This podcast is a philosophical and practical guide for indie creatives charting their own path. It’s for folks with a punk rock vibe and a penchant to DIY. It’s the fueling station on the indie road trip. While you’re here, we’ll investigate the ways we think, the systems we've bought into, and the ideas of big thinkers—from Carl Jung to Nora Ephron—to bring new possibility into our lives. And then, we’ll take those philosophies and shape them into a creative practice. We’ll take the esoteric and make it a how-to guide for living the creative life. Welcome to Let’s Go Again.
Fair warning for indie artists: this episode may cause an extreme bout of optimism about the future. And not because the big institutions are coming to save us.And not because the government is funding art as if it's a societal good.And not because somehow the American economy now works.Nope! None of those things, as far as I can see, are on the horizon.But this week's episode of Let's Go Again with guests Joshua Morgan and Mike Labbadia is going to change your life with all the power of a guided ayahuasca experience because it imagines a way to redistribute power back to indie artists available to us right now.Here's what you get when you press play:* The new work of the indie artist is not to “break through” but to put themselves “in context”.* Ideologically aligned projects might be more powerful than production companies. * Your artistic identity doesn't need to make sense.* The new mode of organization is not found in institutional hierarchy, it's found in the ideas shared between like-minded artists.* When artists align, the validation of previously isolated experiences creates a flywheel of self-motivation.* Long-term alignment among artists can lead to financial returns, prestige, momentum, and creative growth.* To work in a collective does not mean you have to give up your individuation.* A running debate about whether or not I'm FBI.
ALERT THE PRESSES.You can make a body of work that reveals you to be an unpredictable genius pop star at age 42, if you so choose.Do you so choose?If this is the year you want to stop grinding against the rickety machine that someone else built and always breaks down right before you're supposed to get paid…and instead you want to heroically hurdle yourself into space at rocket-speed toward your biggest goals like Matt Damon launching himself off Mars in nothing but a spacesuit and a tarp…Then you'll need to make a paradoxical move.What's a Paradoxical Move?A paradoxical move is, as Michelle Pellizzon Lipsitz explains in this week's episode, an intentional break in the pattern of your personal thinking. It's going left when you'd usually go right.But it's not a grind. And it's not random. It's actually fast and somewhat effortless, super strategic and exceptionally fun.I wanted to talk with Michelle about this because she introduced me to this concept back in 2021, and there's literally no one smarter I could ask to explain it to me.Michelle isn't just the founder of Holisticism or the host of The Twelfth House or the creator of SPACIES or the brain behind sublimatrix — a Matrix of Destiny cipher or a consultant that offers incredible status quo-changing experiences to her clients.After almost a decade of running a very profitable company, she could sit back and let the hits keep coming. But instead, she's soon going to UCLA to pursue her PhD.So truly, there is no one better with whom I could ask about making unknowable, unexpected, and career-intensifying moves than Michelle.In this episode, we discuss:* The spectrum of age and how it changes your understanding of the creative process* The way independent artists can use institutions as a way to make their body of work at a faster rate* Infinite Games vs. Finite Games (thanks Yancey Strickler & Joshua Citarella for the inspo there!)* How to discern what you think is cool when you feel indoctrinated by the culture* How to become more unknowable and more unpredictable and evade AI from co-opting your brain* And how to use paradoxical moves in your career to find way more opportunities and get where you want to go much fasterThe episode vibe is as follows:MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Hi!IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR INDIE ARTISTS:What's the difference between the independent artist who spends all their brain power on trying to “hack the system” to gain more followers and an independent artist who says whatever they want, whenever they want, how they want, with no algorithmic rhyme or reason and can still sit back and watch their career and audience grow?If you think it's “right place/right time” magical luck, you'd be sadly mistaken.Or, if you're certain *some* art is just more popular than others, that's not it either.If you're guessing:* they'd have to be famous…* or maybe they've been working on it for decades…* or they have a trust fund, so they can actually put time and effort into their growth strategies?That's a no, no, and absolutely not.While some of these situations could potentially help, they're not where real power exists. In all of those examples, the artist is still relying on outside forces of time, money, luck, or status. But real power (life-changing power) isn't built from time, money, luck, or status. It's built from attention. And what drives attention?Writing that hooks.If you could grow your career by using writing that hooks instead of chasing constantly-changing algorithms, would you finally take yourself seriously?In today's episode, I'm going to convince you of the power of writing that hooks AND I'm going to show you how to do it.IN TODAY'S EPISODE, we'll answer these questions:* Why is writing the most important skill for indie artists?