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Creative things happen when you let a builder make percussion instruments or a drummer build things…..or both. Today we have on Kevin Feeney from Creative Percussion. Kevin is the founder of this boutique hand crafted made to order percussion instrument brand out of NH distributing to famous musicians and shops around the world. We speak on how it happened, how he creates sounds, creative process, and a lot more. Join us today as a musician, creative, or business owner to talk through it.
In This Episode We Cover
Starting out with dump salvage material
Saving your body from hard labor work
Getting ideas in dreams
Investing in creating even if it doesn’t finish that day
Creating new sounds
Trying new things
When ideas won’t leave you alone
Things happen for a reason
Doing things your way
Selling physical products across the world
Dealing with injuries
Endorsing artists
Toxic social
Quotes
“ Done is better than perfect any day.” - Host Dave Swillum
“ They sat on my bench for a year and I thought I wonder if I could make a bass drum beater out of that?” - Kevin Feeney
“ I don’t do things normal, I don’t know any of the rules for metal making….I’m a wood worker so I treat it like wood.” - Kevin Feeney
Resources Noted In Podcast
Inshot video editing on your phone
Kevin’s favorite Tequila
Frequency Healing
Creative Percussion Links
Website
IG
@creative_percussion
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
Website
Instagram / Twitter / Tik Tok / Clubhouse
@davewakeup
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Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)
Facebook Community to connect to creatives
Youtube Channel
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Hi! I edit videos in Inshot on my phone too. You mentioned it in your article. But for my computer, I use www.movavi.com/ and have no problem quickly editing my videos to upload them to youtube.