Insights for Succeeding in Today’s Music Industry – A Conversation with Carl Bahner “The way to get your rates up is to make them realize that you’re like the supply, and demand works in your favor if the supply is one, right? If you’re the only person doing this thing, not the only person mixing, […]
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Podcasting Do’s & Don’ts: A Conversation with Dave Jackson – Part 1
Podcasting Do’s & Don’ts: A Conversation with Dave Jackson – Part 1 “And I hit play on it, and I hear ‘Hello, Dave, this is Michael Van Lahr from Nuremberg, Germany.’ I’m in the basement of my brother’s house. This is where I started. And that, which goes back to, it doesn’t matter. Just, just […]
Interview with Musician, Author, & Teacher, Bob Baker – Part 2
Here’s the second part of my interview with musician, author, and teacher, Bob Baker. We talked about what drew Bob to starting his YouTube channel and how it’s grown to over 117K subscribers through the meditations and positive affirmations he posts. We also spoke about things like: Bob’s insecurities and self-worth challenges throughout his childhood […]
Interview with Musician, Author, & Teacher, Bob Baker – Part 1
Bob Baker likes to call himself an “inspirationalist.” His mission in life is to inspire and empower people, especially creatives. Over the years, his work has included books, podcasts, music, coaching, and improv comedy. He co-authored the book The Improv Comedy Musician with Laura Hall, who you may be familiar with from the TV show […]
Time For A Transition
Those of you who have been following this blog and accompanying podcast, have seen the direction I’ve been going with this. I know a lot of us are Creatives. A lot of us need help understanding how not to beat ourselves up in our own heads. And helping people with that (in a distinctly NOT […]
My Interview with Artist & D&D Enthusiast, Joe Nittoly
I had the pleasure of talking with my friend Joe Nittoly about his art, his enthusiasm for D&D (and how the two merge), along with how he overcomes those nasty critical inner voices many of us Creatives deal with. I think lots of people will relate to this very frank discussion. If you’d like to […]