The destructive nature of self-consciousness and perfection

Being preoccupied with our selves is a natural default position in life. As David Foster Wallace describes it in This Is Water, it’s a natural default setting because, mostly, no major event happens in our lives without us being at the center of it.  Wallace suffered...

Music, Success and Money

Music, Success and Money (and the infants who love Led Zeppelin)  It’s hard to believe, but there really are people in the world who don’t like music.  Actually, it’s probably fair to say that it’s not so much that they don’t like music, but that they find it boring...

Songwriting

Song writing is what happens when the voice you sing with wins over the voices you think with. In songwriting, the first steps to take are purely practical and they work more like guidelines than rules. You need music and you need to put a melody over that music,...

How To Buy A Guitar

If you already own a guitar and are about to buy a better one, you’ve probably already figured out how the instrument’s configuration is connected with your playing style and ability. But for anyone new to the instrument, what is essentially a collection of wood and...

Open Mic Night Marrickville

Hi Crew! What a great night this was- First of many! Ethan (Click here to visit his website) was so kind to come and capture the night for us. On a side note, Ethan also does music videos and has helped Prototype and Ankur with their music projects. As for your...

The Business Of Being Creative

The business of being creative is also a creative business. Whether you paint, write, play music or make films, other people whose livelihood depends on the commerce that surrounds art, are likely to be involved. Everyone from the grunts who carry equipment into...