With over 15 years of experience WORKING in the entertainment industry at the top level, learning from the best of the best, Phil Svitek is now on a journey of paying it forward. He believes that ideas are meant to be shared, not hoarded and furthermore, if you are successful then you owe the next generation a roadmap. As someone who has been there across various roles such as producer, director, editor, writer, podcaster and even high level executive, Phil knows the struggles and what it takes to tackle and overcome the challenges that artists face on the road to accomplishment. As you already may know too well, an artist’s life can be extremely volatile, with many high’s and low’s - it takes more than just industry skills and knowledge to make it. To be successful, you need to have the right mental fortitude to reach your dreams. Phil believes in a 360 approach - combining technical theory with practice, along with personal development skills that are directly related to what it takes to be successful as a digital artist. Each week, he draws from these experiences, learnings and exploration to offer you insights, concepts and findings with specific takeaways to benefit you. He'll recommend books, podcasts, movies, etc to help further illustrate the ideas highlighted within each episode. For more free resources, visit http://philsvitek.com.

In the world of tech, open source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available for redistribution. In this digital series, hosts Phil Svitek and Ally Nasta take the concept of open source and apply it to knowledge. They aim to not only shatter preconceived myths on any new, unknown or hard topic but give you that missing confidence to get started easily and eventually deep dive further. By no means do they profess to be experts. In fact, they share your trepidations into many of these otherwise complex subject matters. However, they’re of the mindset that it’s never what you know that matters, it’s what you do when you don’t know. Journey with them as they seek out expert advice and shed light into these areas. They’re excited and hopeful that in each episode they’re collective growth and learning enriches your own life by deconstructing questions and problems into digestible pieces with specific take-aways and further resources. The ultimate goal to make all knowledge open source, freely available to anyone who seeks it. It’s Open Source Knowledge!

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