We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Oliver Draper a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Oliver, thanks for sharing your insights with our community today. Part of your success, no doubt, is due to your work ethic and so we’d love if you could open up about where you got your work ethic from?
Everyday I get up, slam down 3 raw egg and go for a 10 mile run. Then when I get home I have 1gal of water that I alkalinize MYSELF (extremely healthy) and sit down with the grand piano for 8-10hrs doing very intense songwriting. This typically yields incredible results and I think I really owe it all to my strict morning routine.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
I am a sound collector who puts them into little jars and keeps them there until I feel the global collective consciousness AS A WHOLE is Ready for Them. It’s hard and thankless work no doubt but I love it! In that case… I guess you could say I’m an artiste, a musician even?
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
1. Party hard 2. Dance all night
3. Stay humble
How would you spend the next decade if you somehow knew that it was your last?
There’s this guy who lives in my shed and has for about a year now, he complains whenever I’m writing songs and always tells me I should listen to more Velvet Underground.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://oliverscottdraper.bandcamp.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliverscottdrapermusic/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oliverscottdraper/photos/
- Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/oliversdraper
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mpwuSwgDJaMUrQTOui5F7ps8k_W6nGwVc
Image Credits
Global Warming is Real Cover by Chloe Schans and Artist Unknown A Pretty She Cover by Izaak Schans
