53: Songwriting and the Art of Christmas – An Interview with Ryan O’Neal (Sleeping At Last) – Art of the Sermon

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Guest: Ryan O’Neal – Songwriter and Musician (Sleeping At Last)
General Topic: Songwriting and the Art of Christmas

Introduction to Ryan (1:59)
Philosophy of songwriting (5:58)
Ryan’s relationship with faith and the Church (8:59)
The Enneagram Project and Ryan’s podcast (12:09)
Keeping up with the work (14:26)
Creative patterns and disciplines (20:44)
Artistry and clarity (24:20)
Christmas through the eyes of an artist (28:29)
Christmas music (31:43)
Introduction to “Snow” (36:04)
Favorite and most challenging project (39:43)
Impactful musicians and communicators (41:37)
Recommended resources (42:57)
How to follow Ryan (45:14)
“Snow” by Sleeping At Last (45:49)

Links to things mentioned in the episode

• Sleeping At Last
• Love, Joy, Creativity, and Space Jam – An Interview with Brad Montague
• Atlas: Year Two — Sleeping At Last
• A Pep Talk from Kid President to You
• Billy Corgan
• Enneagram of Personality
• Enneagram Begins Now! — Sleeping At Last
• The Sleeping At Last Podcast
• Song Exploder
• Yearbook — Sleeping At Last
• The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
• Day One app
• Songwriters On Songwriting by Paul Zollo
• Pixar Animation Studios
• Christmas playlist by Sleeping At Last
• Christmas Collection, Vol. 1 by Sleeping At Last
• Sharon Gerber
• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Sunny Day Real Estate
• RADIOHEAD
• björk
• Nina Simone
• Nick Drake
• Billie Holiday
• Joanna Newsom
• Bob Goff
• Mike Foster
• How I Built This with Guy Raz
• Radiolab
• The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth by Christopher L. Heuertz, Richard Rohr
• Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories that Resonate by Brian McDonald
• Music I Love playlist by Sleeping At Last
• ARY

Reaching out to our guest

SleepingAtLast.com
Sleeping At Last on Spotify
@SleepingAtLast (Twitter)
@SleepingAtLast (Instagram)
@SleepingAtLast (Facebook)

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