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2021 Year End Review
This is not my typical experience, but I actually completed every musical goal I set at the begining of the year. I’m just as surprised...

Luke
Dec 27, 20212 min read
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It Takes Practice
This Summer, I started teaching guitar lessons. It’s been interesting learning guitar again through beginners’ eyes and hearing their...

Luke
Sep 8, 20212 min read
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Creative Offloading
Today I’m going to talk about something I learned in music school. It’s called “offloading” and it’s one of the reasons I was able to...

Luke
Feb 17, 20212 min read
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Deciding is Creating
I’m the type of person who wants to do a lot of creative projects, so many in fact, that the vast majority never get done. A lot of...

Luke
Nov 26, 20192 min read
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The Importance of Making Demos
When I thought about demos, I used to imagine a shittier version of the final song: badly recorded, unedited, and with a sub-par...

Luke
Jun 20, 20192 min read
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Rhythmic Conflict
I had the opportunity to share one of my songs in class and have it critiqued. The song was pretty much done; I just needed to re-track...

Luke
Apr 11, 20192 min read
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First Do It Badly
Lots of people are afraid to start something on the grounds they won’t be any good. I’m that way. We’re usually right about it too, but...

Luke
Mar 20, 20193 min read
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How Do You Define Success?
When I tell people I’m going to school for music, they often assume I want be a rock star, or at the very least a full-time musician. ...

Luke
Mar 5, 20192 min read
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You Don’t Have to Be First
Eddie Van Halen is famous for his tapping technique, but he wasn’t the first to do it. In fact, hundreds of years before “Eruption,”...

Luke
Feb 19, 20192 min read
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Finish Your Songs
A few years back, I had a ton of musical ideas floating around my head. I wanted to write it all: hip-hop, EDM, singer-songwriter,...

Luke
Feb 9, 20192 min read
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Show Your Work! – Austin Kleon. The Importance of Community.
I recently read Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon. Austin is a writer who uses drawings, photos, and blackout poetry to illustrate his...

Luke
Feb 2, 20192 min read
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Being Your Best Self
I’m not the best guitar player, the best songwriter, or the best anything, really. This is hardly news, but I bring it up because in the...

Luke
Jan 25, 20192 min read
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Releasing Original Music: My History
My first EP was released in 2015. I recorded it in my parents’ basement with affordable equipment and my own limited tracking skills. ...

Luke
Jan 4, 20192 min read
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Thoughts on Collaboration
Well, the semester is winding down and so is my final project. My three song EP is due this week and I’m putting on the finishing...

Luke
Dec 10, 20182 min read
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Creating When You’re Not Inspired
This is the perfect topic for today because right now I don’t feel like writing. I’m in the school library sipping a La Croix, trying to...

Luke
Dec 5, 20182 min read
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