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Creative Exercise

Mick Batyske

Creative Exercise: creativity with purpose.

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Latest Issues

The Iceman Cometh

Iceman drops tomorrow: May 15.

Drake’s first solo album in three years. His first since Kendrick Lamar took him apart in front of everyone and then performed the victory lap at the Super Bowl.

Personally, I’m excited. As a deejay, parties...

11 days ago
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You Can't Algorithm Your Way Into Taste

Tonight, I’m sitting with hundreds of records trying to build two hours.

Not just any two hours. The right two hours. For a specific room (actually a rooftop), in a specific city (our nation’s capital), on a specific night (tomorrow).

Nor...

25 days ago
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You Can't Replace a Genius.

When Steve Jobs died in 2011, the consensus was quiet but clear. Apple was finished.

Not immediately. But eventually. Because the thing that made them Apple was Jobs -- the taste, the vision, the reality distortion field. You couldn’t repl...

a month ago
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The B-Side Mentality.

Before streaming killed the format, every single came with a B-side.

(Young people - stick with me here lol.)

The A-side was the sure shot. The song the label believed in. Formatted for radio, designed to chart, optimized for the room ful...

a month ago
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Lab Notes 001: JAŸ-Z's reinvention without apology.

Introducing Lab Notes - a special edition of my Creative Exercise newsletter.

I have spent 25 years watching how creative people move - on stage, in DJ booths, in boardrooms, in moments of pressure. The ones who last longest are not always...

2 months ago
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    Creative Exercise is a newsletter about music, culture, and creativity as a professional discipline. Written by Brooklyn-based DJ and culture strategist MICK — exploring what it actually takes to stay creative at a high level.

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