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This is the playlist I listen to most often on Spotify. I created it when going through a really hard time after a relapse and breakup. It's a mix of good feeling music with some inspirational music too.
A mix of well-known classics to new and up-and-coming artists. Genres like reggae, hip-hop, pop, and folk blend to keep the playlist fresh. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do: 
Songs included when posted (but will likely continue to evolve):
When It Rains It Poors by Twiddle Sunday Best by Surfaces Slow Down by SAND (and Omaha local making GREAT MUSIC) Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Beautiful Day by Aykanna And the Birds Sing by Tyrone Wells Waitin' to Die by Useful Jenkins All. Right. Now. by Satsang (positive uplifting country music?! Yes please.) 75 and Sunny by Ryan Montbleau More Than Enough by Tubby Love I'm Yours by Jason Mraz (my favorite to sing along to) Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammer Permanent Holiday by Mike Love Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys The Dreamer by The Tallest Man on Earth Colours by Grouplove Apocalypse Dreams by Tame Impala Let It Be by The Beatles Let It Happen - Soulwax Remix by Tame Impala Keep It Light by Wookiefoot Heaven Is Here (Acoustic) by MC YOGI, featuring Matisyahu Revolution 1 by The Beatles One Day by Matisyahu All You Need Is Love by The Beatles Love Will Find a Way by Mike Love and Friends Hold On by Alabama Shakes Miracle by Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment (Chance the Rapper) Sunshine by Atmosphere Don't Hold Your Breath by Wookiefoot Green Mountain State by Trevor Hall All Ways Love by Tubby Love, Anna Surento, and Paul Izak Only Love Is Real by MC YOGI and Marti Nikko The Freedom Song by Jason Mraz Let It Breathe by Rob Riccardo Talking to Myself by Watsky Live Before I Die by Mike Posner and Naughty Boy Strength In One by Trevor Hall and Dirtwire Dissect the Bird (Live) by John Craigie Love Thy Soul by Calimossa What Do I Know? by Ed Sheeran Mystic Matterz by The Polish Ambassador, Zion I, and Nitty Scott Life is Good by Jon Wayne and The Pain with Ben Suchy Revolution by Heartless Bastards Rise by Will Evans, Mihali, and Paul Izak Peace Will Come by Aaron Hale Cowboys & Indians by Dustin Thomas I Am by Satsang I Am Loving Awarness by East Forest featuring Ram Dass, Krishna Das Moments by Electric Octopus Put Down What You Are Carrying by Trevor Hall with Brett Dennen Everything In Its Right Place by Radiohead Beautiful Day by Surfaces Strong As An Oak by Watsky No Regrets by Mike Love i by Kendrick Lamar Vacation by Dirty Heads Look For The Good by Jason Mraz All You Can Do by Watsky and Jimetta Rose Never Let It Die by Watsky Foldin Clothes by J Cole Good News by Mike Love Up Down Saharsara by MidKnightSol Bear With Me by Through The Roots featuring Eric Rachmany Believe by Sa-Roc with Gingger Shankar, D*L*P, and Aloe Blacc Pass You By by SAND and Lite Pole Happy To Be Here by Wookiefoot Breathe by Sierra Marin Sunny Day Souldier by Kris Lager Band (who played at my wedding) You Can't Rush Your Healing by Trevor Hall Home Again by Michael Kiwanuka Beautiful Life by Michael Kiwanuka never give up by Son Little look up by Joy Oladokun Happy by Pharrell Williams (had a cover of this played at my wedding) Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin It's Alright by MaMuse and Molly Hartwell Got To Believe by MaMuse and Molly Hartwell Pass the Vibes by Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment (Chance the Rapper) Sing to the Mountain by Elephant Revival If you have any songs you think I should add, share them with me on Twitter @craiginzana
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(This post originally appeared on WinklerGallery.org in 2018, written by Craig Inzana, Previous President of the Board of Directors and Artist Member of the Winkler Gallery & Art Education Center.)
The State of The Arts in DuBois was a radio show with Joe Taylor of Connect FM, Deb Grieve of the Reitz Theater, Jessica Weible of The Watershed Journal, and Craig Inzana of the Winkler Gallery & Art Education Center recorded in July 2018. They discuss what the arts are like in our small town, rural region.
Transcription When helping a fellow business owner put together financial projections so that she could apply for a loan, I realized how this important step is often overlooked. When Chelsea from Business Pop reached out to write this post on the topic, I was happy to accept.  Financial projections are the foundation on which businesses run. These projections encompass current and future income and expenses, representing the business’ present condition and expected growth. In this article, we’ll explore the importance of financial projections and how to accurately create them for your business. 
When do you keep pushing and when do you say enough is enough?
This podcast episode bit of a post-mortem on Craig Inzana Media LLC as I continue to transition into fulling throwing myself and those resources behind Beeso Studio. About six months ago I was approached by Michael “Fritz” Fritzius to talk about my entrepreneurial journey with Craig Inzana Media on The Hot Mic Podcast by Arch DevOps. Over the last few months I made the tough decision to leave Craig Inzana Media behind to dedicate myself fully to the marketing department at Beeso Studio. I had been trying to do both for about a year and started to lose direction in my own business. After losing some big key accounts due to the pandemic, I had to let a lot of the team go and was working on a bare-bones crew of contractors by the end. It just wasn't working for me. Michael and I go deep into what it feels like to make that decision and why I think it was the right one to make at this time. We also talk about remote work and why I got into building up a marketing agency for myself in the first place. Listen above and feel free to share.
