What the Unfinished Work Knows We keep our unfinished work out of shame. We should be keeping it as evidence.

We keep our unfinished work out of shame. We should be keeping it as evidence. The folder you never open is the most accurate portrait of you. #Creativity #CreativeProcess #Art #UnfinishedWork

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A month here... It doesn't get any better. Sorry.

The Person Who Sees You The romantic version leaves out all the work she does.

I had a theory about what a muse was. She dismantled it in one sentence. #creativity #artistlife #writing #musiccomposer #inspiration #relationships #longform #blogging #filmmusic #creativeprocess

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You Finished My Sentence On reception theory, meaning-making, and why your interpretation might be the actual work

What if the meaning you took from your favorite song was never put there by the artist?

open.substack.com/pub/nicoschu... #ReceptionTheory #Art #Creativity #ArtsAndCulture #CreativeProcess

Stop Panicking: AI Isn’t Coming for the Good Stuff I saw an ad today for a shiny new AI platform that claims it can analyze a video and instantly score it. Let's talk about why it's not a big deal.

Apparently, a machine can now watch a video and score it instantly. Cue the collective industry freakout. But let's be real. AI is just the new stock music. Here is why the tech bros aren't ruining my day. #HumanMade #Filmmaking #Creativity

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Why I Refuse to Be the Audio Equivalent of a Houseplant We need to talk about the state of making music right now.

From 100 to 8000 monthly listeners on Spotify in a month. At what cost?

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Beautifully said. Really beautifully said. Thank you.

Spoiler Alert: Creativity Is Not Dead From where I am sitting, we are experiencing an absolute influx of creativity. Here's why.

From where I am sitting, we are experiencing an absolute influx of creativity. Here's why.

open.substack.com/pub/nicoschu... #creativity #designvsart #creativeindustry #hottake #generativeai #musicproduction #ecofashion #indiefilm #creatorclash #artdebate

The Quiet Grace of Being Found: My Connection to Lost in Translation If you ask me about my absolute favorite movie, the answer never changes.

Lost in Translation is more than my favorite movie. It is a mood I used to live in. I wrote a piece about surviving that quiet, heavy isolation and finally finding my own Charlotte. open.substack.com/pub/nicoschu... #LostInTranslation #SofiaCoppola #Cinephile #BillMurray #ClassicCinema #MovieReview

The Worst Music Marketing Strategy You Will Read Today So, someone recently slipped into my inbox with a very earnest question.

Someone told me I should be using my Substack to "hustle" and promote my music projects. So I wrote a whole post about why I would rather not do that. open.substack.com/pub/nicoschu... #WritingCommunity #AlgorithmFatigue #LogOff #Music #CreatorEconomy

The Great UFO Disclosure: Are We Really That Special? So, the US administration just directed the Pentagon and other federal agencies to release their classified UFO and UAP files.

Why would an advanced alien race travel across the galaxy just to play tag with Navy pilots and watch us do terrible TikTok dances? nicoschuele.substack.com/p/the-great-... #ufodisclosure #uap #epsteinfiles #trendingnews

I Survived the Pre-Internet Era (And All I Got Was This Lousy Nostalgia) Let me tell you about the exact moment I realized I had crossed the invisible, irreversible threshold into old age.

I finally figured out the exact moment I officially became old. It was not gray hair or complaining about loud music. And it will happen to you too. nicoschuele.substack.com/p/i-survived... #age #nostalgia #society #creativity #DigitalDinosaur

The Gorgeous Tragedy of Del Toro's Frankenstein Just when you thought this story had been done to death.

It takes a story that is over two centuries old and breathes entirely new, heartbreaking life into it. open.substack.com/pub/nicoschu... #frankenstein #moviereview #oscars

That's interesting... Can't accuse him of being a nepo-baby 😋

When Exactly Did Society Become a Solo Project? It has been a solid twenty years since I started actively paying attention to the general public, and what a delightful journey it has been.

Question. Are we ever going to get tired of looking at our own reflections, or is this "Cult of Me" just the permanent state of humanity now? nicoschuele.substack.com/p/when-exact... #society #self

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Imagine classic Hollywood icons like Audrey Hepburn or Marlon Brando having to go on Hot Ones to promote their latest movie. open.substack.com/pub/nicoschu... #media #idiocracy

My new piano solo single, "Waltz at Summer's End" is now available on your favorite streaming platform. You can listen to it here: tr.ee/4ayLZ56Z8H #pianosolo #pianomusic #piano #neoclassical

My new solo piano single, "Aurélie" is now available on your favorite streaming platform. #pianomusic #solopiano #piano #neoclassical

Had to take a long break from social media. Can we get back to talking about films instead of the orange menace?

#standwithUkraine

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Does that mean the US will now be the villains in action movies?

Well, well, well... hold my beer and let me tell you about music gear and technology 😬

Not gonna lie... this sounds like a chatGPT hallucination 😬

Right... So what about "Ace in the Hole (1951)"? 😬

Try "In a Lonely Place (1950)"

Thanks. Classics, saw them all 😊

Any you'd recommend?

I'm not into vintage films that much but this one is a masterpiece and didn't age.

Well... this isn't wrong!

What do you think about it? With two of the main book characters missing, I'd say it's more "inspired by" than an adaptation.