A Glimpse into the Craft
A Good A Place As Any To Start
As life takes a turn for the something, it is now as important as ever to stay the course and double down on the goals we’ve set for ourselves. Now that we have all this time on our hands, I want to introduce something I've been thinking about and workshopping for a couple months now: #MethodMonday: A Glimpse Into The Craft ❤
This exercise is inspired by a conversation I had with Unkle Bitch (@Ian) over the holiday break while playing records and swapping songs in the garage. It's a simple concept with a simple focus: sharing content that has influenced my journey in some way and juxtaposing it with specific examples of the results of that inspiration.
Whole songs/albums/artists would be too much to chew. So instead, I’m focusing on shorter segments to extrapolate. Specifically, how that segment has directly inspired my music and how it speaks to some element of my approach. Some of the clips will have direct correlations. Others may not. When they do, I'll include songs for reference. And some of them may not even be music per se. Could be movie clips, book segments, life events, etc. I have a handful drafted up and where it goes from there... who knows! Sure, it's a ploy to get my music out there, but really it's about how inspiration transfers. How we're all standing on the shoulders of our heroes. And really just a fun exercise to dive into the details of my craft, give people a glimpse of how I go about it, and to offer a little bit of inspiration to start the week off. And it may not be every week. In fact, it likely won’t. Oh well. Here’s to best laid plans and living life at our leisure!
What I'm hoping to get out of this is the beginning of a conversation: What's your craft? What kinds of things spark you to get after it? Who has influenced you over the years? What's the result? Especially in this era of incredible change, it's good to explore both new and old ways of doing things to see how we can get the most juice out of all the #methods available to us. So let's chop it up and talk some shop. Happy #MethodMonday!!
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