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#38 – DINOSAUR ROCK GUITAR ALCHEMY – Tony Iommi
Jun 23, 2021
#38 – DINOSAUR ROCK GUITAR ALCHEMY – Tony Iommi
This is a deep dive into the Dinosaur Rock Guitar Alchemy Profile of Tony Iommi, best known for being the guitar player in legendary rock band Black Sabbath.
Famous for black clothes and silver crosses. Carrying on. While other Sabbath members came and went over the years, Tony remained the constant. And oh, yeah — how about inventing Heavy Metal? Sure, some bands were playing loud, heavy music before Sabbath, but they were blues-based or psychedelic. It was Tony Iommi who found and embraced the dark, eerie music and riffs that would launch a whole new musical genre. Where bands like Zeppelin, for example, balanced heavy music with other styles, Sabbath made heavy their main thing. Whether you choose to call him the Father, the Grandfather, the Godfather of Heavy Metal, or all three — whatever — Tony’s it!
Kyle Meyr is a professional photographer and a Sony Ambassador from Norway. Previous appearances: Episode #24 and episode #32.
Kyle returns to the podcast for the third time. We talk about automotive photography, hunting, traveling, cars, and other good things in life.
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00:00:00 – Boating & hunting 00:15:30 – Traveling in the United States 00:45:23 – The AAA Fresh gang 00:55:36 – Not understanding Minecraft 01:00:26 – Sony A1 talk 01:09:37 – Being a Youtube creator 01:15:05 – Car talk
#36 – DINOSAUR ROCK GUITAR ALCHEMY – Ritchie Blackmore
Mar 12, 2021
#36 – DINOSAUR ROCK GUITAR ALCHEMY – Ritchie Blackmore
This is a deep dive into the Dinosaur Rock Guitar Alchemy Profile of Ritchie Blackmore, best known for being the guitar player in legendary rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow.
Ritchie Blackmore is, along with Tony Iommi, and Jimmy Page, one of the founding fathers of Heavy Metal, and THE founding father of the Neo-Classical guitar school. Ritchie has also discovered some of the best rock singers on the planet including: Ian Gillan, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Ronnie James Dio, along with somewhat less-legendary rock mainstays Joe Lynn Turner and Graham Bonnett.
Listen to other Dinosaur Rock Guitar episodes here.
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00:00:00 – Guitar Alchemy episodes intro 00:05:30 – Early days, and style 00:18:07 – Clips: Speed king, Into the fire, Strange kinda woman, Highway star, Smoke on the water, Space Truckin’, Woman from Tokyo, Burn, Lay down/stay down, Man on the silver mountain, Stargazer, Long live rock ‘n roll, Lady of the lake, Sensitive to light, Kill the king, All night long 00:26:30 – Hard to work with, CalJam 1974 incident 00:35:35 – Strengths, playing style, technique, and chops 00:56:40 – Weaknesses 01:05:40 – Guitars, amps, effects, tone 01:25:40 – Playing style, technique 01:37:40 – Deep Purple 01:51:04 – Rainbow 01:57:10 – Deep Purple Mk. 2 reunion & conclusion
#35 – Francis Aaron – Rapping against the woke pt.2
Feb 18, 2021
Podcast #35 – Francis Aaron – Rapping against the woke (part 2)
If you haven’t, listen to part one (Podcast 34) of this conversation first.
Francis Aaron is a rapper from the UK who tackles relevant, controversial social and cultural topics with philosophy, sociology, and psychology.
Francis Aaron is a rapper and writer with an ability to court controversy and intelligent debate. He was born in Blackpool. His mother died when he was young and he lived a nomadic youth in state care. The stories of struggle he found in rap music resonated with him, and over the years he began honing his technique as a lyricist.
He lived in Moscow and St. Petersburg and later hitchhiked across Russia, visiting gulags and wooden fortress towns along the way. He spent time in Europe and the United States, before returning to the UK and becoming a notorious name on the underground rap battle scene. He has been a bartender, a Mathematics tutor, a recording engineer, an English teacher, and has worked to support children in care.
He is currently writing a book about Nietzsche’s influence on 20th century figures. Alongside music producer Left Axis, he has been releasing controversial songs about “the culture war.”
