Futurist Bobby Fishkin collaborates with AI to explore how we might create a future “fit for our future selves,” drawing from a framework of systemic nurture and optimism to approach real-world challenges. As co-founder of CrowdDoing, Bobby leads an interdisciplinary volunteer initiative that scales social innovation. His joint initiative mobilizes high-skilled volunteerism for projects like wildfire prevention, reducing stress through food and herbs, designing living walls for hospitals, creating zero-subsidy affordable housing, and rethinking economic models. With a background in philosophy (Yale University) and playwriting, Bobby’s work in systems change spans AI ethics, deliberative democracy, and regenerative development. He has shared insights at TEDx on his father’s work in Deliberative Polling, won the Texas Young Playwrights Festival for Mocha Latte or Cookie Dough, and co-produced a historically accurate Richard the Third at the Bloomsbury Theater in London. A polymath at heart, Bobby balances diverse projects and is actively shaping a vision for “Regenerative AI.” In this episode, we define SolarPunk and explore why it’s a guiding inspiration for Bobby. We discuss the gap between what is achievable and what we have the imagination to aspire to. Bobby explains the importance of finding your Ikigai—the intersection of what you love, what you’re exceptional at, and what the world needs. The conversation delves into AI’s potential not just as a tool but as a co-creator, helping shape sustainable futures, establish new fields of knowledge, design institutions, and provide roles tailored to individuals’ skills and passions. Bobby also highlights the importance of curating AI output, sharing stories of guiding models away from misguided responses. Steven discusses the rapid growth of large language models and asks, “Is it conscious?” We also dive into Bobby’s early work as a playwright, the influence of improvisation on his leadership, and how his grandfather, an expert in applied creativity, wrote one of the earliest books on intuition. Bobby’s work exemplifies how optimism, creativity, and collaboration are essential to building the world we want. As he puts it, “Some things we create need to exceed the boundaries of what one human lifetime can achieve.” When we dream together boldly, we unlock the true potential of what we can create. * Many of the AI models we discussed have improved exponentially since the recording of this episode, but the principles covered are still relevant.  ** The first half of this interview was originally aired on The Spaceship Earth Mission Log podcast: https://spaceshipearthmissionlog.substack.com/p/mission-log-1-bobby-fishkin Guest: Bobby Fishkin CrowdDoing.world ReframeIt #SystemsChange Dialogue (Clubhouse App) TEDxHayward - A Global Deliberative Society (YouTube) https://soundcloud.com/bobby-fishkin Episode References  Novel AI Backcasting (betterevaluation.org) Leibniz (Wikipedia) Ryan and Deci’s Self-Determination Theory (Wikipedia) Solar Punk (Wikipedia) The ingenious living bridges of India (BBC) Building With Living Trees: The Story Behind Garden House (YouTube) Bosco Verticale (Wikipedia) Solar Punk Reddit Community Tikkun olam (Wikipedia) Moral Imaginations w/ Phoebe Tickell (YouTube) Learning to Human Well... Together l Alexander Laszlo, Ph D (YouTube) Derek Parfit  (Goodreads) Stephen Bau (bauhouse.ca) Stephen Bau on The Language of Creativity Podcast (Ep. 17 | Ep. 18) Janine Benyus and Biomimicry (Biomimicry Institute) Warm Data – Nora Bateson (Warm Data Labs) Social Capital Markets Conference (SOCAP) Language of Creativity episode 30 – Open Heart, Linda Riber (Podbean | Substack) Milton Fisher’s Book: Intuition (Amazon) Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI.org) Forest Bathing (Wikipedia) Attention Restoration Theory (Wikipedia) AMA on LaMDA AI w/ Blake Lemoine (Clubhouse App) Deliberative Polling by James Fishkin (Wikipedia) Ikegai – Japanese Concept of Purpose (Wikipedia) Richard Florida Creativity Group (CreativeClass.com) Intrinsic Motivation Survey – Clary and Snyder’s volunteer function inventory scale (document) Solipsism (Merriam-Webster) You Have It All album by Lobate Scarp (BandCamp) Enviu (enviu.org) Donella Medows (donellameadows.org) Welsh Cynefin curriculum (Wikipedia) Mark Smith – Noosphere.earth (Substack) Spider House Coffeehouse, Austin TX (TripAdvisor) "Brechtian": A Clarification (4thwalldramaturgy.byu.edu) About the host Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators: artists, inventors, designers, producers and more. Along the way he hopes to gain perspective and multiply our understanding of what we share in common while creating, living, and learning. www.stevenleavitt.com Join our mailing list on Substack and consider supporting the show with a membership. Please review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon, and Spotify to help other creatives find their tribe! Production Credits: This podcast was produced by I Create Sound Edited by Sam Levine Featured Music: Soothing Innovations Ambient (from the Descript music library) Travel-Within-Ourself (spoken word) performed by Bobby Fishkin mixed with Analog Romance (from the Descript music library). 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Our next guest toured the world for two decades as the drum tech for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, witnessing rock history up close. Dave Greene’s leap into the music world began when he discovered the Zappa Institute of Technology, a trade school created by Frank Zappa to train up technicians for the world of stage-tech. Dave quit his corporate job, attended the school, and soon found himself working with blues artist Keb’ Mo’. Dave opens up about his transformative experiences working with Tom Petty, sitting directly behind Steve Ferrone on every stage and tuning drums for every Heartbreakers album since 2000. Dave drops gems about the music industry, his work with other legends like Lisa Marie Presley, and shares advice about humility, perseverance, and the unique osmosis of being in the aura of great performers. We talk about the insane logistics of touring for such a large group, having zero margin for error, the politics of tour buses, and how Dave ended up getting invited to play percussion with Joe Walsh! He shares his memories of watching one of The Heartbreakers final performances from the audience's perspective, calling them "one of the best rock and roll bands left on the planet." This episode is more than just a behind-the-scenes look at rock and roll; it’s a masterclass in creativity, adaptability, and the power of following your passion, even when the road gets tough. Dave Greene's story offers invaluable insights into the music industry and the art of seizing opportunities, making this a must-listen for anyone who dreams of leaving their mark on the world. Guest: Dave Greene [email protected] (Due to the impacts of the Pandemic on the live touring industry, many of the web properties Dave mentioned in the episode are no longer accessible; Dave is no longer on social media.) References AMP Rehearsal – Website Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Wikipedia, Spotify Steve Ferrone (Drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) – Wikipedia Ron Blair (Bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) – Wikipedia Benmont Tench (Keyboardist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) – Wikipedia Mike Campbell (Guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) – Wikipedia Keb’ Mo’ – Wikipedia, Spotify Frank Zappa – Wikipedia, Spotify Dweezil Zappa – Wikipedia, Spotify “Don’t Come Around Here No More” – Music Video "Lead Me On" by Amy Grant – Wikipedia, Spotify Joe Walsh  – Wikipedia, Spotify Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band – Wikipedia, Spotify The Last DJ by Tom Petty – Wikipedia, Spotify George Drakoulious – Wikipedia, Discogs Jim Scott - Wikipedia Richard Dodd – Tape Op Jim Ladd - Wikipedia The Last DJ: Live at the Olympic – Amazon | YouTube “Cry Myself to Sleep” by Christy Nava - Spotify Ali Starlight – starrlightmusic.com The Babymaker Electric Bike – Indiegogo How to Tune Your Drums and Make Them Thump (article by Dave Greene) – The Music Page Plus (on TheWayBack Machine) Simpleology by Mark Joyner – Simpleology.com Ali Starlight – starrlightmusic.com The Laws of Success in 16 Lessons by Napoleon Hill – Goodreads Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill – Goodreads mp3.com – Wikipedia   Featured Music “Heroes In Disguise” Instrumental by David S. Greene, Karolyn Marie Roberts, Steven Leavitt. Drums performed by Steve Ferrone. “Move Through” by David S. Greene, Karolyn Marie Roberts. About the host Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators: artists, inventors, designers, producers and more. Along the way he hopes to gain perspective and multiply our understanding of what we share in common while creating, living, and learning. www.stevenleavitt.com Join our mailing list on Substack and consider supporting the show with a membership. Please review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon, and Spotify to help other creatives find their tribe! 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From Richmond, Virginia, to producing Billboard-charting hits in Los Angeles, Corey Blount’s path through the music industry has been anything but conventional. Corey Blount, known professionally as "Blount," is a music producer, songwriter, and audio engineer. Over the last decade, Corey has worked with artists like lovelytheband, Cheat Codes, Lee Brice, and Lindsay Ell. His work spans genres, and his productions have earned over 100 million streams, landing spots on the Billboard charts. In this episode, Corey talks about his journey, how he navigated the music industry's highs and lows, and the creative ways he's broken routine to maintain perspective—like taking an impromptu hot air balloon ride. He jokes about not playing an instrument, saying, “I play the computer,” while sharing stories from working on Sail Away by lovelytheband and co-producing How Do You Love with Cheat Codes, Lee Brice, and Lindsay Ell. Corey opens up about his experiences working across genres, the importance of mental health, and the unpredictable nature of success. His story offers valuable insights for anyone looking to build a creative career while maintaining balance. Corey’s story reminds us that making it is rarely a straight path. From small-town beginnings to chart-topping hits, it’s the willingness to adapt, take risks, and break routine that makes the difference. His journey, like any creative's, is fueled by persistence and an openness to the unexpected, offering a perspective that resonates with anyone driven to succeed in their own craft. Guest: Corey Blount (Blount) Instagram: @imblount Featured Music: A collaboration written by Corey Blount and Steven Leavitt “Church” by Coey Redd - Listen on Spotify Episode References: “Sail Away” by lovelytheband - Listen on Spotify “How Do You Love” by Cheat Codes ft. Lee Brice & Lindsay Ell - Listen on Spotify All You Need to Know About the Music Business by Donald Passman - Goodreads “Going Through It” by Sam James ft. Moneybagg Yo & NoCap - Listen on Spotify Bryce Vine - Listen on Spotify Coey Redd - Listen on Spotify lovelytheband Dennis Lipari - LinkedIn ASCAP SoundExchange TDE (Top Dawg Entertainment) Triller Max Martin About the Host Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators: artists, inventors, designers, producers and more. Along the way he hopes to gain perspective and multiply our understanding of what we share in common while creating, living, and learning. www.stevenleavitt.com Production Credits: This podcast was produced by I Create Sound Edited by Sam Levine You can support the podcast by joining us on Substack! Please review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon, and Spotify to help other creatives find their tribe! Tags: #musicproduction #musicproducer #billboardcharts #ASCAP #BryceVine #CoeyRedd #lovelytheband #CheatCodes #MoneybaggYo #NoCap #RichmondVA #losangeles #audioengineering #mentalhealth #independentmusic #producerlife #songwriting #creativejourney #soundexchange #donaldpassman #hotairballoon #viralhits #TikTokChallenges #Triller #TopDawgEntertainment #oldtownroad #countrymusic #edm

