Kabir Sehgal
Artist, Producer, Author, Veteran
Kabir Sehgal is a Multi-Grammy & Multi-Emmy Winner, New York Times bestselling author of 23 books, US Navy veteran, and former J.P. Morgan banker
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7PS: How to invent a genre 💡
Read time: 1 minute, 301 words. The best genres shouldn’t quite make sense. A few years ago, I visited Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol’s basement studio outside Boston. Charlie Parker on one wall. Turkish masters on another. Handmade instruments everywhere. This is where Turkish Hipster took shape. Turkish makam. Brazilian percussion. Hip-hop. ’70s rock. Big-band jazz. You don’t invent a genre by starting from scratch. You invent one by combining things that have never had a reason to meet…
7PS: The note that never stops rising ⬆️
💡7 Ideas to Build Your Portfolio Career
7PS: Creative work starts in the margins 🖼️
💡7 Ideas to Build Your Portfolio Career
7PS: How to turn down a creative project 🙂↔️
💡7 Ideas to Build Your Portfolio Career
7PS: August 30
Read time: 1 minute, 338 words. One of the most important pieces in music history was booed so loudly the dancers couldn’t hear the orchestra. At the 1913 premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, people shouted, fought and caused enough chaos that the choreography had to be counted from backstage. Today, the work is considered revolutionary. There’s a useful reminder here. When you do something genuinely new, the first reaction may not be applause. Sometimes “they don’t get it” comes…