We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Wordless Flight. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Wordless Flight below.

Wordless Flight, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Earning a full time living from one’s creative career can be incredibly difficult. Have you been able to do so and if so, can you share some of the key parts of your journey and any important advice or lessons that might help creatives who haven’t been able to yet?

What do you do when you’re already earning a full-time living from creative work, but you’re pursuing other creative work that doesn’t currently make money? As in transitioning from one unlikely career to an even more unlikely career? Think of an unlikely way to make a living. Okay. Small-time regional jazz pianist. Okay, right—that’s what I actually do. Yes, I pay my bills nicely. Yes, I do a few other music-related things (as all musicians do. I teach lessons & work part-time for a church.)

But I have this goal that’s in a different genre. Instead of live playing, my new goal is built around recording. Making art. What are the chances of that working out? It’s a project called Wordless Flight and I launched it during the isolation of the covid lockdowns. I used to work for a record label and occasionally saw other artists making a living making original music at the piano and thought, “I can do what they’re doing.”

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?

The place to check out is https://wordlessflight.com.

When I worked at the record label, I discovered a world of young performers making beautiful, melodic music. At the core, I’m a lover of beauty—in creation, in my fellow human, and in art. I don’t even know how my music will be used, but I’m believe in it fully.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

The consistency of showing up and making something. Sometimes it’s easy to judge—but don’t do that to early. At first, focus on the making. Create, create, create. Then edit. The reward is the process. It’s the journey and the joy along the way.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

Society needs artists to tell them true stories. They need a soundtrack. The average Spotify user listens to music more than two hours per day.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://wordlessflight.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wordlessflight

Image Credits
Bethany Gicker