Derek Sivers is a musician, writer, and entrepreneur. He started CDBaby in 1998, offering independent musicians (including me!) a way to sell their music online. 10 years later, he sold it, donating most of the money to music education. Derek wrote "Anything You Want" explaining lessons he learned from the adventure.

Derek is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, and in this episode he shares some of his insight about making music and the creative process. It was a great conversation that makes meaningful connections between life, business, and the creative process.

Be on the look out for his new books "Your Music and People" and "Hell Yeah or No."

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Show Notes:

Official Site - Derek's website. The simple design reflects much of his philosophy.
Now - See what Derek is up to now.
Anything You Want - Derek's story and wisdom about founding, running, and selling CDBaby.
Radio Darvish - Persian Traditional Music.
Randy Newman - Official site.
Thirty-Two Short Stories About Glenn Gould - film about Gould's life journey.
Passengers: Original Soundtracks 1: U2 and Brian Eno's score for imagined films.
A Beginner's Guide to Japan - Japan from the eyes of a beginner.
Oblique Strategies - Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's collection of abstract creative prompts.
Oblique Strategies on the web - a site that randomly generates an Oblique Strategy.
Social Story Songs - Songs I wrote with my friend Chris P. Cauley to help children learn acceptable social behavior.
Music Production Club - Join the club, where I send a steady flow of music making tools in your email inbox.
Transcription of the episode - Derek posted a text version of this conversation, in case you prefer to read it.

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Derek Sivers on the Creative Process and Making Music: Music Production Podcast #149