Jordan Criss: Dissecting the Muse
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Jordan Criss returns to the show! In this episode, we try to understand where Jordan's creativity has come from. On the surface, he's a creative writer if you sum up all of his interests from music, screenwriting, and storytelling. But there's a second component at play: performance, but the caveat here is that it has to be done authentically. Whether that be Jordan's performance on stage or through the emotion, he's trying to convey in writing. This is just scratching the surface of exploring Jordan's creative process. With that, we close on thoughts on the season of Game of Thrones. We've meant to get this out of the way, so here it is! This is your first warning for spoilers; if it is not well past, we have to warn you about it.
Show Notes:
[00:04:35] - Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
[00:06:22] - Dissecting Jordan's Muse
[00:06:51] - Stop One: Writing Music
[00:08:20] - Music builds momentum at every stage.
[00:09:15] - Do you know the song before the lyrics or do you find the music first?
[00:10:35] - Spotify Tangent
[00:11:40] - Sabrina Claudio (Artist)
[00:14:20] - Jordan's Curated Music Lists
[00:15:00] - Shared playlists
[00:15:55] - Learning about someone through music
[00:16:48] - Billie Eillish
[00:18:30] - Being in a hyper-competitive environment (Local Rap)
[00:19:20] - Famine Mentality
[00:21:30] - Music is Accessible, but the Chase for Fame Narrows the field of vision
[00:22:35] - "I don't like pretending I'm some swagged out dude."
[00:23:15] - Jordan's First Performance
[00:24:20] - Hip-Hop/ Rap Club at Western
[00:26:40] - Three Rules for the Performance: Don't Mess Up Any Words, Don't Forget Any Words, and Be Hype
[00:28:00] - Performance Edits
[00:30:00] - The Amount of Required to Produce a Song is insane
[00:34:30] - Jordan's Fascination with Words and Performance
[00:40:00] - "An overnight Success takes about ten years."
[00:41:30] - People reaching out and giving feedback is mind blowing.
[00:42:53] - Motivating people to go for what they want to do.
[00:43:30] - Motivating Jordan to Read to more
[00:47:30] - The transition to screenwriting
[00:48:23] - Books to Learn How to Write: Art of Dramatic Writing, Anatomy of a Story, On Writing by Stephen King
[00:51:00] - Game of Thrones: The Final Season Flop
