In this Charting Tracks episode we discuss:  

00:00 - 04:08: Intro, Disclaimer and Outline. 

04:09 - 11:41: Democratisation, access to music creation tools and what to do about it. 

13:04 - 25:00: Collaboration, creative boundaries, creating and editing. 

25:01 - 28:53: Gold Digging, letting yourself off the hook and stretching yourself. 

28:54 - 47:52: Focus, Constraints, Narrowing and Discernment 

47:53 - 1:01:19: Is it serving the song? Ego and restraint. 

1:01:20 - 01:08:26: Motion, Development and Change. 

01:08:27 - End: Ending and reminder to LIKE, TICK, SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT and ENGAGE [:-D].  

Quotes from this Charting Tracks episode:  

“Generally speaking, having that hard release date, does help the creative process, rather than harm it.” C. O’Gorman 

“Perfection is not when there’s nothing left to add, but when there’s nothing left to take away” - A. Yaqub   

“Give us at least one verse and one chorus of JUST the song” - B. Hennessy-Garside  

Socials:

https://twitter.com/ChartingTracks   

https://www.instagram.com/chartingtracks

https://www.facebook.com/chartingtracks

What Next? Some further listening if you fancy it…  

Additional Podcasts: 

“The Genesis of Thriller - A Michael Jackson Podcast Documentary” (WATCH HERE)

Music:

Hope and Social - Living A Lie 

D’Angelo - The Line 

The Civil Wars - I’ve Got This Friend 

Adele - Chasing Pavements 

Five Seconds of Summer - Don’t Stop 

One Direction - Take Me Home 

The Vamps - Rest Your Love 

Sam Smith - I'm Not the Only One 

Ed Sheeran - Afire Love 

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life 

Michael Jackson – Thriller (produced by Quincy Jones)  

Whitney Houston - I Will Love Always Love You 

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful 

Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah 

Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 

Whitney Houston - It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay (Produced by Dark Child) 

Bruno Mars - 24K Magic 

Britney Spears - Hit Me Baby One More Time

In this Charting Tracks Episode we discuss:  

00:00 - 02:29: Intro, Disclaimer and Outline. 

02:31 - 07:14: Do true selves exist? 

06:43 - 30:42: Artistic Persona’s 

30:43 - 44:18: Archetypes 

44:19 - 46:55: Examples of Brand Archetypes 

46:56 - 51:27: Examples of Artistic Archetypes 

49:15 - 1:00:51: Defining an Artistic Persona 

1:00:52 - 1:08:39: The Artistic Persona when making a record 

1:08:40 - 1:11:31 Final Thoughts 

1:11:32 - End: Ending and reminder to LIKE, TICK, SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT and ENGAGE [:-D].  

Quotes from this Charting Tracks episode:  

“When you have a certain level of success and awareness as an artist, there will be a point where that (building partnerships with other brands) is a consideration.” C. O’Gorman 

“I try to steer it away from copycatting” - A. Yaqub   

“Music is a creative endeavour, so do you really wanna ‘just do you’?” - B. Hennessy-Garside  

Socials:

https://twitter.com/ChartingTracks   

https://www.instagram.com/chartingtracks

https://www.facebook.com/chartingtracks

Click here for more info on artist branding and archetypes: https://bit.ly/3pK02jf

What Next? 

Some further listening if you fancy it…  

Music: 

Beyonce - Diva 

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust 

Madonna - Like A Prayer 

Slipknot - Wait and Bleed 

Sting - Mercury Falling 

Bruno Mars - Locked Of Heaven 

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black 

Ella Fitzgerald - Love and Kisses  

Donnie Hathaway - A Song for You 

Kylie Minogue - I should be lucky. 

Britney Spears - Oh Baby Baby. 

Miley Cyrus- Wrecking Ball 

Brian Eno – Late October 

Joni Mitchell - Woodstock 

Tenacious D - Tribute 

Weird Al Jankovich - Eat It 

DJ Khaled - Popstar 

Adele - Chasing Pavements 

Arctic Monkees - Mardy Bum 

Celine Dion - The Power of Love 

Bjork - Venus As A Boy Prince – When Doves Cry 

Jennifer Lopez – Jenny from the Block

In this Charting Tracks Episode we discuss:  

00:00 - 01:20: Disclaimer and Introduction’s. 

01:20 - 32:29: Navigating blocks to growth and creativity. 

32:30 - 41:00: Music industry judgment, failure, blame, success, “making it” and “managing decline”. 

41:01 - 49:42: Get the goal right. 

49:43 - End: Ending and REMINDER TO LIKE, TICK, SUBSCRIBE, COMMENT and ENGAGE.   

Quotes from this Charting Tracks episode:  

“We’ll probably have to come up with fifty ridiculous ideas and get one or two… that are actually really solid and really good.” - C. O’Gorman 

“Editing too early is just one of those things which is like shooting yourself in the foot.” - A. Yaqub   

“Make it playful.” - B. Hennessy-Garside  

Socials:  

https://twitter.com/ChartingTracks   

https://www.instagram.com/chartingtracks

https://www.facebook.com/chartingtracks

This Charting Tracks episode is available in all these places:  - Anchor - Spotify - Apple - Google Podcasts - Pocket Casts - Radio Republic - Breaker - YouTube  

What Next? 