* How does writing that hooks push your career forward?* Why should I spend time on writing when I have so many other important things to do as an independent artist?* How can I use specifics to quickly hook my reader?* How does tension work in hooky writing?* What do the 3-Act and 5-Act Structure writing models prove about writing that hooks?* Why is my audience's “repetition of ideas” an important part of my career growth?MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
You're back. I'm back.GOTTA ASK YOU THIS:Instead of giving up on getting an audience to see your art because you'd rather scoop your cat's litter box for all of eternity than research SEO keywords for another second, What if “making content” felt more like divulging secrets to your best friend? What if content marketing was as easy for you as pickleball is for Serena? What if your content (non-derogatory) loaded people onto a proverbial express train to your work and created a scene even Warhol would envy?If making content felt fun, would you finally put yourself out there with your full chest?In today's episode, I'm going to give you a total reframe on content. And before I lose you, here's what this episode is NOT:* It's not about lack mindset!* It's not about believing in yourself!* It's not about changing your self-perception!* It's not about your fear of being seen!Don't get me wrong. I love to talk about those things, too. But that's not this episode.Today, I'm sharing one crucial shift in the actual act of making content that will make you feel like a celebrity multi-millionaire infused with their daily vitamin IV drip. In other words: invigorated.IN TODAY'S EPISODE, we'll answer these questions:* What qualifies as content and what qualifies as art?* What is the function of content for indie artists?* What are the different quality levels of content that artists should focus on?* How do you make boring “content marketing” into something more dynamic and easier to produce?* What are some examples of artists who are using this strategy and how does it work across industries?* Can content be part of your body of work without selling out or copying everyone else?* Will your art suffer if you focus on content?AND DON'T MISS:More Lore Less Bore, from the Twelfth House+ Podcast (A good place to start if you've never written a manifesto.)Vulfpeck's website. (Purists through and through!)
Fellow compatriot of the Independent Class! We meet again!BIG IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR YOU:What is the difference between an independent artist who is speaking into the void and feeling bitter because even their mom has stopped liking their social media posts
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 spiralBut 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 negotiableAnd 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! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit queensbirdzine.substack.com
We're telling the future! Spooky stuff! Once a quarter, we're taking a look at the trends popping up in art, business, and marketing and understanding how to use them in our indie art. This quarter we're diving into the Authenticity Trends marking every corner of the online and media landscapes. But don't worry, to hop on these trends, you won't have to overshare on social media. It'll be much easier than that. REFERENCES: Hollywood Reporter article about the Duplass/Netflix deal: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-rights-mark-duplass-mel-eslyn-series-penelope-1235890593/ IndieWire article about the Art Directors Guild: https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/art-directors-guild-ending-production-design-initiative-program-1235002230/ FREE STUFF: 52 REVENUE STREAM IDEAS FOR INDIE ARTISTS — No more struggling artist cliches. Get the list: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/52-rev-streams TAKE THE ARTIST TIMELINE QUIZ — Where are you now and where are you headed next? Take the quiz: https://fkfsueqdh05.typeform.com/to/aZt25ckK LISTEN: THE BREAK BREAKDOWN — Season 3, Process: How We Made Kinsley Vs.: bit.ly/thebreakbreakdown Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: **@letsgoagainpod** For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
There you are. Facing the cursor. Waiting for Lady Inspiration to strike. Knowing that your precious creative alone time was bought and paid for by racing through your tasks at work, ignoring calls from your mom, silencing the group chat, consuming illegal amounts of caffeine, and forgoing lunch. But now that you have the creative alone time? Nothing. Nada. Your brain is as empty as your ex's promises. You're in good company. It happens to the best artists. Consistently! Regularly! But the best artists have learned how to defend against it... with systems. In today's episode, we'll go through 6 systems, inspired by the Holland Codes, to help you structure your creative process so you can make that fresh-to-death art that breaks through and blows up. ---------------------- TAKE THE ARTIST TIMELINE QUIZ — Where are you now and where are you headed next? Take the quiz: https://fkfsueqdh05.typeform.com/to/aZt25ckK LISTEN: THE BREAK BREAKDOWN — Season 3, Process: How We Made Kinsley Vs.: bit.ly/thebreakbreakdown Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: **@letsgoagainpod** For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
