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Chalk Dinosaur Podcast

54 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings

This is a podcast focused on music creation, professional and personal development, the creative process, and the inner workings of my life in music. My name is John O‘Hallaron. I release music under the name Chalk Dinosaur and I work as a freelance composer for television and games.

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Episodes

4: Lucas Bowman of The Commonheart

October 23, 2019 01:45 - 1 hour - 266 MB

This episode welcomes my first podcast guest, Lucas Bowman. Lucas is a classical and jazz pianist who plays keyboard in a Pittsburgh soul-rock band called The Commonheart. Check out their new album Pressure, available everywhere. I met Lucas in 2016 and he appears in two Chalk Dinosaur songs: Farm Jam, and Rocket Dude off the album "Chalk Dinosaur and Friends". He's one of those musicians who is extremely fluent with his instrument and with the language of music as a whole. I have so many...

3: Lifestyle Design Experiment - Week 2 Recap

October 13, 2019 15:30 - 35 minutes - 82.3 MB

In this episode I share my thoughts after 2 weeks of my "Lifestyle Design Experiment" in which I observe the following daily practices:   1. Wake up at 4:30am 2. 15 minutes of meditation 3. 3 pages of journaling 4. 1 hour of exercise 5. 1 gallon of water 6. Write tomorrows task list before bed 7. No alcohol, cigarettes or recreational drugs   Observations: - Feeling better on less sleep - Overfilling my task list and need to more accurately estimate the time it will take to finis...

2: Lifestyle Design Experiment - Week 1 Recap

October 08, 2019 14:57 - 56 minutes - 129 MB

In this episode I share my thoughts after one week of my "Lifestyle Design Experiment" in which I observe the following daily practices:   1. Wake up at 4:30am 2. 15 minutes of meditation 3. 3 pages of journaling 4. 1 hour of exercise 5. 1 gallon of water 6. Write tomorrows task list before bed 7. No alcohol, cigarettes or recreational drugs   Observations: - more steady energy - great sleep - extreme soreness - great sense of well being  - great feeling of positive momentum ...

1: Lifestyle Design Experiment - Introduction

October 08, 2019 13:39 - 33 minutes - 76.9 MB

This episode outlines my lifestyle design experiment. Now that I'm done performing for a couple months, I'm prioritizing a better lifestyle by implementing these 7 daily practices: 1. Wake up at 4:30am 2. 15 minutes of meditation 3. 3 pages of journaling 4. 1 hour of exercise 5. 1 gallon of water 6. Write tomorrows task list before I go to sleep 7. No alcohol, cigarettes or recreational drugs

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