2014: Creative New Year's Resolutions
What’s the creative project you’ve been meaning to bite off for years? Finishing your novel? Learning how to play an instrument and sing at the same time? Or maybe it’s more of a creative challenge:...
View ArticleMike Doughty’s Biblical New Year’s Resolution
What is the creative project you’ve been meaning to get done? Last year, we followed listeners who resolved to write a short story each month, become a carpenter, play a cello recital, and turn an epic...
View ArticleNew Year's Resolution: Returning to the Canvas
What’s the creative project you’ve been meaning to get done? When we put out the call in December, we heard from hundreds of people eager to throw their hat in the ring, and commit themselves to...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution: Make 'Em Laugh
As a young adult, Julie Bayley was inspired by Whoopi Goldberg to try stand-up comedy. Julie loved performing late night sets, but found herself limited by “a really horrific habit: I had to eat three...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution: Move to the City, Start a Band
What is the creative project you want to tackle in 2014?When we put out the call in December, we heard from hundreds of people eager to commit themselves to following through on their artistic plans....
View ArticleTo Dream the Improbable Dream
In December 2013, marketer Julie Bayley resolved to get back into stand-up comedy — her last performance was 30 years ago — and to perform a set of new material by the end of 2014. March Update:This is...
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New Year's Resolution: Canvas In The Kitchen
What’s the creative project you’ve been meaning to get done? When we put out the call in December, we heard from hundreds of people eager to throw their hats in the ring and commit publicly to their...
View ArticleRediscovering My Musical Language Skills
In December 2013, teacher and sound designer Gabriel Walker resolved to get back into music, with the goal of forming a band and performing a six-song set by the end of 2014. April Update:The...
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How to Compose Psychedelic Earthquakes
In December 2013, real-life rock star Mike Doughty answered our call for creative New Year's resolutions. He will turn the Book of Revelation into a “staged sermon/oratorio/pageant” by the end of the...
View ArticleSmiling Through the Pain
In December 2013, marketer Julie Bayley resolved to get back into stand-up comedy — her last performance was 30 years ago — and to perform a set of new material by the end of 2014. May Update:They say...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution: Team Work Makes the Dream Work
Earlier this year, we asked for your creative New Year’s resolutions. We heard from hundreds of people, and we’re following four aspiring artists all year. Gabriel Walker of Maysville, Kentucky, is a...
View ArticleFinding the Theme
In December 2013, we asked to hear your resolutions about making time for creative projects.Adrienne Ognibene said she wanted to rediscover her talent for painting — and, without a home studio, she'd...
View ArticleHappy Birthday
In December 2013, marketer Julie Bayley resolved to get back into stand-up comedy — her last performance was 30 years ago — and to perform a set of new material by the end of 2014. June Update:I have...
View ArticleMusic and Lyrics
In December 2013, teacher and sound designer Gabriel Walker resolved to get back into music, with the goal of forming a band and performing a six-song set by the end of 2014. June Update:I’m excited...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution: Mike Doughty Goes to Hell
At the beginning of the year we asked for your creative New Year’s Resolutions, and you came through with hundreds. We picked a few brave souls who agreed to let us check in with them over the course...
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Hello Louisville!
In December 2013, teacher and sound designer Gabriel Walker resolved to get back into music, with the goal of forming a band and performing a six-song set by the end of 2014. September Update:I finally...
View ArticleChanging Jobs, Changing Seasons
In December 2013, we asked to hear your resolutions about making time for creative projects.Adrienne Ognibene said she wanted to rediscover her talent for painting — and, without a home studio, she'd...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution: Comedy Is a Dream Deferred, For Now
Throughout the year, we’ve we’re been following a few brave listeners who told us about their creative New Year’s Resolutions for 2014 — including a lawyer turned painter and a rock star hoping to...
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A Painter Makes Peace with Working in the Kitchen
We’ve all got creative aspirations that we’ve put aside — that novel in the drawer, half-completed album, or sketchbook gathering dust — in the pursuit of practical goals. At the end of last year, we...
View ArticleIn the Home Stretch
In December 2013, teacher and sound designer Gabriel Walker resolved to get back into music, with the goal of forming a band and performing a six-song set by the end of 2014.November Update:Jenrose and...
View ArticleDIY Mermaid
At the end of last year, we asked listeners to declare their creative New Years resolutions for 2014. We picked four people to follow. And although Jolene Oldham from Ringwood, New Jersey wasn't among...
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New Year’s Resolution: Form a Band, Play a Gig
All this year we’ve been checking in on four listeners who made Creative New Year’s Resolutions for 2014: an aspiring stand-up comedian, a lawyer who sidelines as a painter, a rock star who’s composing...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution: "Revelation," the Rock Opera
All year, we’ve been following four listeners who made creative New Year’s resolutions for 2014: a sound engineer making a go of it as a songwriter, a lawyer making time to paint on the side, an...
View ArticleMission Accomplished
In December 2013, teacher and sound designer Gabriel Walker resolved to get back into music, with the goal of forming a band and performing a showcase by the end of 2014.December Update:Whew! Did it!...
View ArticleSee Mike Doughty's "Revelation" Live
Last January, singer-songwriter Mike Doughty wrote to us with a creative New Year’s resolution: to write a rock opera based on the Book of Revelation. “It is an absolutely terrifying, monster-movie,...
View ArticleMike Doughty's "Revelation: A Rock Opera"
At the end of every year, we ask listeners to send us their creative resolutions for the New Year – projects they’ve always wanted to do, but needed a little push to get going. Then, we pick a handful...
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