I write for work.
But I’m also just
a writer.

Selections from my Substack

  • David Redd Substack

    On Impacts & Decay & Stevie Wonder

    An essay dissecting Stevie’s 1971 masterpiece and exploring how we think of the eventual wearing away that everything and everyone is eventually bound to do.

  • On Swimming In Circles

    The first part of an essay on Mac Miller’s final album and how that’s changed my way of understanding cycles, phases, patience, and sharing.

  • On The Value of Vinyl

    Remember when we used to have a music collection? Ever stop to realize how that suddenly sort of went away? Here’s an essay on all that (that I promise isn’t actually all that salesy).