Songs for the Struggling Artist
Songs for the StrugglingArtist
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It suddenly dawned on me that the image on the stairs was not an advertisement but part of the exhibition I was on my way to see. If I hadn’t known, I’d have thought they were ads for some kind of clothing line or vitamins or something. The images were lovely but the context troubled me. It continues to trouble me so I thought I better write about it to try and work out why.
To keep reading A Blurry Line Between Art and Advertising visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.
This is Episode 472
Song: Sidewalks of New York
Image by Pete Souza
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As ever, I am yours,
Emily Rainbow Davis
Explicit due to "Shut. The F*ck. Up."
Usually, I skip the ads on a podcast but I think I had my hands full so I couldn’t hit the advance button on this one episode. I figured the ads would be over in a minute or two. But they just kept going. “Jesus!” I exclaimed, “How much money do you guys need?!”
Not long after, they uploaded a crossover episode in which they tried to solve the problem of how to ask for money.
To keep reading Money and the Little Guys in Podcasting, visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.
This is Episode 471
Song: East Asheville Hardware
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As ever, I am yours,
Emily Rainbow Davis
It’s possible that I should stop listening to interviews with famous people. I have heard hundreds and hundreds of celebrities explain their successes and chart their journeys and I may have had my fill. All I can think of is those planes with the bullet holes and Survivorship Bias. Are they actually connected?
I started to think about those planes while listening to an interview with Christopher Guest on the WTF podcast.
To keep reading Artists as Planes, visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.
This is Episode 470
Song: Lesson in Survival
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Explicit due to f*cking around talk.
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As ever, I am yours,
Emily Rainbow Davis
The other night, I had a short play of mine read at an evening of readings. It’s a very slight piece of work and it was way too esoteric and theatre nerdy for a room full of people who are mostly film folk. I knew it wasn’t going to be a wild hit, the way my previous play had been there.
I know it wasn’t my most successful work but on balance, I received nothing but positive reinforcement and it felt great.
That same week, the first episode of the third season of my audio drama came out.
To keep reading The Difference Between a Play and a Podcast, visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.
This is Episode 469
Song: Leave It Like It Is
Image by Byam Shaw via Old Book Illustrations
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As ever, I am yours,
Emily Rainbow Davis
Many years ago, when I first started a band, I was instructed, by many people in the know, that the most important thing to do when we played shows was to sign people up for our mailing list. I took this very seriously and handstitched and painted a little booklet where people dutifully wrote down their addresses, with a pen on a ribbon attached to it. We made card stock postcards at Kinkos and sent them out before our shows at places like The Sidewalk Café, The C Note, and one time at The Bitter End. I wonder where that mailing list ended up?
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To keep reading Sending Postcards, visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.
This is Episode 468
Song: Mail Myself to You
Image by me
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As ever, I am yours,
Emily Rainbow Davis