Making Music and The Origin of Creative Ideas with Phil Sorrentino

In this episode, I sit down with Phil Sorrentino, Creative Director at QVC. We talk about music, making music, music theory, music technology, and the origin of creative ideas. All this and more on this short and sweet episode with Phil!

People don’t watch tv like they used to - 1:22 The beauty of the QVC sell - 3:36 What Phil learned from DJ’ing - 5:33 What Phil thinks you need for a solid podcast setup - 7:00 Phil talks about music production - 9:02 How do you put music together as a beginner? - 10:46 The problem with learning music through YouTube videos - 12:20 DJ’ing with vinyl and how to match a beat - 15:30 How Phil got into music - 18:40  Nostalgia and Finding New Music as a Creative - 21:15 Why Phil loves the band Tool - 23:11 What Phil thinks about the best place to listen to new music - 27:02 Why everyone needs to build their own “Napster” - 29:18 How Phil keeps up with disruption - 30:39 How do you push past the fear of creating or doing? - 33:40 The ups and downs of ideas - 37:10 Phil on mentoring designers - 42:00