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00:00:00 – Lockdown talk, growing presence on social media, 00:15:10 – The songwriting process, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane 00:23:40 – Battle-rap, essay rap, Zuby 00:34:00 – Social media bubbles, the old internet, mainstream media 00:43:35 – Discussions around religion, atheism, Chomsky, Foucault, Derrida, constructionism 01:00:20 – Change of language, cult-like behavior, free speech, corruption of universities 01:23:00 – GamerGate, Alt-Right, Alt-Lite, Alt-Left, Milo, Anti-racism, Coleman Hughes 01:41:40 – Religious ideas, the internet changing discourse, pronouns, trans-activism 02:07:00 – Essay rap, mandated speech, Jordan Peterson & bill C-16, Dave Chapelle 02:25:45 – Men & women’s sports 02:33:23 – “Problematic” lyrics breakdown, zero-sum game, personal responsibility, 02:51:10 – The upcoming album, music video production
#34 – Francis Aaron – Rapping against the woke pt.1
Jan 27, 2021
Podcast #34 – Francis Aaron – Rapping against the woke (part 1)
Francis Aaron is a rapper from the UK who tackles relevant, controversial social and cultural topics with philosophy, sociology, and psychology.
Francis Aaron is a rapper and writer with an ability to court controversy and intelligent debate. He was born in Blackpool. His mother died when he was young and he lived a nomadic youth in state care. The stories of struggle he found in rap music resonated with him, and over the years he began honing his technique as a lyricist.
He lived in Moscow and St. Petersburg and later hitchhiked across Russia, visiting gulags and wooden fortress towns along the way. He spent time in Europe and the United States, before returning to the UK and becoming a notorious name on the underground rap battle scene. He has been a bartender, a Mathematics tutor, a recording engineer, an English teacher, and has worked to support children in care.
He is currently writing a book about Nietzsche’s influence on 20th century figures. Alongside music producer Left Axis, he has been releasing controversial songs about “the culture war.”
The podcast
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00:00:00 – Grievance studies & the Woozle effect 00:17:08 – “Problematic” Structuralism, Post-structuralism 00:34:12 – Nietszche, nihilism 00:52:22 – Visiting the North Korean border 01:12:15 – Hitchhiking through Russia, visiting gulags 01:26:16 – Traveling through the USA 01:31:00 – Essay-rap, Michel Foucault, problematization of everything 01:54:00 – Safe spaces, mental illness, lived experiences 02:17:27 – Intersectionality, critical race theory
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Kyle Meyr is a professional photographer and a Sony Ambassador from Norway. Previous appearances: Episode #24.
Self-taught and adventurous, Kyle began his professional life as a journalist. With the addition of a camera in his toolbox, the itch and drive to venture further and shoot more, quickly became an addiction. Starting in the ski industry, Kyle worked his way deeper into the adventure, action, and commercial photo scene as time went on.
He currently works out of Oslo, Norway, but you’ll find him hunting far and wide for the best action and adventure mother nature has to offer.
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00:00:00 – Covid-19 & life in Norway 00:16:33 – Photographing Porsches & Lamborghinis 00:31:00 – Camera & gear talk 00:59:40 – Adventure photography 01:07:45 – Movie & book talk 01:23:27 – Social media & the old internet 01:47:20 – Car talk & final tips from a pro
#31 – DINOSAUR ROCK GUITAR – Legendary guitar gear
Oct 26, 2020
Podcast #31 – DINOSAUR ROCK GUITAR – Legendary guitar gear
“Dinosaur” Dave of Dinosaurrockguitar.com (do check it out, it’s great) joins the podcast once again to talk about the guitars, amplifiers, and effects that the legendary guitar players discussed in episode 30 use. Be sure to listen to that episode first.
About this episode
This podcast is a deep dive into guitar amplifiers, guitars, and effects.
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00:00:00 – Guitar amplifiers 00:19:00 – Amplifier types: Tube, transistor, hybrid, modeling 00:24:48 – EL34 & 6L6 power tubes, Marshall Plexi, Mesa Boogie 00:37:40 – Marshall JCM800, Multiple gain stages, Stereo 01:04:15 – EL84 power tubes, Vox amps, lunchbox amps 01:09:25 – Amplifier buying advice, unique amp characteristics 01:30:54 – Guitar pickups: Single coils, humbuckers, silent single coils 02:04:45 – Guitars: Gibson Les Paul, Flying V, SG, Fender Telecaster, Stratocaster 02:36:28 – SuperStrats, Floyd Rose tremolos, PRS/Paul Reed Smith 02:49:25 – 1970s/1980s Japanese Ibanez & Yamaha lawsuit-era guitars 02:55:35 – Quality control, good/bad years, & buying a new guitar today 03:06:05 – Custom shop guitars, wood types and other materials 03:15:05 – Buying advice for beginners & next-generation smart amps
Show notes (courtesy of Dinosaur Dave)
Getting Authentic Dino (70s Heavy Rock/80s Melodic Metal) tones/sounds.