Our next guest spent a magical year in London as a singer-songwriter, only to learn of the tenuous relationship between money, music, and burnout. After having a “breakup” with her music, Lauren Spangler finished grad school and moved back to the United States, becoming an executive strategist in the corporate world. With newfound stability, she was able to start a family. Now a creative coach and strategist, Lauren helps busy professionals reclaim their inner artist and bring more inspiration, flow, and fulfillment into their lives. To reconnect with her own inner artist, Lauren paints both in watercolor and on a digital tablet. She describes her works as “original art for the young at heart.” In this well-paced episode, we discuss how to build a healthy relationship with your creativity. Lauren shares the story of her album “To London With Love,” which was self-recorded in her flat in London. We talk about balancing creativity and obligations, and Lauren describes the difficulties of finding time for oneself as a parent of two toddlers. She explains how taking precious moments for painting actually fills her cup, allowing her to return recharged to give her best to her kids. Lauren also recounts the first time someone contacted her on Instagram wanting to buy one of her paintings, which she initially thought was a scam. Finally, we explore what can be done with creative work from over a decade ago, borrowing the idea from Permaculture, “Composting” to re-exhibit past creative work. In “The Graveyard Song,” Lauren says, “We are born with a story to be worn but they have gone to the pages past the binding.” Although the song was written about her late father, I find it a metaphor for how art lives on, what artists leave behind, and what about all the art that maybe never had a chance to be made. Lauren Spangler holds up “Abundance” Guest: Lauren Spangler Website: LaurenSpangler.com Spark or Sputter Test: https://www.laurenspangler.com/spark  Instagram: @LaurenSpangler Spotify: Spotify Artist Profile Featured Music:  “To London with Love” by Lauren Spangler – Listen on Spotify “Hey Little Bird” by Lauren Spangler (lyric excerpt)  – Listen on Spotify “The Graveyard Song” by Lauren Spangler – Listen on Spotify Episode References: Don't Call Us Tori - https://dontcallustori.com/ Amusement Park Studios in Lubbock, Texas - Website Julia Cameron’s The Artist's Way - View on Goodreads Design Science Studio Permaculture Research Institute Lobate Scarp's debut album "Time and Space" - Listen on Bandcamp Spark or Sputter self-assessment About the host Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators: artists, inventors, designers, producers and more. Along the way he hopes to gain perspective and multiply our understanding of what we share in common while creating, living, and learning. www.stevenleavitt.com Production Credits: This podcast was produced by I Create Sound Edited by Sam Levine Join us on Substack! Please review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon, and Spotify to help other creatives find their tribe! Tags: #painting #singersongwriter #London #Hammersmith #studyingabroad #parenting #childrensart #executivestrategist #postpartemdepression #creativity #creativecoach #musician #artist #paytoplay #watercolor #digitalart #artforsale #momlife #worklifebalance #selfcare #musicproduction #ScottFerris #selfrecording #independentartist #creativityandparenting #permaculture #arttherapy #artformentalhealth #artinspiration #creativeburnout #corporatestrategy #reclaimyourcreativity #creativelifebalance #artcommunity #artcareer #selfexpression #creativejourney #musicindustry #artresilience #innerartist #creativewellbeing

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Featured Music: E Ku'u Morning Dew (Words by Larry Kimura, music by Eddie Kamae)   Anthony Kauka Stanley Kala Ukeleles – Artist Highlight YouTube Channel Instagram @anthonykauka Center For World Music – Teaching Artist Spotlight Full episode: https://languageofcreativity.podbean.com/e/thekindnesswarriors-anthonykaukastanley-kalaukulele/

The ukulele is often seen as a simple instrument, a toy or a novelty. Yet, in the hands of a master, it becomes a powerful tool of cultural expression and connection. This humble instrument, with its gentle and voicelike tones, carries within it the soul of the Hawaiian islands, transcending its small form to spread the spirit of Aloha across the world. Anthony Kauka Stanley was born into a very unique family: being of Hawaiian, Mexican, Greek, Chinese, Irish, Spanish, German, and Cherokee descent, his mother was blessed by the Kumu Hula to start her own Polynesian dance company at the unusually young age of 12. Anthony grew up performing with and would eventually become the music director of his family’s dance company, one of the largest in Southern California. During his time at Occidental College in Glendale, CA, where President Obama once walked the halls, Anthony found a respite from the demanding performance schedule of his family's Polynesian dance company by immersing himself in not just one, but four sports—football, basketball, wrestling and volleyball. Instead of hurting his performance, Anthony found the diversity of activities actually helped him excel at multiple sports; his dancing helped his agility and he remained the captain of multiple teams. In this conversation, Anthony shares a lot about the value of being completely present. We talk about how Steve met Anthony through his sponsorship with Kala Brand Ukuleles, Anthony shares about the importance of authenticity, community and leadership and how people will always need places they can feel safe, appreciated and inspired. Steve wonders how Anthony can keep up with so many commitments, and relates about how greater success seems to come from leaning harder into creativity. We also talk about the shadow side of performing, and how it’s easy to turn to drugs or alcohol when something used to be a healthy outlet (music) turns into a stressful job. Most notably, Steve askes Anthony about the healing spirit of Aloha and Anthony shares how the ukulele is like a 'Trojan Horse,' able to subtly open doors to deeper connections across diverse communities. Anthony’s Hawaiian name Kaukaulua’ole means “Fearless Warrior,” and he is truly a warrior of peace and presence to all he meets.  “To be truly fearless means to be loved.” – Anthony Kauka Stanley Guest: Anthony Kauka Stanley Kala Ukeleles – Artist Highlight YouTube Channel Instagram @anthonykauka Center For World Music – Teaching Artist Spotlight Featured Music: E Ku'u Morning Dew (Words by Larry Kimura, music by Eddie Kamae) Intro Music: Disney Pixar's Up - "Married Life" composed by Michael Giacchino, arranged and performed by Anthony Kauka Stanley. (Video: YouTube) Episode References: Heali'i's Polynesian Revue – official website Debbie Evans – debbieevans.com (Steve's mom) Carlsbad, California – tourism bureau Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: The Voice Of Hawaii – NPR Kumu Hula – Honolulu Magazine Harry Belefante – Wikipedia Guy Lombardo – Wikipedia Occidental College Official Website NAMM Show (Official Website) United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Center for World Music The Surrender Experiment (book) About the host Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators: artists, inventors, designers, producers and more. Along the way he hopes to gain perspective and multiply our understanding of what we share in common while creating, living, and learning. www.stevenleavitt.com Production Credits: This podcast was produced by I Create Sound Edited by Sam Levine Special thanks to Michael Bernard Please review this podcast on Google Play, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Spotify and Stitcher to help other creatives find their tribe! Tags: #connection, #SanDiego, #California, #Hawaii, #aloha, #triathlete, #football, #baseball, #basketball, #AP, #crosstraining, #nonprofit, #musicteaching, #mindset, #toxictraits, #integrity, #passion, #confidence, #businessmajor, #Obama, #communityresources, #music, #musiceducation, #harrybelefonte, #community, #polynesiandance, #teaching, #culture, #performance, #ukulele, #worldmusic, #creativity, #storytelling, #art, #selfexpression, #musicianship, #inspiration, #family, #spirituality, #multiculturalism, #lifephilosophy, #personaljourney, #podcasting, #artsandculture, #mentorship, #lifegoals, #culturalheritage, #musicaljourney, #entrepreneurship, #presentness, #communityimpact, #personaldevelopment, #emotionalintelligence, #collaboration, #creativespace, #selfcare, #musicindustry, #artistlife, #creativeprocess, #selfdiscovery, #performanceart, #lifelessons, #personalstory, #inspirationaltalk, #culturalawareness, #worklifebalance, #resilience, #wellbeing, #authenticity, #leadership, #mentalhealth, #surrenderexperiment

Meet a former A&R rep who was deeply entrenched in the heart of the music industry with giants like Sire Records and Warner and then chose to leave it all behind. Jeff Serafine is a man of many facets. He navigated the ever-changing tides of the music industry and rubbed shoulders with icons. Jeff left the big labels to pursue artist management independently, but life took a series of unexpected turns. Realizing he wasn’t fulfilled in the fast-paced world of the music business, Jeff, who initially studied audio engineering and music therapy, ventured into assisting startups until he realized that fledgling businesses were a lot like bands. Jeff's story is a blueprint of daring change, a narrative that challenges the status quo and inspires the maverick in each of us. In our talk, Jeff delves into his experiences in the music industry, sharing insights from his A&R days and reflecting on the industry's evolution. We explore the intersection of art and business, and Jeff opens up about life's unforeseen turns. He humorously discusses the ubiquity of his name and shares his half-serious dream of one day founding a conference exclusively for people named “Jeff.” Our conversation covers everything from the importance of networking – where a simple ride-share could lead to new opportunities – to his pragmatic shift to financial advising. Jeff's journey is a testament to embracing change and finding new paths when the familiar ones diverge. Finally, Jeff shares his love of stand-up comedy and jokes about possibly giving it a try if everything else falls apart. Wrapping up our discussion with Jeff, it's clear that his story celebrates life's unpredictability. It’s a narrative that challenges us to find excitement in the unknown and to view each 'hard left' not as a detour but as a pathway to new and exhilarating destinations. Guest:  Jeff Serafine Instagram: @JeffLeopardSerafine Episode References: Victor Wooten, Music As Language (TED ED: YouTube) Episode 29 - Spiro Razatos (Action Director, Fast and Furious franchise) Seymour Stein (Sire Records) Sire Records (Discogs.com) Warner Records (Wikipedia) Millie Vanilli (Independent.co.uk) Ashlee Simson SNL lip-sync incident (Yahoo Entertainment) Elizabeth Holmes Theranos scandal (CNN) Morning Pages (a description by Chris Winfield) Sleep Token (official website | Spotify) Story of the Year (official website | Spotify) Berklee College of Music - https://www.berklee.edu/ Featured Music Black Cats by Testing Tomorrow (Spotify) Water by Testing Tomorrow (Spotify) Nothing Wrong by Lobate Scarp (BandCamp) About the Host Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators: artists, inventors, designers, producers and more. Along the way he hopes to gain perspective and multiply our understanding of what we share in common while creating, living, and learning. Personal website and music portfolio - StevenLeavitt.com Music and media production company, creative consulting - I Create Sound Please review this podcast on Google Play, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Spotify and Stitcher to help other creatives find their tribe! Tags: #A&R #existentialrabbitholes #procrastination #creativity #film #musicindustry #influence #jazz #VictorWooten #musictheory #musiceducation #artistmanagement #SeymourStein #financialadvising #livemusic #TaylorSwift #socialmedia #musicpromotion #artist #entrepreneurship #art #StoryofTheYear #business #creativity #gigeconomy #bitcoin #NFT #AI #artificialIntelligence #authenticity #overnightsuccess #audienceengagement #RobinWilliams #jokes #standupcomedy #retirement #emotion #connection #positiveenergy #happiness #wingingit #TalyorSwift #LinkinPark #Jersey #NewYork #LosAngeles

