CL019: Dennis DelGaudio on standing your ground as a creative

Brooklyn based guitarist and composer, Dennis DelGaudio tells us about country bands in Brooklyn, New York City and his new city country band called "Shotgun Wedding". Dennis shares to us about the band's song writing process. Dennis talks to us about how the Beatles inspired him so much to write songs. "Keep your head down and keep your legs moving. Be in the moment you're in." "Look at what's good around you." - Dennis DelGaudio Dennis DelGaudio Show Notes: Getting new ideas on songwriting and developing it (6:18) Capturing ideas as they come into his mind (10:49) Moving out of the London Production  (12:10) Chinese Proverb - 'Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight Times' (12:52) Being in the moment (14:10) Playing with Billy Joel (18:14) Promoting and marketing "Shotgun Wedding" in the music industry (24:00) Standing your ground - advice from Billy Joel's head of security (21:43) Favorite Tools: Logic Google Docs Apple Voice Recorder Favorite Book: The Craft of Lyric Writing by Sheila Davis Favorite Record: 'Heaven is Creepy' by Jim Campilongo Join James's Facebook fans: https://www.facebook.com/jamestaylordotme LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jameskirktaylor This is The Creative Life, James Taylor's weekly YouTube show. -------------------- ABOUT JAMES -------------------- As a creativity expert Taylor is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences. He has given keynotes and talks at Apple, Subscription Site Summit in San Francisco, the British Music Show in the UK and at several universities across Europe including University of Dundee in Scotland and University of Macerata in Italy. He is often called upon by media outlets to give his views on trends in creativity and innovation. He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, STV, Business Insider and San Jose Mercury News as well as featured on BBC TV and being the subject of a 30minute program on his life for BBC Radio Scotland. As a host on shows about creativity and innovation he has interviewed legendary investor Maynard Webb (Yahoo.com, eBay.com & Salesforce.com board member) and New York Times best-selling writers Chris Guillebeau ($100 Startup), Rolf Potts (Vagabonding), Brand Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur) and Ryan Holiday (Trust Me I'm Lying). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). Meet James at http://www.JamesTaylor.me -------------------- ABOUT THE CREATIVE LIFE -------------------- The Creative Life is a weekly self-improvement show full of #motivation, #inspiration, and #creativity strategies with creativity speaker and author James Taylor. The Creative Life blog can be read at: http://www.jamestaylor.me -------------------- SUBSCRIBE -------------------- Never miss a video, and join the Youtube self-help community living the fully creative life: http://www.youtube.com/jamestaylorme