EP 185 | Tom Knight

Tom Knight joins us this time to dig into how to maintain creative momentum, careers in voice acting, and drumming strategy. Tom’s approach to creativity, careers, and life is truly inspirational. His path through the audio industry is wide ranging and fearless. If you’re interested in strategically preventing yourself from getting put in a box, this one’s definitely for you. “I do whatever I do to get past the feeling of loss on a bad day, and sometimes that means not doing anything. Sometimes that means just sucking it up, letting the day go, and starting again tomorrow.” - Tom Knight ON THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: 5:00 Imitation as a primary form of learning 13:00 Maintaining productivity 20:00 The power of perspective in judging your recordings 35:00 Why an entitled attitude leads to no work, getting the “Hallows Eve” gig 46:00 Tom becoming the go to drummer for jazz teachers, moving into pop world, Dallas Austin, TLC 55:00 Shifting to the goal of “not being in a band anymore”, creating a demo reel, cold calling in Atlanta 1:01:00 Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”, common attributes of successful people 1:11:00 EPKs, voice acting, self-taught video editing 1:22:00 Fitness, ‘300’ program, muscle-ups, applying focus 1:28:00 (The myth of) Limb independence, playing to a click 1:40:00 Playing MPC-style grooves on acoustic drums And much, much more Thanks for listening! Leave us a comment or review! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices