Creative
271 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingInterviews with creatives to explore creativity in music and the arts so that you can develop skills and become successful. We look at creativity through the lens of NLP, magic, and self-improvement and develop a map for creative thinking looking at the the arts as a healing force as well as a tool for self development.
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Heather Bentley Strings, From Classical to Improvisation, Composer, Trailblazer.
April 13, 2024 07:38 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBHeather Bentley Strings, From Classical to Improvisation, Composer, Trailblazer. I am chatting to the multitalented Heather Bentley today. This is a great chat about her journey in music. There are some amazing insights here from a wonderful musician. Seattle-based violist and composer Heather Bentley has trailblazed a career as one of the West Coast’s most visible improvisatory musicians, specializing in creating evocative atmospheres and textures. Classically trained, she has shifted...
Mark Hewitt Snowshill Manor, Charles Wade, Skateboarding and Magical Objects.
April 06, 2024 12:12 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBMark Hewitt Snowshill Manor, Charles Wade, Skateboarding and Magical Objects. This episode is with the wonderful Mark Hewitt. We talk Skateboarding, the magical world of Snowshill Manor and its link with the Museum of Magic in Boscastle and Mark’s forthcoming book on the artifacts of the Snowshill Manor and the eccentric life of Charles Wade. We explore the links between music and skateboarding which I thought was fascinating and also the deep dive into how objects change their nature fr...
Bet Huws Welsh Folklore and Magic the power of the Welsh language Mabinogion.
March 29, 2024 14:09 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBBet Huws Welsh Folklore and Magic the power of the Welsh language Mabinogion. I'm talking to Bet Huws about the importance of language rooted in the soil and the importance of using Welsh for running events on magic and folklore. We talk about the enchanting nature of the Welsh language and the Science of Awe. We talk about the Mabinogion, the Bardic tradition, Awen and how words affect change. This is a great chat with someone who's passionate about her language and her country ...
Replay Dee Dee Wilde, Pans People, TOTP, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and many more.
March 23, 2024 10:04 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBReplay Dee Dee Wilde, Pans People, TOTP, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and many more. I am super excited about this….. Dee Dee Wilde In 1966 Dee Dee co-founded the dance group Pan’s People, resident dancers on the highly popular TV show Top Of The Pops. Over the next ten years, due to their weekly appearances on the show the girls became a household name and worked with some iconic artists, The Who, David Bowie, Mark Bolan, Tom Jones, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson Five which included a yo...
Replay Jerry Stevenson, Guitarist, Peter Green, Chris Rea Barbara Dickson
March 16, 2024 07:44 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBReplay Jerry Stevenson, Guitarist, Peter Green, Chris Rea Barbara Dickson Jerry Stevenson is a guitarist and singer who has worked with Peter Green Barbara Dickson and Chris Rea amongst others and has with his bands Gambler and B Sharp (I love that name) impressing us with his playing over the years. Lovely interview lots of things that I found I have in common with Jerry many interesting anecdotes in this interview, enjoy First released Aug 2019 To support the podcast...
REPLAY Ben Thomas Guitarist, Adele, Sam smith, how to make great choices
March 10, 2024 21:27 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBREPLAY Ben Thomas Guitarist, Adele, Sam smith, how to make great choices I talk to Ben about being the guitarist for Adele, Sam Smith and may others, great chat about starting out at Brit School and the meteoric rise of Adele and Sam Smith Ben makes great choices and listen to how he does it. This is a must for people looking to get into the music business. This was first released in 2019 enjoy it is fascinating. To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing...
Back in Kent, Solo Show, Creative thinking stimulus of knowing the land.
March 02, 2024 07:28 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBBack in Kent, Solo Show, Creative thinking stimulus of knowing the land. I am walking the footpaths in my old stopping ground in Kent and I ponder environment and what it does to your creative thinking and wellbeing. I consider the impact of moving back and hearing from past contacts. To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and Fr...
Bradley Mason – Drums, Playing Stadiums, Web Development, Dubbing Mixing for Film
February 24, 2024 11:47 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBBradley Mason – Drums, Playing Stadiums, Web Development, Dubbing Mixing for Film In this episode I'm talking to Bradley Mason and his work with Noel Richards playing massive stadiums around the world. Bradley talks about his experiences over the couple of decades of being a pro musician. I worked with Bradley in Red Touch and we talk about having a dream that becomes reality. We also discussed man caves and the good points of lockdown and advice to young musicians. For more info on ...