From social media, to advertising, to community-building, how to make it as an indie artist is going through a massive transformation. There are so many ways to break through as an artist that weren't possible even just 5 years ago. In today's episode, we'll break down the Big 3 Changes making this new paradigm possible. You'll finish the episode having gained clarity on how you can leverage this new paradigm in your work, and figure out some clear action steps for what comes next. SOURCES from today's episode: The Artist is Online: https://outland.art/maya-man-digital-performance-art/ Gen Z Broke the Marketing Funnel: https://www.voguebusiness.com/story/consumers/gen-z-broke-the-marketing-funnel Crossover Success: Versatility as the Key to Innovation for Indie Artists: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture-council/articles/crossover-success-versatility-as-the-key-innovation-for-indie-artists-1234990524/amp/ What Are the Chances? Success in the Arts in the 21st Century: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/chances-success-arts-21st-century/ TAKE THE ARTIST TIMELINE QUIZ — Where are you now and where are you headed next? Take the quiz: https://fkfsueqdh05.typeform.com/to/aZt25ckK LISTEN: THE BREAK BREAKDOWN — Season 3, Process: How We Made Kinsley Vs.: bit.ly/thebreakbreakdown Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: **@letsgoagainpod** For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
How do artists manage their time? How do you get things done when you have a million ideas and a million other pressing responsibilities? And how does time management improve your confidence and ability to create work? All of this in today's episode about the three "Creative Neglect" time management principles to help indie creatives do better work. Plus, your Qs about the writing process! ------------------- TAKE THE ARTIST TIMELINE QUIZ — Where are you now and where are you headed next? Take the quiz: https://fkfsueqdh05.typeform.com/to/aZt25ckK LISTEN: THE BREAK BREAKDOWN — Season 3, Process: How We Made Kinsley Vs.: bit.ly/thebreakbreakdown Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: **@letsgoagainpod** For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
No one wants to fail. Unfortunately, it's a 100% necessity if you want to succeed. But when you know how to fail better, iterate quickly, and double down on what failure teaches you, you become well on your way to turning those losses into wins. In this week's episode, we'll explore how to fail better, 4 ways to transform failure into success, and how to integrate failure as part of our creative process. Plus, two listener questions this week about marketing, email lists, and content creation! ------------------- TAKE THE ARTIST TIMELINE QUIZ — Where are you now and where are you headed next? Take the quiz: https://fkfsueqdh05.typeform.com/to/aZt25ckK LISTEN: THE BREAK BREAKDOWN — Season 3, Process: How We Made Kinsley Vs.: bit.ly/thebreakbreakdown Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: **@letsgoagainpod** For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
The Transition Era. It's a tough one. When you're in between gigs, or looking to change careers, or trying to figure out how to make money as an artist, the career decision making process can easily go from exciting to exhausting within one Google search. There are so many choices. So many options. So many opinions from experts telling us what path we should follow. But for so many of us, it can feel like "I don't know what to do with my life/career" so how could I even make a choice. And around and around we go. In this week's episode, we're talking about Choice Overload, the two kinds of decision-makers, 4 ways to approach decision making, and 2 big misconceptions about regret. Plus an exercise at the end for making a decision + our Artist Timeline career quiz down below! -------------------- TAKE THE ARTIST TIMELINE QUIZ — Where are you now and where are you headed next? Take the quiz: https://fkfsueqdh05.typeform.com/to/aZt25ckK LISTEN: THE BREAK BREAKDOWN — Season 3, Process: How We Made Kinsley Vs.: bit.ly/thebreakbreakdown Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: **@letsgoagainpod** For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
