Check in with yourself more than once a year
On the importance of feedback on your ideas and creations
On cost, price, value & the future for creators
"Archive" talks about archiving as storytelling. Individual works connect to the larger story and sometimes seeing it all at once creates fresh perspective.
Distribution is the final boss of ideas
Everyone needs these kinds of homies.
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On monetizing the group chat and retreating to The Dark Forest
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"Holistic Audit" talks about my desire to "lock in" once I got back from Japan and realizing how silly it is. Checking in on myself usually means "how's work coming" and this is a reminder that I need to approach it with more of my whole self in mind.
Distro is king. This time inspired by these 2 things:1. Searching for recommendations in Japan2. A bigger artist using the same sample I did for one of the songs on my album for one of the songs on their album
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"Biggest In Japan" is a album release week dump. Enjoy. My album, That Time I Found An Abandond Mech and It Turned Out To Be A Gundam and I Became The Greatest Pilot in The Universe, releases October 20.
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A journal entry on losing the plot
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I made an album in 45 days (that you should listen to at blackdave.xyz) and this episode focuses on my reflections learnings and thoughts from the other side.
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About our choice to post everywhere in such a noisy world
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"Rap Music Is Dead" talks about the decline of rap music in current pop culture, and what we can learn/do from it.
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An episode about my (and all everyone's) need to make prototypes, samples & sketches.
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"Vs Expectation" is a compilation of thoughts on the role of expectations as I get older. It feels like I'm constantly at war with them. Constantly.
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On the return to all things physical
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I'm gonna make an album in 45 days. Here's my manifesto.