Photo of Pamela Z by Donald Swearingen (donaldswearingen@23arts.net). Used with permission.

 

Pamela Z is a composer/performer and media artist who makes solo works combining a wide range of vocal techniques with electronic processing, samples, gesture activated MIDI controllers, and video. She has toured extensively throughout the US, Europe, and Japan. Her work has been presented at venues and exhibitions including Bang on a Can (NY), the Japan Interlink Festival, Other Minds (SF), the Venice Biennale, and the Dakar Biennale. She’s created installations and has composed scores for dance, film, and chamber ensembles (including Kronos Quartet). Her awards include the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Doris Duke Artist Impact Award, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation residency, the Herb Alpert Award, and an Ars Electronica honorable mention, and the NEA/Japan-US Fellowship.

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Composer, performer, and inventor Pamela Z shares her story and why every creative needs to master the five jobs of a successful artist.

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • From Colorado to California
  • Discovering New Music
  • Songwriting
  • Experimental music education as a radio DJ
  • Composition vs voice studios
  • Becoming a composer
  • Coming to San Francisco
  • Tower Records
  • Computers & computer skills
  • Audience building
  • The Five Jobs of a Successful Artist
    • Marketer
    • Publicist
    • Development/Fund raising
    • Administration
    • Artist/Creative
  • Budgeting projects
  • Debt
  • Make work
  • Go see other people’s work
  • Making connections/networking

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This episode was edited by E.J. Sadler at Studio184.