Goodest Notes

Mugabi is an award winning author, poet and occasional rapper currently based out of Kampala. After publishing his debut novel “Dear Philomena” in 2017, he was selected by the literary festival Writivism as on of the 56 writers who have contributed to Uganada’s literary heritage in the 56 years since Ugandan independence.

We talk about balancing notes from your inner circle with the perspective of an outsider, becoming your own promoter, and coin the term "Mugabi Cinematic Universe."

Malory Torr is a singer song writer and producer based in Toronto and working globally in sessions in London, Nashville and LA. You can hear her songs in placements on shows like Love Island, Queer Eye and Charlie Brooker’s Death to 2020.

We talk about the joys of NOT receiving direct notes, achieving specificity in your lyrics, and the exact number of people you should have in a room when creating according to Malory’s Dad.

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Drew Thomas is composer, producer, engineer, and general audio wizard. In addition to their commercial work they are also the bassist and singer of the punk band 'there there' and release lofi jams under the name Tetra. They also produce this show, cool!

We talk about letting the art happen, previous guests, and working hard + being nice.

Rosalie Cronin is an Environment Artist working in the AAA gaming space at Certain Affinity who have partnered with 343 Industries to work on the game Halo Infinite in an exciting and currently very secret capacity as of this recording.

We talk about perfect being the enemy of good, player first game design, and whether or not Pokemon should be daddies

Rob is a screenwriter, actor, and podcaster who has provided the voice for beloved characters like Max in the Adventures of Sam & Max and Woodstock on The Snoopy Show. Rob has also founded Hero Complex which specializes in creating and producing kids podcasts and family friendly shows.

We discuss directing your kids, how to think of a voice record like a marathon and what to do with good advice that might be dangerous to follow.

Check out Rob and some of his great work below:

In addition to releasing lofi/house jams under the name Best Friends Club, Matt also teaches other artists to promote their music in the online world.

We discuss instant audience feedback, tough conversations with bandmates and giving things away for free.

Check out Best Friends Club at the following places below:

Maple is a burlesque performer, costume designer and instructor of dance and technique classes. She won the title of Miss Burlesque Melbourne 2018 and you can occasionally catch her performing as her alter ego Tease-Rex while wearing a giant inflatable T-Rex costume.

We discuss making the most of nasty criticism, using gender inclusive language as an instructor and the difference between Swedish and Australian audiences.

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Lisa is an award winning producer in the television and podcast world as well as a novelist and journalist. Her credits include serving as the senior producer on Dragons’ Den, serving as the creative EP at Antica Productions, and publishing her best selling s.e.c.r.e.t trilogy of books under the pseudonym L Marie Adeline.

We discuss how artistic ventures are like vehicles, leading with your tape, and the ways writing a novel is like planting a garden.

Bri is a producer, writer and director, as well as one of the hosts of the podcast Take One.

We discuss the value of finding your artistic life partners, being specific about the kind of feedback you're looking for, and finding sock unity with those who chose not to wear socks at all.

Miles is a Minneapolis based composer, musician and teacher. In addition to their prolific solo output songs and accompanying performance videos, they also hold down vocals and keys in the funk band Wurk.

We discuss the benefits of working fast, the power move of not harmonizing and why you don’t need a blood sacrifice to make art.

Follow Miles on their socials for fun bops.

Daniel Tysdal is a reLit award winning poet, author and professor at the University of Toronto Scarborough where he was a crucial figure in the development of their creative writing program. Daniel has written three books of poetry,  a poetry textbook called the Writing Moment, and has recently released his debut collection of short stories Wave Forms and Doom Scrolls.

We discuss how poems are like airplanes, a critical banana-meter and the terrifying nature of ceiling fans.