Meet Tyler Lorita

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Tyler Lorita. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Tyler below.

Tyler, so excited to have you with us today. So much we can chat about, but one of the questions we are most interested in is how you have managed to keep your creativity alive.
Being creative makes me the happiest so keeping it alive is as much of a priority as sustaining myself. My creative partner and friends are another reason my creativity stays alive. Without them I would feel helpless in my own artistic journey. Filmmaking is my passion so watching movies and television are some of the best insights to what the greats are doing/have done. Museums, galleries, local art shows are always important for me to view art in a physical, multi-dimensional angle. In terms of actually creating I always feel like I need some kind of music playing. On top of that, the right lighting in the room definitely contributes something helpful. I love to experiment. That’s something I hope to never stop doing when exploring my creativity. Constantly trying something new, especially if it’s weird, helps keep my creativity alive.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
I’m a filmmaker/photographer at heart. I’ve been attached to the medium for as long as I can remember. The practice of experimenting when capturing and editing photos is something I’m hoping to translate to video soon.

Some of my recent projects are, “SOL•i•TUDE”, a short film exploring the fears of being alone and “Manganese”, which is a music video project for Roger and Brian Eno in partnership with The Music Center and dublab. Both of these projects I did with my creative partner, Julia Lee. The latter was submitted to an online festival competition called A Quiet Scene: LA and won “Best Film” in it’s category. I’ve worked in post production with Hulu, Netflix, Paramount Pictures, Los York TV and have traveled to South Africa to assist in the camera department for a feature film. I’m now a member of Local 700: Motion Picture Editor’s Guild and continue to work as a freelance editor/filmmaker.

I’m currently working on a visual for a song I made that feels deeply personal. I’m also interested in music production and have continued to make music since learning back in 2015. I’m excited to share more music I’ve made over the years and looking forward to collaborating on more creative projects.

I’m also a monthly radio show host on Moon Glow Radio! You can tune in live to my hour-long show “C-Sides” every 4th Sunday of the month at 7pm on moonglowradio.net.

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?
Learning how to use digital editing programs like Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere early on has helped me to keep that skill in my back pocket whenever approaching a visual project. I learned and practiced both programs in high school and continue to use Premiere today. Another skill I learned early on was how to produce using a digital audio workstation (DAW). I learned from a family friend/mentor, Sly West, who taught me how to use Ableton and I became obsessed with experimenting sounds, sampling, and layering to make something unique. I think by making music I began to admire a musician’s sound choice. Like how a painter might have a certain brush stroke they like to use. I believe that making my own music has given me a ton of respect for pioneering artist/musicians, and new artists who are essentially creating a sound of the future.

The third quality I’d say is keeping an open mind to the world. It’s what has allowed me to experience and see much more than I ever imagined. By accepting what is new and harmless in the world I find that my creativity and inspiration grows much bigger. I think that’s also some advice I would give to anyone early in their journey.

Do you think it’s better to go all in on our strengths or to try to be more well-rounded by investing effort on improving areas you aren’t as strong in?
I think if you know what you want in this life, you will go after it. I believe only those lucky enough already know what that is. I don’t believe the opposite to be true that investing efforts in other things is “not what you want in life”, but instead, can be more like exploring other avenues of yourself. There is a goal I have for myself and it’s to always do my best. No matter if that IS by going all in on my strengths or possibly improving areas I may not be as strong in. For example, I want to learn another language. I want to get better at playing the piano. I want to be a better woodworker. These are some things I want to improve on which I think will ultimately help make me happier. I like to focus on my own strengths on my own time, for my own sanity. I think that may come from being interested in so much. I hope that makes sense.

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