We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Neal LaPolla. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Neal below.
Alright, Neal thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?
Having only recently graduated from College and moved to LA, I feel that I’ve been able to dedicate myself to a lot of meaningful projects. I feel very lucky to have found many people who are also dedicated to making meaningful music.
Finding someone who you can create meaningful projects with, is one of the most rewarding feelings. Naturally, the deeper a project gets, the harder it can be to see entirely eye to eye with a collaborator. Being able to work through that, and get to the stage where you both feel you’ve expressed yourselves is an amazing thing.
I love making music just for fun as well. Sometimes not trying too hard to find the meaning in a track is how you end up finding it!
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I am an independent musician. I work with other musicians/aspiring musicians as well, either as a collaborator, producer, session instrumentalist, or mixer.
I’ve been playing music and working on my craft for decades. I recently graduated from Berklee College of Music with a degree in Contemporary Writing and Production. I’ve been a musician for more of my life than I haven’t been.
I’m constantly writing/producing my own music, and post a lot of it to my socials.
I’m also currently collaborating with many other musicians/bands.
I can help others find the inspiration to get a project started, or help solve problems they may have in getting a project finished.
What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?
Seeing people relate to your music, or just enjoy listening to it has to be one of the best feelings.
Finding people you enjoy working with is also amazing.
What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?
As much as I hate to say it, financial support is one of the most important recourses for any musician right now. Mostly because there is no profit to be made from streaming services, serious musicians have to rely mostly on ticket sales and merchandise sales to make enough money to support their projects.
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