#008 - Ever wondered what life is like as a multi-instrumentalist? Join Connor as he interviews Isaac Bruggemann, about all things creative.

We cover quite a few topics:

• Understanding the changing habits of our audience
• Switching out of our own perspectives
• Practice (what counts, how to optimize it, prioritising it, etc)
• What it's like to play alongside jazz legend James Morrison
• How to maximize your results by focusing
• Focus tips
• How hard it is today to stick to things long enough to become great
• Challenges of communicating ideas
• Letting your work speak for itself
• Picking up lesser-known or appreciated skills that make you more well-rounded
• Knowing the tools at your disposal
• Juggling learning and pursuing multiple instruments at once
• How to deal with the stresses of being an artist
• Tips for procrastination, feeling like you're falling behind, overwhelm, self-criticism, failing to meet expectations, etc.
• Externalizing your fears
• Keeping our larger-than-life goals achievable and ego in check
• Being aware of where you're at in your journey (and appreciating it)
• Saying yes to things which take you away from achieving your goals
• How to roadmap your own self-learning
• Why the order of what you learn is important
• The importance of technique, universal skills and mental models in acquiring lots of skills
• Cultivating patience
• How artists can become serious and lose their spark
• The important of play and child-like wonder
• Taking failure personally
• Separating our art from our identity
• Beating burnout when it happens
• What piece of advice Isaac would give himself if he were to start his creative journey all over again

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