Tci Transmissions

A pep talk from Ziemba’s René Kladzyk for musicians planning to self release, and others who suffer from separation anxiety when releasing their creative work into the world.

"Quarantine Supercut" Assembled and produced by Drew Daniel Mastered by Jeff Carey Created in conjunction with The Creative Independent and Kickstarter “Quarantine Supercut” was built from the submissions of many people who responded to a public call for field recordings of the sounds of life under quarantine. The first week there were forty sounds sent to the Creative Independent, the second week sixty more, the third week another eighty more. On top of that, as word spread about the project even more people began to email me directly with their sounds, and many people sent multiple files; by the deadline, roughly two hundred participants had sent me about three hundred sounds total. There are submissions from across the United States (New York to Kentucky, California to the Carolinas), and from across the planet: there were submissions from Italy, Germany, Mexico, Czech Republic, India, Kenya and many anonymous and untitled submissions of unknown origin. Though I eliminated submissions that were rec

"Quarantine Supercut" Assembled and produced by Drew Daniel Mastered by Jeff Carey Created in conjunction with The Creative Independent and Kickstarter “Quarantine Supercut” was built from the submissions of many people who responded to a public call for field recordings of the sounds of life under quarantine. The first week there were forty sounds sent to the Creative Independent, the second week sixty more, the third week another eighty more. On top of that, as word spread about the project even more people began to email me directly with their sounds, and many people sent multiple files; by the deadline, roughly two hundred participants had sent me about three hundred sounds total. There are submissions from across the United States (New York to Kentucky, California to the Carolinas), and from across the planet: there were submissions from Italy, Germany, Mexico, Czech Republic, India, Kenya and many anonymous and untitled submissions of unknown origin. Though I eliminated submissions that were record

This episode came out of a conversation inspired by our study on the financial state of artists today, and was produced by Rachel James and The Organist (a podcast created by McSweeney’s and KCRW) in collaboration with TCI. You can also find it on The Organist’s website.

This Transmissions episode features an experimental mixtape created by visual artist, writer and podcaster, Sean J Patrick Carney. It is designed for the studio artist who feels trapped in a cycle of producing the same work over and over again. Find track titles for each soundscape and timestamps at https://thecreativeindependent.com/archive/#filter=.sort-transmission.

This episode features a guided meditation for re-centering your sense of self with curator Jacqueline Mabey, and is part of our new series called Conditions. This meditation is accompanied by an essay, written by Jacqueline, called “The Spiritual Hunt,” which you can read at thecreativeindependent.com.

This episode features excerpts of a longer interview by Michelle Lhooq with Lonnie Holley. Lonnie is an African-American visual artist and musician. He was born on February 10, 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama and has devoted his life to the practice of improvisational creativity. Visit thecreativeindependent.com for a full transcript.