Artists are storytellers. But perhaps the loudest and most powerful stories we tell are the self-defeating ones inside our own heads. Whether you're talking yourself out of being creative, building up a strong self image, or facing your inner critic, your self talk is running all the time. Queen of Self Talk, author and speaker, Katie Horwitch, is on the show today sharing what self talk is, how creatives can shift to positive self talk, how self talk impacts our careers, and how self talk connects to our long term vision. ABOUT KATIE HORWITCH: Katie Horwitch is a nationally recognized author, speaker, mindset coach, and self-talk activist who has spent over a decade working to shift the cultural self-talk paradigm. She has spoken across the country about self-confidence, living fearlessly, and shifting the stories and habits that help shape our negative self-talk patterns. Katie is the founder of the multimedia platform WANT: Women Against Negative Talk and the host of The WANTcast: The Women Against Negative Talk Podcast, which gives you tips, tools, motivation and inspiration to shift your self-talk patterns. She has been featured by SXSW, NBC, KTLA, The Cut, and more, and was praised by CNN as a “woman empowering others around the world.” Book: https://www.wantyourself.com/Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wantcast-the-women-against-negative-talk-podcast/id1031793292Website: https://www.katiehorwitch.com/WANT: https://womenagainstnegativetalk.com/Substack: https://womenagainstnegativetalk.substack.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiehorwitch/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katiehorwitchYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@katiehorwitch -------------------- TAKE THE ARTIST TIMELINE QUIZ — Where are you now and where are you headed next? Take the quiz: https://fkfsueqdh05.typeform.com/to/aZt25ckK LISTEN: THE BREAK BREAKDOWN — Season 3, Process: How We Made Kinsley Vs.: bit.ly/thebreakbreakdown Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: **@letsgoagainpod** For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
Art jobs aren't like other jobs. There's no clear ladder toward success. You can follow all the career growth advice you want, but careers for creative people are just...different. They're non-linear. They're nebulous. They're cyclical. Sometimes they feel directionless. And that's because an artist's career path is more like a spiral than a straight line. It can make it hard to plot out how each point leads to the next. So in this episode, we're talking about the 5 Levels of the Artist Timeline to figure out where you are, what your challenges are, and what you should do next. Deck I Used: https://mikewillcox.com/products/tarot-oracle-second-edition TAKE THE ARTIST TIMELINE QUIZ — Where are you now and where are you headed next? Take the quiz: https://fkfsueqdh05.typeform.com/to/aZt25ckK SOUND SYSTEMS: PODCAST PRODUCTION FOR INDIE VOICES — Learn more here: http://queensbirdfilms.com/sound-systems LISTEN: THE BREAK BREAKDOWN — Season 3, Process: How We Made Kinsley Vs.: bit.ly/thebreakbreakdown Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: **@letsgoagainpod** For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
How do artists make money? Ah that old chestnut. We're going to discuss this in depth today. But please be advised: this episode is not a get rich quick scheme. There are no 10 steps to follow. But, what you will find in this episode could change your whole relationship to money, inspire a ton of ways to make money as an artist, and help you figure out the precise income level that would feel like success for you. The whole episode is like one mini workshop bringing the concepts of art and money closer together through one magical being: you. https://mikewillcox.com/products/tarot-oracle-second-edition SOUND SYSTEMS: PODCAST PRODUCTION FOR INDIE VOICES — Learn more here: http://queensbirdfilms.com/sound-systems LISTEN: THE BREAK BREAKDOWN — Season 3, Process: How We Made Kinsley Vs.: bit.ly/thebreakbreakdown Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: **@letsgoagainpod** For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
Art, money, success. All these things seem to have everything and nothing to do with each other. In part 2 of our 3 part series on artists and money, we're discussing how shifting industries are shifting the path for artists' careers. We'll look at the fall of commercial prestige, the rise of artist to audience connection, and we'll try to answer the question "how do artists make money for art?" by looking at the art/money long game. Don't miss the 3-question exercise at the end of the episode that connects your long term goal to what you could be working on right now to achieve it. https://mikewillcox.com/products/tarot-oracle-second-edition SOUND SYSTEMS: PODCAST PRODUCTION FOR INDIE VOICES — Learn more here: http://queensbirdfilms.com/sound-systems FREE FREE FREE: HOW TO MAKE A WEB SERIES — A step-by-step playbook on how to go from script to publish: https://www.artists-strategy.com/queens-bird-web-series-playbook LISTEN: THE BREAK BREAKDOWN — Season 3, Process: How We Made Kinsley Vs.: bit.ly/thebreakbreakdown Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: **@letsgoagainpod** For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
