Doechii’s Secret, Gatekeeping in Art & a Timbaland Surprise
More inspiration to fuel your creativity
Creative Sparks with Kevin
Quick, no pressure insights and inspiration to help you push past perfectionism, stay true to your vision and market your work authentically. Delivered weekly on Fridays.
What Makes Doechii Stand Out
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Great Tiktok explaining how GRAMMY winning artist Doechii creates from the Inside Out with the help of every artist’s favorite book The Artist Way. Instead of writing music for everyone else, she creates music for herself first.
Enough with the Gatekeepers
Our favorite artist pal SLART wrote this great post asking why all the standard advice tells us to do art on the side. We need a revolution to get those in power to recognize smaller artists and give them a platform so they can make art full time.
That Was Unexpected…
I always knew Timbaland was a GOAT producer, but the way he created this sample for the 2002 hit Oops made my jaw drop to the floor. Also looking forward to following Justin Simien on Substack!
In Case You Missed It
A short roundup of my recent Substack posts:
This Week’s Creativity Card
My response:
I think the most interesting mystery about the universe is the Big Bang. What happened before the Big Bang? How did we get to where we are?
Funny enough this question sparked the story idea behind my friends’ universe Forbidden Origins.
What mystery of the universe interests you the most? Let me know in the comments.
Remember, there will be a new set of sparks and a Creativity Card each week, so subscribe and follow along or share this with people who might need some inspiraiton.
If you have any ideas for creative sparks leave it in the comments. I’d love to hear what’s sparking your creativity right now.
Until next time, stay motivated and stay creative.
— Kevin
Thanks for the shout out!!
Layers of consciousness are my favorite mystery to explore.
Great card Kevin!