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7PS: How to build an orbit (in the creative world)
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Read time: 1 minute, 370 words. Making money in indie music is tough. A project might earn $100 from streaming in a year. So I have to be thoughtful about where my time goes. The number of artists and engineers I work with gets smaller every year. Not because there's a shortage of talent. Because I've built a creative orbit around execution. I tend to work with people who have experience in the corporate world or working with customers. They call back immediately. They finish. They ask, "How did I do?" And each collaboration gets easier than the last. Everyone prioritizes different things. This is simply what works for me. ππΎ Check the infographic to learn how I built my creative orbit (and how you can build yours). ββ-Kabir Seven Point Sunday - August 9 β‘οΈ Productivity Try a one-tab day. Open only one browser tab at a time. When you need something else, close the tab you're on first. Itβs surprisingly effective at forcing completion instead of accumulation. β Automate boredom. Anything financial you "mean to do later" should be automated or removed. Bills, transfers, investing, savings. Wealth compounds when attention is not required to maintain it. β βWorking Identity by Herminia Ibarra. Through engrossing stories, from a literature professor turned stockbroker to an investment banker turned novelist, Ibarra reveals a set of guidelines that all successful reinventions share. β βDiscovery by Daft Punk. Recorded at Daft House, Thomas Bangalterβs home studio in Paris between 1998 and 2000, the album is built on drum machines, tight looping, and extensive sampling. It frames repetition as celebration rather than minimalism, with disco and funk DNA, bright hooks, and vocoder-treated vocals that feel joyous instead of ironic. β Pretend you are a very dramatic personal assistant. β βStart your day with this 10-second shiftβ
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Seven Point Sundayπ‘by Kabir Sehgal
I help you build your portfolio career. Get 7 actionable ideas on Sundays. From a Multi-Grammy & Multi-Emmy Winner, New York Times bestselling author (21 books), ex-J.P. Morgan banker, Navy Vet. Join 10k readers.
Read time: 1 minute, 329 words. Folks tell me all the time: you do too much. But high output can lead to better results. Because every rep sharpens your instincts. Prince recorded 39 studio albums. He worked in studios, backstage, and hotel rooms. He captured ideas quickly and refined them later. He moved across funk, rock, jazz, soul, and pop. And he reportedly left more than 8,000 unreleased songs in his vault. Prince didn't wait for perfect. He built mastery through volume.ππΎ 3 ways you...
Read time: 1 minute, 322 words. More options can kill your creativity. Brian Eno recorded Another Green World with a limited set of synths and tape machines. In 1975, he and Peter Schmidt created Oblique Strategies, a deck of cards designed to force new creative decisions. Jack White built The White Stripes around two instruments, three colors, analog tape, and no bass player. The limits became the identity. Here are 7 ways constraints boost creativity, plus how to put them to work today....
Read time: 1 minute, 294 words. In 1941, Olivier Messiaen was a prisoner in a German POW camp. In a freezing barracks, using the instruments available, he composed and premiered his Quartet for the End of Time. The audience included prisoners and German guards. The barracks did not become warmer. The war did not stop. His circumstances remained grim. But they did not dictate his entire experience. Sometimes you cannot remove what makes life difficult. You can still decide whether difficulty...