09/03/2026
I run a design studio. Some afternoons the screen wins,
so I go out to the garden and play this instead. Which changes my whole attitude towards everything there is.
I’m Johnny, based in San Diego. I’ve been playing all sorts of flutes for almost two years now, and I’ve only just started putting the videos up anywhere.
This beautiful drone flute is one of my favorites. Two chambers. One holds the drone and the other plays the melody, so both sounds are coming from one player. It’s really a life changing instrument for me.
It’s also turned out to be the best creative tool I have, and not as a metaphor. When a brand or a layout stops moving, twenty minutes out here does more for it than
another hour of staring at it. My cat Sammy usually turns
up partway through and sits down to listen, which doesn’t hurt either.
There’s something beautifully rebellious about playing a song from the soul in the middle of a work day. To me, that’s most of the fun.
Check out the whole twenty min meditation video and plenty more. All on my YouTube channel. Link in bio.
High Spirits Flutes