We’re going to discuss them in the context of gigging and recording use cases. That is, when having the authentic tone really matters.
This discussion doesn’t apply to bedroom and practice scenarios.
It doesn’t necessarily apply to other musical styles.
These are MY observations and opinions based on my decades of experience.
AMPS
Amps come first. Why?
Amps creates the largest percentage of your tone. If you own 5 different guitars types, but only one amp, that one amp colors and affects the sound of ALL 5 guitars.
Also there’s an old axiom: A $200 guitar sounds better through a $1000 amp, than a $1000 guitar sounds through a $200 amp.
I always tell beginners, invest in a good amp before you upgrade to an expensive guitar. In most situations, what you need from an amp is the following:
One good clean tone
One good Dino crunch tone
One good lead tone
What you probably don’t need:
Many mediocre sounds
Versatility. Amp versatility is overrated in most Dino situations
In general, design concepts are more important than specific brands and models. And when talking amps, matching the amp’s power tube type gets you closer than anything else.
Three most popular power tube type for Dino music:
EL34
EL34 tone (Marshall, Orange, Laney, Hiwatt/Sound City) – Historically, THE sound of Dino rock. AKA British sound
EL34s run hotter and distort earlier as you increase the volume.
EL34s are the sound of Hendrix, Cream, The WHO, Zeppelin, Sabbath, AC/DC, Van Halen, and a lot of 80s metal.
Prior to 1981 and the Marshall JCM 800, the distortion (in EL34 amps) came from power amp distortion (AKA power amp saturation) — basically running the amps at full volume so these power tubes got hot and created distortion.
Extra distortion came from fuzz and early distortion pedals:
Hendrix Fuzz Face
Page Sola Sound Tone Bender
Iommi and May used Dallas ‘Rangemaster’ treble booster
Randy Rhoads and Accept used MXR Distortion +
The holy grail for Amps was always getting heavily distorted tone at reasonable volume.
Preamp gain came later with the JCM800 Mesa.
6L6
6L6 tone (classic Mesa, though they also use EL34s) AKA American sound.
6L6s are more versatile (than EL34) and produce less obvious saturation when pushed.
6L6s are the sound of everything from Steely Dan and Robben Ford to Dream Theatre and Metallica.
EL84
EL84s (Vox – Sound of the British Invasion. The Beatles, 60s Stones, Yardbirds, Brian May)
Smaller than EL34s. Distort even earlier. Less low end.
Very popular in today’s low-wattage amps.
There are more tube types and a lot more to amp sounds than this, and these are generalizations (there are always exceptions), but it’s a good starting point.
These days, there are a zillion ways to get or approximate authentic Dino tube tone, and at reasonable volumes.
The thing is, most guitarists (non pros) seldom need the real thing. Certainly not for bedroom wanking or practice. There are many more convenient things for those purposes these day, including the first generation of “smart amps.”
GUITARS AND PICKUPS
Humbucker vs Single Coil, and noiseless SC. (an overview)
There are a zillion solid-bodied guitars on the market for rock and metal and regardless of body shape and design, almost all of them are chasing a Gibson tone or a Fender tone — or BOTH. Understanding those tones involves understanding pickup basics.
So of all the guitars on the market, they all use either HBs, SCs, or stacked/noiseless SCs. And because very few guitar DESIGNS create truly distinctive sounds, I find it more useful to discuss the guitar’s tonal aspects in terms of pickup tone.
So for guitars if you want to sound like your hero, you should be asking yourself: does the player use a humbucker sound or a single coil sound? Historically, Fenders used SCs in Strats and Teles, and Gibson used HBs from 1957 on. Of course today, there are many ways to configure and customize guitars to take advantage of both types. And of course, most guitarists — professional or not — commonly have guitars with both pup types.
True single coil pickups arrived first (in both Fender and Gibson designs), but they were, and remain noisy. In fact, I contend it’d harder than ever to use SC pickups due to the world of electronic devices we live with. Try recording with true single coils in a room full of computers, multiple, monitors, and everyone has a mobile phone. The SCs pick all of this electronic interference and create a hum through your rig that is usually unbearable.