Some further listening, reading, researching if you fancy it…  

Music: 

Nelly Furtado - Turn Out the Light 

Ryan Adams - Dirty Rain 

Toni Braxton (written by Dianne Warren) - Unbreak My Heart 

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues 

Lady Gaga - Poker Face 

Tori Amos - Winter 

Kate Bush - This Woman’s Work 

Ed Sheeran - A Shape of You 

The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There  

Books: 

Malcolm Gladwell: Outliers

In this Charting Tracks episode we discuss:

00:00 - 01:30 Intro’s and Disclaimers.

01:31 - 08:01: What We Do Now and What We’ve Done

08:02 - 10:46: What We’re Discussing and Why We’re Discussing It

10:47 - 14:29: Plan, Do, Review

14:30 – 51:59: PDR Deeper Dive - Tools, Methods, Mindsets

52:00 - Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

Quotes from this Charting Tracks Episode:

“To be considered anything like a legend in the game of music you probably have to have put in a good 20 – 25 years.” - A. Yaqub

“Every Overnight Success is Years in the Making’” - C. O’Gorman

“Plan, Do, Review” - B. Hennessy-Garside

Socials:

https://twitter.com/ChartingTracks

https://www.instagram.com/chartingtracks/

https://www.facebook.com/chartingtracks

https://www.tiktok.com/@chartingtracks

This Charting Tracks episode is available in all these places:

- Anchor

- Spotify

- Apple

- Google Podcasts

- Pocket Casts

- Radio Republic

- Breaker

- YouTube

What Next?

Some further listening, reading, researching if you fancy it…

Music:

Sam Smith - Money On My Mind

Five Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect

Mint Royale - Blue Song

Madonna - Into the Groove

Websites:

https://www.notion.so/

Books:

An “old school” Notebook and Pen.

Getting Things Done: David Allen

How To Be a Productivity Ninja: Graham Allcott

Atomic Habits: James Clear

The Compound Effect: Darren Hardy

The Slight Edge: Jeff Olson

Dan Pink: Drive

In this Charting Tracks episode we discuss:

00:00 - 01:30 Intro’s and Disclaimers.

01:31 - 08:01: What We Do Now and What We’ve Done

08:02 - 10:46: What We’re Discussing and Why We’re Discussing It

10:47 - 14:29: Plan, Do, Review

14:30 – 51:59: PDR Deeper Dive - Tools, Methods, Mindsets

52:00 - Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

Quotes from this Charting Tracks Episode:

“To be considered anything like a legend in the game of music you probably have to have put in a good 20 – 25 years.” - A. Yaqub

“Every Overnight Success is Years in the Making’” - C. O’Gorman

“Plan, Do, Review” - B. Hennessy-Garside

Socials:

https://twitter.com/ChartingTracks

https://www.instagram.com/chartingtracks/

https://www.facebook.com/chartingtracks

https://www.tiktok.com/@chartingtracks

This Charting Tracks episode is available in all these places:

- Anchor

- Spotify

- Apple

- Google Podcasts

- Pocket Casts

- Radio Republic

- Breaker

- YouTube

What Next?

Some further listening, reading, researching if you fancy it…

Music:

Sam Smith - Money On My Mind

Five Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect

Mint Royale - Blue Song

Madonna - Into the Groove

Websites:

https://www.notion.so/

Books:

An “old school” Notebook and Pen.

Getting Things Done: David Allen

How To Be a Productivity Ninja: Graham Allcott

Atomic Habits: James Clear

The Compound Effect: Darren Hardy

The Slight Edge: Jeff Olson

Dan Pink: Drive

In this Charting Tracks episode we discuss:

00:00 - 02:05: Intro’s and Disclaimers.

02:06 - 09:37: What is Charting Tracks?

09:38 - 19:30: What Is Music and Why Do We Love It?

19:31 - 33:18: Why Do We Make Music?

33:19 - 01:17:00: Why Do We Listen to Music?

01:17:01 - Ending.

Quotes from this Charting Tracks episode:

“No one is just an artist anymore.” - A. Yaqub

“There’s a bit where it flips over from ‘I want to do this, because it’s fun and I want to make a noise and I want to make an impact’ to ‘I want you to hear me.’” - C. O’Gorman

“Noise is important” - B. Hennessy-Garside

Socials:

https://twitter.com/ChartingTracks

https://www.instagram.com/chartingtracks 

https://www.facebook.com/chartingtracks

https://www.tiktok.com/@chartingtracks

This Charting Tracks episode is available in all these places:

- Anchor

- Spotify

- Apple

- Google Podcasts

- Pocket Casts

- Radio Republic

- Breaker

- YouTube

What Next?

Some further listening, reading, researching if you fancy it…

Music:

Buena Vista Social Club - Veinte Años

La Lupe - Puro Teatro

Donny Hathaway - Love, Love, Love

Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl

Miles Davis - All Blues

Boys II Men - On Bended Knee

Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff

Korn – Falling Away

SlipKnot – Wait and Bleed

Simon and Garfunkel – The Boxer

Oasis - Supersonic

Black - Wonderful Life

Jeff Wayne: War of the Worlds - Forever Autumn

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

A. R. Rahman - Kun Faya Kun

Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn - Haq Ali Ali Maula

The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again

Donny Osmond - Why

Don’t Leave Me This Way - The Communards

Websites:

https://www.vocalrehabilitation.com/primal-voice

Podcasts:

“So You Wanna Be An Artist”

Books:

This is Your Brain on Music - Daniel Levitin

Music: A Subversive History – Ted Gioia

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