Hello friends!
The Three Tune Tuesday initiative has been calling to me for over a year. I just didn't know how to curate for it (TBH, I’ll probably miss a thing or two on this post, too). I hope this is understandable, because in my daily work, I curate no less than two hours of music a day, every single day.
I am founder of the Creative Work Hour community. And I’m whom you could call a Flo J, a DJ, who curates music to optimize cognitive flow on a live program where creators are writing, composing, designing, painting, playing music, building, editing, or even dealing with intrusive work 🐿️ that pays the bills.
The CWH curated albums & playlists are the backdrops against which the efforts of Creative Work Hour takes place. It is a live daily community event that, at least for the last 1,300+ sessions, has been held on zoom for the benefit of its familiarity to knowledge workers who join us from five to eight time zones at any given session.
The purpose of hosting this space is that so together we can sustain the creative energy that's required for new works to be born into the world. Any creator's accomplishment is freely celebrated across the community outside constraits of jealously, cliques, or perfectionism.
Creators come together for the sake of The Work and return because we've got something that even I still have a difficult time describing. For now, we’ll just call it the Secret Sauce✨ and say that it beats the hell outta workin’ alone!
I’ll close because it is time the gently bring the creators back from their flow session and hear how they progressed during the hour.
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A studio recording of today's soundscape by GoGo Penguin to enhance flow during CWH.
The classic rock break-time track to stretch & refill your cuppa.
GoGo Penguin, from The North segment recorded live at Versa Studio 4 (formerly the Old Granada Theatre) in Manchester, UK in February 2024.
One of the many reasons I got a flat in the UK is the music scene. Many of the recording artists' I curate are either European or from the UK. I want to see them live on stage.
So, here's a snap of my first ticket to see GoGo Penguin composers/musicians live, right here in Leeds. It didn't matter that I went alone. I got a pint of Strongbow and spent one-half hour talking to a tuba player. It was great!!
Thanks for reading my take on #ttt and for checking out #cwh. Feel free to visit anytime. We'll be happy to welcome you.
Much love!! 😘
I don't make it to CWH that often. Some days I am in the office where I can't do it and others I'm at home and busy. I do listen to a lot of music when working from home. Some of that is Spotify suggestions, but I check out a few TTT posts too.
I don't know if I've heard GoGo Penguin, but I like it. There's elements of Philip Glass along with EDM. The Who really were innovative in their time. I've met a couple of people who had encounters with them in the Keith Moon days. He was really off the scale.
I've been to plenty of gigs on my own. At one I chatted for a while with a guy who plays bass in a few major bands.
Gosh darn it! I lost my reply as I finished the fourth paragraph. Grrrrrrrr. 👹
Okay, now that I have that outta my system, let me say that I, of course as we all do, adore having you drop by Creative Work Hour #cwh. But rather than think of it as you don't come that often, I say CWH was designed from the ground up to survive and thrive despite busy schedules, illness (founded in the pandemic), travel, moves of house, loss of home, automobile accidents, mental health challenges, and even Christmas Day (notice I paired those together! 🤣).
We'll be here for you and the Hivians every day. Rain or shine. So stay busy, do your thing! I reckon that you swing by at least once a month and we love seeing you every time. I don't hold on tightly, but but keep it light and breezy. It seems to works for everybody. Maybe you've heard me say the CWH motto before, "We'll see ya, when we see ya!!"
As for our music backdrop, did you know we have own Composer-In-Residence? I know! It's crazy! Some of that work is actually being re-orchestrated in September. @andysporring is our Mæstro, and as soon as @bitterirony and I are settled in at @hivefest, we'll be talking to @brianoflondon about how Andy's work might best be presented to the Hive community. Something tells me, you may have some good ideas, too!
See you in Croatia 🇭🇷 before you know it!
Much love!! 😘
#teamuk
I hope we can have some discussion at Hivefest about what Hive can do for musicians in general. We have loads of amateur music, but need more from those creating original stuff whilst trying to build a career on it. Their time is precious, so they need value from wherever they post it.
HF is coming up fast!