Mark Fitzpatrick Unreal City
February 19, 2024 16:35 - 1 hour - 79 MBMark Fitzpatrick Unreal City We talk Unreal City and carry the burden of art. We discuss some of the twists of the narrative and how this of occurs in the real world. How the Parisienne venue really stepped up to the mark. Such a great read with layer upon layer of symbolism in this gothic edged story with some great modernist tricks in the telling. It's a brilliant conversation as always with Mark and for further details of his work follow this link https://linktr.ee/malachasivernu...
Richard Edwards Returns, Moelyci Farm, Synchronicity Osman Spare Psychogeography
February 10, 2024 10:18 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBRichard Edwards Returns, Moelyci Farm, Synchronicity Osman Spare Psychogeography This episode sees the welcome return of Richard Edwards and we go down a number of rabbit holes. We talk about when the weird becomes not so weird, we discuss the Kogi Indians and the impact on Richard's psycho geography. We question belief in what is possible and not possible and the importance and metaphorical nature of gardens in myth and ancient history. We also discussed the very unusual case of...
Bob Brooker Tracing Ancestry and Creating Songs, Guitars on the Beach.
February 03, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBBob Brooker Tracing Ancestry and Creating Songs, Guitars on the Beach. In today's episode I'll be talking to Bob Brooker. Bob will be talking about his involvement in music including Guitars on the Beach and his wonderful project tracing his ancestry which has culminated in his song Me and Mr Torch which traces his links back to Antonio Tocci who was an organ grinder in Tooting and many other hitherto unknown relatives. Bob talks about his early musical involvements and interests which i...
Richard Edwards Recovering Entrepreneur, Information Security, Science Computers and Programming Mavericks.
January 27, 2024 06:57 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBRichard Edwards Recovering Entrepreneur, Information Security, Science Computers and Programming Mavericks. Today I have a great friend of mine, Richard Edwards on the podcast. Richard has the great ability to mix creativity with scientific logic. Today we talk the Peter Principle, the skill of running a business, start-ups, getting into flow state. Richard talks about his post punk, Goth, Industrial music, the avant-garde, found sound and the wonderful Genesis, P Orridge and Psychic ...
Paul Green returns AGAIN Magic in practice, Sigils, Blending the imaginary and the ‘real’
January 20, 2024 08:04 - 1 hour - 69 MBPaul Green returns AGAIN Magic in practice, Sigils, Blending the imaginary and the ‘real’ Paul Green returns to the show; we go as a deep dive we take a deep dive into the technique in psychology of magical thinking, we look at time distortion and what is time anyway? As always this is a deeply interesting chat with Paul, uncovering ideas which have practical applications in creativity and life. We talk at length on construction and theory behind sigils, implanting a seed in the ...
Paul Green returns! Magic, Cooking, Ian McGilchrist, Symbols as Power
January 06, 2024 07:19 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBPaul Green returns! Magic, Cooking, Ian McGilchrist, Symbols as Power Paul Green returns to the show; we go as a deep dive into the work of Ian McGilchrist and his work on the two hemispheres of the brain and how we operate in the world. We talk about our experiences, the editor function of the brain which is important at the end of the creative process, and we talk about naming as power and the mechanics of magic. The idea of representation of objects with symbols as magical process a...
Joseph of Nazareth Carpenter, Saint, Father, and Protector of Virgins In a special Christmas
December 16, 2023 07:14 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBIn a second replaying of Matt Ogden's Christmas podcast with me. Enjoy Matt's wonderful comic episode. Joseph of Nazareth Carpenter, Saint, Father, and Protector of Virgins In a special Christmas edition, I have the pleasure and the honour to speak to Joseph of Nazareth Joseph speaks about being a Carpenter in a Roman province and the pluses and minuses that affords him. He spent some time talking about the lineage and a little bit about the life of his famous son. According to the Matthe...
Matt Ogden Tribute Santa Special, Black Peter and loosing an elf.
December 09, 2023 07:09 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBMatt who had become part of my seasonal festivities died recently and as a tribute for the next two episodes I will be rerunning our previous frivolities. Santa Special It’s the time of year when our thoughts turn to things festive, to the sharing of love, the sharing of joy, of light and happiness. But this doesn’t happen without a bit of effort from all of us. Not least the jolliest of the jolly. In a world exclusive, I manage to track down and grab a few minutes of very precious time t...