How to make money as an artist is an evergreen topic. There are so many factors that affect our ability to make income through art. Systemic, temporal, personal, global factors. But when the path is cleared, and the ways to make money as an artist are clearly laid out before you, if you believe in money myths, you're still going to feel stuck. In this episode, I walk you through 4 myths I learned when I raised $70k to produce a web series. What I found was when I reframed these myths for myself, I figured out how to make money as an artist for myself. There's no one way to do anything, but clearing these myths helped me figure out *my* way. And they could help you, too. This is PART ONE of our 3-part Artists & Money series. ********* https://mikewillcox.com/products/tarot-oracle-second-edition FREE FREE FREE: HOW TO MAKE A WEB SERIES — A step-by-step playbook on how to go from script to publish: https://www.artists-strategy.com/queens-bird-web-series-playbook LISTEN: THE BREAK BREAKDOWN — Season 3, Process: How We Made Kinsley Vs.: bit.ly/thebreakbreakdown Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: **@letsgoagainpod** For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
If the best teacher is hindsight, the second best teacher is someone else's hindsight. And when that someone else is a dynamic thinker and artist, even better. In today's episode, we're going to take pocket theories (helpful little theories of the creative game) from some of the greats and apply them to our own work. These creative philosophies will touch on how to ask for money, a handful of writing tips to make more impact and get more attention, the slickness of comparison, keeping the faith, and one thing you absolutely must stop doing with your creative work, right now this very instant. The tarot deck I mentioned by Mike Willcox: https://mikewillcox.com/products/tarot-oracle-second-edition FREE FREE FREE: HOW TO MAKE A WEB SERIES — A step-by-step playbook on how to go from script to publish: https://www.artists-strategy.com/queens-bird-web-series-playbook LISTEN: THE BREAK BREAKDOWN — Season 3, Process: How We Made Kinsley Vs.: bit.ly/thebreakbreakdown Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: @letsgoagainpod -------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
Talent is elusive. It's alluring. To some degree, we're all desperate to be talented. Being called 'talented' feels like winning. It feels like that secret voice inside our heads saying, "You're special! You're special!" might just be right. But the nature of talent isn't quite what we assume it is. In this week's episode, I'll talk about the three rules of talent, Leslie Jones's wonderful advice on how to act from talent, and how to become more talented with one simple exercise. The tarot deck I mentioned by Mike Willcox: https://mikewillcox.com/products/tarot-oracle-second-edition FREE FREE FREE: 8 DAY AUDIENCE — You make the art. Now make the fans. Start the free workshop now: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/8day Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: @letsgoagainpod -------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
Traditional goal-setting is all well and good, but what if there was a faster, freer, more fun way to achieve even our loftiest goals? What if we could feel a sense of ease in going after them? In today's episode, we explore the Jungian concept of Archetypes — what they are and how to use them to reach even our biggest goals. Also, I share some advice director Mark Mylod (Succession) gave at a recent talkback, discuss the functionality of fear, and chart the intuitive creative process I use in editing my feature screenplay. Plus: a cool exercise at the very end to help you define your archetype and take wild steps toward your goals. The tarot deck I mentioned by Mike Willcox: https://mikewillcox.com/products/tarot-oracle-second-edition FREE FREE FREE: 8 DAY AUDIENCE — You make the art. Now make the fans. Start the free workshop now: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/8day Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: @letsgoagainpod -------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
Art is magical. Art is whimsical. Art is mysterious. And yet, it would be great if we could get a business plan. How do progress your indie art career? How do you get paid? How do you grow as an artist? The answers to our most challenging questions are rarely one size fits all. More often, the answers arise from asking those questions through a dedicated practice. In today's episode, we'll discuss how to think about building a creative ecosystem that perpetuates growth (even when you're short on time, money, and vision) with 5 core practices to help grow momentum. The tarot deck I mentioned by Mike Willcox: https://mikewillcox.com/products/tarot-oracle-second-edition FREE FREE FREE: HOW TO MAKE A WEB SERIES | A Playbook — Read the case study now: https://www.artists-strategy.com/queens-bird-web-series-playbook Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com FOLLOW US HERE: @letsgoagainpod -------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
