Dan Mehta's Podcast

I went to the book store yesterday and was thinking of a video to film for Vlogmas. I thought about talking about my favorite books but then realize how muffled the audio would be with my mask so I gave up on that idea. Instead I thought of doing another podcast of explaining why On The Road by Jack Kerouac is my favorite book and how it has inspired me to always seek adventure through motor vehicles. Hope you enjoy.  

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While I am lucky enough to have published a lot of music with artists and just myself, it wasn't always an easy task. Why it was not easy was because I had trouble collaborating due to my ego. Over time, I learned the hard way that you have to check your ego at the door and to always respect and explore ideas of the musicians you collaborate with.  If you are struggling working with your bandmates or with a group of people in general, hopefully this podcast helps you so you won't have to go through the same mistakes I made.

Talking Points in this Podcast

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The goal of this podcast was to speak on my thoughts about finishing work. As artists, it seems like our work is never finished and we continually work on it without ever releasing it and ultimately abandoning it. Or we do release it but are never happy with what is now a finished product. Being an artist, musician, craftsman and human, I have been able to finish and release lots of songs mainly due to my career as a film/media composer but also struggle with releasing work solely for myself. When I have deadlines, it almost feels like I'm abandoning my song because I ran out of time and I know there is no need to revisit the song as it served it's purpose for either the film, advertisement or what have you. 

Also, the ease in which we can create and release music now has created a sense of urgency to always be releasing work without thinking if what we are releasing is a representation of our true selves as artists. Some may say it's playing into the rat race of gaining popularity. I'm not one to have straight answers to these issues but I think about them a lot. 

But whether you are having issues finishing a song/project or always disatisfied with what you're producing, I provide some insight into those age old dilemas that hopefully can help guide you into releasing your work to the world. I hope you enjoy my rambling of a podcast and please follow, comment, agree, disagree and or debate. Would like to know your thoughts as well on releasing your work.

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"...a man who procrastinates in his own Choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance." 

- Hunter S. Thompson  

"It is not the critic who counts; 

not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. 

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; 

who strives valiantly; 

who errs, who comes short again and again, 

because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; 

but who does actually strive to do the deeds; 

who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; 

who spends himself in a worthy cause; 

who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, 

and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, 

so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." 

- President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt

Once a task is just begun, 

Never leave it till it's done, 

Be the labour great or small, 

Do it well or not at all 

- Quincy Delight Jones, Sr.

Making your way in the world today

Takes everything you've got

Taking a break from all your worries

Sure would help a lot

Wouldn't you like to get away?

Sometimes you wanna go

Where everybody knows your name

And they're always glad you came

You wanna be where you can see (ah-ah)

Our troubles are all the same (ah-ah)

You wanna be where everybody knows your name

- Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo

Today's quote come from the lyrics of the Cheers Theme Song. In today's episode, I talk about my quote unquote Cheers and how I found it. It's not a physical place but you'll have to listen to find out what it is!

"Without Music to decorate it, Time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid" 

- Frank Zappa

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"Ideas are easy, execution is everything" - Casey Neistat  

My name is Dan and I'm a film composer. I also like to make films, internet content and mostly anything creative. This is a new segment I am starting where I will be talking about my favorite quotes. I keep a book of quotes where if I see, read, hear a quote I like, I write it down. Instead of withholding these quotes, I thought I would share. Also, I will be sharing some of my favorite movie quotes and lyrics. Though many of the quotes will seem inspirational or motivational which I like, this is not meant to be an inspirational or motivational segment. It's going to be whatever it wants to be. Hope you enjoy