Our first guest interview! Please welcome composer Nick Fagnilli to the pod to talk about embodiment, music education, living composers, the art of improvisation, and so much more.

Nicholas Fagnilli is a composer, teacher, and performer based in Pittsburgh, PA. Nicholas received his Composition degree from Ithaca College, and is currently enrolled in the Masters of Music Education program at Carnegie Mellon University. Nick believes that creating and improvising freely should be a normal part of anyone’s musical experience. His framework of creating and teaching is based on the natural characteristics of sound and harnessing these in one’s own unique way. His music embraces the multiplicities of life and draws from a wide variety of processes and styles. His teaching and his practice as a composer and musician have developed a symbiotic relationship, and it is through this relationship that Nick seeks to reach a new understanding of what music means and what purpose it serves in today’s ever-changing world. Through his music, he seeks to discover what new stories and feelings can be evoked by releasing our previous associations of harmony and structure.

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youtube.com/@nicksgottheaux6445

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In this special tenth episode, I answer the questions that I'll be putting to guests on future episodes of the show. I share a little bit about my background, what creative projects I'm working on these days, what worries me, and what gives me hope.

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In this episode, host Zoe Sorrell talks about the multipotentialite creative, the person who has expertise and excellence in multiple different fields or genres. Zoe considers how to navigate life as a multipotentialite in a world that often demands specialization.

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In this ~unscripted~ episode, host Zoe Sorrell talks from the heart about their contentious relationship to social media and their ongoing movement to decenter and deprioritize social media in their creative work.

This episode is for you if social media leaves you feeling icky but you're not quite ready to walk away altogether. Let's find a third way together.

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In this episode, host Zoe Sorrell explores how to be a thriving artist who sells products and services while maintaining anticapitalist values.

Zoe posits that sales under capitalism are uniquely violent because they rely on endless accumulation and the promise of a New Way of Being. But by grounding in enoughness and transparency, artists can lead the way in crafting more humanized ways of buying and selling.

Journal prompts for exploring this topic further:

• How do/will you know when you have enough?
• What does enoughness feel like in your body?
• What do you think enoughness looks like for you in your creative work?
• Once you have adequate resources to live comfortably, how can you then invest in co-creating the more beautiful world you believe in?
• Have you ever been tempted to sell your art with the false promise of a new way of being? Have you ever been tempted to exploit your audience’s pain points, or to create a false sense of urgency?
• Do you believe that your art is worthy without being attached to a greater story?
• What are some examples of sales (where you were either the buyer or seller) that felt really delicious and warm and humanized? Where you felt trusted as the best authority of your own experience? Where you felt truly joyful about buying or selling? Where there was no post-sale remorse? What was it about that sale that made it feel so wonderful?

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This episode is the final installment of our 3-part series on practicing a musical instrument.

In this episode, host Zoe Sorrell answers community members' questions about the radical art of practicing, including:

• How to stay consistent and avoid discouragement.
• What to do if you're having a bad day.
• How to warm up before practicing.
• How to organize practice time.
• Whether or not to use a metronome.
• How to rediscover the creative spark when you're losing motivation.

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This episode is Part 2 of a 3-part series on practicing a musical instrument.

In today's episode, host Zoe Sorrell shares three specific tools for practicing a musical instrument: sectioning, too slow to fail, and musical storytelling. Zoe explains the neuroscience behind these tools, why they work, and how to use them to make practicing the most easeful and enjoyable part of your creative process.

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This episode is Part 1 of a 3-part series on practicing a musical instrument.

In today's episode, host Zoe Sorrell unpacks the toxicity of some conventional wisdom around music practicing and shares their personal approach to scheduling, starting, and structuring practice sessions.

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