We recently connected with Daniel De Boulay and have shared our conversation below.
Daniel, first a big thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and insights with us today. I’m sure many of our readers will benefit from your wisdom, and one of the areas where we think your insight might be most helpful is related to imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is holding so many people back from reaching their true and highest potential and so we’d love to hear about your journey and how you overcame imposter syndrome.
I don’t know if I’ve overcome anything really, but here are my thoughts on imposter syndrome. If you’re working, then your stress is warranted. If the stress is real, you’re not an imposter. If you’re not stressed, you probably aren’t working. And If you’re not working, what are you stressed about?
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
Since leaving Sony, I’ve been able to explore putting together projects I’m passionate about. That could be a documentary project, adapting a book into a film, or organizing events.
Our latest event series, KAISO Los Angeles songwriting camps, allow musicians to access recording studios for no charge. These events afford artists the opportunity to meet and collaborate immediately. The songwriting camps have blown into a full blown community. They’ve attracted the gamut of musical talents, from singers to guzheng players, horn players, violinists, and upright bassists. They’re really special.
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?
It’s important to be coachable, do the work you’ve committed to doing, and constantly commit yourself to new work. Stay busy.
Alright, so before we go we want to ask you to take a moment to reflect and share what you think you would do if you somehow knew you only had a decade of life left?
Right now, I’m doing everything I can to ensure that KAISO songwriting camps remain free for musicians to attend. It’s important to create a space for artists to come, for free, to collaborate with others on their work. At the same time, there has to be a sustainable infrastructure in place to justify why, and how, an artist can be afforded free studio time. There are multiple moving parts to all of these things.
I’ve been working on the nonprofit arm of KAISO Los Angeles, which will allow businesses and individuals to donate to our mission. That paperwork takes months to process, so in the interim, I need to find a fiscal sponsor. This would allow KAISO to take advantage of someone’s existing nonprofit status.
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- Website: https://kaisolosangeles.com
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