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Candid conversations with music industry leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, creators, and people pursuing alternative lives. Join audio engineer, punk, and business man Dave Swillum in the thick of pursuing a creative passion in a serious way.
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Tuesday May 11, 2021
Tuesday May 11, 2021
E108:
Creative things happen when you let a builder make percussion instruments or a drummer build things…..or both. Today we have on Kevin Feeney from Creative Percussion. Kevin is the founder of this boutique hand crafted made to order percussion instrument brand out of NH distributing to famous musicians and shops around the world. We speak on how it happened, how he creates sounds, creative process, and a lot more. Join us today as a musician, creative, or business owner to talk through it.
In This Episode We Cover
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Starting out with dump salvage material
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Saving your body from hard labor work
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Getting ideas in dreams
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Investing in creating even if it doesn’t finish that day
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Creating new sounds
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Trying new things
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When ideas won’t leave you alone
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Things happen for a reason
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Doing things your way
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Selling physical products across the world
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Dealing with injuries
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Endorsing artists
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Toxic social
Quotes
“Done is better than perfect any day.” - Host Dave Swillum
“They sat on my bench for a year and I thought I wonder if I could make a bass drum beater out of that?” - Kevin Feeney
“I don’t do things normal, I don’t know any of the rules for metal making….I’m a wood worker so I treat it like wood.” - Kevin Feeney
Resources Noted In Podcast
Inshot video editing on your phone
Kevin’s favorite Tequila
Frequency Healing
Creative Percussion Links
Website
IG
@creative_percussion
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
Website
Instagram / Twitter / Tik Tok / Clubhouse
@davewakeup
Merch To Support Us!
Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)
Facebook Community to connect to creatives
Email
Youtube Channel
For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave
Dave’s Indie Band Broadwing
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