- Excerpt from Be Patient, Be Present, Be Joyful: A First-Aid Kit for the Emotional Bumps, Scrapes, and Bruises of Life by Ryan Stanley. Ryan was recently a guest on the Happy You Are Here podcast. His energy and enthusiasm for topics of creating a joyful life were incredibly inspiring. If you like podcasts, I highly recommend listening to the episode in the video below. If you prefer to read, pick up his book (the print version or the free PDF version) on his website.  My business has been going through a lot of changes lately. Earlier this year, I left a full-time marketing position to pursue freelance video editing full time. Pretty quickly, I realized things weren't working. In a matter of weeks, I felt utterly disinterested in the work. It felt like the quality was suffering. So I started hiring some of the creators I know that do great work. They nailed it, but the profit margins still weren't making me enough even to scrape by. I refuse to deliver shoddy quality work, so I'm not going to outsource to the cheapest bidder. Scalability with freelance is an issue too. The only way to grow a freelance business is to turn into an agency by hiring more people or raise your rates significantly. It's just not a game that seems like it would play out well. So I've spent the last few weeks trying to separate my past interests with a plan to take advantage of my strengths. Here are some of the insights I've come across. difference between interests & STRENGTHS It's essential to notice and get real about the difference between interests and strengths. I have a ton of interests. Painting, music, video, writing. That doesn't mean those are right career paths for me. Some experts might disagree, but it's not a closed debate by any means. Months ago, I saw a video by Improvement Pill about "The Japanese Formula For Happiness" called Ikigai. The idea struck me pretty hard as the reason following passion alone wasn't working out. The idea is that true fulfillment can come when you're spending your time doing something that you are good at, society needs, you can be paid well for, and you enjoy doing. The trouble is figuring out what you're good at, what you can be paid well for, and what society needs. The only way to figure out what you enjoy is to try a bunch of things. At this point, I already know the kinds of work I enjoy (luckily it's a lot of different things). I keep running into the issue of something I can objectively know I'm good at, get paid well for, and society needs. Discover Strengths ObjectivelyHumans aren't exactly good at discovering objective truths about ourselves without outside feedback. There are three main ways that I went about looking to find what were objective strengths in my work so that I could refocus my work in these areas.
Ask ClientsThe obvious way is to ask your clients. I sent out a text to a few of my clients that I know are pretty thoughtful people. You could do this via a long email explaining your thought process. You could send a survey. In my case, I just sent a text asking, "From working with me so far, what do you think my biggest professional strength is?"  There were a few different responses I received. None of them had anything to do with my creative talents or skill. More or less, they all summed up to Communication, Strategic Thinking, and Creative Problem Solving. Cool. Now let's see what the people who do work for and with me think. Ask CollaboratorsThink of collaborators broadly. For me, that was a few co-workers from past jobs that I worked with closely AND some creatives I've worked closely with over the years. The text was the same, but obviously, you can vary that up to reflect the specific circumstances of your working relationships with these people. Again, not one responded with anything related to creative talent. One did say "You're incredibly talented" but wasn't able to describe what specific talent to which they were referring. The takeaways were Decisive Problem Solving, Clear Communication, and Idea Generation. There was still a feeling that there might be some personal biases at play here. You'll never be able to remove those entirely. This last one was about as objective as I could get. Evaluation ServiceWe're all familiar with personality tests by now, but I'm not talking about something like the Meyers-Briggs here. Those can be useful for containing personality traits and learning how to work with others, but I didn't feel that reflected a work-scenario. I'm an ENTP by the way. 16 Personalities calls this "The Debater" which I feel is pretty accurate.  Back when I worked at Priority Communications (which is a great place to work by the way), they had some of us take the CliftonStrengths assessment — formerly Clifton StrengthsFinder. I'm oversimplifying here, but basically, it's a long assessment that will result in a ranking of 34 potential strengths. The ones we want to focus on are the top 5 of those strengths. My top five were:
You might notice that these don't sound like the strengths of a creative, do they? No, they don't. These line up pretty perfectly with the responses I got from clients and collaborators. Hopefully going through this process can lead you to identify the common strengths as well. Why this matters?Except for maybe Ideation, these sound like a different person than the professional creative I was trying to portray through my business. That's a problem. Why is that a problem? If someone hires you because you "sell" yourself as a particular thing, they expect you to deliver that person. If you turn out to be something entirely different, they're not going to be happy. You'll probably stumble on some people that didn't know they needed someone like you. That's happened to me a lot-- luckily. Still, a lot of this explains this constant sense of Imposter Syndrome, I feel when I'm doing paid creative work. The only time I don't feel like an imposter is when I'm sitting with a client, addressing their business issues, and helping them develop a clear strategy to move forward. |
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