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Why I feel the need to be inspired & The Infinite Equation Of Rock N' Roll
This episode starts with coffee, laptops, creativity, and why I have such a complicated relationship with technology AI and should artists use it? That rabbit hole somehow leads into documentaries, storytelling, acting, relationships, inspiration, and eventually a theory I've been obsessed with for years:...
Why rock and roll might be the greatest artistic movement of all time.
Not because it's objectively "better" than every other genre, but because of what happens when multiple creative people, electricity, technology, personality, mathematics, and human emotion collide in the same equation.
The Infinite Equation of Rock N' Roll.
As always, it’s just practice, man.
I'm a firm believer that we all need to practice.
Practice at our job. Practice being a parent. Practice our craft. Practice being empathetic. Practice being a friend. Practice being a leader. Practice being a better human being.
That's what Talk Practice is all about.
This podcast explores creativity, growth, failure, success, and the lifelong process of trying to get a little better at whatever it is we do.
00:00 Introduction & coffee thoughts
02:45 New laptop problems & creative workflow
07:18 AI, creativity, and brainstorming
13:42 Why I keep using AI even though it drives me crazy
18:27 Social media, technology & authenticity
24:10 Documentaries, storytelling & what makes great art
29:45 Acting, dialogue & why some shows work better than others
34:50 Inspiration, curiosity & the need to create
39:57 The Infinite Equation of Rock N' Roll begins
40:34 Why rock might be the greatest artistic genre of all time
43:35 Music is mathematics
44:54 The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame tangent
45:06 Why bands are different than solo artists
45:48 Personalities shape the equation
46:08 Electricity changed everything
46:26 Marty McFly invents rock and roll
46:53 Distortion, amplification & infinite possibilities
47:30 Dave Grohl, Metallica & creative dictatorships
49:00 The collaborative magic of rock bands
52:00 Why I think rock will still matter 1,000 years from now
55:00 Final thoughts
Here’s the host site, Acast if you want audio versions of the pod. You can also go through your favorite podcast provider. https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66f04f24e9120d670ff043c4
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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SmittysTalkPractice
Talk Practice is currently a passion project built around a full-time job, a less-than-impressive laptop, and whatever free time I can carve out of the week. My long-term goal is to grow this into something sustainable and eventually make creating content my full-time work.
Patreon is support only. Just a way for people who whatever the hell it is that I do, to help keep it going for $5 a month.
And one quick tip: if you're signing up for Patreon, do it from a computer or web browser if possible. Signing up through the iPhone app means Apple takes a cut of your membership that would otherwise go directly toward supporting the show.
Even if becoming a Patron isn't in the budget right now, that's okay too. One of the things I love about Patreon is that support from one person helps make the content available to everyone.
Want to watch a human being grow in real time?
This channel contains years of projects, experiments, successes, failures, and everything in between.
You'll find:
• The What The Hell Everything Podcast
• The Smartman Show with Brian & Nate
• The original podcasts I created with my brothers
• SmittyDicks episodes
• Radio-era SmitHole Cinema movie recreations
• And plenty of other ideas that probably seemed better at the time
Some of it's rough. Some of it's surprisingly good. All of it is part of the journey.
Thanks for being here and being part of the practice.
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