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Stop looking for the formula. Start putting in the work.

Garvin keeps it simple. The best approach for the algorithm and for life is putting real time into your craft and getting feedback. Not just making things in isolation but putting them out there and listening to what comes back. In music production especially, feedback isn’t just helpful. It’s necessary. That’s how you grow. That’s how your sound evolves. That’s how you actually get better.

Skip the shortcuts. Chase the feedback.

🎧 Full conversation streaming now on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify 🎙️

#feedback #musicproduction #putinthework #musicpodcast #musicexplained by @solaremediax

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2 months ago

@dresdonofficial was never just about throwing a good party.

Garvin talks about what it took to co-found Dresdôn and build something that goes beyond a good night out. It’s an aesthetic, a collective, a feeling. That vision was shaped by a transformative moment when @calvinkhaytin introduced him to underground minimal house and everything shifted. A whole new creative outlook unlocked and it changed how he approached not just music but curation itself.

One discovery can redirect your entire path.

🎧 Full conversation streaming now on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify 🎙️

#dresdon #minimalhouse #curation #musicpodcast #musicexplained by @solaremediax

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AI can make a song. It can’t make you a musician.

Garvin shares his take on AI in music and what it really means for an already oversaturated landscape. Will it speed up production? Sure. Will it increase the competition as more people flood the space with output? Absolutely. But the foundation never changes. Music theory, learning your instrument, understanding the CDJ. That work can’t be shortcut.

The tools will evolve. The craft stays the same.

🎧 Full conversation streaming now on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify 🎙️

#aiinmusic #musicproducer #minimalhouse musicpodcast musicexplained by @solaremediax

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2 months ago

Music Explained closes out Season 5 with @garvindj !

Co-founder of @dresdonofficial DJ, producer, curator, and creative visionary, Garvin takes us into the world of minimal house music and the art of curating an aesthetic and atmosphere people can truly feel. From the technical side of production to the role of feedback in developing your sound, tune in as Garvin shares his perspective on the realities of streaming, AI in music, and what it really takes to evolve as a producer in today’s landscape.

🎧Now streaming on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify 🎙️

#minimalhouse #dresdon #musicproducer #musicpodcast #musicexplained by @solaremediax

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2 months ago

You don’t owe the internet your creative process.

Nick reminds us to stop falling into the pressure of posting constantly and rushing through everything just to keep up. Be patient with your craft. If it doesn’t feel ready, it’s not ready. Don’t rush it just because you feel like you should. If what you’re building is going to make a positive impact, trust that. Do it for you first and let everyone else catch up.

🎧 Full conversation streaming now in Youtube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify 🎙️

#trusttheprocess #patienceiskey #createforyou #musicpodcast #musicexplained by @solaremediax

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2 months ago

Tune in as Nick dives into the opportunity he got to teach guitar to his students.

It wasn’t just about showing the kids how to play. That opportunity made him reflect on his own passion and artistry in a deeper way. Teaching the thing he loves forced him to reconnect with why he loved it in the first place. Sometimes thats the best way to rediscover yourself.

🎧 Full conversation streaming now on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts 🎙️

#teacherlife #artistry #musicdiscovery #musicpodcast #musicexplained by @solaremediax

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Teaching isn’t the thing that holds him back. It’s the thing that pushes him forward.

Nick breaks down how being a teacher actually fuels his music. It keeps him on, forces him to be open and vulnerable, and sharpens the same skills he brings to the stage. For him, teaching is its own art form. The energy he gives in the classroom doesn’t take away from the music. It feeds it.

Two crafts. One creative engine.

🎧 Full conversation streaming now on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify 🎙️

#teacherlife #creativity #balancingpassions #musicpodcast #musicexplained by @solaremediax

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3 months ago

Music Explained Season 5 welcomes Nick Lombardo from The Decent Ok Band!

A teacher by day, songwriter and frontman by night. Nick talks about what it means to life a double life doing two things he loves and appreciating every opportunity. From the classroom to the stage, he shares his journey of falling in love with making art, picking up the instrument, forming a band and the joy of sharing it all with others.

Tune in as Nick dives into balancing two worlds, the songwriting process, and why music with the right people never feels like work.

🎧 Now streaming on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify 🎙️

#decentokband #teacherlife #songwriter #musicpodcast #musicexplained by @solaremediax

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3 months ago

Musical theatre didn’t just teach Kat how to perform. It taught her what she didn’t want.

Kat talks about being rooted in theatre opened her eyes to the things that didn’t fit and pushed her to perform from different passions and styles to create something that actually felt authentically hers. That process discovering what you don’t want is just as important as finding what you do. This not only shaped her songwriting but also shaped her into the artist she’s becoming.

🎧 Full conversation streaming now on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify 🎙️

#songwriting #musicaltheater #artistevolution #musicpodcast #musicexplained by @solaremediax

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Get clear on your own vision before inviting anyone else into it.

Kat shares her biggest lesson from building her band. Before searching for the right people, she had to get honest with herself about her own goals first. Are we going all in? What’s our end goal? What does growth look like? Then after, you can find the people who share the same vision and want to collaborate and grow with you.

Clarity attracts alignment.

🎧 Full conversation streaming now on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify 🎙️

#bandlife #collaboration #musicpodcast #musicjourney #musicexplained by @solaremediax

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3 months ago

A great song gets their attention but a great performance transforms the audience into fans.

Kat talks about the power of being on stage and truly showing up. Not just delivering a song but giving a full experience, The movement, the acting, the energy. She embraces every layer of who she is as a performer and that’s what makes her powerful.

The music is the foundation but the performance is what people remember.

🎧 Full conversation streaming now on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify 🎙️

#liveperformance #musicpodcast #stagepresence #musicexplained by @solaremediax

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Music Explained Season 5 welcomes Kat Rivers!

A rock artist whose journey started the moment she heard “American Girl” by Tom Petty and never looked back. From musical theatre roots to forming her own band Kat has built a sound shaped by the greats while embracing authenticity.

Tune in as Kat dives into the power of live performance, building a band with people who share your vision, her songwriting process, and love for music that drives it all.

🎧 Now streaming on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify 🎙️

#katriversandthesecondsight #rockandroll #bandlife #musicpodcast #musicexplained by @solaremediax

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