Monstrous, a poem by Rebecca Boatwright. Seething, toiling, snarling within; a black shadow curling around the edges forced away with society’s wishes. Teeth bared, claws dug in a wolf of smoke and darkness stares out to anyone peeking within. Wild, feral, horrible as Sin, the people step back in fear. The recoil of the beast is unwanted its spirit bound by broken trust, an unwanted thing grown into unruly lust. But how we forget that wolf was once a pup curious, foraging and giddy with freedom. Wrong, hateful, worth shoving aside, he was bound by other’s damnation to abide. A force so strong it cannot be tamed dances again with passion’s flame unbind it, unbind it! the howl within rasps, our heart bleeding and empty without what’s been cursed as Monstrous. https://www.darlingstarheathen.com/ #NorseMyth #Fenrir #Tyr Reference: Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads)

Jack T. Leyton has been a lot of things in his life: an Air Force serviceman, a set-construction worker for motion pictures, a postal carrier, a delivery driver, he even attended multiple acting schools for a time. But none of these actually describe who Jack is at heart: a writer, wordsmith, poet and hopeless romantic.   This episode offers an intimate conversation with Jack T. Leyton, shedding light on his diverse creative life as a writer and poet. The discussion showcases Leyton's most beloved music and poetry, his time working at Burbank Studios, his musical aspirations, and the deep influence of his military service in the Vietnam War. Leyton shares profound insights on the role of art in society and his personal experiences, including the impact of heartbreak on his work, living in his car, and his travels across Europe. There is also a critical exploration of societal pressures, personal inhibitions, and the need for creativity in shaping his life and art. Moreover, Leyton voices concerns about society's trajectory, particularly through poems like 'The Last Generation on Earth'. The conversation wraps up on a poignant note, exploring themes of love, passion, regret, and the unique challenges of a writer's life.   We delve into a pivotal moment in Jack's artistic journey, marked by a daring decision in 2018 to transform a manageable fraction of his vast collection of lyrics and melodies into a tangible musical legacy. This endeavor, fueled by a yearning to bring his creative visions to life, almost faced a halt due to a life-threatening heart attack. Fortunately after he recovered, he and Steve were able to put together a remarkable assembly of talent in Burbank, California, where eight session musicians and five singers, amidst a flurry of cameras, breathed life into Leyton's compositions. The session culminated in 'The Clearlake Sessions,' an album that notably features the showstopping vocal group The Satin Dollz on 'Sparky’s Burgers' — a spirited homage to the 1940s-50s era, echoing the essence of The Andrews Sisters. Jack and Steve note the difficulty inherent in bringing musical visions to life when one relies on others for expression — a reality Jack faces, being a lyricist without the ability to play an instrument, and Steve shares about how he only recently overcame his difficulty expressing himself through lyrics. On the importance of writing, Jack discovered a vital avenue for expression in poetry circles. Reflecting on the fundamental drive that propels their artistic pursuits, Jack encapsulates this shared sentiment with poignant clarity: “We do this because we can’t not write.” Guest Jack T. Leyton Website: http://www.jaxsongs.com/ The Clearlake Sessions https://jaxsongs.bandcamp.com/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thesoundtrackofmydreams I Create Sound Artist Creative Services https://icreatesound.com/ Episode References Burt Lancaster - Wikipedia link Richard Widmark - Wikipedia link Chris Elchico - episode 9 link, Boston Symphony members link The Satin Dollz - Official website The Andrews Sisters - Wikipedia link Alan Kaplan trombonist - Official website Bob’s Big Boy - history The Draft and Vietnam - myretrospect.com Borders Books, Thousand Oaks - Conejo Valley Guide link David Allen Foster poet - Official website Mike Frankovich, producer - Wikipedia link John Ford - IMDB link Winning (racing movie with Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner) - IMDB link Runaway Production - Wikipedia link “We Were Once” music video - YouTube link “Longings” music video - YouTube link Budapest, Hungary - Wikipedia link The Realms of Mindrin board game - Kickstarter link Demotivational Posters (despair.com) The “Gore” Point, impact barriers -  Wikipedia link PBS | FRONTLINE: The Power Of Big Oil - pbs.org Jim Jeffrey - Official website Greenpeace - greenpeace.org/usa The Last Generation on Earth music video - earthsongs.world “Gateway of Heartache” song - Apple Music Episode Credits Honor and Glory Sound Effects by Harshit Khoja at Vrinda Media Lab - https://www.vrindamedialab.com/ - Directed by Steven Leavitt Editorial support by Sam Levine About the Host Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators: artists, inventors, designers, producers and more. Along the way he hopes to gain perspective and multiply our understanding of what we share in common while creating, living, and learning. Personal website and music portfolio - StevenLeavitt.com Music and media production company, creative consulting - I Create Sound Featured Art “Sparky’s Burgers” (song), "Honor And Glory" (poem), "Eek!" (poem title), "This Lovely Home" (first poem by Jack T. Leyton, 1967), “You Are Gone Instrumental Reverie” (song), "405" (song demonstration), "A Taste of Seduction" (poem, dedicated to David Allen Foster), "Oh, Ziegfeld!" (song lyric), “Longings'' (song), “We Were Once” (song, duet featuring Desiree De La O-Marr), “Last Generation On Earth” (song, written by Jack T. Leyton and Jim Jeffrey), “Judgment Day Will Be Friday” (poem), “It Didn’t Go Well” (poem), “A Time to Write” (poem), “Gateway of Heartache” (song) All songs and poetry used courtesy of Jack T. Leyton and Solemint Publishing Please review this podcast on Google Play, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Spotify and Stitcher to help other creatives find their tribe! Tags: #writing #lyrics #songwriting #crooner #karaoke #postmodernjukebox #Sinatra #TonyBennett #Jazz #war #airforce #Vietnam #TheDuke #JohnWayne #BurbankStudios #The Valley #JohnnyCarson #BobsBigBoy #MontyPythonsFlyingCircus #FlorenzZiegfeld #ZoeyDeschanel #Doomsday #pinkfloyd #ledzepplin #JohnCleese #MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail #purityculture #zodiac #birthorder #GroundhogsDay #divorce #playingittoosafe #regret #GreenPeace #globalwarming #reiki #homelessness #StChristophersmedal #NatKingCole #Frank Sinatra #DeanMartin

Our guest today has a unique window into the vast creative potential contained in the world of dreams. Della Burford has recorded her dreams as “dream mandalas” for the past 40 years!   Della Burford is an award-winning painter and best selling author of 7 books, she is based on Vancouver Island, Canada. She studied the Mische Technique of painting in Vienna and showed in many of the Society of Art of Imagination shows in Montreal, Ottawa, New York, London, and Peru. She won a prize as the best Graphic Art in an Art Show in Moscow and spoke on Art and Dreams. Her artistic stories have been performed in New York at the Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Citycorp, in Washington at the Smithsonian Institute, Korea, Guatemala, and Bali. Her play, Magical Earth Secrets has been performed for seven years in Japan, and Miracle Galaxy is now being performed. Her book “Journey to Dodoland” was turned into an e-zine and a website that was sponsored by Switfshire and has had more than 22 million views worldwide. Della was mentored by a shaman who studied with Carl Jung and also studied dreams with Robert Moss and Dream Yoga with Tenzin Wagyal Rinpoche. She started painting her dream wheels in 1975, creating one complete wheel for every year. The dream wheels have 3 rings: the center ring is for important everyday events following the seasons; the outer ring is dreams that are creative, inspirational and wise dreams (you can write a title for the dream); and the middle is small drawings which are symbols and like the title reminds you of the dream and is a portal to return. Her work is for the World, Humanity, and Spirit. For full show-notes and photos (Apple users), go to https://languageofcreativity.substack.com/p/paintingyourdreams-dellaburford Guest: Della Burford Websites - dellaburford.com, dellaburfordartist.ca Dodoland - dodoland.com, on Facebook Dream Wheels book (Amazon, Canada) Della Burford on Wikipedia Social Media: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIN ArtStarts Eductational workshops (ArtStarts) Topia (virtual) Worlds: https://www.topia.io/dodoland https://www.topia.io/stargalaxyfortheworld Episode Music Sagpipa, Double Flute, Kou Xian (with piano by Steven Leavitt), Atabaque and Bansuri by Richard Struppi Pohl (From Star Galaxy For the World). In This Together, A Quiet Place, and Place courtesy of Descript Library. Episode References Della Burford on The Spaceship Earth Mission Log podcast (with Steven Leavitt), (YouTube) Robert Moss - The Way of the Dreamer Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche (Ligmincha Community) Carl Jung’s book “Man and His Symbols” (Goodreads) Sergio Magaña Rights of Nature (Columbia.edu) Design Science Studio Buckminster Fuller Institute The Vision Train (Join the 24/7 Art Jam!) Amanda Sage Earnest Fuchs Mischtechnik (Wikipedia) Jack Shadbolt (National Gallery of Canada) Dream Journaling The Hero's Journey (Wikipedia) Don Oscar Mira de Quesada (heartofthehealer.org) Andrew Gonzales Cynthia Re Robbins Irene Vincent Kuba Ambrose Roland Proulx (Galarie Molinas) The Spirit of Writing and Art (YouTube) Dale Bertrand (bio on DodoLand) Druidical Quest (website | Facebook Page) John Hugh Roberts (Thrift Books) Western Canada Wilderness Committee Della’s Collaborators Merian Soto – who danced and choreographed for Dodoland in New York. I Made Sidia – who collaborated on dances of Dodoland and Magical Earth in Bali and wants to do Star Galaxy for the World. Wayan Karja (Life As Art Asia) – collaborated in art shows of Dream Wheels, Dream Gifts, workshops. Kazuko Asaba – who created many art projects around Della’s books in Japan and co-produced “Magical Rainbow” and Magical Earth Secrets. Ruu Ruu (Amazon books) – Costume Designer & Producer of Magical Earth Secrets and Miracle Galaxy. Julie Lyon Lieberman – Musical Director of Dodoland in New York. David Walsh – always supported Della's work. He has made major commitments to Community. Vern Harper (The Canadian Encyclopedia, Article: Indigenous Toronto) – Della did many projects at the Wander Spirit Survival School. Pauline Shirt (aabaakwad) – co-Founder at Wandering Spirit in Toronto. Cultural Keeper. Aaron Zerah – collaborated in the Spirit Storybooks in British Columbia. Paul Vrenken – created a video of Magical Earth Secrets in Holland. Marijke translation. Julian Ramirez – worked in co-designing with Della/Dale Star Galaxy for the World (YouTube), and making a 3-D animation for the immersive environment of New Art City. Thanks to Tom & Sal Williams family & the Burford family: Murray, Glen and Warren. Sister Norah Burford – for organizing Bali workshops. Thanks Glen Burford for media advice. Russell Coull for being there and giving support. About the host Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators: artists, inventors, designers, producers and more. Along the way he hopes to gain perspective and multiply our understanding of what we share in common while creating, living, and learning. Steven is also an accomplished music producer (website) and helps others learn music production and podcasting through his company I Create Sound. Please review this podcast on Google Play, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Spotify and Stitcher to help other creatives find their tribe!   Tags: dreams, creativity, storytelling, painting, mandalas, lucid dreaming, dream journaling, healing journey, dream work, dream yoga, milam, Nyingma, dream symbols, dream interpretation, archetypes creative expression, artistic journey, dream shamanism, symbolism, power animals, nature inspiration, environmental art, transformational art, mythology, ancestral wisdom, Aborigines, inner journey, spiritual art, visionary art, dream collaboration, dream guidance, magic, art, non-local consciousness, dream visitations,  intuition, peaceful art, creativity in storytelling, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, ancient wisdom, ogham stones, druids, healing the world, life balance, creative process, inspired by nature, inner balance, sacredness, ancestral connections, spiritual journey, artistic expression, dream narratives, cultural wisdom, environmental protection, dream collage, divine creativity, dream magic, dream teachers, dream manifestation, co-creation

