My conversation with @RickRubin
0:00 Less Is More But Harder
2:00 Def Jam From The Dorm Room
4:00 Capturing Club Energy On Record
6:00 Going Deep On Influences
12:30 Why Reduced By Rick Rubin
14:00 Beatles Structure Meets Rap
16:00 The Ruthless Edit
19:30 Eminem: The Most Obsessive Artist
22:00 Lazy Workaholic
25:30 Protecting The Moment Of Magic
29:00 Dana White And Becoming A Podcaster
32:30 Professional Listener
44:00 Fishing And Showing Up
47:00 Johnny Cash And Constraints
55:30 Church Business vs. Banking Business
58:50 Run On Intuition Alone
1:01:00 Jay-Z vs. Eminem Process
1:04:30 In Service Of The Artist
1:09:00 Work As Diary Entries
1:13:30 Four Ways Success Destroys You
1:16:00 How To Sustain Success
1:21:00 The House On The Mountain
Includes paid partnerships.
In Japanese storytelling they have the concept of 'Ma'.
It's the powerful pause or negative space that gives everything else meaning. Like the silence between notes in music. Emptiness isn't empty. It's full of possibility.
In Seven Samurai the story seemingly stops after 3 horrific battles, and just before the great final battle. Rain comes down on the village and we see a peaceful little innocent village. The story takes a breath to remind us what's at stake before unleashing Hell.
That's Ma. Use it to your advantage so your story isn't just another Hollywood copy paste.
@DSR_Joker b/c hate campaigns &insentient "but I don't like this game btw did you see the steam charts?" is exhausting. Hes not talking about people having opinions & voicing them-hes referring the bullshit hate mongering put forth by grifters & armchair analysts/reviewers/engagement whores