our influences. I’ve loved music ever since I was very small and over the decades, I have listened to a lot of music. I had hundreds of albums, when … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrangement, Boston, Effects, Harmony, Influences, Innovation, Inspiration, Jean Michel Jarre, Les Paul, Mary Ford, Music, Music Production, Musical DNA, Musician, Originality, Pink Floyd, Production Techniques, Queen, Record Production, Rick Wakeman, Skyhooks, Songwriting, Structure, The Beatles, Thin Lizzy, Thomas Dolby, Ultravox, Wings
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Escape the Prevailing Paradigm
Yesterday was one of those days where new thoughts and ideas were brought to my attention. I love those days. I was given an article about an emerging field of study in positive human psychology – self-compassion. What it’s all … Continue reading
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Tagged Actualising Potential, Art, Art Instruction Magazines, Artists, Capitalism, Compassion, Confidence, Dr Kristen Neff, Frustration, Inadequacy, Kindness, Mercy, Mindfulness, Painters, Painting, Positive Psychology, Potential, Profit, Self Compassion, Self-Realisation, Social Control
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Wasting Time
I was lunching with a colleague today, talking about how many companies are getting petty about cost savings and their bottom line. It is a sign of the times that some of our biggest companies are nickel and diming their … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artists, Authors, Economic Climate, Fear, Money, Opportunity Cost, Painting, Procrastination, Songwriting, Time Wasting, Writers
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Creative Ideas for Starving Artists 