Hey, guys. I just jumped on a live stream and played one of my favorite covers to do. It was a very short stream, but I plan on doing some longer ones in the future. This was mostly to test my equipment, and I’m very happy with the results, so I thought I’d share it […]
I have a favourite Icelandic singer songwriter (apart from myself, obviously (it’s important to love yourself (in a platonic, artistic way, I mean))). His name is Svavar Knútur, and he happens to be a wonderful friend. Last year, for his birthday, Svavar invited a bunch of artists to cover his songs, and put on a […]
So, the podcast is no longer a thing on this site. However, it’s still out there – it just has a new home. So if you enjoy the podcast, please go to artism.fm and subscribe to the new iteration of the show. It’s the same fun stuff, talking about art and having a creative career, […]
Hey! Bat signal time! This is the part of our relationship when I ask you to help me out. (Spoiler alert: Being a singer-songwriter is not a high-paying gig.) As you may know, I have a Patreon page. It’s a place that allows all of you guys to become my patrons, my heros, my bosses […]
I don’t know about you, but I just love Murder Ballads. Nick Cave’s Murder Ballads is one of my favourite albums. And a lot of my favourite songs have murder and death in them. Also, some of my own. Is that morbid? I have a feeling I’m coming off as a bit creepy right now. […]
Hey, it’s time for music again! As some of you may know I’m working on an album of my theater music. If you’re not from Iceland you may not know this, but I’ve written music for a few theater productions here, and in fact one of them won a Gríman award, the Icelandic equivalent of […]
Sometimes artists end up spinning their wheels and struggle to hold themselves accountable to reach their artistic goals. Why not get a fellow artist to help keep you accountable, so you can both reach your goals faster and boost your artistic career? My guest on this episode is my accountability partner, Mariana, who has helped […]
My good friend and professional singer-songwriter, Svavar Knútur, has a lot of invaluable, actionable tips for how to make a full time living as a performing artist. Listen in on our conversation as he gives me, and any performing artist, in any field, really, wonderful tips on how to get started, and how to avoid […]
You’re a creative person, and you want to make a living doing what you love, right? Of course, we all do. But how do you go about that? Well, there’s no right or wrong answer for that, but in this episode I’m going to tell you a few of my thoughts, go over my story […]
In this episode of the podcast I discuss the results I’ve seen so far from the challenge I set myself for 2019, to write a song each week. Are you following along? If not, you should be! Check out the songwriting challenges here! If you like this podcast, please subscribe, share and review. And don’t […]
