The Busy Creator Podcast with Prescott Perez-Fox: The Busy Creator 46 w/guest Lindsay Katt

The Busy Creator 46 w/guest Lindsay Katt

Feb 23, 2015

The Busy Creator 46 w/guest Lindsay Katt

Lindsay Katt (@LindsayKatt) is a multi-faceted artist & musician based in New York. Her musical work spans several genres across the pop & rock sectors, in addition to work for television and film.

Our discussion meanders a bit on the nature of art, cycles and seasons of creative work, the songwriting process — if there is one — and how creative pros can possibly keep up with today’s wacky world of social media.

Keep up with Lindsay via her many social media outlets, or on her website, Lindsay Katt Music

Show Notes & Links

Lindsay Katt’s website describes her as an Artist, Musician, Painter, Thinker, Tinkerer, Hugger, Dreamer, Lover, Maker … Still Deciding, and Ever Changing.
Lindsay wants to “do all the things”
She’s also a producer, director, merry-maker
“Really well-done DIY is learning how to hire people more talented than you” ← Click to Tweet
Art-shame culture; thinking “art isn’t a real job”
Lindsay worked three different day-jobs to pay her way through school (studying psychology & pre-med)
Lindsay was home-schooled on forty acres in Montana; learned arts and culture at home
Lindsay was “fired” by her piano teacher, but resumed playing as a rebellious teen
Studies show that during middle school you don’t learn anything
Deliberate Practice
There are seasons of creative flow
“It’s takes some dot-collecting before you can do any dot-connecting.” ← Click to Tweet
The Nature of Rest
The Avant Gardener, forthcoming project from Lindsay Katt, produced by Yakov
“Why do we have soundtracks to movies, but not filmtracks to albums?” ← Click to Tweet
Dark Side of The Rainbow: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of The Moon played over The Wizard of Oz (which allegedly helped break up Pink Floyd)
Beyoncé
“Art is how we decorate our space; music is how we decorate our time.” attr. aclayhutchings on Reddit
Post-It Pitching, as they do in Hollywood (e.g. Alien = Jaws in Space)
Product Hunt (e.g. Tinder for Dogwalkers)
Claude Kelly
“Everybody is chasing goosebumps.” —Claude Kelly ← Click to Tweet
My Happy, on Lindsay’s first album, Picking Out Boxes, came into being in about 30 minutes
Lindsay leans on the side of not-keeping-things-in-a-straight-line
“If I can’t be fearless, I at least want to be brave.” ← Click to Tweet
The Impostor Syndrome
Lindsay still struggles with a form of stage-fright
Lindsay Katt on Twitter
Lindsay Katt on Facebook
Lindsay Katt on Instagram
Lindsay Katt on SoundCloud
Lindsay Katt on YouTube

Tools

Evernote
Post-Its
Pro Tools, for more natural stuff
Logic, for commercial works
Boss BR-1200CD 12-track recording unit

Techniques

Rest your body and mind to improve your performance — in sports and in creative work
Take an “ear-break”
Commercial work is about diligence — writing multiple lines, fulfilling the brief, etc.
Look for lyrics to lead the melody, or vice-versa
Move away from handwritten notes and scribbles (there’s no space for all that paper in NYC)
Use trigger words to remind yourself of notes. Leave “breadcrumbs” for Evernote.
Ask for help; work on overcoming “artist shame”