S01E01 The Pilot

Welcome to the very first episode of Jelly Trumpet, the podcast for creatives; tricks, tip and ideas to expand your imagination. Jelly Trumpet is a fun and not too serious podcast which goes way, way beyond the simplistic ‘How to be Creative’ blog post loved by many tired content writers.Dive in for silly, surreal and odd interludes, o’ and some great music from the house band ‘We Paint Houses.’Stuff We’ll Hear in this Episode:The famous glacier in WatfordWhy we need a fourth traffic lightWhat if the United States of America finally invaded the United Kingdom?We meet Arthur-Maurice ‘Butcher to the Stars’ (giving the lowdown on Rita Ora)And I share stuff I’ve done as a creative writer in ‘Stuff I’ve Done’ interlude.You Are Your Own MedicineWe’ll be tackling the core of this season’s help for creative types and that is ‘You are Your Own Medicine’. We’ll be encouraging you to take the ‘Challenge at Home’ and we have a guest spot in each episode that enquires of each person what makes them tick, where their ideas come from and their one magic tip that makes them the creative person they are.All this and utter daftness, where, I, yes Jim gets challenged live on air with a creative exercise (spoiler, I may cheat depending on the amount of coffee in my system), we look at a hot topic to do with creativity and we have a ‘List of the Week’ everyone loves lists eh?In short, in this episode:01:54 You Are Your Own Medicine04:53 Challenge at Home, Wildmind08:33 Creative Hero Time, Michael Bentine11:31 Guest Spot, with Mr b from ‘We Paint Houses’Guest Spot: Mr b, from ‘We Paint Houses’12:23 Logic Pro13:50 Writing Down the Bones, ‘The Compost Heap’18:49 Why getting the bass down is important20:45 ‘What do you do when stuck?’23:28 ‘What would you tell a 10 year old about how to be creative?Plus:24:53 Challenge Jim26:38 Hot Topic28:14 List of the Week, Top 10 Animated Movies29:22 Further Thinking Spot30:20 Music from ‘We Paint Houses’ play ‘Breathe’36:36 EndsGuest Spot – Mr b of ‘We Paint Houses’Well, this is a pilot and Mr b was around so I thought I’d interview him. Why? He’s highly creative and has a rather unique way of working on his music projects.We hope you love it and leave a review or follow us on social media.If you don't like it then please keep schtum eh?Thank you for listening to the Jelly Trumpet Podcast!SUPPORT THE PODCASTFor super Jelly fansPatreon: Jelly TrumpetJOIN US ON SOCIAL FOR EXTRA FUNFacebook: Jelly TrumpetInstagram: jellytrumpetw: jellytrumpet.com