Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach | Since 1996
Coaching for ambitious creative professionals
Last week I mentioned that Andrew Dubber's e-book 20 Things You Must Know About Music Online is available as a free printed booklet and pop-up desk thingamy. Mine arrived this week and very nice they …
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Giving feedback on creative work is a tricky challenge, for two main reasons: Artists and creatives identify very closely with their work When a creative worker puts a piece of work in front of …
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When I first saw the film Amadeus as an impressionable teenager, I had a lot of sympathy for Salieri. Not for what he did to Mozart of course, but for the frustration and disappointment that drove him …
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A few months ago I saw an amazing art installation in the basement of Selfridges (I have such postmodern Saturday afternoons) - Brian Eno's 77 Million Paintings. Like you, my first thought was "Brian …
I discovered the Reactable, a new music-making interface, via City of Sound and Peter Marsh. Why do I find this so fascinating? I think it's the way it opens up new creative possiblities via …
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