“Artists and healers have a lot in common, actively venturing into the Numinous (unknown spaces, unknown territory) and listening in order to generate and co-create with that which is beyond the earthly apparent.” So says Clare Hedin, a remarkable musician, educator and artist who integrates the study of consciousness with a passion for healing social systems. Renowned as a sound healer, she employs her ethereal voice and music to create profound and transformative experiences for groups in beautiful spaces like churches and spiritual centers.  Clare moved to the United States from her birthplace in England for her undergrad in Fine Art and Humanities until she finally found her fit at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, “a place for people like myself who tend to butterfly around, so I could finally finish.” Early in her career Clare worked in the music business (record labels and publishing) before ultimately performing as a singer/songwriter, and then a sound healer with a profound instinct for connecting with the elemental and natural. A true polymath in every sense of the word, Clare has taught Creativity & Innovation to business students at San Francisco State University, guest lectured and advised at St. Martin's Art College in London, and she is also the visionary behind "Dynamic Emergence," a concept she eloquently describes as "the phenomena of novelty arising when two or more elements meet." “There’s not enough in the world validating… us. As human beings we are not invited to be the whole of who we are… to be in our Living-System-ness.” says Clare. Having crossed paths with many emergent thinkers while living in the Oakland/bay area for 30 years, she got to spend time with Fritjof Capra (The Tao of Physics), a source of her inspiration for Dynamic Emergence, Clare was introduced to the work of R. Buckminster Fuller, and became introduced to the Buckminster Fuller Institute through friends like Mark Smith (who worked in the 70s on the earliest version of what would become “email”) and Amanda Joy Ravenhill. Bucky was famous for suggesting that rather than fight existing systems, essentially “Just create a better party.”  Fractal alert! This episode weaves together a wide range of topics, from quantum entanglement to healing to what humanity’s emerging intelligence is doing, and how when we interface together new dots are connected. “We are an emergent phenomenon” says Clare, “Each of us is a collective.” “I am the inherited knowledge of all my ancestors and what they left behind, as well as the container (or meeting point) of my immediate and extended environment… trajectories of story intersecting… the web of life.” “I come from the earth. I am the earth. I return to the earth.” “I think there’s something really beautiful about being able to listen with our senses, to listen with our intuition and to really be open and available.” Clare says. “Reconciliation is not something you make happen, it is something you must allow, and our healing is a part of that journey, it’s not instead of, it’s a part of.” Please join us on Substack, languageofcreativity.substack.com Guest: Clare Hedin Website: clarehedin.com Dynamic Emergence YouTube, Instagram, Facebook Page Clare’s Energy Paintings (on Etsy) Grief and Praise, album (ClareHedin.com Shop) Featured Audio: The Mountains Breathe by Clare Hedin (YouTube) Other music in the podcast: “The Crash” by Josh Dobrowner “Nothing Wrong” by Lobate Scarp Episode References: The Buckminster Fuller Institute The Design Science Studio Vision train Mark Smith California Institute of Integral Studies shruti box (Wikipedia) Fr. Richard Mapplebeckpalmer (Richard the Monk, A Dane at Heart - YouTube) Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences (Very Well Mind) The biggest benefit of pre-K might not be education (Vox) The best of Brian Green (YouTube playlist) Alan Watts (YouTube playlist) Joseph Campbell (Bill Moyers interview: YouTube) Buckminster Fuller (The World of R. Buckminster Fuller [1974]: YouTube) holobiont (The Economist) Stephen Bau on the holobiont (Imaginaxiom) The Butterfly Effect (Farnam Street Media Blog/The Thinking Project) Michael Jackson popcorn meme Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2 (Wikipedia) Host: Steven Leavitt Business: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/ The Spaceship Earth Mission Log podcast Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes, Amazon and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! https://thelanguageofcreativity.com/ Tags: systems thinking, Predictably Irrational, Marin, social equality, Freakonomics, inversion theory, masculinity, a balance of opposites, security, scarcity, thriving, communities, Buckminster Fuller, connection, humanity, emerging intelligence, the internet, San Francisco State, Ticht Nacht Han, connecting to the earth, The Artist’s Way, walking, universal preschool, myopic thinking, embodiment, metaphysics, energy, physiology, sensory awareness, hypersensitivity, empath, vibration, conflict, triggers, karma, interconnectedness, emergent phenomenon, quantum physics, multidimensionality, holobiont, systems, the butterfly effect, ancestors, family systems, society, fears, inherited story, resonance, consonance, dissonance, healing, entanglement, reconciliation, presence, interconnectedness, music, sound, plant consciousness, parallel lives, the language of creativity, compassion, forgiveness, experiencing, relationships, childhood,  elements, earth, sound healing, meditation, the numinous,artists, healers,  forerunners, explorers

Steve just hits publish! Where have you been? ... More episodes to come! Mentioned in the episode: https://www.youtube.com/@spaceshipeearthmissionlog https://lobatescarp.bandcamp.com/album/you-have-it-all https://www.youtube.com/@languageofcreativity #hopepunk #systemschange #podcasting #dailycreativepractice #business #digitalmarketing #burnout #algorithm #sideprojects #economics #regeneration Please share and subscribe!

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Art project Open Heart is an ambitious public art installation intended to explore the connection between the physical and emotional heart. A mixed media experience aimed at encouraging the question: “Are you listening to your heart?” (for full show notes on Apple Podcasts go to https://languageofcreativity.podbean.com/e/openheart) Linda Riber is a Danish artist, originally from Greenland. A painter and photographer who has been an exhibited artist around the world for over 20 years and has published an art book about Greenland. Her project consists of 6 large pillars, which stimulate both the body, the senses, and the intellect using art portraits and statements from participants of different ages, children’s drawings of “This is what my Heart looks like” combined with children’s interpretations of well-known proverbs, fact boxes exploring science and theories about what the heart is capable of besides it’s physical role and the changing sounds of a calm heartbeat, the composition “Human Divine” by musician and sound healer Davor Božič, and poems read by the artist. In this episode Steve and Linda relate about a mutual inspiration, The Heart Math Institute, which conducts peer-reviewed research in psychophysiology about interaction between heart and brain. In addition to research, they have developed technologies that promote optimal health in the balance between heart, brain, body, thoughts and emotions. Linda shares about the work in her Atelier, her love of Greenland and it’s native people. And did you know that heart transplant patients can report experiencing new feelings, inclinations and cravings after their transplants? Linda and Steve talk about intuition and how they met in an unusually  heart-centered business class called Own Your Value, hosted by Lee Harris.  This episode highlights the desperate need for humanity to reconnect with our hearts, at this time… not just for better lives but for a better world. Featured Art: https://linda-riber.dk/en/projekt/open-heart/ Music scored by Steven Leavitt Hosted by Steven Leavitt Website: www.stevenleavitt.com Guest: Linda Riber Website: www.linda-riber.dk Atelier Linda Riber Facebook Page (Facebook) Open Heart Facebook Group (Facebook) LinkedIN Purchase Linda’s Book: https://linda-riber.dk/en/contact/ https://shop.sumut.dk/products/9788799283552 Episode References: Heart Math Institute Linda on local TV (YouTube)  Linda on local radio (YouTube) Human Divine by Davor Božič (purchase) Lee Harris (Music | Change-Making Work) Davor Božič (Sound As Medicine Podcast) Mentioned: Spaceship Earth Mission Log podcast (YouTube | Substack) Tags: heart, art, artist, Denmark, people, project, connect, exhibited, feel, energy, world, nature, science, linda, Heart Math Institute, paintings, public artwork, Greenland, inuit, shaman, spirituality, meditation experience, world, happiness, sound healing, music, art books, exhibits, traveling

