This week, Evan & Toni talk with music blogger Joe Hova. (Our first guest!) With 12 years of industry experience Joe knows a thing or two about music and how to successfully make a hit. Joe's writings have appeared in publications both digitally and in print across the world.

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SHOWNOTES:

- A conversation about marketing yourself successfully as an artist with Joe Hova. - Discussing Jay Z's new album 4:44 - Lasting tips for success for the artistic entraprenur from Joe Hova.

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This week, Evan & Toni discuss lessons learned from past jobs they've held and how those tie into their art making process. Additionally creation in today's politically charged landscape, Kendrick Lamar's unique approach to creation, and networking are all discussed,

SHOWNOTES:

- Can artists also call themselves marketers? - Are breaks in your creative periods good? - Can you use these breaks to truly further your education outside of art school? Via watching interviews, TED Talks, self-learning online, etc. - The news-cycle today and how we must react as artists. - Jobs Evan and Toni have held outside of their respective artistic mediums. Part time, odd jobs, first jobs. - What lessons do these jobs teach us, that we can apply to our art? - Networking in reality and online. What is the difference? - How to stand out artistically if you don't live in a large city. - Toni discussed networking everyday in his normal life, no matter who he meets. - Political art, and what does it mean in today's era. - Do artists have a responsibility to be political during turbulent time? - Kendrick Lamar's DAMN, what does the album mean in today's political climate, how can we as artists make a similar splash today in our own mediums? - How to create art that matters in the the political climate of 2017, and how to decide if that art truly matters no or not. - Finding your voice, and make sure what you have to say matters. No fluff. - How to successfully market your art, while not caring about the opinion of an audience on your craft. While taking feedback all the same. - Learn and grow WITH your audience. Let them come along for the ride with you.

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This week, Evan & Toni discuss life after art school, finding a work life balance as an artist, and managing your schedule and stress to work for you instead of letting it consume you. Plus we answered viewer questions from Twitter!

SHOWNOTES:

- Breaking into the real world as an artist fresh out of art school. - Finding ways to work around a busy schedule and make time for your art despite life's constant distractions. - Deleting the concept of a "perfect day" and "feeling inspired" to suddenly create your art. - How our phones and other distracting devices can help and hurt our creative process. - Balancing art while you work another job or side-hustle. - Still taking time to relax while not feeling guilty about it. - Evan's "daily" schedule as a full-time filmmaker and working through chaos. - Keeping commitment to a daily art-making schedule.

QUESTIONS WE ANSWERED FROM TWITTER: twitter.com/DEDIC823D/status/844571646044319744 twitter.com/AlucaALUCA/status/844645168930279424 twitter.com/Ricown/status/846251862487556097

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Welcome to How We Human. A podcast about creation. Those who dare to make mold the future. Join your hosts Evan Kidd & Toni Devon as we navigate how this timeless process sparked our very humanity.

In the debut episode of How We Human, Evan & Toni discuss what makes the artistic process truly fulfilling despite many struggles and hardships that take place along the way.

SHOWNOTES:

- Introductions - How does art school help young artists grow today? - Common struggles in filmmaking for Evan, and music for Toni. - Embracing the obstacles to help you create. - Dr. Dre's 2015 release "Compton" and his abandoned "Detox" album. - Consumer culture in art, selling out or going the indie way? - Chance The Rapper's unique model of creation, and Evan's similarities in creating his first feature film Son of Clowns. - People "watch" you as an artist for a while before fully committing to follow your work. - Surviving as an artist in America as opposed to Europe or elsewhere. - Taking the marketing of your work into your hands and learning to love it. - The role of a movie theater in 2017. Will it become a thing of the past or just a novelty in which to experience the art? - Closing thoughts and goals for the new How We Human Podcast. What you can look forward to!

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