If you haven't noticed, it's not 2003 anymore. Crazy, right? But that's good news for creatives who want cool indie careers that feel aligned, profitable, and high impact. How to make money as an artist has shifted away from the institutions bestowing fame and fortune onto us, and shifted toward the artist being in control. From the most successful artists in the world to currently unknown future stars, all kinds of indie artists are doing it. In this episode, I'm sharing two case studies of artists in the past ten years who have successfully made the shift to owning their indie careers. Then we're going to talk through the four most common reasons indie creatives don't make the shift. And finally, end with a practical takeaway so you can see for yourself how you might move forward on your path. HEADS UP! We'll be taking a break the next two weeks for the holidays. Catch up on the last 10 episodes, and meet us back here in the new year for solo eps, guests, and more. Want to request a specific topic? Email: hello@queensbirdfilms.com SHOW NOTES >> 2:22 How I edited the second draft of my feature script 5:48 Card pull from the Archetype deck 7:23 The redistribution of power in creative fields 10:16 What an agent told me about my book proposal that completely shifted my thinking about art 12:32 Defining the iconoclastic shift 14:44 Case Study: Banksy's Girl with Balloon 16:23 Case Study: Vulfpeck's Sleepify 18:42 Alternative paths for indie careers 19:34 The 4 most common obstacles to making a shift, and how to overcome them 23:28 A practical exercise for finding your own path 24:47 A big myth we need to stop believing FREE STUFF >> FREE GUIDE: Trigger List: Green Light Your Next Project — You've got a million ideas. This is how to green light them. Download the trigger list here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/80fd34c4-0c37-45d2-b92e-8711ef6ad57d FREE GUIDE: Pitch Deck Starter Guide for Indie Creators — You've got the idea. Now get the funding. Download it here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/b8b22a15-8756-45a0-94d4-e3daf048066c NOVEMBER READING LIST: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/nov23 FOLLOW US HERE: @letsgoagainpod -------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
Raise your hand if you've ever asked your best friend in the middle of a sobbing existential crisis: "is it too late for me to change careers?" or "is it too late to catch a big break?" or "can I start over after 30?" For cultural, temporal, and psychological reasons (among others), we get super fixated on this concept of breaking out "in time". We want big success at the youngest age possible. We want to be super incredible at one narrow thing. We want to feel like we can define ourselves if someone asks us what we do, and who we are. And yet. Life just works out differently. There is a such a thing in economics called Time Horizons. And it's the metric by which you evaluate an investment. If it works for cold hard cash, it can work for our warm, tender hearts too. So in today's episode, we're going to use the concept of Time Horizons to plan (yes... plan.) our big break. The practical exercise in today's episode: A 5 Year Audit + a 5 Year Forecast. Plus, 3 investments for career growth you can start making right away. FREE STUFF >> FREE GUIDE: Trigger List: Green Light Your Next Project — You've got a million ideas. This is how to green light them. Download the trigger list here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/80fd34c4-0c37-45d2-b92e-8711ef6ad57d FREE GUIDE: Pitch Deck Starter Guide for Indie Creators — You've got the idea. Now get the funding. Download it here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/b8b22a15-8756-45a0-94d4-e3daf048066c NOVEMBER READING LIST: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/nov23 FOLLOW US HERE: @letsgoagainpod -------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
If the very mention of SMART goals makes you want to scratch your eyes out, gather 'round friend. So often we choose creative goals based on what we think will make us happy, but the psychology of happiness explains the paradox of achieving a goal and still feeling bad. The Happiness Set Point Theory, the Hedonic Treadmill, and the unlikely role that pain plays in our overall life satisfaction are just some of the strategies we're going to use to revamp our creative goals. The practical exercise in today's episode: Setting a new creative goal for 2024 that will feel super gratifying and also be 100% achievable. FREE STUFF >> FREE GUIDE: Trigger List: Green Light Your Next Project — You've got a million ideas. This is how to green light them. Download the trigger list here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/80fd34c4-0c37-45d2-b92e-8711ef6ad57d FREE GUIDE: Pitch Deck Starter Guide for Indie Creators — You've got the idea. Now get the funding. Download it here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/b8b22a15-8756-45a0-94d4-e3daf048066c NOVEMBER READING LIST: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/nov23 FOLLOW US HERE: @letsgoagainpod -------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
If you've ever called yourself a recovering perfectionist, then you know that overcoming perfectionism isn't easy. And maybe that's because perfectionism, in and of itself, isn't all bad. In fact, adaptive perfectionism (as written about by Katherine Morgan Schafler, psychologist and author of Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control) can actually be used to gain momentum, reach your cutting edge, and live a gratifying life. In today's episode, we'll also break down the Edge Effect and how pursuing it, with the help of perfectionism, can help you reach greater and greater heights in...anything. TAKE THE QUIZ: https://www.perfectionistsguide.com/quiz READ THE BOOK: https://www.perfectionistsguide.com -------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! FREE GUIDE: Trigger List: Green Light Your Next Project — You've got a million ideas. This is how to green light them. Download the trigger list here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/80fd34c4-0c37-45d2-b92e-8711ef6ad57d Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