Fast and Furious action unit director Spiro Razatos shares rags to riches story and how seeing the movie Shaft at age 11 inspired him on his path to becoming a Hollywood Stuntman. Apple Podcasts users full show notes here: https://languageofcreativity.podbean.com/e/spiro-razatos-friendslikefamily-fastandfurious-action Spiro Razatos began his career as a stunt man and quickly worked his way into the Directors Guild of America just by asking. Somehow, on the spot producers gave him his very first sequence directing a car chase! Since then Razatos has 2nd Unit Directed major films such as Venom, Bad Boys II and Bad Boys For Life, films in The Fast and The Furious franchise (Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7, Fate of the Furious, F9), and Captain America Winter Soldier, to name a few. From Denver, Colorado and the son of Greek immigrants, young Spiro began training himself to be a stuntman after a fateful day when his dad took him on a Greyhound to visit the zoo. His father, who was also blind had saved for six months for the trip, but they never made it to the zoo. Eleven year old Razatos saw the marquee for the movie Shaq and begged his father to take him to see it… that day. “I started crying and said I don't know, I just need to see it now.” He practiced jumping off of roofs (don’t try this at home) and crashing his own bicycles until he was finally able to get a Super Eight movie camera. He’d managed to get his home-made stunt reel onto the set of Heart to Heart, when legendary stunt coordinators Mike Vendrell and Greg Barnett finally called him and told him they would help him come to Hollywood. In this episode we talk about the magic of visual storytelling, the importance of shooting practical stunts and how CG (computer generated elements) can totally ruin the believability of a sequence, why Spiro always hires his own editor (the one he’s had his whole career) spending hours at the end of every shooting day to present the sequence to the studio. We talk about his work/life balance and yearly trips to the “ashram” to detox. But most importantly Spiro highlights the importance of having a team of people you know and trust with your life. His stunt team, Team Malaka has been with him for over 30 years, oh yeah, and of course we talk about his favorite “team building activity” playing Call of Duty 2. Guest: Spiro Razatos  IMDB On My Radar - Spiro Razatos ShootOnline.com Bullitt Signs Director Spiro Razatos for branded content spots CineMovie.tv F9 Car Stunt Coordinator says movie ran out of cars to crash Host: Steven Leavitt Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/ Featured Music “Haunting Me” by Testing Tomorrow Episode References Fast 5 Vault Sequence (YouTube) Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcom Gladwell (GoodReads) Vantage Point (IMDB) 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Producer Talks Story, Characters, and Practical Effects vs. CGI (Interview: ScreenRant) correction: I said Deborah Winger it was actually Kathleen Kennedy Shaft (IMDB) Buzz Bundy (Memoriam JamesBond007.se) Paul Walker death (The Guardian) Wiz Khalifa - See You Again ft. Charlie Puth (Music Video - YouTube) Stunt Coordinator (Wikipedia) Squib hit (Wikipedia) Ashram (Wikipedia) Call of Duty 2 (Wikipedia) Captain America Winter Soldier (IMDB) The Russo Brothers (Wikipedia) Fast Getaway (IMDB) Midnight Run (IMDB) The Goonies (IMDB) The Goonies - ‘Slick Shoes’’ scene (YouTube) Gainer (gymnastics) (Wikipedia) Hook (IMDB)   Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes, Amazon and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! Website: https://thelanguageofcreativity.com/ Facebook Group: The Language of Creativity Discussion Group - Facebook Tags Fast & Furious, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Bad Boys for Life, Crash, Taurus World Stunt Awards, Justin Lin, second unit director, action unit, cannon rolls, visual effects, VFX, Man of Steel, Debra Winger, Star Wars, practical effects, video game industry, editing, film, first unit, making choices, what the audience feels, mastering, mixing, speed, driving, cars, 100mph, focal length, background, foreground, location, big break, DGA, Directors Guild of America, The Bourne Identity, Denver, Greyhound, Greg Barnett, Michael M. Vendrell, Super 8, Greek American, Buzz Bundy, The Fall Guy, The Dukes of Hazzard, Ronnie Rondell Jr., hiring your heroes, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Tyrese Gibson, luck, stunt coordinating, stunt coordinator, Robert Blake, taking a chance, long hours, work-life balance, prep, time off, Rome, dog parent, luxurious home, staycation, game-room, spa, travel, enjoy while you can, The Ashram, clean slate, Henry Kingi, Justin Sundquist, clarity of mind, lifestyle, stress, big budgets, expensive mistakes, producers, movie producers, Malaka Stunt Team, playbook, football, experience, the Subi, Subaru, The Bay Bomber, Michael Bay, Bad Boys II, custom camera cars, remote camera heads, camera operator, playground, Xbox, Call of Duty, Phil Culotta, Jon Escobar, caring, loving heart, capture the flag, strategy, people skills, tax write-offs, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Marvel, email, be who you are, filmmaker, The Gray Man, 21 Bridges, Captain America: Civil War, Kong: Skull Island, fun, storytelling, Corey Haim, home theater, home renovation, Prada, Gucci, dog collars, Robert De Niro, Steven Spielberg, 20 takes, Prince, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson

“Creativity is a base element of the human soul.” So says Steven Leavitt, the host of the Language of Creativity podcast. In this very special episode, Steve’s very first guest on the podcast flips the tables in this tell-all reverse interview guest-hosted by his long-time collaborator Adam Sears! As a music producer, Steve has helped Sears craft his last 3 projects with Progressive Rock band Lobate Scarp. Their 2016 recording of Beautiful Light has won awards and recognition as “a masterpiece” and in 2022 Steve Co-Executive Produced Lobate Scarp’s latest album You Have It All. The ambitious full-length album has received high praise from reviewers and fans alike.  But it wasn’t always easy… Steven was born into a family of motion-picture stunt performers but always felt way more at home in front of a microphone, piano or a mixing console. Steve began learning the piano at 8 years old “to express what I was feeling when I couldn’t express it in words.” Lyrically blocked, bullied as a kid and extremely sensitive as a boy he was certainly an odd fit in a family that worked in such a rough and tumble industry. But he stuck with it, choosing to pursue audio engineering in college at Musician’s Institute in Hollywood after realizing that there was an ideal career path for using his skills and talents: music producer. Steve graduated in 2000, unfortunately right as Napster was crashing the music industry. The dot-com bust made it hard to enter the job market (thanks Enron) so he began to freelance making websites, editing video demo-reels for stunt-people, and started working on films as a background precision driver. He recorded for independent musicians to build experience, joined a band, and edited videos for his dad’s stunt-company producing “featurettes” with celebrity talent and assisted with MTV shoots. Steve kept a “web journal” before blogging got big and considered himself a multimedia artist a whole five years before the advent of YouTube. When he started Don’t Call Us Tori in 2004, a music showcase he co-founded with with singer-songwriter Shannon Hurley, in Hollywood, Steve’s music network really began to grow leading to a fateful introduction to Adam who approached Steve to produce his band’s debut album Time and Space in 2008. The album’s production coincided with what Steve describes as “an unexpected spiritual awakening” during the lead up to the album’s 2012 release “that felt like I was coming home to myself.”  Adam talks with Steve about their very fruitful creative partnership and Steve’s relentlessly perfectionistic work ethic in the studio. They discuss starting this podcast and how it has been a major creative outlet for Steve (he probably could have pursued a career in Radio). They talk about what it was like growing up attending “backflips down the aisles churches” and discovering hit singles on KIIS FM while coming of age thinking it’s only okay to listen to Christian music but finding Christian grunge, loving Weird Al… about dropping out, burnout, ptsd, and… Just why the heck did Steve choose not to go into the stunt business? Steve shares  about learning the importance of infusing joy into your work, finding your inner creative spark, and how sometimes we can be doing the right thing while going about it the wrong way! Could Future-Steve have somehow been sending messages back in time to himself? ** if show-notes cut off click here Guest: Steven Leavitt Producer Website: stevenleavitt.com Artist Coaching: icreatesound.com Podcast: thelanguageofcreativity.com (please subscribe and review!) Steven Leavitt (filmography: IMDB) Guest-Host: Adam Sears adamsears.com Lobate Scarp: website | BandCamp @lobatescarp Twitter | Instagram @adamsears32 Twitter | Instagram Adam Sears on Ep.1 of The Language of Creativity Podcast “Naming The Podcast” Featured Music The Mirror by Lobate Scarp Safe With You by Skillet The Dime by performed (and re-recorded) by Steven Leavitt, lyrics by Steven Leavitt and Tony Khan a parody of Sign (originally performed by Ace of Base) written by Jenny Cecilia Berggren (STIM), Jonas Petter Berggren (STIM), Malin Sofia Katarina Berggren (STIM), and Ulf Gunnar Ekberg (STIM) published by Megasong Publishing (KODA) and Warner-Tamarlane Publishing Group (BMI) Copyright 1992. Episode References Ender’s Game (IMDB) Nat Magnuson (episode 4 and 5) The Artist’s Way by Juilia Cameron (theartistswaybook.com) Serendipity & Synchronicity (Dr. Carder Stout for Goop) Synchronicity by The Police (Wikipedia) “Prog” = Progressive Rock (music genre: Wikipedia) Time and Space by Lobate Scarp Interstellar (movie: Rotten Tomatoes) Rich Mouser (discogs.com) Spock's Beard V (Album: Wikipedia) The Mouse House Studio The Highly Sensitive Person (hsperson.com) Debbie Evans (Steve’s mom, professional stuntwoman) Precision Driving The Truman Show (Rotten Tomatoes) Bruce Almighty (IMDB)   Toni Koch on The Language of Creativity Ep. 11 “The Times They Are a Changin Matthew 5:15 (BibleGateway.com) Episode 26 with Physical Therapist Elizabeth Makous Amy Grant album Lead Me On (title track: YouTube | Wikipedia) KIIS FM, Los Angeles (Wikipedia) Pentecostalism (BBC Religions) Church scene from The Blues Brothers (feat. James Brown! YouTube) 35 Best 90s Christian Alternative Rock Bands (Ranker.com) Poor Old Lu (BandCamp) Skillet (rateyourmusic.com) Jonie Blinman (Apple Music) Radiohead: Kid A (besteveralbums.com) World Music in Newhall (Yelp.com) Yes! (official website) Roger Waters - Amused to Death (Wikipedia | Last 3 tracks: YouTube) KLOS Jim Ladd (LAist.com) Hammond B3 (Wikipedia) Agnosticism (Wikipedia) Weird Al work ethic in the studio (Behind the Scenes on the making of Strait Outta Lynwood) (Weird Al and Steve share a birthday!) The Sign (song: Wikipedia) – Ace of Base (Music Video: YouTube) Cakewalk for DOS (WinWorld), SMPTE (Old School Tape Sync, How Did It Work? YouTube) Amish Paradise by “Weird” Al Yankovic (Video: YouTube) Episode 165 - Top Ten “Weird” Al Songs w/ Steven Leavitt on All Time Top Ten with Ben Eisen Parody vs. Pastiche (Masterclass) Christianne Kinney (Entertainment Attorney) The Language of Creativity Ep. 14 Callin’ in Sick by “Weird” Al Yankovic (YouTube) Beautiful Light by Lobate Scarp (Lyric Video: YouTube) Lobate Scarp Choir Session (Making-of: YouTube) Malcolm Gladwell’s “Connectors”: People Who Spread Ideas (ShortForm.com) Adrienne Woods (official website) Friendster (Article: Vice) Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age (GoodReads) The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (Wikipedia) Sony Pictures Harrison MPC4-D mixing console The Musician’s Institute mi.edu Victor Wooten (official website) Vital Techtones (Henderson, Smith, Wooten) VTT2 album info: guitar9.com The (2000) Dot-com Collapse (internationalbanker.com) How NAPSTER crashed the music industry (The Guardian | BBC) YouTube launched in 2005 (Business Insider) Geoff Downes (​​Wikipedia) The Macaroni Grill (Blog: Thrillist) PYT (Pretty Young Thing) - Michael Jackson (YouTube) Drake Bell (IMDB) The Amanda Show (IMDB) Talyn Edelson on Language of Creativity Ep. 25 “Someone Else’s Dream” Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes, Amazon and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! 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OwnTrail is a social platform that helps people visualize and achieve their next milestone in life and work through offering tools and community that fuel a more authentic definition of success. Kt McBratney is co-founder and chief community officer of OwnTrail, founded in 2020 (just three weeks before the pandemic hit). After meeting her co-founder Rebekah Bastian in Seattle she moved across the country to a new home, sight-unseen, and now lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Before that she’s been a chief marketing officer, a brand marketer, production director, worked at a zoo, and in higher education (all while secretly wearing a superhero t-shirt under her business suit). Kt seeks to “disrupt the status-bro” by helping people reclaim their stories and loves building strong, inclusive communities. “The status-bro tricks us into focusing on a mythical one ‘right’ path through life, instead of focusing on OUR path. It makes us feel like we're only as good as our resumes and social media.” In this episode we explore being authentic to yourself and why LinkedIn is great for job-hunting but not really great at helping you figure out what you really want to do. We talk about the rising feminine, burnout, frogs, pagers (143 anyone?), and the power of help-beacons; how OwnTrail is designed to be a totally different kind of social platform. Kt explains finding themselves fascinated by people who do many things… people she calls “ANDs.” We also talk about the crucial importance of play (Spoiler alert: the job is never done!) and why Steve is a Mokey sun with a Janice moon and a Scooter rising. There was one social media quote that I couldn’t find for the episode that I think sums everything up perfectly: “Be a Kermit the Frog. Have a creative vision and no ego. Recognize the unique talents of those around you. Attract weirdos. Manage chaos. Show kindness. Be sincere.” – Richard R. Penner (@timescanner) Guest: Kt McBratney OwnTrail Kt’s Trail Twitter: @k_to_the_t References Jennifer Fischer (Language of Creativity Ep. 2 | Medium | Twitter | Think Ten Media) Seed&Spark Proposals for a Feminine Economy – Jennifer Armbrust (sister.is | book | short video) Ecosystem Restoration Camps Kiss The Ground (documentary) The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music – Victor L. Wootin (GoodReads) A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future – Daniel Pink  (GoodReads) The “Bad Vegan” Scandal (TastingTable) AuthenTech: (from Rebekah Bastian’s Trail) “Once OwnTrail has a liquidity event, I plan to take that money and re-invest it into the startup ecosystem, focusing on under-estimated founders that are building AuthenTech companies. In the meantime, I'm starting to dabble in some small investments, as an angel and LP, so I can build up my experience and portfolio.” Short Circuit (IMDB) Weird Al Yankovic (Washington Post | New York Times) Weird Al work ethic in the studio (Behind the Scenes on the making of Strait Outta Lynwood) (Weird Al and Steve share a birthday!) Scorpio/Libra cusp astrology Mokey Fraggle Steven’s Trail Host: Steven Leavitt Steven’s Trail Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/ Featured Music “Boom Cat” by Raul Hernandez “Nothing Wrong” by Lobate Scarp Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes, Amazon and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! Website: https://thelanguageofcreativity.com/ Facebook Group: The Language of Creativity Discussion Group - Facebook Tags Founders, startups, saas, online community, values, woman-owned, LinkedIN, CMO, marketing, board-room, careers, zoo, higher education, employment, indie film, motherhood, book hoarder, moving across-country, Atlanta, home buying, Seattle, pandemic, dad jokes, Jennifer Fischer, health insurance coverage, social media, algorithms, gamified, #winning, safety, milestones, marriage, getting a job, miscarriage, burnout, community, help-beacon, tools, pagers, payphones, fax-machines, starting a podcast, TED talks, life path, questions, artists, square peg in a round hole, creatives, creative careers, environment, sharing stories, non-binary, feminine spaces, abundance, representation, race, disconnection, loneliness, compartmentalization, Los Angeles, individualism, collectivism, John D. Liu, Kiss The Ground, Ecosystem Restoration Camps, mycelium networks, cross-polination, nature, ecology, support, pivot, authenticity, inclusion, curiosity, Muppet astrology

