Heroek talks to music artist and author Gary Marks about his various creative endeavors including music, novels, and multi-colored poetry, why he stopped touring and signing publishing deals, releasing "Crossroads" as a Record Store Day exclusive vinyl, and more!

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🎵GARY MARKS🎵

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📚CHAPTERS📚

0:00 Intro

0:49 Describing his music

2:21 Making "Crossroads"

7:15 Studio vs. touring

12:34 DistroKid ad (7% off ANY plan!)

13:37 Gary's writing process

19:04 How long it takes Gary to write a song

20:48 Why he stopped signing pub deals

25:56 Quest Clothing ad (Heroek merch!)

26:49 Songwriting teams

32:30 Writing songs for him vs other artists

37:54 Finding unconditional love

40:03 Writing "The Dance and the Diamond Sky"

43:45 Continuing his literary career

45:40 Loop Earplugs ad (15% off!)

46:48 Multi-color poetry

50:39 Managing Marksland Entertainment

52:49 His kids' music careers

56:40 Music theory

1:00:05 Gary going to a Cecil Taylor concert

1:03:35 Essential Gary Marks songs

1:05:07 Upcoming projects

1:06:39 End screen

Hero's Journey Podcast ep. #188