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Shomee Creators Podcast
by Shomee dot Life
Creators Podcast features interviews with event organizers, speakers, educators, and performing artists of every kind discussing events industry trends. Suggest topics, give feedback, and submit questions at https://anchor.fm/shomeelife. Interested in being a guest? Read our FAQ at https://www.shomeetickets.com/podcast-faq
Episodes
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What is the future for young musicians? Interview with Pierce Marengo
What is the future for young musicians? If they can’t make money from downloads, and very little money from streams, what are their options? Touring is more expensive than ever. Social media is saturated. And during pandemic, everyone and their uncle - including established artists - started…
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What Can The Music Industry Learn From Nashville? Interview with Jeff Lysyczyn
June 15th is around the corner. California and several others states are planning to fully re-open entertainment venues, and there’s a scramble to book artists for the summer. And the question for artists and venues isn’t whether you’re ready with your new songs, and new haircuts, and freshly...
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“Pay To Play” Or “Play To Win”? - Interview With The Gig Boss
Before pandemic, my guest in this episode was one of the most successful independent music promoters in Southern California. And when I use those words “successful” and “independent music”, I’m basically saying, he didn’t lose money with local artists, and he didn’t make them to pay to play. Now,...
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Dancing Through Space With Winifred Haun
There’s something I’ve realized after speaking with a number of dance and theater companies on this podcast…. Musicians, like me, probably don’t think enough about the space in which their performance takes place. Sure, they might think about the size the of the stage, and how close they’ll be to...
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What "Working In The Music Biz" Really Means - Interview with Michael Hateley
My guest in this episode is one of these rare success stories of working musician. And by “working”, I don’t mean he’s just able to get paying gigs playing in a cover band, or make a few bucks from youtube streams. I mean someone who’s legitimately credited on albums by artists like Red Hot Chili...
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Is It Too Late To Take Your Coaching Business Virtual? Interview With Caitlin Gill
It’s April, and we hear the news every day that large social gatherings are going to be possible again very soon. So does this mean it’s too late to get into the virtual game? Has the opportunity for offering online classes and events to anyone and anywhere passed you by? Or is there still a…
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How Not To Suck At Livestreams... And Other Performance Matters with John M.
Musicians, let’s be honest with ourselves. Most of us suck at doing livestreams. It’s not entirely our fault. Technology isn’t our main medium, and we had no time to prepare for this before pandemic, nor was anyone one around to teach us. But in a good way, it’s forced us to look at what we’re...
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The Return Of Music Festivals - Interview with Lance Cauble
Here’s an easy, no brainer business plan. Get a couple hundred acres of property out in the country, ideally near a river or a lake, add a couple of porta-pottys, install and few faucets, and throw out some inner-tubes, and now you’ve got a campground. Now, invite event promoters to rent your...
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S. Robert Morgan: Marvel Hero Turned Community Hero
You’ve probably seen S. Robert Morgan on the hit TV show The Wire, or in the Marvel Universe series Luke Cage. But what you don’t know about him is that he’s the founder and Artistic Director of The Essential Theater in Washington D.C. It’s mission is to use theater as a vehicle to express the...
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Joel Bassin: Post-Pandemic Theater And A Return To Basics
It’s April of 2021 and theaters and music venues are already staging a full re-opening. There’s news every day about new apps that can help venues and audiences follow health and safety guidelines, and just about everyone you talk to says they have missed seeing live performances more than…
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Paige Brodsky: What Streaming And Social Media Can Never Replace
If I think back to this time last year when we were all fighting over toilet paper while we had no idea we wouldn’t get to see live shows for several months, it’s hard to believe we weren’t fighting over vinyl records instead. My guest in this episode is Paige Brodsky of Streetlight Records shop…
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Pam Victor: How Improv Can Help You Find Your Authentic Voice
Starting today, at the end of the day, write down three positive things that happened to you. Why are you doing this? To train your brain to look for patterns, in this case, positive things in your life. If you do it regularly, it can be very powerful for self-care, and developing tools for...
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Frank Caiati: Art Finds A Way
Everyone has a ritual. For some, it’s going to church or temple every week. For some, it’s going to the gym. And for others, like the supporters of Rockaway Theatre Company in Queens, it’s experiencing art in some form or another. My guest today is Frank Caiati, actor and performer, recently…
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Alethea Lawton: Building Connection Through Trans-Virtual Experiences
Let’s just come out and say it. Social media isn’t social anymore. I’m not even sure what part it really plays in our lives today. Luckily video conferencing platforms like Zoom exist, and have finally taken off, and - as Mark Zuckerberg keeps repeating in Senate hearings - have given us a new…
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Upcoming Episodes - Mar 17, 2021
Taxes are coming up and I wanted to share this resource about taxes and finances! Personal and Business coach Rose Slam! Johnson is running a coaching group to support small business owners to file their taxes on time and with ease this year. In this program, you'll be supported in improving the...
