Cue the air horns!
SEASON TWO OF LET’S GO AGAIN HAS ARRIVED!
This season of LGA has a very specific flavor: let’s call it Ghost Pepper.
It might sting a little, but it’s also going to clear your sinuses and reveal that your lungs have about 15% more capacity than you originally thought.
The deep breaths will just be that deep.
With this season, I have one very specific intent: to convince as many independent artists as possible that they are holding a stacked hand. And then, to play it.
Is this Self-Help? Is this Motivational Speaking? Is this Warm and Fuzzy Feel Good Stuff™?
No.
K, then what is?
This, as the subtitle alludes to, is a philosophical and practical guide for indie creatives. Not only will we discuss how-to kinds of things:
* tending to the long term artist-audience relationship
* figuring out your content plan vs. art plan
* how to write cold emails that you actually feel PROUD OF
* the revenue *right in front of you* (on THAT table, yes)
* making industry connections in a way that doesn’t induce a shame spiral
But ALSO things like:
* how applying an intentional infrastructure to your career is a safeguard against crazy dystopian uncertainty
* building new worlds, universes, and thought patterns in the collective so we can have nice things again
* the role of the artist in society
* the way making art ends up making social media and other annoying non-negotiable things both irrelevant and negotiable
And a plethora of other surprises along the way!
IN TODAY’S EPISODE, we’ll answer these questions:
* What do you actually want from “breaking in” to the [insert your industry (mine is film) here]?
* How’d people be artists in the 20th century?
* How’re people being artists now, in the 21st century?
* What do we have to embrace/reject to be a 21st Century Artist?
* What does writing have to do with getting attention?
* What’s the big mistake when it comes to posting your work?
* Is teaching the only way to make money as an indie artist?
* Why is a POV so important for indie artists?
* What is the ultimate goal of working outside of the system?
One last thing, if you like this episode…
Please consider texting it to a friend. :)
Okay!
That’s it!
Enjoy!
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