“You have pain where?!” People have often asked why a healthy person like me would need physical therapy. They are quite surprised to learn about pelvic-floor therapy… and it’s not long before I hear “I have pain there too.” What was once a specialty that not even many obstetricians or urologists knew about, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy is now a rapidly growing field with an outsized demand for new therapists. Treating conditions like urinary and fecal urgency, incontinence, prolapse, nerve entrapment, surgical scarring, pre and postpartum issues, visceral restrictions and sexual dysfunction, it’s not hard to see why. When Elizabeth Makous became a physical therapist over 30 years ago there were only a couple of classes teaching pelvic floor therapy. When seeing a patient complaining of vaginal pain “deep inside” she donned a pair of gloves and began treating patients internally.  Elizabeth has continued to innovate new treatments in the field applying her unique kind of creativity to the world of medicine. After the home birth of her son she figured out a way to treat her own bathroom issues without surgery. She’s developed protocols for successfully treating issues previously thought untreatable (even with surgery). She even approached a company called TheraWand to ask if she could make improvements to an existing vaginal wand product to more efficiently treat the pelvic floor rectally. After spending a year with a heat lamp sculpting plastic into the curves she felt would be more safe and effective… she'd created a brand new trigger wand that can be used to treat both men and women. Maybe it was the way she was raised… spending time in the clinic with her father, a doctor, and her mother, a nurse. Her grandfather was also a doctor in this small-town community who treated blacks for free during the segregation era in the South. Their passion spilled over in such a way that when meeting a patient with a need, Elizabeth says “there is a gift inside me that just looks for a way to treat it.” In this episode we talk about the importance of being your own medical advocate, how sitting for a living can be an occupational hazard, treating patients with lymphedema, pain management (without opioids), and how Covid restrictions didn’t stop humans from needing touch. We also speak about being a highly-sensitive (HSP), the need for major reform in the emergency mental healthcare system, and how Elizabeth leans on her Catholic Chrisitan faith (for example: she took two medical mission-trips to Kenya in 2019 and 2021 helping to empower African men and women to alleviate pelvic pain and to treat female victims of female genital mutilation). Finally, chronic pain if left untreated can leave people feeling very desperate… and it doesn’t have to be that way! Guest: Elizabeth Mackous, MSPT, CLT, PRPC, CES “The Pelvic Whisperer” Website: https://www.pelvicwhisperer.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PelvicWhisperer Instagram: @pelvicwhisperer The Makous Protocol practitioner and patient classes  (Teachable) Information for cancer patients and to find a therapist Academy of Oncologic Physical Therapy Episode References: Henry Mayo Hospital Outpatient Therapy Center Valencia, California Debbie Evans (Steve’s mom) Dr. David Wise (pelvicpainhelp.com) A Headache in the Pelvis (GoodReads) “Pelvic floor massage for Prostatitis and CPPS with a TheraWand” (The Pelvic Pain Clinic)  Currently available TheraWand products (some products have become unavailable) My Pelvic Floor Muscle | Elizabeth’s class on “An Innovative Way To Use Electrical Stimulation For Severe Pelvic Floor Dysfunction U.S. Olympic Team Sexual Abuse lawsuit (The Denver Post) Neptune Beach, Florida (Wikipedia) Elaine Aron: The Highly Sensitive Person Steven Bau: BLDRS Collective Mycelial Networks: The National Forest Foundation Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Center (Dr. Wu) 750 N Hill St J, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 680-8782 The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk (GoodReads) Somatic Experiencing International (traumahealing.org / IG: @somaticexperiencingint) Matthew Sanford interview “The Body’s Grace”: On Being Dr. Andrew Goldstein: Sexual Medicine Courses for Pelvic Health Practitioners Additional Resources: Fascia & The Mystery of Chronic Pain | Dana Sterling | LIFE TALK (YouTube) Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators, artists, inventors, designers, and producers. Along the way, he gains perspective and multiplies his understanding of our universal potential for creating, living, and learning, Host: Steven Leavitt Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/ Intro Music: CHEF (music.joshgeenen.com) Midroll piano score: Steven Leavitt Outro music: “Nothing Wrong” by Lobate Scarp Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes, and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! 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“A creator is inherently born to change the status-quo.”  In this bonus episode, Stephen Bau tackles “Imposter Syndrome” with Ensoulment coach Veronica Anderson during a candid private coaching session. Stephen Bau is an artist, designer and social architect who was also my guest on Epsiodes 17 and 18. Stephen and Veronica talk about overcoming the “dragon” of the status-quo and Veronica points out “There will always be a status-quo... and you will always be creating the things that change it.”  Thank you to Stephen and Veronica for allowing me to share this session with you.   Stephen Bau Builder’s Collective (website) lunasolterra.art Luna Solterra Coda Document World Builders (referred to as World Weavers Group in the recording)   Veronica Anderson, Life Coach www.veronicasanadora.com www.veronica.earth (blog) HomeDash – (geo-design project)   Episode References Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush (NPR) Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit (goodreads) The Tiger and The Strawberry Rachel Naomi Remen on On Being (with Krista Tippett) Tony Patrick - World Builders Asterix (wikipedia) Mark Wagnon (Awareness Farms Facebook | Conscious Cafe Facebook | LinkedIN) Alphonse Mucha Original music by Steven Leavitt Tags: World-Weavers, Running Up That Hill, Don Golden, Rob Bell, new economy, light and shadow, toroidal field, relationships, childcare, dog care, self-care, co-regulate, partnership, life is messy, eating, transfers of energy and life, Zen, the medical establishment, healing, generous listening, cancer, “cure”, pathology, intervention, death, parts without the whole, whole human, scarcity around time, regenerative stories, play, drama, collective of creative people, film, tv mini-series, The Walking Dead, violence, scarce resources, growing regenerative society, comic books, band, guitarist, Comic Book Guy, anime, characters, revolutionary, covert social movements embedded in art, exploration, graphic novel, creative shortcuts, storytelling, consumable art, Tony Patrick, Asterix, obsession, imperial, empire, archetypes, creator, sage, visionary, dreamer, portal, earth, trans-dimensionality, interface, dashboard, floating-point, quantum computing, whole numbers, coordinates, A.I., Feldman, we are the interface, The Messengers, The Quanta, the physical reality is the message, worldbuilding, the desire to create things of enduring value, perfectionism, imagination, patterns, problem solving, fears, mediocrity, excellence, Chris Adams, The NewYorker, Charles Schultz, inferiority complex, college, skill, drawing, linear artwork, painting, subtleties, values, colors, paint by numbers, Alphonse Muscha, cartoonish, realism, complex simplicity, fear of settling, commit, make a choice, invest, sabotage, status quo, heartache, opposition, change, challenge, female, womb, male, birthing, life, imagination, metaphysics, physics, the trap of fear, strengths, weaknesses, soul, imposter syndrome   Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators, artists, inventors, designers, and producers. Along the way he gains perspective and multiplies his understanding of our universal potential for creating, living, and learning. http://stevenleavitt.com/ lease review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe!