Have you set your profile to private? Have you archived everything that feels a smidge embarrassing? Does the idea of sharing an ounce of honesty on the World Wide Web make you crumple in pre-shame? If you're an indie artist and you struggle with being seen online because you cringe so much at yourself, this one's for you. Using the Jungian concept of Shadow Work, we'll redefine embarrassment as a tool we can actually use (yes, use) in our creative process. ARCANA: Tarot Universal by Diego De Leon --------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! FREE GUIDE: Trigger List: Green Light Your Next Project — You've got a million ideas. This is how you green light them. Download the trigger list here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/80fd34c4-0c37-45d2-b92e-8711ef6ad57d Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. --------------------------------- ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make content for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: bit.ly/QBlist Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
Resistance and creativity. Where there's one, there's the other. Add the pressure of productivity, unconsciously negative self talk, and the hard-to-articulate creative process, and you've got the makings for a perfect dead end. But good news: there's a way out of the cul-de-sac. In today's episode, we'll talk about how to uncover the unconscious mind that's driving our actions, the Akrasia Effect, and how using the 8 Artist Habits of Mind can offer a new perspective on the creative process and how to overcome resistance. NOVEMBER READING LIST: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/nov23 FOLLOW US HERE: @letsgoagainpod -------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! FREE GUIDE: Trigger List: Green Light Your Next Project — You've got a million ideas. This is how to green light them. Download the trigger list here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/80fd34c4-0c37-45d2-b92e-8711ef6ad57d Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
So many of us who make indie art want to know: How can I find an audience for my creative work? How can I make money with my art? How can I make my life as a creative sustainable? And in the past, the answer might have been: strike it big. Become a star in whatever industry you're in. But as the past few years have shown us, stars...they're just like us. And creative industries everywhere are becoming less profitable and sustainable for artists (even stars!). The good news is, there are clues everywhere on how to grow a platform for your creative work — in places you might least expect them. So this week, we're going to explore the concept of Third Places, Sidewalk Theory, and Gift Economics in an effort to pave a sustainable indie path. NOVEMBER READING LIST: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/nov23 My favorite Digital Third Places >> Divergent Strategies from Holisticism: https://www.holisticism.com/ SPACIES: https://spacies.substack.com/ How to Be Human: https://open.spotify.com/show/1V8taFSZQDpMcXkrP5dGrs Artists Raising Kids: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53767189e4b07d0c6bf4b775/t/5f833abc70b2512ccab9fe81/1602435780827/Artists+Raising+Kids+Compendium+10.20.pdf Articles mentioned >> Hollywood's Slo-Mo Self-Sabotage https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/hollywood-self-sabotage-writer-strike The Twilight of Prestige Television https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/06/the-twilight-of-prestige-television Sydney Sweeney on Fame, Hollywood Fakery and the Pressure of Paying the Bills https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/sydney-sweeney-fame-emmys-euphoria-the-white-lotus-1235186681/ -------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! FREE GUIDE: Trigger List: Green Light Your Next Project — You've got a million ideas. This is how to green light them. Download the trigger list here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/80fd34c4-0c37-45d2-b92e-8711ef6ad57d Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make things for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/QBlist Watch our films & series on YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/@queensbirdfilms Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
You want to post about your work. You want to grow a following. You want to make an impact. But everything you say and do online sounds so cliche. Never fear, comedy is here. Using Nora Ephron's philosophy on writing and the Three Theories of Humor, we'll brainstorm a whole lotta ways to avoid being cliche in everything from posting on social, to grant writing, to investment pitches by using... The Laugh. Here's the episode of The Screenwriting Life that I mentioned. -------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! FREE GUIDE: Trigger List: Green Light Your Next Project — You've got a million ideas. This is how to green light them. Download the trigger list here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/80fd34c4-0c37-45d2-b92e-8711ef6ad57d Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. -------------------------------- ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make content for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: bit.ly/QBlist Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
