Creative Confidential with Bryan Tuk

Episode 57: Angela Shelton, screenwriter, actor, director by Bryan Tuk

Alexandra Kay March is Philadelphia-based singer-song writer who cites her influences and sound somewhere where Woody Guthrie, Judy Garland and Roberta Flack meet and sing songs around the fire. Alexandra's terrific Debut EP, When the Garden Reveals Itself on Blacbird Records (Joe Nicolo) is now available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, etc. Alexandra was voted one of Philly's Rising Artists of...

"It represents community, partnership, collaboration."  In Pittsburgh's northside district, Al Grasso and his partners are not only building a craft brewery and tap house, they are building a community in a neighborhood not far from where they grew up.   It is, in many ways, a classic Pittsburgh story.  Kids grow up, they leave, they return and they stay for the long haul.   The founders of Allegh...

Solo: A Star Wars Story debuted on May 25th and Bryan and Dave break the film down in detail. There are spoilers in this review, so you have been warned! Our man in Dearborn, Michigan brings his unusual level of detail to his analysis and levity ensues. Before we go there, this is a quick reminder that if you want to get on my mailing list, for updates about future podcast episodes, essays, or liv...

District 97 is a modern progressive rock band from Chicago that brings a lot to the table. They are currently out on tour celebrating the band’s tenth anniversary and working out new material for their upcoming fourth studio album. D97 is running a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of their next album. To support that effort (and you should!) GO HERE. Today, we get a chance to (virtually...

Every so often it's time to spruce the joint up. Since the last episodes aired, I wrote and published a book: risk, create, change: a survival guide for startups & creators, which is now available in paperback and Kindle on Amazon.com. If you are interested in the content of the podcast, the book is pretty closely aligned and will aid you your professional journey. http://riskcreatechange.com Then...

This is an excerpt of Episode 17 with Jazz great Jeff "Tain" Watts. For the entire interview, please go here: http://www.creativeconfidential.net/?p=331

Jame DiBiasio is an author, a journalist, and an entrepreneur, who grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania but moved to Hong Kong in 1997 and has been in Asia since. Indy presses have published his two thrillers, GAIJIN COWGIRL and BLOODY PARADISE, as well as THE STORY OF ANGKOR, a history and guide to the famous temple monuments in Cambodia. He combines literature with a career in financial journal...

A lot has happened since our last conversation (in Episode 21) with filmmaker Lee Rudnicki. Lee has taken a short film which he wrote and directed and put together team spanning Japan, the United States and Italy to produce Fleur, which is beginning to generate a lot of attention from film festivals around the United States. Lee returns to the podcast to update us on an incredibly unlikely chain o...

Mediocrity is not Bill Childs’ friend. He refuses to be pals with “good enough.” Will never be besties with “just O.K.” And “phoning it in” is not part of his #squadlife. As a marketer and a creative, Bill believes in pushing projects as far as they can go – then pushing it a little more. He’s also someone who believes that good is the enemy of great. He is currently the Director of Marketing and...

Valerie Giglio is many things: a singer, published author, and practicing attorney. At age 42, Valerie suffered a stroke that left her paralyzed on her left side. She went through extensive rehabilitation and physical therapy to learn how to walk again, and ultimately sing professionally again. This is her story. Her recent book, Singing in My Own Key: A Vocalists’ Triumph Over Stroke is available...

Imagine you are on a high wire hundreds of feet in the air without a net. You’ve never felt more free or more empowered. The air is different. The breeze feels different. Everything you have experienced everyday takes on a slightly different edge. Below you there is nothing but the air and the wire. To follow on the web: http://creativeconfidential.net Be sure to follow the podcast on Twitter, and...

Jeffrey A. Parks is the Executive Director of the ArtsQuest Foundation, a support organization for the nonprofit arts and cultural organization ArtsQuest, based in Bethlehem, PA. Mr. Parks is also the founder and former President of ArtsQuest. Appointed to the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts by Governor Tom Corbett in 2014, Parks was appointed Chair of the Council by Governor Tom Wolf in December...

