Songs For The Struggling Artist

The front page article in New York magazine was some advice for artists. I have some thoughts. Listen to hear them or you can read them here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/12/17/advice-for-artists/ Song: Follow Your Arrow by Kacey Musgraves Follow me on Twitter @erainbowd Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/ Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis Or buy me a coffee on Kofi: http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Some people seem to have megaphones built into their mouths/platforms. The rest of us need amplification. This is my idea for making my corner of the world a little louder for the voices I want to hear. If you want to join me for #AmplifyWednesday, feel free! You can read the original post here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/12/05/amplify-wednesday/ Song: Pump It Up by Elvis Costello Follow me on Twitter @erainbowd Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/ Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

I'm reading so many books about anger. Are they helping or making it worse? Listen here or read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/11/29/books-about-anger-and-the-safety-tax/ Song: Martina by Meryn Cadell Follow me on Twitter @erainbowd Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/ Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

In which I google how to growl and ride on a Trumpy plane. I also find hope. You can read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/11/23/we-might-be-okay/ Song: Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran Follow me on Twitter @erainbowd Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/ Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

I have very specific viewing needs these days. Many many points to the entertainment that can provide it. You can read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/11/20/if-shes-not-shooting-fire-from-her-fingers-i-dont-want-to-see-it/ Song: "Light My Fire" by The Doors Follow me on Twitter @erainbowd Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/ Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

In which I am confronted by a giant man in an elevator and think about what defiance means. You can read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/11/16/thoughts-on-defiance/ Song: Murder or a Heart Attack by Old 97s Follow me on Twitter @erainbowd Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/ Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

How do you define productivity? Do people ask you if you've had a productive day? What do they mean? What do you mean? Why are we all so obsessed with how productive we've been? You can read it here, too: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/11/11/im-not-a-productive-member-of-society-and-i-have-no-worth/ Song: a brand new lullaby by me, Emily Rainbow Davis, called "Reuben's Lullaby" follow me on Twitter @erainbowd Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/ Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Has she become unhinged? Undone? Why, yes, she has! And speaks both in first AND third person! You can do it too! And you can read the blog here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/10/30/why-yes-i-am-unhinged-thank-you-for-noticing/ Song: Undun by The Guess Who follow me on Twitter @erainbowd Join my mailing list: https://www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/ Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Am I a dragon? No. Am I a witch? I wish. But I do have a vivid imagination. Here's why that's good. Read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/real-talk-about-imagination/ Painting by Remedios Varo Song: Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

An irritating man in a coffee shop gives me an idea for how we can start the revolution. You can read along here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/how-we-can-win/ Song: In My Command by Crowded House To support the podcast, join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Is this shouting and racism and such what they want? Really? Also - what song should we sing at racists? You can listen here or read it at: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/10/13/one-womans-dystopia-is-another-mans-utopia-i-guess/ Episode 119 Song: Do You Hear the People Sing? from Les Miserables Support me here: https://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis On Twitter @erainbowd --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

In which I celebrate my tenth year of blogging and explain how we got here. You can read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/10/09/my-blog-a-versary-a-decade-of-blogging/ This is Episode 118 Song: Reeling in the Years by Steely Dan To support me go to www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

In which women are asked to go dark on social media and post a black square and I do some investigation. You can read along here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/10/05/maybe-its-something-maybe-its-nothing-or-much-ado-about-a-black-square/ This is Episode 117 Song: American Woman by The Guess Who To support me go to https://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

A kind of a follow up to my previous post about what it's like being a dragon now. In this post, I discover some witchy magical powers and I use them. This is Episode 116. You can read the post here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/10/02/i-am-also-part-witch/ Song: Season of the Witch by Donovan To learn more about me and/or find links for music and my other podcast: https://www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/ And to support: https://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

I was nice. Now I'm a dragon. Be afraid. You can read the blog post here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/09/28/i-am-a-dragon-now-the-fear-of-men-is-my-food/ Song: Kid Fears by The Indigo Girls Support me here: https://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

There's nothing in this post that isn't also in the news pretty much constantly at the moment. So there's a trigger warning but if you've been watching the news, you'll be fine. I think. I'm furious. That's what this is. Post here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/09/24/this-post-is-one-big-trigger-warning/ Song: Don't Ever Touch Me Again by Dionne Ferris To support: https://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Theatre is an art all by itself. It's not a stepping stone up or down from other forms. You can read the post here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/09/10/theatre-is-not-a-training-ground-or-a-compost-bin/ Song: (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone by the Monkees To support me, you can become a Patreon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Inspired by an interview with Ron Howard about Genius. Episode 112 You can read the blog here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/08/30/shes-a-female-so-thats-interesting/ Song: Never Be the Same by Crowded House --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

Zephyr Teachout is inspiring in so many ways. (Vote for her for Attorney General tomorrow!) But there's something about the way she talks about her expertise that really lights me up. Episode 111 Read the blog here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/09/11/owning-our-expertise-one-way-zephyr-teachout-is-inspiring-me/ Song: The Day Between the Kings - Bright Red Boots --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support

In which I share my numbers with you and provide 6 ways to support artists. You can read it here: https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2018/08/19/art-by-the-numbers-or-how-to-really-support-artists/ Song: When Numbers Get Serious by Paul Simon To support me the most: https://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/songs-for-the-struggling-artist/support