John C Pollard Music
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John C Pollard Music
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Billionaires renting out Italian cities for their weddings, other billionaires pushing US legislators to pass enormous tax cuts for the wealthy while increasing our debt. Sounds like the perfect context to drop this punk-inspired song about trickle-down economics. Spoiler: It only trickles up. Could you give it a listen and share if you like it? Search for It Only Trickles Up on your favorite streaming service or keep an eye on my stories for a link. Itās on Bandcamp as well. Bass āĀ Matt Rodgers @mattrodgers1 Cover Art ā Catlin @catlincarey Mixing ā Landon Arkens @blasthouse Vocals, Drums, Guitars ā Me, John C Pollard
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You wonāt believe this. I have had a vision restriction on my driverās license for 40 years. I just renewed my license and past the test without any glasses or contacts. How? It wasnāt lasik. Well, it turns out you can train your eyes to see better. As a part of some brain-based work I did to rehab some lower back issues with master trainer and now now friend Lucas Koenecke, he assigned me eye exercises. It turns out those eye exercises not only helped my body feel more safe (and therefore released tension), but also improved my vision. For me, this is a story about possibility. If you believe something is possible, you may be more likely to try and go for it. Eyesight is just one example of # possibility. What else might be possible in your life? #zhealth #neuroscience #brainbased #neurology #eyesight #noglasses #noreaders
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Nothing is more surprising (and emotional) than listening to the first mix back from the audio engineer. The way I record is to worry about getting solid, high quality tracks for all the instruments and voices (generally in my home studio), but I never really worry about EQ, compression, mixing or effects (beyond a little reverb to keep me sane while I do vocals). What this means is that when the first mix comes back, the song is 1000 times better and almost completely new to me. Yes, I give production notes about whatās important, what types of effects I might like to try and which parts have priority in the mix, but generally, I have never heard anything close to what I experience upon that first mix back. I often cry some tears of joy. And sometimes I also get goosebumps. The latest mix for my next single just gave me both tears and goosebumps. Excited for you all to hear this. Itās my most ambitious piece yet with a timely message. Sign up to my email list for an early listen.
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Oh well, thereās always tomorrow. š
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Safety. Iāve been thinking a lot about it. I do believe we create our best work when we feel safe. Having just said that, I remembered the story of how The Quartet for the End of Time was written and performed in a concentration camp. What drove the composer? The artists? Why would they possibly make music in such a setting? They certainly couldnāt have felt safe. I landed on the idea that maybe they felt like they had nothing else to lose. But thinking about it for another day, I wondered if perhaps it was something else. Maybe the music was a part of their survival? For many of us, we absolutely need to make music. For others, they need to hear our music. Itās essential for life. So safety, yes. But even when we arenāt safe, many of us simply must create.
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