There is one truth I’ve learned in almost 20 years of representing small business owners. The greatest obstacle to progress in starting a creative project or business venture is the fear of failure, or the fear of non-acceptance by one’s peers. There’s fear, and then there’s fear. The former is healthy, the latter is the kind that keeps you up at night, and plagues you into paralysis when you feel...

Gerard Longo is fighting the good fight. Gerard founded the website Lehigh Valley Underground, which provides extensive coverage of the region's indie music scene. As the business matures, we follow Gerard through how he is building LVU in a multi platform media company, including a weekly podcast, the Quinn Spin. Please be sure to RATE and REVIEW the podcast on iTunes! To hear ALL the past episod...

Today’s episode is about persuasion, and how we process the world these days. We are entering into a phase in American history that’s littered with some embarrassingly bad rhetoric, and a lot of screaming at one another, when we should all be talking to one another. How we talk to one another matters. In earlier episode we talked about the words we use and what they can mean. But today this episod...

Pat Petrillo is one of the hardest working men in show business. Whether he is running his band, Pat Petrillo’s NYC Big Rhythm Band, developing products like the P4 Practice Pad, or delivering private lessons through through his website http://drumstudiolive.com, Pat is constantly in motion. Pat and I discuss his playing and teaching careers, how he approaches building a business and how one has t...

In this mini-episode, we explore how much the words we use matter.  The words we use reveal who we really are and what we really think. Knowing that words matter, and how we use them says a lot about us, there are some trends that we as creators and entrepreneurs need to keep in mind. For the full scoop, check out the entire episode. Keep building the future; it’s closer than you think. Visit us o...

In this episode, we get a chance to talk about the evolution of culture with Jesse Rosen, the President and CEO of the League of American Orchestras. Mr. Rosen has been a leading voice for change, empowering the League’s more than 2,000 member organizations and individuals with knowledge and perspective to navigate their own paths through a rapidly changing environment. Under Mr. Rosen’s leadershi...

Sometimes the pathway to get to where you want to go isn’t easy. Actually, often it is not easy.  The path can be a treacherous one with risks at every turn.  Sometimes you have an idea.  Sometimes the idea has you, and that is the beginning of a journey.  Please be sure to rate and review us on iTunes here: http://apple.co/2fMpWex For all episodes, visit us on the web: http://creativeconfidential...

A few words about building your future, and time, and life. If you are sufficiently intense when you apply yourself to your work, you will never have an unfinished project. Be sure to rate and review the podcast in iTunes here: apple.co/2fMpWex For more content, visit the podcast on the web at http://creativeconfidential.net Stay determined. Build the future.

In this Bonus episode, another audience question is asked and answered, and we talk about the Star Wars Universe a bit, and how CGI characters are going to become more and more prevalent. Be sure to rate and review the podcast in iTunes here: http://apple.co/2fMpWex For more content, visit the podcast on the web at http://creativeconfidential.net Special thanks to Slice of Lime Photography: www.sl...

Jason Harper has the job that every kid dreams of: traveling around the world driving fast and exotic cars. A writer, journalist, producer and a TV personality, Jason focuses on the intersection between automobiles and lifestyle. He has hosted a show for The Travel Channel, and written about cars for publications including Bloomberg News, Time Magazine, Automobile Magazine and Verge.com. Jason is...

Mac Smith was born into a family of tuba players in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents and older siblings exposed him to films that were a bit mature for his age, and a wide variety of musical styles. Mac experimented with video cameras, and picture editing throughout his childhood. He went off to Los Angeles at age 17 to take the Summer Production Workshop at USC Film School, and then made his home in...

In this bonus episode, Bryan answers audience questions about building arts & creative businesses. If you want YOUR questions answered, email them to Bryan at bryan@creativeconfidential.net OR record yourself asking the question on your smartphone (audio or video is fine), and email the file for inclusion in the next bonus episode. If you enjoy the podcast, please RATE and REVIEW the podcast on iT...