Feeling pressure to succeed is morally neutral. It's not bad or good to want success in your art. But sometimes putting too much pressure on yourself can diminish your ability to do your work. The pressure becomes a block. So today we'll use the Live the Question theory from Rilke, as well as the idea of unconscious-conscious communication from Penney Pierce, to explore releasing the pressure we feel and unleashing our own potential. ------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! FREE GUIDE: Pitch Deck Starter Guide for Indie Creators — You've got the idea. Now get the funding. Download it here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/b8b22a15-8756-45a0-94d4-e3daf048066c Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ------------------------------- ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make content for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: bit.ly/QBlist Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano Episode segmentsEdit audio --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
There are some days (years) where it can feel so hard to find your purpose in life. You feel adrift. And checked out. Everyone around you is making progress, and you are standing still. Luckily, Hunter S. Thompson wrote a letter in 1968 to directly answer the question "how do you find your purpose?" And today on the pod, we'll take three tenets of that letter to get closer to finding our purpose from his no-bs formula. ------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about this episode. If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! FREE GUIDE: Pitch Deck Starter Guide for Indie Creators — You've got the idea. Now get the funding. Download it here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/b8b22a15-8756-45a0-94d4-e3daf048066c Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ------------------------------- ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make content for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: bit.ly/QBlist Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
Why do so many artists fail? It's not because of their art. It's because of their *mindset. If you've ever wondered how to become a successful artist, the first thing to do is to accept the artists's journey. Accept that the path is winding, long, and somewhat confusing. But that's not the same as impossible. In today's episode, we'll talk about being stuck — whether you feel stuck in your creative process or feel stuck in your career. We'll use two philosophies — Carl Jung's theory of the Transcendent Function, and a very simple and powerful way to reach goals with Inversion Thinking. And at the end, we'll put it all together into a fast, practical exercise to help you get unstuck. *Also capitalism, but that's another episode for another day! ------------------------------- For you, Dear Listener: If you're listening on Spotify — we want to hear from you: Answer this week's Q&A and poll Leave us a voice message and tell us your thoughts about being stuck, getting unstuck, the Transcendent Function, Inversion Thinking, anything you want! We would love to hear from you. If you liked today's episode, please consider leaving a rating & review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts! FREE GUIDE: Pitch Deck Starter Guide for Indie Creators — You've got the idea. Now get the funding. Download it here: https://queensbirdfilms.myflodesk.com/b8b22a15-8756-45a0-94d4-e3daf048066c Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. ------------------------------- ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make content for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: bit.ly/QBlist Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
If you have ever googled "I don't know what to do with my life" then you're in the right place. Sure, you have goals on goals on goals. But time & energy are in short supply. And the burnout-self doubt playlist is on repeat. And considering which step to take next is enough for you to make like Elsa and freeze. That's because you aren't taking the traditional path. You're taking something much more convoluted. (And more rewarding.) You're an indie creative. You want to take a big swing. So what makes a difference in your life is what you do. And what you do is a symptom of how you think. This is Let's Go Again. SUBSCRIBE HERE to be the first to know when Episode 1 drops: bit.ly/QBlist Let's Go Again is hosted by Courtney Romano. This is a project from Queens Bird Films. -------------------------------- ABOUT QUEENS BIRD FILMS: Queens Bird Films is a production company telling stories to make life fun. With irreverence, depth, and a bit of whimsy, we make content for people who want to fall back in love with life. See the films, series, and podcasts we made for you here: queensbirdfilms.com Subscribe to the NEWSLETTER: bit.ly/QBlist Follow on INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/queensbirdfilms Follow Courtney on TIKTOK: tiktok.com/@courtney.romano --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-go-again/message
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