Mike Sparks is a copywriter and project manager at Roland Instruments, living and working in Seattle WA. As a working musician with 16 years in the grocery industry, Mike talks about the disorienting transition to the corporate office environment; how relinquishing ego writing ad copy impacted his own creativity, differentiating between passion and ambition, and trading a day job for the ability to pursue art on your own terms.

Producer: Robin Landy

Mastering: Matthew Solberg

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Intro: "Crossing The Line" - Eric Andrew Kuhn

Underscore: "Looking Back," "Scatter, " "Signs" - Eric Andrew Kuhn

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