Making Creativity Pay

Ahead of Podcast Show London on 24th/25th May, we’re running a series of short daily podcasts with a variety of people in the podcast industry. Today’s episode is with Megan Hayward - Podcast Producer at editaudio We talk about what encouraged Megan to pursue a career in podcasting, her work as a podcast producer and how she finds working as part of a team that’s based on both sides of the Atlanti...

This episode is with Comedy producer Gina Lyons - this was a great chat encompassing the varied aspects of Gina’s career to date, from getting in to the industry via a reality TV show (Get Me A Producer), working with a huge range of comedians on live shows including Kate Barron and Adam Rowe and scripted series across all areas from Network TV to Online (In My Skin/Breeders/Dreaming Whilst Black)...

This episode is with Sean Adams, Founder of Music Website and Label Drowned in Sound. We talk about the relaunch of Drowned in Sound as a music label, what a label can offer an artist that they wouldn’t get with a DIY approach, the importance of Social Media in promoting artists and matching the right channels for the artist and their audience. We also talk about the newly launched Drowned In Soun...

Our guest is Dr Hayleigh Bosher - Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at Brunel University. We discuss how musicians can educate themselves around copyright and getting paid when their music is used, the #BrokenRecord campaign for better pay for performers and composers, along with some examples of copyright such as Louis Theroux and Jiggle Jiggle and David Guetta creating an AI Eminem. W...

Chapters and Chapter art are a great way of adding extra context to a podcast or direct listeners to a specific part and what better way to show that with some clips from previous guests on Making Creativity Pay. I know it's a huge ask of someone's time to listen to an hour long podcast of someone they've not listened to before and that can put someone off before they've even started. Good chapter...

This episodes guest is James Cridland , James is Editor of Podnews , a daily Podcast and Newsletter about the world of Podcasting. In the episode we talk about a range of subjects around podcasting and monetisation including: Ads Sponsorship Subscriptions - Apple / Spotify / Patreon How to ask for money - e.g., Buy Me a Coffee and how countries differ in terms of the culture of asking for money fo...

This episode is with Suchandrika Chakrabarti talking about her 2022 Edinburgh Fringe show 'I miss Amy Winehouse', selecting a venue, promoting it on TikTok and flyering by the bins. We talk about having a show with a mixed ticketed/pay what you want model, traditional vs. online marketing and the process of doing it all again for 2023 along with the differences between in person and Zoom shows as...

In this episode I speak to 3 performers about their experiences at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe. We discuss a wide range of areas around performing at the Fringe such as: Length of run - is doing the whole month some heroic effort that is in itself part of the attraction of doing a run in Edinburgh Pricing - Pay what you want vs. ticketed, does having a minimum price set by the venue Promotion - Wher...

In this episode Cerys Bradley talks about their show 'Sportsperson' which is on daily at the Edinburgh Fringe during August.  Cerys talks about selecting a venue, pricing and large amounts of flyering as well as recommend shows to see at the Fringe.  Cerys' show is on each day at 4.40 in the Wee room at Gilded Balloon Teviot and Cerys can be found on Twitter @hashtagcerys or at CerysBrad...

The Edinburgh Fringe is the perfect example of where Art and Commerce mix, it's a reflection of real life from the idealists who just want to make things better to those who see it as a great opportunity to make a few quid (usually everyone apart from the performers themselves). Our guest on this episode is Stu Goldsmith, host of the Comedian's Comedian podcast.  Stu has been going to the Fri...

Sophie is editor and founder of Freelancer Magazine which she started in 2021 via a kickstarter campaign . We talk about the issues of setting up a physical print magazine in a digital age, her background in Marketing, developing a newsletter , building an online and real world community around  freelancing as well as her online courses for Marketing and LinkedIn . Sophie can be found on Twit...

Mark Steadman is founder of Podcode.co and helps podcasters develop, produce and promote their podcasts. Mark has been involved in podcasting since it's inception and we talk about a range of areas in the industry such as: Building momentum for your podcast The future of podcasts: The open ecosystem of RSS vs. the walled garden approach of Spotify Building an online community Building and selling...

Making creativity pay is a podcast discussing how those in creative industries look to monetise their work, not to sell out their craft but to be able to afford to keep going. In this episode I talked to Matt Curtis, co-founder of Pellicle a magazine and podcast devoted to exploring beer, wine, cider, food and travel and the joy found within these cultures. We discuss how Matt got into Beer writin...

In this episode I spoke to Comedian and Podcaster Stuart Goldsmith.  We discuss how he got started in podcasting almost a decade ago, his thoughts on different business models such as donations, subscriptions and advertisements as well as being a 'solopreneur' and how his comedy and podcast selves interact. You can find Stuart at Comedian's Comedian.com on Twitter @comcompod and numerous othe...