The Secret Path With Roger Dean

In this discussion Roger talks about the upcoming American Yes tour that he will be joining for and speaking at. We discuss the conception of the first and second Yes logos and the beginning of his creative relationship with Yes, how it has evolved over the years and how those years have affected the evolution of the artwork and music respectively and in concert. We will be doing another discussio...

Project Updates, exhibition news, announcement of live discussions 14th and 21st of December on Facebook 7pm GMT with some live painting to be scheduled.

Freyja and Roger Dean Update on NFTs  School etc

Roger in conversation with Neil Gaiman an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, nonfiction, audio theatre, and films. His works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book

Roger dean in Conversation with Jennifer Choyce Marine Biologist; Ecologist; Conservationist; https://twitter.com/jenniferchoyce https://www.jschoycephotography.com https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lets-talk-conservation/id1555185442

Richard Graham is an educational consultant who specialises in teaching English in a fun or Genki way (https://genkienglish.net/teaching/selfintro/). When Freyja first arrived in Tokyo she was recommended by a friend to talk to Richard and ask his advice about teaching in Japan. Richard was happy to chat with her about her project at Courtyard, teaching small children and in fact it turned into a...

Chris Braide This week we have our second member of the Downes Braide association, singer, songwriter and record producer Chris Braide. Braide’s writing credits are an extraordinary catalogue of some of the world’s most well-known, creative and successful artists. Braide has worked with Beyonce, Britney Spears, Lana Del Rey, Sia Marc Almond, Beth Ditto and many, many more. I have worked with Braid...

Henk Rogers It is difficult to sum up in an opening sentence the many and various projects and endeavours that have made up Henk’s extraordinary career. I first met Henk when we worked on a role playing game called The Black Onyx. I then then designed the logo for the game Tetris, which Henk secured the rights to distribute and which he produces to this day as managing director of The Tetris Compa...

Stephen Fry I’m sure most of you here will very familiar with Stephen Fry, whether you are a fan of comedy, opera, classical myths, issues surrounding mental health or the English language Fry has written about or produced documentaries on all of these subjects. Many of you however will be most familiar with his incarnations as Lord Melchett in Blackadder or the eponymous Jeeves alongside Hugh Lau...

Thijs Van Leer Thijs Van Leer is a musician, singer, songwriter, composer and producer with the most incredible capacity for making sound. If you haven’t heard hime play the flute, yodel or even whistle it is magical sound I urge you to look up as soon as you have the chance. Van Leer is one of the founding members of the rock group Focus, which began in 1969 and has worked with Ramses Shaffy as w...

Annie Haslam Annie Haslam is an extraordinary vocalist, who trained as an opera singer. With a five octave range she went on to sing with progressive rock band Renaissance before going on to a solo career. She creates beautiful and extraordinary paintings, of which I am lucky enough to own two. Haslam is talented in so many ways, and wonderfully for us, one of those talents is telling outrageous a...

Steve Howe Steve Howe has been a great friend of mine for many years and someone with which discussing the creative process has always been incredibly inspiring. He is a creative, musical genius and has performed with Yes since 1970. He is a musician, songwriter and producer and over his extraordinary career has worked with Lou Reed, Stone the Crows, was a member of Asia, formed GTR with Steve Hac...

Sonja Kristina Sonja Kristina began her career as a singer and musician at just 14 and was soon chosen to perform the part of Crissy in the stage musical Hair, where she met the band Curved Air and became their lead singer in 1970. Sonja was at the centre of England’s music culture during the 70s and both embodied and helped shape the sound and emotional character of that time. I enjoyed inhabitin...

Geoff Downes Geoff Downes is a songwriter, keyboardist and record producer who has worked with The Buggles, Trevor Horn as well as Yes and Asia and has been someone I have enjoyed working with enormously over the years. He is a master of his craft and talking to him about his creative process for this episode was fascinating for me. I am often amazed at the similarities and technical differences i...

Mark Stevenson I have known writer Mark Stevenson since we met at a launch party for his book ‘An Optimist’s Tour of the Future’. I was lucky enough to get to talk to him that evening and we discovered a mutual passion for the future and it’s possibilities as well as a shared love and involvement with Progressive Rock music. In his books Mark travels the world discussing with scientists, educators...

Iain McCaig Iain McCaig is an artist and concept designer who creates characters you are probably all familiar with. Perhaps his best known are Padme Amidala and Darth Maul as well as many other designs for the Star Wars franchise. McCaig has  worked on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Interview with the Vampire, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Guardians of the Galaxy and much, much more. He is a passi...

Dave McKean Dave McKean is an extraordinary ‘creativo’ as he tells us, the Italians are better at describing these things. He is an illustrator, graphic designer, musician, filmmaker, photographer and comic book artist. He’s created the artwork for books by Neil Gaiman, Heston Blumenthal, Richard Dawkins and Stephen King among others. His films, including Mirror Mask and Luna bring together the be...

Roger Dean and Steve Hackett discuss art, music and how they have both been inspired by the culture and spirituality of the Far East in this engaging conversation...  Steve Hackett Steve Hackett is a singer, songwriter, musician and producer who began his incredible career as the lead guitarist for genesis. He began his solo career in 1975 with the album ‘Voyage of the Acolyte’ and went on to form...

Roger Dean On The Future and why we shouldn't be afraid of it, but look forward to the possibilities and opportunities it offers.