Nina Keturah Vanns Music, Beauty, Pole Fitness, Yoga
December 02, 2023 08:02 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBNina Keturah Vanns Music, Beauty, Pole Fitness, Yoga This is a great chat with Nina which covers an extraordinary creative journey which is still underway. Nina combines lots of a life experience into her work including shamanic skills but we're going to leave that for another podcast. Nina became a beautician after finishing school, but her story includes singing and piano, playing in bands, including a Pink Floyd tribute, working at Ronnie Scotts, running Pole Fitness Classes and yog...
Mark Fitzpatrick Overnight Success that takes 20 years
November 25, 2023 07:11 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBMark Fitzpatrick Overnight Success that takes 20 years In today's episode I'm talking to Mike Fitzpatrick about his book that his just been published. We talk about becoming an overnight success 20 years in the making. We also talk about the hero’s journey versus the carrier bag theory, we mention Ursula Le Guin, Jordan Peterson and being on a solitary writers retreat and what effect that can have. We talk about the first technology, which is not what we think first-hand, but involves ...
Bluescamp France , Gigs in unusual places, what makes a great performer, James Brown, Prince and a Little Black Dress
November 18, 2023 07:38 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBBluescamp France , Gigs in unusual places, what makes a great performer, James Brown, Prince and a Little Black Dress We're in the studio with the Blues camp team Chris Penfold Mike Kilgour and I are looking at venues and gig ideas for next year’s summer school in France. We talk about looking for band members, getting direction as a musician or an artist and what makes a good performer. We namecheck Rory Sutherland, Prince, the little black dress, James Brown amongst others and wh...
Steve Delight guitarist singer and getting to music
November 11, 2023 07:01 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBSteve Delight guitarist singer and getting to music Today I'll be talking to Steve delight. Steve is a guitarist and singer who travels, and his life has informed his music. His recordings and videos are very well produced. We talk about collaboration and how Steve got involved recording audio books. A Taj Mahal cover – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ChNc_Yz6vI An Elvis Costello cover – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1qinqNL3wc Oh, an attempt to record a song and video m...
Tom Greenwood Drum and Bass DJ Radio and Clubs
October 28, 2023 06:02 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBTom Greenwood Drum and Bass DJ Radio and Clubs On this episode I am talking to Tom Greenwood DjWizhard about being a young DJ. Tom has had an amazing couple of years, he is now DJ for a couple of Clubs and features on radio networks including Rough Tempo and Code Red. We talk about social media use and how it can make or break and how The Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme can help Drum and Bass. So for links I will let the DJ speak… I’m DjWizhard, an 18 year old up and coming drum and...
Mike Kilgour Taking back creative control, improving mental health.
October 21, 2023 06:10 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBMike Kilgour Taking back creative control improving mental health. Today's conversation is with Mike Kilgour who runs the Bluescamp project with me. We talk about mental illness caused by the lack of control and what's going on in society. Because of everything being online we are unable to talk in person about problems in insurance, banking, health and numerous other things including booking a flight! We talk about how this can be overcome with creativity, empowering ourselves to b...
Nick Kenyon, Musician, and running the Manchester Venue The Peer Hat
October 14, 2023 06:16 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBNick Kenyon, Musician, and running the Manchester Venue The Peer Hat Nick talks about his musical life an running the amazing music venue The Peer Hat. This is a great chat about creativity and some of the bizarre synchronicities that surround us, if we are observant enough. We are talking getting rid of ones nihilism and opening the doors to creativity. This was a brilliantly engaging chat, at times deeply funny and other times deeply meaningful and often both. People can follow N...
Elliott Peek Bass Player Sound engineering and DJ
October 07, 2023 06:30 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBElliott Peek Bass Player Sound Engineering and DJ Elliott talks of his journey from the Toons through various bands and then Covid to work in crews managing sales DJ work, sight reading bass gigs. Elliott’s story shows how flexibility and the ability to take a challenge has really created his life in music. This is an amazing skill that Elliott possesses, and I have seen him transform himself a few times over the years I’ve known him. Www.boujeemusic.com Https://www.instagram.c...