Before we sat down to do this interview with this commissioned artist she made a very bold statement: “I hate making art.”  Talyn Edelson is a warrior through and through. Having conquered both intense physical and mental obstacles in her life, Talyn has trained to be lit on fire, perform with weapons, fall off buildings and be pulled back through walls or doorways by ratchets. Although she studied graphic design and motion graphics in college in Oklahoma she actually wanted to move to Los Angeles as quickly as possible to pursue a career in stunts and action acting. Fresh off a breakup and still in quarantine (recorded in July 2020) Steve and Talyn Edelson discuss her lifelong passion for getting into the motion picture stunt industry and how she was forced to choose between losing support from her family or finishing university. Talyn says that she wouldn’t be happy doing anything other than performing, “It's so important to me that I would rather die homeless on the street here than give up and go home.” Steve and Talyn know each other through Stunt Lab, a stunt training and experimental action techniques workshop hosted by Steve’s dad. When she’s not performing stunts or mastering her movement techniques, Talyn creates commissioned artworks for numerous clients as well as distinguished artistic prints. Even though she makes a living from drawing and digital design, she would much rather be channeling her creativity toward movement and performance. We talk about Talyn’s perspective on creating from a place of pain and obligation rather than joy and desire, and “what happens when you excel at someone else’s dream?” We discuss the joy behind various forms of creativity and expression, the irony of caring too much, grappling with COVID-19 life, and establishing rewards and coping mechanisms as she lives and learns each day.  Her latest project is her custom apparel business Villainy Street, LTD. Check out her killer Spotify curated playlist on her webpage. Guest: Talyn Edelson Villainy Street LTD “Good People Playing Bad” Facebook: VillainyStreet Instagram @VillainyStreet   Talyn’s art (Dribbble) IG: @talyndesigns   Talyn’s social medias Instagram: @talynedelson Vimeo: Vimeo.com/Talyn   Episode References: RVCA shirts Reiki Imposter Syndrome SAG-AFTRA Debbie Evans (website | imdb) The Language of Creativity Episode 1 Sugar Glass Squib hit (wikipedia) Apple box (wikipedia) Hero’s Journey Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Civilianaire Clothes   Episode Music: “Acid Loop Fever” (2002) Steven Leavitt Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators: artists, inventors, designers, producers and more. Along the way he hopes to gain perspective and multiply our understanding of what we share in common while creating, living, and learning. Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/ Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! The idea and concept of tribe has never been so inclusive as now in our interconnected reality. We’d love for you all to join us. Tags: graphic design, stunts, Los Angeles, Stunt performer, pain, determination, martial arts, past lives, reincarnation, synchronicity, interpretive dance, Reiki, healing, consciousness, vibration, frequency, emotional connection of pain, mind body connection, traumatic brain injury motorcycles, physical movement, life lists, calf roping, COVID pods, traumatic brain injury, imposter syndrome, vices, coping mechanisms, SAG-AFTRA, heroes, spirituality, mermaids, Santa Barbara, synchronicity, authenticity, motion graphics, Cheesecake Factory, school, Art, failure, charcoal, graphite, Prismacolor, watercolor, joy, education, talent, caring, dating, confidence, trying too hard, dirt bike, manifestation, chasing your dreams, lasso, Jiu Jitsu, pressure points, chess, covid-19, loneliness, solitude, mental health, trauma, marijuana, alcohol, chocolate, coping, positive rewards, self-care, luxury, procrastination, diversion, diminishing returns, table read, demos, time to decompress, stress points, mentors, quarantine, development, acting, theater, Unions, acting, entertainment industry, Debbie Evans, Lane Leavitt, fun, motivation, emotional support, The Hero's Journey, adopted, Outliers, Bill Gates, programming, individuation, subconscious, unconscious, clothing company, Civilian Air, RVCA, denim, advertising, motivation, Subway sandwiches

In honor of Memorial Day Honor and Glory, a poem by Jack T. Leyton. www.jaxsongs.com Spotify YouTube  

Starting out can be hard. Steve was sitting at a podcasting panel when the lady sitting next to him looked over and asked “do you understand any of this?” It turns out the lady sitting next to Steve has been on PBS and NPR with her course, Learn to Play Guitar in a Day! Marlene Hutchinson is a teacher at heart, and was at one time an elementary school teacher. She didn’t actually learn to play guitar until she was an adult. As a child she played piano and clarinet, but she says that when she found the guitar “it was like I found my cocoon, my home.” In this episode Marlene and Steve talk about learning how to podcast, practicing (Marlene loved it, Steve hated it), “the beginner’s mind” and how picking up a new instrument gives you a whole new way to look at music. We also touch on what makes a good teacher, sound-healing, how music affects your brain, writing songs just for fun, children's music and explore the entrepreneurial journey that Marlene took to get her workshop on PBS. Steve helped Marlene launch the Tips For Guitar Playing Success podcast, which now has over 35,000 downloads since its release on April 9, 2020.   Guest: Marlene Hutchinson https://marlenesmusic.com/ Featured Music: “It’s Never Too Late” by Marlene Hutchinson   Tips for Guitar Playing Success podcast https://tipsforguitarplayingsuccess.podbean.com/   Lesson of the Month Club https://marlene-s-guitar-academy.teachable.com/p/lesson-of-the-month-club   Learn to Play Guitar in a Day https://marlene-s-guitar-academy.teachable.com/p/learn-to-play-guitar-in-a-day   Guitar Coaching Sessions https://marlene-s-guitar-academy.teachable.com/p/coaching-with-marlene Episode References:   NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants): https://www.namm.org/ Meinl Sonic Energy: https://meinlsonicenergy.com/ Music Instrument Museum: http://mim.org/   Tom Cicoria “A Bolt from the Blue” (New Yorker Magazine)  Gabby Giffords “10 years later, Gabby Giffords finds her words and lives her life” (AZ Central)   Brian Eno "AMBIENT 1: MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS (REMASTERED 2004)" Brian Eno’s ambient music for times of thinking and healing   Gerald White's Sight Singing and Vocal Masterclasses  Music1on1.com SCORE find a business coach Steve's audio coaching business: I Create Sound    Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators, artists, inventors, designers, and producers. Along the way, he gains perspective and multiplies his understanding of our universal potential for creating, living, and learning.   Host: Steven Leavitt Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/   Intro Music by Darmok (Magnuson, Anton, Leavitt) End Music: "Drone Into Tomorrow" by Raul Hernandez   Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes, and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe!   Website: https://thelanguageofcreativity.com/ Facebook Group: The Language of Creativity Discussion Group - Facebook   Tags: guitar, NAMM, podcast, teaching, producing, Johnny Cash, singing, music theory, piano, ukulele, Eric Clapton, music lessons, practice, singing, The Beatles, classical music, passion, jamming, performance, vibration, mood, The Office, CPR, Stayin’ Alive, communication, feeling, meditation, gong meditation, music composition, Meinl Sonic energy, tuning fork, Music Instrument Museum, frequency, clarinet, soul, Gabby Giffords, Alzheimer's, brain, songwriting, Tony Cicoria, children's music, elementary teacher, memory, kids, PBS, chord fingering, tuning, music workshop, CD, consistency, coaching, mentor, patience, Tom Petty, inspiration, creativity, struggles, iceberg, film production, speech class, editing, perfectionist, interview, news programs, studio, makeup, hair, hd lighting, um, editor, like um youknow, self criticism, Denver Colorado, Television, Tips for Guitar Playing Success, Covid, belief, gratification, artist advisement, honesty, feedback  

Steve hates banter! So here's a full episode of it. Links Undercover Rubicon (Spotify) Hers (Spotify) Class Of 1999 (IMDB) tags: banter episode, Selena, Danny Elfman, Netflix, Hers, LTO tape, demos, Cubase, Dongles, Win 98, pawn shop regret, synths, Paula Abdul, Corona, quarantine, podcasting, studio attire, ENFP, Tommy Bahama, school conformity, high school, control constructs, GED's, independent study, recurring nightmares, auditing classes, masterclass, St. Vincent, Alicia Keys, Timbaland, Tom Morello, Dave Grohl, Chris Hadfield, Brad Pitt, Bradgelina, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, interviewing, Pierce Brosnan, movie skills, Universal Studios Tour, Jannet Jackson, fish bowl, Universal backlot, stunt doubles, music videos, social distancing, personal space, LA traffic, gas station bathrooms, peeing in public, muckbang, cat-pee smell, The Record Plant, indoor smoking, Vegas, The Sahara Casino, north The Strip, the Killers, Vegas locals, Waze, big city, small world, Thomas Guides, beepers, payphones, quarters, parking meters, parking meter apps, Pasadena, tow yard, social media, Facebook, Myspace, small town, AIM, Private school versus public school, Class Of 1999, Jacuzzi podcast, being a dad, the book was better, Lonely Girl 15, Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell, pierogi, Denny’s, Coco’s, IHOP, vaping, True Crime, Forensic Files, X-Files, Coast to Coast AM, Art Bell, George Noori, Twilight Zone, Hillary Duff, Cher, AutoTune, T-Pain, Everybody was kung-fu fighting

What do you do when you’re locked in your house for 6 months? Record an EP of course! Inspired by the sound of 80s Post-Punk and Darkwave, this musical duo loves to take a look back at the past “to see how genres intertwine.”  This episode was recorded in late 2020: we were looking back on quarantine and how it allowed more time to make music. Before that, the duo says “the only time we had to make music was on vacation.” We talk about the evolution of a song in the writing process, the recording process, having opposite schedules, Depeche Mode, celebrity overdoses and the demands of celebrity… maybe why the Rubicon would like to be undercover in the first place. We also hear about Steve’s original band and their child-prodigy nine year-old drummer and get a glimpse into the evolution of a song. Rebec… I mean Rubicon shares her perspective about why the pandemic was good (in some ways) and how she was hesitant to release a song that could be considered political. “I’m not built to live through a Revolution” she says quoting the meme. Guest: Undercover Rubicon (Rebecca Leavitt / Raul Hernandez) Spotify Apple Music Instagram - @undercoverrubicon Facebook   Featured Music:  Living A Lie by Undercover Rubicon Time by Undercover Rubicon “I Don’t Know How To Write” (In Too Deep sketch) written by Rebecca Leavitt and Steven Leavitt In Too Deep by Undercover Rubicon The 12th Hour by Transfiguration Forever Somewhere by Eric Kennedy, Jo Blinman and Steven Leavitt “Smooth Beat V2” by Undercover Rubicon   Mentioned in the episode: Mason Gold Oliver Tree Oliver Tree - I’m Gone (music video) The Oceanographers "After Quarantine" - Spotify Molachat Doma Depeche Mode - Wikipedia Tom Petty - Wikipedia   Tags: music, recording, Zoom Recorder, AirbNb, mixing consoles, Trident, Oram, multitracking, tape, mp3.co, ebaumsworld, Homestar Runner, music video, Cool Edit Pro, Adobe, fire, Oliver Tree, DTLA, album release, release party, VEGAS!, release date, promotion, social media, publicity stunts, Snapchat, Instagram, filters, plastic hair, scandalous, hair and makeup, poorly-kept secrets, DIY, cheapskates, quarantine, time to create, shooting locations, studios, roadie, vacation, too much work, Mammoth, Lake Tahoe, Spotify, listen numbers, cowriting, Time, Living A Lie, In Too Deep, monikers, siblings, live music production, no time, freetime, creative time, The Office, Netflix, DVD box-sets, VHS tapes, bootlegs, Goodwill, Salvation Army, scotch-tape, copy-protection, experimentation, 4-track, cassette, Hipsters, AKAI, reel-to-reel, Tascam, Wavesfactory, drum tones, 80s, kick, snare, tapes, Mom, The Oceanographers, “After Quarantine”, Pearl drums, drum tuning, guitars, singing, Hawaii, Studio City, grounding, breakfast burritos, Rich Mouser, producing, vibe, Venus Illuminato, hard-disk recorder, punch-ins, micromanaging, mindset, 2020, post-punk, darkwave, lyrics, ideas, vision, documentaries, genre studies, music history, Dropbox, riff, chord, melody, sketch, demo, Bon Iver, 17 years old, Jonie Blinman, childhood bands, Depeche Mode, Mitch’s Java and Jazz, Christian bands, creative arguments, St. Vincent Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators, artists, inventors, designers, and producers. Along the way he gains perspective and multiplies his understanding of our universal potential for creating, living, and learning.   Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/   Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe!