But even back in the 50s before all the computers and monitors, SCs would pick up noise from the room lighting, ungrounded circuits etc. The reason the HB was developed was to buck — or stop that hum. A HB has TWO coils instead of one. This cancels out the hum.
Noiseless SC
At some point between the late 70s and early 80s, we saw the arrival of the stacked single coil pickup. Designed to sound like a SC and fit in a SC space, the stacked SC is basically a two coiled version of the SC that is as noiseless as a HB. It’s a bit of a compromise solution, but a mostly effective one. Tone snobs will tell you that noiseless SCs don’t sound quite as good as true SCs, but for most applications they still sound close enough, and solve the noise issue. And unless you’re going for true vintage authenticity, they are a much better option for SC sound in high gain applications than the true SC.
As such, most Dino rock is the sound of the Humbucking pickup, and mostly in the bridge position of the guitar. This was mostly born out of necessity. Running amps loud and using high gain, it makes sense to use pups that don’t create unwanted noise. That said, a lot of players truly LOVE the single coil sound, and it’s been put to good use even in Dino music.
Guys generally associated with SC tone
Hendrix on Strats
Robin Trower on Strats
Beck on Teles and Strats (now uses noiesless)
Page on Teles
Leslie West – LPjr with P90s a Gibson sc
Blackmore on Strats
Uli Roth on Strats
YJM on Strats with noiseless
Clapton on Strats (doesn’t really count)
Eric Johnson (doesn’t really count)
Guys associated with HB tone (at least in the bridge position)
Clapton on LPs and SG
Page on LPs
Beck on LPs
Iommi on SGs
The guys in KISS, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Queensryche
Very few solid bodied electric guitar designs create truly distinctive sounds.
The first two that come to mind that DO are the Les Paul and the Telecaster.
Stratocasters certainly have an iconic sound (or sounds) as well. They are the most popular guitar of all time
I contend it’s easier to fake a Strat sound with a non-strat guitar than it is to fake a LP or a Tele. And when you start talking about super strats — strats with HBs in them, that is definitely true. By that I mean, all you have to do to get classic strat tones from a super strat is coil cut the HBs so you can get a SC sound.
LPs
The reason LPs sound distinctive is:
Thick mahogany body, usually with a maple cap.
More importantly, they use a shorter Gibson scale length. These factors, when you combine them make the LP sound different from other slab mahogany bodied Gibsons like the SG, the Flying V, and the Explorer. While all of these guitars sound Gibson-ish. The LP has a lower mindrange frequency peak than other Gibsons.
Teles
The other guitar that has it own, distinctive tone is the Tele.
The distinction is due to the Tele’s bridge pan. That bridge pan is what gives the Tele it’s characteristic twang.
You can make a Tele sound like a Strat, but it’s hard to make any guitar sound like a Tele unless you put one of those bridge pans on it.
Oddly enough, it’s easier to make a Tele sound like a LP than it is for a lot of other guitars.
Zeppelin I in general, and Dazed and Confused in particular, is a perfect example of this. It sounds just like a LP through a Marshall, and it’s actually a Tele through a Vox Super Beatle. Much of that tone is due to sonic manipulation in the studio.
That said, put a HB in a Tele, and it can sound more like a LP than a HB in a Strat does. My guess is because the Tele has the thicker body, and the bridge pan adds something similar to the LPs maple cap.
Strats
The strength of the Strat is not as much about a distinctive tone, but rather its sonic versatility. It’s excels in ANY musical genre. From Buddy Holly and Beach Boy cleans to Yngwie levels of gain and crunch.
Strats also respond better than any other guitar design to customization. EVH wasn’t the first person to put a HB in a Strat, but when he did, he launched a whole other design trend — the Super Strat. Strat-bodied guitars configured with whatever kind of pickups and tremolo systems the player desires.
Super Strats RULED the 80s metal scene, and are still pretty popular because they were a reliable way guitarists found have to HB sounds in a lighter, more comfortable design, and with a tremolo.
The holy grail for guitars was always to get both AUTHENTIC Fender and Gibson sounds out of one guitar.
Super Strats don’t sound totally like Gibsons, but the humbuckers give them some Gibson-ish sonic characteristics and if you coil-split those HBs so that you can get the Fender-ish single coil sound out of them. Thus you can come close to the best of both worlds.
One other approach to getting trying to get both Fender and Gibson tones was PRS.
