Tom Libertiny is an award-winning composer, author, photographer, and director. He creates stories with intention across words, visuals, and music.
2017 April 27 My father and I both love classical music, particularly listening to it live in a concert hall with a first-class orchestra. Similarly, we both purchase multiple recordings of the same symphonic recording (audio and video) to compare the performances of each conductor and orchestra. What are we…
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2017 April 25 Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci One of my missions is to continue with my process of throwing everything at a project and then deleting everything that doesn’t advance the story. This applies to all mediums that I’m working in (writing, visual, and audio at the…
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2017 April 21 world, the quality of your content (writing and performance/acting) and production (scenic design, costume/wardrobe, hair and makeup, locations, cinematography, lighting, sound, editing, color correcting) would be of equal quality. But, sometimes time and cost don’t allow for both. So which should you choose? Content While quality production…
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2017 April 13 Sometimes inspiration is literally down the road. Jupiter’s Oil Slick There’s a small nature preserve next to a busy road that we’ve driven on thousands of times. One sunny afternoon we seemed very far from the reality of the city. Within the preserve sits a hidden dam that creates…
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2017 March 21 Gone are the days of fancy buildings, huge newsroom, studios, fact checkers, editors–the whole hierarchy of major news organizations. Does this mean there’s no more news in print, on the web, or on TV? Obviously not. But the business case for major news organizations is long gone because almost…
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2017 March 14 I remember thinking when I first read John Kotter’s book Leading Change: “…this is a great book for businesses, but it would be an extremely helpful first read for entrepreneurs and people who are just getting started in business.” That was several years ago. After organizing and…
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2017 March 12 I remember watching Stanley Kubrick’s movie 2001 a Space Odyssey. Sure, the International Space Station (ISS) isn’t quite what he had in mind for his commercial space station with its hotel and spacious accommodations. And we don’t yet have a permanent base on our Moon. But with…
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2017 March 11 We’ve all attended meetings where a group of people sit around a table and simply read a play-by-play of what they’ve accomplished or hope to accomplish in a certain period of time. This is not an effective meeting. There are plenty of platforms that allow for project…
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2017 March 10 I’m a huge fan of music album artwork. Particularly album artwork that clearly has a concept and story that’s being told in support of the music contained on the album. One of my all time favorite albums, from both a music perspective and album cover concept perspective,…
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2017 March 8 We’ve all had those days: too much to do. Instead of taking a step forward, it’s easier to tread water. Or go hide from the world. The vast majority of the time, this is a temporary affliction and we generally figure out the next step forward. Or…
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