Creative

Replay 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,...

Replay 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 anec...

REPLAY 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 i...

Back 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....

Bradley 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 ma...

Mark 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 Mar...

Richard 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 n...

Bob 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 hith...

Richard 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, Industr...

Paul 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 lif...

Paul 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 m...

In 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 talkin...

Matt 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 joll...

Nina 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,...

Mark 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...

Bluescamp 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 name...

Steve 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...

Tom 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 f...

Mike 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...

Nick 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 ti...

Elliott 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...

Steve 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...

Paul 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 walki...

How 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 w...

Walking 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.p...