Your post-Rally game plan?
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:47 am
This year, for the first time ever, even if you weren't able to attend all or part of the TAXI Road Rally, every single session and panel is available online. Each one of them is worth watching (and re-watching) as there are nuggets and gems even in the topics that might not fit your wheelhouse.
What I loved about this Rally was that from Day One I felt the spirit of the Rally was alive and well in the Youtube chats and in Robbie Hancock's Zoom Hangs each day (thanks again Robbie). I also loved that, in a way, we were 'up close and personal' with each speaker, could see their face and expressions and that we could 'see' examples of how things are done. In one way, we learned more because we could see the DAW and how the plug-in was being used or how the mastering was being done. And I really loved that I didn't have to choose between 6 things that were happening at the same time, all of which sounded interesting!
Perhaps we all didn't meet in person but we got to say hello and learn a little about each other. We shared website info and our list of skills, a bit about our goals, asked questions, perhaps felt a little close to our TAXI tribe.
This right here, this Forum, to me is a crucial resource, along with TAXI TV, the forum and the TV shows allow us to connect and communicate, commiserate and share knowledge.
I 'left' this Rally as I always do... sad it is over, my brain bursting, feeling inspired, and having more clarity of my path and what to do next.
For me I want to take inspiration from everything I heard and saw, but particularly Steven Pressfield (War of Art) and Steven Memel (Rejecting Rejection).
I'm going to get Composer Catalogue and organize my tracks, stems, metadata, etc.
I'm going to make my weekly plan every Monday morning.
I'm going to take a leaf from Robin Frederick's book and make the daily TAXI listings my educational guide to what's wanted and who sounds like what's wanted.
I am going to make sure I include practice and education (tutorials, courses) as part of my weekly plan.
I am going to write at least one finished track per week. (I'd like to say two or three but I'd rather be realistic and have a goal I can actually reach)
And, I am going to go back to Facebook as there are some good groups there (GYAWS, TAXI Rally Friends). I started yesterday going through my FB as I belonged to a ridiculous amount of groups and it was overwhelming me. So I am cleaning it up in hopes that going there won't feel so 'noisy' and distracting. I actually thought I might bookmark the groups and then I can just swing in, see what's up, and leave, without having to see a newsfeed.
There were some great resources mentioned this Rally, check them out:
Books by
Steve Barden
Dean Krippaehne
Books and courses by
Robin Frederick
Fett
And there were the great presentations by several sponsors, highly recommended as I learned something from each one.
That's my early post-Rally Monday morning thought process. How about you?
What I loved about this Rally was that from Day One I felt the spirit of the Rally was alive and well in the Youtube chats and in Robbie Hancock's Zoom Hangs each day (thanks again Robbie). I also loved that, in a way, we were 'up close and personal' with each speaker, could see their face and expressions and that we could 'see' examples of how things are done. In one way, we learned more because we could see the DAW and how the plug-in was being used or how the mastering was being done. And I really loved that I didn't have to choose between 6 things that were happening at the same time, all of which sounded interesting!
Perhaps we all didn't meet in person but we got to say hello and learn a little about each other. We shared website info and our list of skills, a bit about our goals, asked questions, perhaps felt a little close to our TAXI tribe.
This right here, this Forum, to me is a crucial resource, along with TAXI TV, the forum and the TV shows allow us to connect and communicate, commiserate and share knowledge.
I 'left' this Rally as I always do... sad it is over, my brain bursting, feeling inspired, and having more clarity of my path and what to do next.
For me I want to take inspiration from everything I heard and saw, but particularly Steven Pressfield (War of Art) and Steven Memel (Rejecting Rejection).
I'm going to get Composer Catalogue and organize my tracks, stems, metadata, etc.
I'm going to make my weekly plan every Monday morning.
I'm going to take a leaf from Robin Frederick's book and make the daily TAXI listings my educational guide to what's wanted and who sounds like what's wanted.
I am going to make sure I include practice and education (tutorials, courses) as part of my weekly plan.
I am going to write at least one finished track per week. (I'd like to say two or three but I'd rather be realistic and have a goal I can actually reach)
And, I am going to go back to Facebook as there are some good groups there (GYAWS, TAXI Rally Friends). I started yesterday going through my FB as I belonged to a ridiculous amount of groups and it was overwhelming me. So I am cleaning it up in hopes that going there won't feel so 'noisy' and distracting. I actually thought I might bookmark the groups and then I can just swing in, see what's up, and leave, without having to see a newsfeed.
There were some great resources mentioned this Rally, check them out:
Books by
Steve Barden
Dean Krippaehne
Books and courses by
Robin Frederick
Fett
And there were the great presentations by several sponsors, highly recommended as I learned something from each one.
That's my early post-Rally Monday morning thought process. How about you?