What happens when you start to question the moral foundation you grew up on? In this episode, Steve and Leo sit down to have another conversation about programming but begin to notice similar principles behind law, society, its mores, and even religion. Leo grew up a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a Protestant-Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of the Sabbath (on Saturday) as a sanctified day of rest. While studying the Bible, he started noticing circular logic and other problematic reasoning which led him to question assumptions from his upbringing and begin to let go of his faith. As an INTP, reworking his beliefs wasn’t personally as challenging as the fear of disappointing his family because leaving the faith could be interpreted as jeopardizing his soul and a cause for separation from the ones he loves.  What’s clear is that both Steve and Leo have had to do a lot of thinking surrounding issues of faith and community. Steve and Leo also talk about free-will, cults, workaholism, burnout and depression.  Guest: Leo Lutz Deytah - Creative Digital Consultancy Instagram: @only1skeemer Episode References: OzzoBot Seventh-day Adventist Church - Wikipedia Business Wars: Cereal Wars - Apple Podcasts Ninety-five Theses - Wikipedia Inferno (Dante) - Wikipedia Original Sin - Wikipedia Calvinism - Wikipedia Arminianism - Wikipedia Ten Commandments - Wikipedia The Great Disappointment - Wikipedia The History of the Millerites – ThoughtCo Heaven’s Gate - Wikipedia   Teetotalism - Wikipedia Prohibition - HISTORY Saving Mr. Banks - IMDb Science Mike - The Cozy Robots Show (formerly Ask Science Mike) The Burnout Generation, Anne Helen Petersen (Buzzfeed essay) The Liturgists Podcast * Faith Undone Podcast * * If you’re looking for information on deconstruction, many listeners may find listening to these podcasts from Season 1 more helpful than the more recent episodes. Self-Helpless Podcast – “Burnout” (episode) July 12, 2019 How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation (Article, Buzzfeed) Connections (TV Mini Series, 1978)   Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators, artists, inventors, designers, and producers. Along the way, he gains perspective and multiplies his understanding of our universal potential for creating, living, and learning.   Host: Steven Leavitt Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/   Episode Music composed by Steven Leavitt Editorial and production support by Josh Geenen   Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes, and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe!   Website: https://thelanguageofcreativity.com/ Instagram: @LanguageOfCreativity Facebook Page Facebook Group: The Language of Creativity Discussion Group   Tags: Sabbath, Shabbat, Judaism, Seventh-day Adventist Church, The Great Disappointment, 1844, Hale-Bopp Comet, Heaven's Gate cult, Adventism, Kellogg, Post, Battle Creek Michigan, Business Wars, Cereal Wars, Ten Commandments, 10 Commandments, Deuteronomy, ninety-five Theses, 95 Theses, Bible, Star Wars, Protestant, sola scriptura, Calvinism, Arminianism, Teetotalism, Saving Mr. Banks, prohibition, healthcare, bartering, Science Mike, deconstruction, Liturgist podcast, hell, atheism, Dante's Inferno, New Testament, original sin, Wikipedia, free will, determinism,  seminary, Faith Undone podcast, black sheep, healthcare, beer, Newtonian physics, Jewish, rabbi, Old Testament, Jesus, Christianity, pedagogy, teaching, original sin, Book of Tobit, Book of Enoch, biblical apocrypha, Eckhart Tolle, Kingdom of Heaven, Heaven, psychology, God, workaholism, procrastination, burnout, Ethos Church, programming, coding, Hell, Atheism

How can a programmer help put out a blazing wildfire? Steve talks to longtime friend and programmer Leo Lutz about unconventional creativity and what happens when you pair non-conventional thinking with an open approach to problem-solving. (Hint: you get culture-shifting ideas.) Leo Lutz is cofounder of Deytah, a digital consultancy focused on helping small businesses and nonprofits solve problems related to user experience, development, and data solutions. Leo has a knack for teaching and creative problem-solving but also a love for audio. In fact, Leo and Steve used to do live sound together for Don’t Call Us Tori, a live music showcase that Steve co-founded with musician Shannon Hurley. (And did you know, Leo’s company Deytah built the I Create Sound website?) In this episode, Steve and Leo discuss the uniqueness of possessing a N+P pairing on the MBTI and reflect on how their Myers–Briggs personality types intersect with their work. Steve asks Leo to explain what programming IS, and Leo addresses the notion that coders sometimes lack creativity. They also discuss The Magic Castle, mixing audio in church, and pedagogy (teaching).  Subscribe to the podcast and look for part 2 with Leo Lutz!   Guest: Leo Lutz Deytah - Creative Digital Consultancy Instagram: @only1skeemer   Matrik SEE (Requires Google Login) Automators.academy   Episode References: Colorado Search and Rescue Tick Fire - Wikipedia   Jungian Cognitive Functions MBTI Personality Types Myers–Briggs Type Indicator - Wikipedia Don't Call Us Tori iReady The Magic Castle - Wikipedia A2 (theater) - Wikipedia Jellyfish Lake - Wikipedia   HTML (programming language) - Mozilla PHP (programming language) - Wikipedia   Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators, artists, inventors, designers, and producers. Along the way, he gains perspective and multiplies his understanding of our universal potential for creating, living, and learning.   Host: Steven Leavitt Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/   Music: Trap Door by Chef, Moonlight by Chef Editorial and Production support by Josh Geenen (a very special thanks!)   Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes, and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe!   Website: https://thelanguageofcreativity.com/ Facebook Group: The Language of Creativity Discussion Group - Facebook Tags: wildfires, Colorado Search and Rescue, Google, Chromecasts, Apple, Windows, fire, coders, coding, programming, Indiana Jones, Myers-Briggs, Intuitive Perceiver, MBTI, Firefly, Jung, cognitive functions, audio engineering, orchestra, education, The Magic Castle, closeup magic, stage management, church, broadcast, satellite, Jellyfish Lake, computers, algebra, tutoring, user experience, UX, HTML, PHP, HVAC, law, guitar, emergent systems, macOS, Unix, Next OS, Steve Jobs, JavaScript, TypeScript, multi-factor authentication, inspector, Ozobot, Tim Cook, early adopters, late adopters, Swine flu, Polau, #2 pencils, number 2 pencils, live-sound, A2, pedagogy, Palau, students, users, authoring, how-to

Would you like to know a little secret about making great records? Who doesn’t want to know a great secret! The origin story goes that Joe Solo discovered Macy Gray while she was working in a Beverly Hills diner and he decided to develop her career, vowing to work “however long it takes” until they made it big - a promise that took nearly 15 years to fulfill. Since then Joe has worked with the likes of Fergie, will.i.am, Erykah Badu, Shinedown, and Shiny Toy Guns and labels such as Atlantic, Epic, Universal, Sony, BMG, and Warner Brothers. A producer, songwriter and composer, Joe started out as a guitarist but his life trajectory was permanently altered when instead of a new guitar pedal his dad bought him a Tascam Portastudio for his birthday. Joe and Steve talk shop discussing the psychology of producing, the tricks they use to capture great takes, managing (and eliciting) a performer’s emotion, and delivering constructive feedback. They talk about how the studio can be an instrument, and how certain sounds were achieved on classic records (like Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon”). Joe talks about the importance of listening to new music, and he and Steve touch on helping an artist find their own authenticity. Steve also gets Joe to share about his love of Hans Zimmer’s music and the movie Interstellar (by his favorite director Christopher Nolan)… and we get to hear about that one time that Steve was on the set of Inception while the train was driving down the middle of a downtown street! Joe says “Composing exists in film to command a certain emotional response from the audience, it will always be the job of the music in a film to serve the story.” Joe has also helped many many independent musicians through his workshops and classes, and if there were one piece of advice he could give to every artist he meets it would be: “Never ever quit.” Guest: Joe Solo Website: https://joesolo.com/ Christy Nava – Soul Contracts EP (Produced by Joe Solo and Steven Leavitt) Listen on all-platforms! Episode References Hans Zimmer Night Fever-BeeGees Hells Bells-AC/DC EDM Infected Mushroom Us and Them-Pink Floyd Phase cancellation  Red light syndrome Lyor Cohen DefJam Universal Basic Income The Wall Blurred Lines lawsuit Inception Interstellar World of Hans Zimmer 2001: A Space Odyssey  Gladiator movie soundtrack THX Neverland Ranch National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Intro/Outro Music: Nothing Wrong by Lobate Scarp Tags: songwriting, perfection, Michael Jackson, plug-ins, automation, Prince, phase cancellation, audio engineer, wavelengths, EQ, hertz, frequency, reverb, tracking, retracking, recording artist, emotion, magic, coaching, songwriting, guitarist, broadcast professional, experience, education, proactive listening, mixing board, AI generated music, emote, vibe, Lior Cohen, Def Jam, the human element, UBI, film and television licensing, Pink Floyd, The Wall, Us And Them, music publishing, Christopher Nolan, autotune, Macy Gray, Fergie, Shiny Toy Guns The Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators, artists, inventors, designers, and producers. Along the way he gains perspective and multiplies his understanding of our universal potential for creating, living, and learning. Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/ Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! The idea and concept of tribe has never been so inclusive as now in our interconnected reality. We’d love for you all to join us. Follow us on Instagram at @languageofcreativity

Steven is having a bad day! Luckily, he was about to sit down with our next guest, Michael Boyle, a licensed psychotherapist specializing in work with relationships and trauma. Orphaned temporarily from his recording studio due to a COVID outbreak, Steven dons his backpack and his new mobile recording rig to host the podcast outside on a blanket down by the river! Michael Boyle is a former college athlete and NHL Hopeful, who after suffering multiple head injuries became critically depressed. As a lifelong learner devoted to psychological and spiritual growth, