The Art Take

Episode 7: Business in Art w/ Fahad Siadat

Today we are diving into the controversial combination of Art and Business! We talk with our friend Fahad, who founded and runs his own music publishing company, about how he finds success in both his creative and business endeavors without compromising each. We also talk about Nirvana,, Beyonce, and Kendrick Lamar, the Japanese principle of ikagai, and the importance of having good taste (which we have, ofc). Check out our YouTube Channel The Art Take for our post-episode discussion of this episode. We publish art related videos on that channel and will be moving our Art Rec discussion there as well. We love talking about art with each other and our friends and guests and want to create more opportunities to hear your Art Takes so stay tuned for more announcements on that.  Links to Fahad's website and company are below with our normal contact info: Fahad Siadat, DMA, composer/performer www.fahadsiadat.com [http://www.fahadsiadat.com] See-A-Dot Music Publishing, inc. www.seeadot.com [http://www.seeadot.com]  Post-Episode Discussion "The Myth of the Shameless Plug": https://youtu.be/DzXusxRfKiA [https://youtu.be/DzXusxRfKiA] "Conference of the birds" -written by Fahad Siadat, performed by Laude "Hymn To Aethon"- Written by Fahad Siadat, performed by C4 "Courage"- Written by Keith Penney for Karate Mountain ig: @thearttake / @peteagphoto / @chrisnicpics email: thearttake@gmail.com [thearttake@gmail.com] website: www.thearttake.podbean.com [http://www.thearttake.podbean.com] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JVjENe70UceAaUPYvj8Gw [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JVjENe70UceAaUPYvj8Gw]

Episode 6: Should You Join Or Start An Art Community?

In this discussion with our good friend Nick (@xvx_nick & @carbonpunx) we dive into Community in the art world. We talk about the group we all met at, Los Angeles Photo Alliance, and how our roles in the community shaped our experiences. We give our takes about how to start a "successful" community, what that even means, the shortcomings of a lot of existing communities, the challenges organizing and joining a community, and most importantly why you should join a community or start your very own! Thanks to Nick for taking the time to chat with us and offering his perspective on the very important topic of community. Thanks to all the folks who listened live and participated in the discussion afterwards! We're just starting out but we're already excited about the community forming around our little podcast! :) ---- Nick: @carbonpunx (Twitch and ig) / @xvx_nick (ig) ig: @thearttake / @peteagphoto / @chrisnicpics email: thearttake@gmail.com www.thearttake.podbean.com

Episode 5: Is Gear Important?

Coming right off our episode on Photography, here is Episode 5: Is Gear Important? This is a very important topic for a lot of photographers and we were really excited to tackle it! Will we wax poetic about how Leica's are the pinnacle of photographic gear? The answer may surprise you! We also discuss our Art Recs from last time: Bill Cunningham and Rachelle Mendez. Check out our YouTube video comparing spreads in Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris-Webb's photobook Slant Rhyme on our YouTube channel The Art Take. Hope you all enjoy and as always, shoot us your takes at @thearttake on instagram and at our email thearttake@gmail.com [thearttake@gmail.com]. See you all for our next episode on Community with our very first guest!   Links: https://youtu.be/hf4dLGbNkt4https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JVjENe70UceAaUPYvj8Gw/videos [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JVjENe70UceAaUPYvj8Gw/videos] https://www.instagram.com/thearttake/ [https://www.instagram.com/thearttake/]

Episode 4: Photography

Here's our first episode dedicated to Photography! There's a lot of things we could talk about, but today we focused on the myriad of ways people take pictures and the state of photography today.   We also discuss our Art Recs from last time, photographers: Alex/Rebecca Norris Webb and Jamel Shabazz. We also made a few YouTube videos diving into individual photographs, contact sheets, and one video on a special topic coming out soon (we mention it at the end of this episode!) so check out our channel The Art Take. Hope you all enjoy and as always, shoot us your takes at @thearttake on instagram and at our email thearttake@gmail.com [thearttake@gmail.com]. See you all for our next episode on Gear!   Links: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JVjENe70UceAaUPYvj8Gw/videos [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JVjENe70UceAaUPYvj8Gw/videos] https://www.instagram.com/thearttake/ [https://www.instagram.com/thearttake/]

Episode 3: What Are Your Influences?

This episode we talk about all the different avenues our influences come from: artists, photographers, friends, family, circumstances, and each other. Let us know what your major influences are and how they shaped your art via dm at @thearttake or email at thearttake@gmail.com. Tune in on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more!