My spouse and I just finished watching the 90 minute video posted by Defunctland about uncovering the mystery of just who wrote the 4 note jingle that’s been used for 20 years as the audio cue for The Disney Channel.
Not only was it a fascinating mystery to watch unfurl over the 90 minute run time but as a piece it talks it can tell you a lot about the creative process and just how unique each is. That even things that are seen as forgettable and now obsolete, like Television bumpers, can have a lot of creativity poured into them.
Friends (especially my best friend … hint it’s my spouse) know that I’m a very creative person. So watching this documentary about the history of The Disney Channel and seeing it move into uncovering the mystery of a jingle that millions of people heard over their formative years was absolutely captivating.
The documentary asks “what do you want to be remembered for?”, and as someone whose written for large publications, ran her own indie publication with a group of friends and now composes music just for the hell of it… I don’t have an answer to that question….
All of what I create, I mostly do for either my own enjoyment or because a project simply lives in my mind and I want to see it through to fruition. Some of those projects like Broken Joysticks enjoyed readership in the 100,000s and others like the games I want to make haven’t yet let my mind, so materially they don’t exist.
I’ve had the privilege to do a lot of things in 15 or so years. Games Journalist, Indie Game Dev (whose only made prototypes), Musician and by trade I’m a counsellor + B.A Psych.
I think that I still have a lot of creativity and community building work to do. And I have my doubts I’ll ever be known for one specific thing. I’d much rather fly under the radar and keep making things.
Absolutely would recommend the Defunctland video!