Author: chevee
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Starting Something New
I’ve been working on creating some ambient music with my bass guitars. My collection of modulation and loop pedals has outgrown the ability to move them around easily, so it’s time to build a pedal board to keep everything in it’s place. //Budget Friendly Ambient Pedals and Accessories//Sonicake Levitate – https://amzn.to/4t59JW9Donner White Tape Delay –…
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HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE
Today is universally a special day. It has nothing to do with belief, ideology, politics, or customs. Today is the Winter Solstice for everyone in the Northern hemisphere. Today is the shortest day of the year. The end of the growing darkness we’ve been through for the past six months. Tomorrow, and each day after,…
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Pushing Through
Yet again, I almost didn’t write an article this week. I’ve written a fair amount already. My book is sitting at 5,721 words which sets me at 4,149 words over the past seven days. Almost 600 words per day. I’m pretty happy with that. I’ve not been trying to stick to 500 words per day,…
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Don’t Forget to Write
I did. I totally forgot to write this article. It was supposed to come out yesterday, which means I would have written it the day before that. I forgot. It was for a good reason though! Promise. I set a goal this year. It’s not a resolution, I don’t do those. Resolutions tend to be…
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I Am NOT A Man of Action
I was scrolling YouTube one afternoon when a video popped up from one of my favorite creators—a man known only as Pocket83. He never shows his face and rarely talks about anything more personal than his lawncare routine or tree felling methods, but he often espouses thought provoking ideals, philosophies, and common-man knowledge. His content…
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Two Thousand Episodes
As I am writing this, I am preparing to publish the 2,000th episode of my weekday show, The Daily Shed. If you are unaware, I have produced a daily video journal every weekday for the last seven and a half years. As I’ve been approaching this milestone, I’ve given a lot of thought to what…
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Scenes Are Not Stories
I like scenes. Not the subculture. I’m talking about small snippets of larger stories, movies, plays, etc. I get excited for scenes when I’m reading or watching something. The setting, the premise, the props… I observe scenes like vignettes more than a piece of a larger whole. I only came to this realization this week…
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Happy Being a Thief
Art is theft. All art is a collection of influences filtered through the artist’s personal experiences. This is true regardless of the medium. A book I’ve seen many creatives recommend is Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon. It’s a very good book and I am also recommending it but that’s not the point. Art…
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Creativity Is Fleeting
Such a creative title right? You’ve never heard that before. I’m so clever. You mean to tell me that creativity isn’t always there for you? Sometimes you feel creative and have a deep drive to make something new. Sometimes you have to struggle to do the most basic of creative tasks? It comes and goes?…