PRS
PRS has been selling guitars since their day one based on the concept that they can get — or approximate both Strat and LP tones. I don’t buy it. Even their Single Cut models that are supposed to go after that LP tone don’t quite get there because they’re not using the Gibson scale length. They’re also not using the Fender scale length. They are in between. As a result, PRS has created sort of a hybrid sound, that — while not a bad sound — to my ears, doesn’t quite get either sound.
I have been at jams with my old LP standing next to guys with shiny new PRS guitars that they THOUGHT sounded like a LP. Until they stood next to a guy who’s playing the real thing. They hear the difference, and you watch their faces fall. A fat free potato chip tastes pretty good until you A/B it against a real potato chip.
To my ears, the guitars that sound the MOST like LPs are the ones that stole the important design aspects and didn’t compromise. Those would be the Ibanez Artists, and the Yamaha SG 2000s. You don’t see them around much anymore because most these days, people can get a much cheaper model LP, but back in the 70s, if you couldn’t afford a LP Standard or Custom, you could get one of these two Japanese alternatives, and they got the LP tone. They had the same thickness mahogany, the maple cap, and the scale length.
Podcast #30 – DINOSAUR ROCK GUITAR – Legendary guitar slingers
Dinosaurrockguitar.com contains elaborate profiles on legendary guitar slingers that defined genres. It is an absolute goldmine of rock information and trivia. The creator, “Dinosaur” Dave, will join the podcast today.
This podcast covers a wide array of rock-related topics, guitar players, and bands. Toward the end of the interview, an elaborate number of album recommendations is covered.
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00:05:20 – The beginning & the alchemy profiles 00:20:28 – Dinosaur classes 00:30:30 – Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Page, Tommy Iommi, Guns N Roses, Aerosmith 00:31:10 – Jeff Beck 00:39:40 – Gary Moore, Steve Lukather, Joe Perry, David Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani 00:42:14 – Eddie Van Halen, Michael Schenker, Jazz vs Blues-based guitar players. 00:44:56 – Allan Holdsworth, John Coltrane, Uli Roth, Gary Moore 00:48:00 – Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi, Richie Blackmore, Gary Moore, Michael Schenker 00:50:43 – Led Zeppelin 00:55:11 – Whole lotta love, Over the hills & far away 00:58:00 – Rock reaction videos on YouTube, the decline of music 01:01:26 – Freddy Mercury, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Thin Lizzy, Black Dog 01:03:28 – Techno, Disco, Funk, Dancefloor music & Music music, Handcrafted & Produced 01:06:00 – Dinosaur Rock Guitar, Paul Gilbert, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Moore, Glenn Hughes, Steve Morse, Eric Johnson 01:09:40 – The definition of Dinosaur Rock Guitar 01:11:05 – John Frusciante, The Blue Van, The Doors 01:14:55 – Strong debut albums 01:17:34 – George Harrison, Kirk Hammett, David Gilmour, Keith Richards, Steve Howe, Steve Lukather 01:22:19 – Jazz vs Blues-based guitar players 01:23:19 – Ten Years After, Alvin Lee, Deep Purple, Slash, John Mayer, Keith Richards, Crosseyed Heart 01:28:35 – Eric Clapton, Derek Sherinian, God of War 01:35:55 – Guitars & Amps 01:48:50 – Recommended albums 02:03:25 – Dinosaur rock guitar
Recommended albums
Accept – Breaker, Russian Roulette, Objection overruled, Blood of the Nations, Stalingrad, The rise of chaos
Aerosmith – Aerosmith, get your wings, toys in the attic, rocks, get a grip, pump,
Alcatrazz – No parole for rock n roll
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath, Born again, Master of Reality, Vol 4, Paranoid, Sabbath bloody sabbath, Sabotage, Reunion, Heaven and Hell
Blue Murder – First 2 albums
Bruce Dickinson – Balls to Picasso, Accident at birth, Chemical wedding
Cream – Fresh Cream, Wheels of fire, Goodbye, Cream live vol. 2
Deep Purple – Machine head, In Rock, Fireball, Made in Japan, Burn, Stormbringer, come taste the band
Dio – Holy diver, Last in line
Dokken – Tooth & nail, Under lock & key
Gary Moore – Corridors of power, Victims of the future, We want Moore
Hendrix – Are you experienced, Axis: bold as love, Electric ladyland
Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden, Killers, The number of the Beast, Piece of mind, Powerslave, Somewhere in time
Judas Priest – British steel, Screaming for vengeance,
Led Zeppelin – All albums, obviously, but especially II and IV
Loudness – Thunder in the east
Michael Schenker Group – The Michael Schenker Group, MSG, Assault attack
Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz, Diary of a Madman, Tribute, No More Tears, Bark at the moon, Osmosis
Queen – Queen, Queen 2, Sheer heart attack
Queensrÿche – The warning, Rage for order, Operation: Mindcrime, Empire
Rainbow – Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Rising, Long Live Rock n Roll
Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs, Twice Removed from Yesterday, For Earth Below, Live, Essential Robin Trower
Rush – Rush, Fly by night, Caress of steel, 2112, A farewell to kings, Hemispheres, Permanent waves, Moving pictures, Grace under pressure, Power windows, Hold your fire, Counterparts
Scorpions – Fly to the rainbow, In trance, Love at first sting
The who – Everything
Thin Lizzy – Fighting, Jailbreak, Johnny the Fox, Bad reputation, Black rose, Chinatown, Renegade, Thunder and lightning
UFO – Force it, No heavy petting, Lights out, Obsession, No place to run, Strangers in the night
Whitesnake – Good to be bad, Forevermore
Y&T – Earthshaker, Black tiger, Mean streak, In rock we trust
Yngwie Malmsteen – Rising force
ZZ Top – Tres Hombres, Fandango, Deguallego, El Loco, Eliminator
B. Jeffrey Madoff is the author of the book “Creative Careers” and the founder and CEO of award-winning video production company Madoff Productions. He is also a director, photographer, writer, and professor in New York City.
Mr. Madoff tells us all about his new book “Creative Careers” in this episode.
The book features insider advice from Daymond John, Karlie Kloss, Tim Ferriss, Randi Zuckerberg, Dave Asprey, Dennis Crowley, Brandon Maxwell, Mauro Porcini, Joy-Ann Reid, Roy Wood Jr., and dozens more.
In one of the most popular classes at Parsons School of Design, B. Jeffrey Madoff gave students a reality check: “Most of us have had the feeling of ‘I could’ve done that,’ whether at an art gallery, watching a performance, or finding a new product or even a new business idea. What’s the difference between you and them? They actually did it. You didn’t.”
With Creative Careers, you will learn how to do it, too: use your creativity; have a sustainable, profitable career; and do what you love. Creative Careers pulls from interviews with more than forty experts–notable entrepreneurs, artists, and business leaders–as well as from Madoff’s own decades of experience to supercharge your career.
Creativity can often feel sporadic and unfocused, coming in bursts and peaks. That’s why Madoff focuses your professional path by asking vital questions that will ultimately help you:
Determine your value
Be smart about your hustle
Ruthlessly edit down your creative projects
Overcome fear and doubt
Create a successful, long-lasting career on your own terms
You may aspire to join the fashion world, to work in visual arts, or to spearhead a start-up. You may be an executive who leads a creative team, or a professional looking to make a career change. Madoff takes you down an accessible path that will lead to success in any field or endeavor.
Contents
00:09:00 – Music talk 00:17:05 – The beginning of a creative career 00:26:08 – The importance of business skills 00:48:50 – How to know if you have a good idea 01:07:07 – Takeaways from experts & closing thoughts
This podcast is about two dudes on a backpacking adventure in Thailand and Bali, Indonesia. Mandeville is a good friend based in the US. In this episode we talk about our backpacking adventures in South East Asia. The trip was made back in 2017 (before the world went nuts) and we had a fantastic experience. […]
Zuby is a rapper, podcast host, fitness coach, Oxford graduate, free thinker, and online entrepreneur. Zuby has been on the show before in episode 19. There’s a good chance you’ve about Zuby on The Joe Rogan Experience, the Adam Carolla Show, the Ben Shapiro Show, Good Morning Britain with Piers Morgan, Tucker Carlson Tonight, RT, […]
Dub FX is an Australian musician and worldwide street performer. Born in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia, Benjamin Stanford, better known as Dub FX, started his music career singing in a local alternative rock and rapcore band initially known as Twitch, which would later change its name to Never or Now. After they released a debut […]
#24 – Kyle Meyr: Professional adventure photographer
Dec 29, 2019
Kyle Meyr is a professional photographer and a Sony Ambassador from Norway. Self-taught and adventurous, Kyle began his professional life as a journalist. With the addition of a camera in his toolbox, the itch and drive to venture further and shoot more, quickly became an addiction. Starting in the ski industry, Kyle worked his way […]
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