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Elaine Finkletaub: Teaching Creative Expression To Children With Mixed Abilities
We can already imagine a day when traditional classes might become obsolete. Like live performances, the pandemic forced Education to move online, and be available over any distance. But as simple as it sounds, for organizations like Chickenshed, that that offers programs designed for children…
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Eyal Simko: The Future of Virtual, Live, and Hybrid Events
The question on everyone’s mind is… What Next? What happens when venues are able to open up again? Will audiences still hunger for live experiences in the same way? And what can everyone in the events industry do until then to keep from going under? My guest in this episode, Eyal Simko, is owner…
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Alex Kajumulo: Bringing the Music of Coffee Farmers to the Stages of the World
My guest in this episode is Alex Kajumulo, a former international soccer champion from Tanzania, turned musician, writer, soccer club founder, and most recently, a festival organizer. Born to a family of coffee farmers, Alex learned to play music on home made instruments emulating the sounds of...
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Upcoming Episodes - week of 3/1/21
Coming up on Shomee Creators Podcast... Musician Alex Kajamulo talks about the cultural music of coffee farmers around the world. Eyal Simko with VirtualCr8tive gives us a preview of breakthrough technology that could change how audiences interact with artists during live performance. And Elaine...
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Shomee Creators Podcast - Show Trailer
Shomee Creators Podcast brings together artists, educators, and event creators with audiences from around the globe. Join me, Vinay Kumar, as we explore events industry trends, and the creative lives of the people who make life experiences, both live and online. Subscribe now, and follow us on...
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Jason Slavick: First Responders Of The Soul
We are witnessing the birth of a new genre of artistic performance. The pandemic has forced musicians, actors, and creative people of every type to rethink how they deliver performances to audiences, whether it be online or in limited spaces, and with what use of new technology. And to do all of...
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Annie Tunnicliffe with DEFY Wrestling: Community First, Competition Second
If you think organizing two or three acts for a one night show is tough, try coordinating 50 that are driving and flying in from all over the world. Did I mention that you’ll have to pick some of them from the airport, and some might not speak English? No managers. No handlers. Just 50 athletes...
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Don Gervasi: Community As A Business Model
How many times have you heard these buzzwords lately? Pivot. Reinvention. Connection. My guest in this episode can tell you exactly what these terms mean because he did it before it was even being talked about it. Dom Gervasi is the owner and operator of Made in Brooklyn Tours, which has earned...
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Julie Soller: The art and performance of Story Telling
Story telling is something we do and listen to almost every day. So why isn’t becoming a good story teller something that we think about more? Is this a talent or is it something can be taught? My guest in this episode is Julie Soller from Story Slam Oakland who talks about how she became the…
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Corey Cheval: Battling lockdowns to give at-risk youths a place to be
Corey Cheval is the owner of Gainesville Circus Center in Florida, which offers classes in aerial silks, flying trapeze, lyra, acro-dance and other styles. An almost equal passion for Corey is working with at-risk youth - those with low socio-economic status, or those facing disadvantages due to...
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Rose Slam! Johnson: Is it time to get a personal coach?
How many times have you started something new — a new job, a new business venture, a new relationship, or a new chapter in your life — and looked back years later and thought, "I wish I knew better" or "I wish I could have done that differently"? Where do you get help in those times? These could…
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Les Warner: Drummer of The Cult finds his new groove
Les Warner, best known as Drummer for The Cult, Julian Lennon, and Peter Green, found himself without a gig when lockdowns hit. Like a lot of musicians, he struggled to find his bearings, but ultimately found a way to ignite his creative fire through writing, recording, and collaborating with...
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Phil Darius Wallace: The creative process of reinventing one's self
Actor, director, writer, and public speaker, Phil Darius Wallace has appeared on Ted Talks, where he spoke about how he had no choice but to reinvent himself after his battles with alcoholism and homelessness. In this episode, Darius recounts these experiences, tracing back to his adolescence…
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Stop Motion Plant: Reviving live performance art with social distancing
Stop Motion Plant is a performance art company based in Chicago, Illinois, that has a unique solution for delivering a socially distant live theater production while attracting audiences to local retail businesses. I spoke with the entire cast about how they developed this idea, and where they...
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Access Dance Festival: Teaching dance to populations with disabilities
Virginia Belt and Saras Feijóo, creators of have Access Dance Festival, talk about developing classes on dance and movement for people that have visible and non visible disabilities such as Parkinson’s and blindness. I had a talk with Virginia and Sarasa to learn about their upcoming event, which...
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Chris Blackmore: Owning an Indie record label in the age of DIY publishing
In this very first episode of Creators Podcast, we talk with Chris Blackmore, founder of Holy Smokes Records, based in Glasgow, Scotland. At the age of 19, he started his own record label representing regional contemporary Scottish Folk artists. Chris and I talked about what challenges he faced...
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Creators Podcast features interviews with event organizers, speakers, educators, and performing artists of every kind discussing events industry trends. Suggest topics, give feedback, and submit questions at https://anchor.fm/shomeelife. Interested in being a guest? Read our FAQ at https://www.shomeetickets.com/podcast-faq
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