CL061: The Dead 27s talk songwriting, making records and Pledgemusic
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 […]
CL059: Dr Janice Presser on Teamability® and creative teamwork
Dr Janice Presser is a Philadelphia based behavioural scientist, CEO of The Gabriel Institute and the architect of Teamability ® – a new technology that measures the analytics of team chemistry. A recognized thought-leader in leadership and teamwork she is the author of six books including @DrJanice: Thoughts and Tweets on Leadership, Teamwork and Teamability®. […]
CL058: Creativity consultant Gregg Fraley on creative problem solving techniques
Gregg Fraley is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, trainer, and consultant in commercial creativity and innovation who helps organizations with creative problem solving. Gregg’s diverse background includes everything from founding and managing high-flying software technology companies to working as an interactive television producer. He is the author of business novel “Jack’s Notebook” which is featured on […]
CL057: Valerie Day and John Smith of NU SHOOZ on why to show your work
Valerie Day is a Portland based pop and jazz singer and member of the Grammy nominated band NU SHOOZ which she founded with her husband John Smith. Valerie was born into a fourth generation of a musical Northwestern family and she was blessed to be raised amidst a supportive, arts-rich home life. A musical mother […]