Steve Niner , Art, Permaculture, Bowie Derek Jarman
September 30, 2023 06:09 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBSteve Niner , Art, Permaculture, Bowie Derek Jarman Today I'm talking to Steve Niner about his incredibly interesting life this includes working with David Bowie in the Art Lab days, a fight with Hawkwind, living in Notting Hill in the 1960s and going to the first Glastonbury. We talked Derek Jarman art and gardening and Steve work in theatre design. Awesome To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichy...
Paul Green Music Philosophy Business Consciousness and Magic.
September 23, 2023 06:15 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBPaul Green Music Philosophy Business Consciousness and Magic. On today's programme I'll be talking to Paul Green. This is a fantastic chat with Paul that goes very deep and includes the effects of having a superpower of implicit learning and successive approximation! This is the lost wisdom of the ancients. We also talk about philosophy degrees and the power of playing Samba. Music is just walking. To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing v...
How to Bootstrap with No Bootstraps.
September 16, 2023 06:47 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBHow to Bootstrap with No Bootstraps. Today I reflect on developing an idea whether that's for business or art or both when you have no funds. Even when bootstrapping an idea is difficult because you don't even have any bootstraps. This comes out of the conversation that I had with two previous podcast interviewees, Tommie Kelly about Stuart Wilde and his book The Trick to Money, and Trish Nichol who came up with the no bootstrap idea. I am recording this while walking in Kent, England....
Walking on sand
September 09, 2023 06:49 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBWalking on sand This is a short solo show about finding the source of your inspiration. I go to my personal source and explore how that can relax and give space for ideas. The ideas can be creative or restorative. My personal source will not be yours but the way of finding them might be. To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland and also news for all the creative music that we do at ...
Tommie Kelly on Stuart Wilde, New Age, Occult, Predictions
September 02, 2023 06:26 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBTommie Kelly on Stuart Wilde, New Age, Occult, Predictions It is great to have the multitalented Tommie Kelly back on the podcast and today we're talking about Stuart Wilde. Stuart was one of the biggest and well-known writers in the new age movement back in the 1980s and early 1990s but he's more or less disappeared from view today. Stuart died about 10 years ago but if you talk to anyone now, very few people will know of Stuart Wilde. Both Tommie and I consider Stuart to be an impor...
Taylor Ellwood Joanna Brook Mediumship, Magic, Poetry, Cut Up
August 19, 2023 06:56 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBTaylor Ellwood Joanna Brook Mediumship, Magic, Poetry, Cut Up This episode is a double header with the wonderful team of Taylor Ellwood and Joanna Brook. This is packed with great ideas and stories about creativity and the processes involved, including writing books, poetry and painting. Their work includes writing, classes on magic, divination, celebrant work amongst others. This is a vibrant chat, good times. Taylor Ellwood is the magician. He’s been practicing and experimenting...
Nassos Conqueso Multi Instrumentalist
August 12, 2023 06:09 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBNassos Conqueso Multi Instrumentalist In this episode I talk to the wonderful Nassos Conqueso about mixing contemporary and traditional music and the wonderful world of Greek instruments. Nassos is a singer/songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist from Athens. Nassos released his single Under the Endless Sky in January of 2017 and two months later he released his debut album Love in Crisis. He studied electric guitar and music theory with Pantelis Gertsos (guitarfor → MusicFor) ...
Stage Performance Techniques, Bluescampuk 2023
August 05, 2023 06:46 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBStage Performance Techniques, Bluescampuk 2023 This is a live recording of a workshop that Chris Penfold and I conducted at this year's BluescampUK at Tonbridge School. As this was only recorded with contact lapel microphones there is some external sound with people playing drums at parts of the recording but there are some brilliant ideas here that if you're involved in presentation, you would find useful. To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and ...
Tom Collins, Plant Science, Travelling, Boats
July 22, 2023 05:58 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBTom Collins, Plant Science, Travelling, Boats I am talking to Tom Collins about his world of Plant Science the extraordinary biodiversity of South Africa, what we need to grow food for a burgeoning population and the very well real risks that we face in the future. This veers into very interesting territory, Tom also discusses his sailing, building boats and just generally navigating the seas of science, commerce and being creative. This is brilliantly interesting for amazing ideas. ...
