Meet Carl Dennis

We were lucky to catch up with Carl Dennis recently and have shared our conversation below.

Carl, thank you so much for taking the time to share your lessons learned with us and we’re sure your wisdom will help many. So, one question that comes up often and that we’re hoping you can shed some light on is keeping creativity alive over long stretches – how do you keep your creativity alive?

I keep creativity alive by doing a lot creatively. I’m just about every version of a content creator… some days I’m a music producer, or film editor, or photographer, or graphic designer, or writer… This keeps me dynamic and creatively charged up by default. I’ve always had the need to do more things. It started at learning many instruments, then different languages, and ended up where I’m at now with all the creative titles. I don’t just keep the creativity alive this way; I keep myself alive.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

I’m a music producer and visual creator/editor plus I also manage a cover band (we’re available for your events and moments). All that is my livelihood, but I also get fulfillment helping people get their visions to happen as well as teaching people what I know. You can follow me through Carl’s Collective, an umbrella for all my offerings and creative affiliates.

CARL
347 659 1708
carldoesmusic@gmail.com

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?

My most important qualities are patience, versatility, and creativity. My advice is that if you have any one of those traits, then use them to develop or complement the others. It took patience to learn everything I know, it took versatility to be able to get all my creativity out, and it took creativity in order to build the patience needed to get through time.

Who is your ideal client or what sort of characteristics would make someone an ideal client for you?

My ideal client knows what they want. This does not mean they know “how” they want it or “how” to get the final result. I just need to understand the vision and I’ll take it from there. I’m fine collaborating or simply handling the project myself.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://carlscollective.com
• Other: carldoesmusic@gmail.com
  347 659 1708

Image Credits

Carl Dennis