Neil DeGraide of Dirt Poor Robins joins the channel to announce his newest EP 'Prelude to Firebird' featuring the track 'To the Heights' and give insight to the writing process with his co-writer and wife, Kate DeGraide. We get into profound topics like the purpose and problems of modern music making, AI deep faking, analog, societal control, the bargain of compliance, the two sides of fragility, and more.

"People are exhausted, disconnected, and disenchanted. My goal is to help people connect to deeper meaning that stabilizes them to not get tossed to and fro by the waves of change. This record gives more hope than anything we've ever done." - Neil DeGraide

You can read Derek’s personal notes from the conversation here:

Relevant Links

* dirtpoorrobins.com

* Prelude to Firebird - Listen on Spotify

* Dirt Poor Robins YouTube channel @dirtpoorrobins 

* 'Queen of the Night' silent film - watch film for free

* Derek's film essays of Queen of the Night

* More Neil + Derek conversations

* Roundtable discussion on Myth-making with Neil, Derek, Nicholas Kotar, and Richard Rohlin

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