Using what you've got
July 15, 2023 05:49 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBUsing what you've got This follows from my chat with Chris Penfold about making good and mending. This one is about using what you've got. We can talk about this from a material point of view, where you're using equipment that you already have, but it's also about your skills, and you have many of these placed within other areas of activity; bringing these on board will benefit you. I spoke about something that Michael Breen said during an NLP training. The story was that his wif...
Chris Holdham Foraging Rewilding Us
July 08, 2023 08:10 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBChris Holdham Foraging Rewilding Us In this episode of Creative I am talking to Chris Holdham who I meet whilst walking in a woodland! Great chat with Chris about his work, foraging and teaching others. I will leave it to Chris to explain Hi, I'm Chris and have been developing the projects at Rewilding Us for a number of years. You'll be joining me on our wild walks. A little about me... My deeper wild food journey stemmed from being on a plant based diet for 8 years. A...
Pete Turner of Pete Turner Guitars
July 01, 2023 06:12 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBPete Turner of Pete Turner Guitars This episode i am talking to Pete about those fantastic guitars and how he started, and we contemplate how much the guitar he made for Peter Green will be auctioned for at Bonners. As a left-handed guitar player, Pete Turner was frustrated at the lack of choice available in acoustic guitars. So a few years ago he decided to make his own. Impressed, the partners at lefty shop Holiday Music each bought one, and enquiries started coming in from the local m...
Andi Skipsey Bass Player, Explode the TV
June 24, 2023 06:20 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBAndi Skipsey Bass Player, Explode the TV I'm talking to Andy Skipsey bass player of Explode the TV. We talk about songwriting and creative processes, playing in a massive Christian rock band who played Wembley Arena, Wembley Stadium and European venues including Berlin. Andi was in Red Touch with me during 90s and we also talk about the role of faith in music. https://linktr.ee/explodethetv To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing vi...
Helen Wilson Nursing, End of Life, Consciousness
June 17, 2023 06:24 - 56 minutes - 52 MBHelen Wilson Nursing, End of Life, Consciousness In this episode I am talking to Helen Wilson about her life in nursing, working in end of life care and what we can learn from our elders regarding consciousness. This is a fascinating talk about people’s lives whether that is someone involved in the Dam Busters Raid to those who are spritely at 104 to those suffering from dementia at 40 and those who have profound experiences and how an ordinary life can contain such extraordinary meaning...
Trish Nichol, writer, poet, singer and player of the ukulele.
June 10, 2023 06:32 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBTrish Nichol, writer, poet, singer and player of the ukulele. I chat to the wonderful Trish Delish Nichol about her fascinating creative life. Trish’s biog is so good I have left it in her words. Born and raised on the west coast of Canada, though her forays into the world outside a small island in the Pacific have taken and will take me far from the place I once called home. I’m on an adventure, a journey of the in and the out. A quest of sorts, to find quintessence. Fortunately S...
What if we are wrong?
June 03, 2023 05:58 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBWhat if we are wrong? Solo show, looking and questioning our assumptions. What if what we believe is wrong? What does this do for us creatively? Does the ability to foretell create interesting dimensions to our creations? I talk about the excellent podcast The Witch Trials of J K Rowling on free speech and the historic witch trials in Salem Massachusetts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-witch-trials-of-j-k-rowling/id1671691064 To support the podcast and get access to featur...
Adrian Matthews, Freud, Harry Potter Zen and Professor Umbridge
May 27, 2023 06:09 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBAdrian Matthews, Freud, Harry Potter Zen and Professor Umbridge This was such a great chat with Adrian we dive into the rabbit hole of Jung, Freud, Harry Potter and what is a WWOOFer? We talk about landing after deep revelatory experiences, anarchy, Zen, building communities, the collapsing of personal realities, the deeper meaning of Professor Umbridge from the Ministry of Magic. Adrian lives in a caravan in North Wales. He was meant to become a Freudian analyst, but he stole some c...
Bernadette Russell, author, storyteller, hopepunk, tree planter.
May 20, 2023 06:35 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBBernadette Russell, author, storyteller, hopepunk, tree planter. Bernadette and I have a great chat about stories and creativity her cabaret work at Madame JoJos and finding stories o the lesser heard and lesser known. Bernadette is a co-creator and lead artist for the South Bank Centres monthly salon "The Skylark Cafe" - hosting and telling stories and a storyteller for Trees for Cities with stories, myth and magic about animals, plants, trees and wildness. She is a regular story tel...
THE BONNEVILLES, A 50's & 60's ROCK n ROLL Band,
May 15, 2023 05:33 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBTHE BONNEVILLES, A 50's & 60's ROCK n ROLL Band, In this episode I shall be T talking to the entire line up of the Bonnevilles. We were talking about how they came together and what makes him such a busy band. Also there is a recording of the band at the end of the podcast. 5 piece Band, we've been together for 3 years, as The Bonnevilles, 1 year previous as Reborn 59, Hannah, Denise and Craig were part of Reborn 59, Phil joined as we formed The Bonnevilles, Mike has been with the...
Make Good and Mend with Chris Penfold
May 06, 2023 07:35 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBMake Good and Mend with Chris Penfold Today I'm talking to Chris Penfold, who has just purchased a new, old car. We reflect upon buying second-hand musical equipment and looking for the bargain and how that affects our creative processes. Chris and I talk about the British army and 'make good and mend' and how that reflects on innovation. We have another look at the differences between French and British music and how the British rock scene and contemporary music in general benefit from t...
Marc Galea Session Guitarist, Teacher, TV Presenter.
April 29, 2023 06:23 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBMarc Galea Session Guitarist, Teacher, TV Presenter. In this episode I am talking to the wonderful Marc Galea. Marc has achieved amazing things due to his tenacity and we talk about being able to think outside the box. This is a great chat. Marc is a session guitarist, RGT Registered Tutor with 13 years teaching experience ,published his own method books and released 2 ep’s and 2 albums. In 2008 and 2009 Marc was awarded the internationally-acclaimed RGT Guitar Tutor of the Year Award Fi...
Alisa Jaffa Glass Artist, Singer, Songwriter.
April 22, 2023 06:03 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBAlisa Jaffa Glass Artist, Singer, Songwriter. This is a great chat with Alisa, it demonstrates that life experience feeds into interests that become artistic projects and then in turn helps others to be creative and to develop self confidence. Since turning 50, Alisa Jaffa trained as a Glass Artist and in 2018, has been running small-group, glass fusing workshops from her home in Maidstone, Kent. Alisa is also a vocalist in a band and started her singing journey within the last five ...
Guy Cresswell Musician, Product Demonstrator, Exhibition and Conference Productions
April 15, 2023 06:26 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBGuy Cresswell Musician, Product Demonstrator, Exhibition and Conference Productions Great chat with Guy Cresswell who has been successful in many areas of music. There is much to be learnt from this Guy Guy started musical life on the south coast of England playing in function and original bands, completed a 6 month tour of US airbases in Europe before moving to London in the 80’s working as a song writer, multi instrumental freelance musician and Product demonstrator for Roland. He ha...
Harry S Green Singer, Songwriter, Recording and Music Producer, Magician.
April 08, 2023 06:10 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBHarry S Green Singer, Songwriter, Recording and Music Producer, Magician. This is a great chat with a very creative young man. There are lots of interesting examples within this podcast oh Harry adapting to situations and coming up with interesting new ideas, very enjoyable. In Harry’s Words “So I’m Harry Green, I’m a singer songwriter as well as a recording and music producer. As well as being a magician. My passion is music. From when I was very young I started playing the drums an...
Nat Martin Musician, Teacher, Songwriter, Transcriber, Arranger
April 01, 2023 07:18 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBNat Martin Musician, Teacher, Songwriter, Transcriber, Arranger... Nat is a freelance musician and guitar tutor at The Academy of Contemporary Music, Guildford and Lecturer at ACM London Nat also plays for Toyah playing alongside Robert Fripp and has for several years worked with the wonderful Joe Harman We talk about playing, teaching and developing a guitar style from early blues influences to modern technique. for further information check out instagram.com/natmartin2020 h...
Miles Grindey Guitarist
March 25, 2023 07:20 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBMiles Grindey Guitarist I am talking to Miles about guitar playing, recording and his collection of Tokai guitars. Miles Grindey was born and raised in Warsash, a small village in South Hampshire, UK. In 2016 he joined The Bones And Arrows where the band recorded the Bones and Arrows EP, writing solos for “Slow Light” and writing the chorus riff and solo for “Muddy Sunshine“. Later that year, he left the band and pursued a solo career and over the course of 2017 he wrote, recorded, prod...