CL062: Disability advocate Debra Ruh on brainstorming, innovation and speaking at the UN

In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast global disability inclusion strategist Debra Ruh talks about brainstorming, innovation and speaking at the UN. When told by ‘experts’ that her daughter, Sara, who was born with Down’s Syndrome, would be lucky to push shopping carts at the local grocery store, Debra refused to accept this. Debra […]

Warren Buffett’s Advice for Creatives

In this episode of The Creative Life TV show I talk about Warren Buffett’s advice for creatives when it comes to goal setting. Based on the advice that the legendary investor gave to his airline pilot we look at the power of focus to achieve goals. This advice is also something that any creative can […]

CL061: The Dead 27s talk songwriting, making records and Pledgemusic

Dead 27s

Today I talk with Charleston based rock and soul band Dead 27s about their creative process as musicians and crowd funding their recordings through Pledgemusic. Their new album Ghosts Are Calling Out is produced by Ben Ellman of funk/rock act Galactic and mixed by Mikael ‘Count’ Eldridge whose other credits include Radiohead and the Rolling […]

CL060: Dr Noa Kageyama of The Bulletproof Musician on coping with stage fright

In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast I talk with Dr Noa Kageyama of The Bulletproof Musician on coping with stage fright. Dr Noa Kageyama is a New York based performance psychologist and a former classical violinist. He has worked with everyone from music students from Juilliard to members of the US Armed Forces […]

Creative Imposter Syndrome

In this episode of The Creative Life TV Show I talk about the issue of ‘creative imposter syndrome’ and how it affects so many people today. Recently I was with one of my coaching clients, a very successful author and musician, and just before he went up on stage to play in front of thousands, he turned […]