INFLUENCES  •  ART SUPPLIES  •  STATIONARY  •  PROCREATE  •  STREAMING  •  RECORDING  •  EDITING  •  GAMING

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Influences

His earliest attempt at Calligraphy was at age 9, when a frustrated relative tossed a kit in the trash and a young Carlo went in after it, marking the beginning of a life long obsession with lettering.


In more recent years, Carlo found inspiration on Instagram, being a long time follower of artists like Jackson Alves, Nhat Quang, Tolga Girgin, and Stefan Kunz, often emulating their amazing work.

Inspiration

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Art Supplies

While Carlo started his lettering journey with fountain and dip pens, inks proved troublesome and expensive. He clung to brands like Zig for gothic & italic, Tombow for brush, and Faber Castell for faux calligraphy.


Carlo used Crayola, Expo & Sharpie chisel-tip markers in his classes, allowing students to work clean, at large scale, and on a variety of surfaces -all at minimal cost.

Stationary

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Procreate for iPad

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Procreate

Streaming Suggestions

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  • Microphones

    This marked Carlo's foray into "coffeeshop rock", as bands of the early to late 90's would exemplify. Carlo took in this album in its entirety as it explored dreaming big and aiming high for what you wanted from life. It covered melancholy and heartache, fighting one's demons, and yet holding on to hope even if you lost time and again.


    Many, including Carlo, would say that Adam Duritz's voice is annoying. *BUT* Carlo would also say that it clearly doesnt matter. It fits their sound, and it validates anyone who thinks they can't sing... Just because you don't think you can doesnt mean that its not exactly what someone else wants or needs to hear :)


    (p.s. later there would be a live cut of the song "Rain King' released from a concert where they stripped the song way down to acoustics and turned it into a somber ballad. It remains one of Carlo's favorite songs to play on his way home to this day.)

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    It was 1994. The first release off her sophomore album and the first to her American audience, 'Possession" just cut through all other songs on MTV. The opening lyrics are just heavenly, poetic and nuanced. So when that guitar riff and drum join in, you're hooked!


    The rest of the album is a renaissance fair of Celtic influences, somber storytelling and introspection. My favorite rainy night soundtrack to this day with 'Wait', 'Plenty', 'Mary' and  'Circle', this album was one of the first I remember enjoying over and over without any regard to what the radio played. 

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  • Websites


  • OBS Plugins

    Q:  I need a StreamDeck?

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  • Internet Connection

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  • Streaming Platforms

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  • The Essential Question

    Before you buy anything or decide on a name, a logo, or go live for the very first time --and also again, every single time you stream -- you should have firmly fixed in your mind your WHY.


    Why youre streaming... your purpose, your goal, whatever it is you hope to accomplish on the journey is SO important. It really cannot be overstated! Without a clear image in your mind, you wont be able to guage success or have a barometer for your own satisfaction for having invested the time, money, energy, effort, talent --all the resources you WILL expend in the endeavor.


    And long before you start paying attention to numbers, like your rank, your number of followers, your total subs, how many people are active in your chat or lurking, how many views your VODs are getting... you need to sit down and learn what those numbers MEAN. Otherwise, you'll never appreciate the value of even ONE viewer, and then no matter how many tune in, it will never feel like enough. 

Recording

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Editing

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Gaming

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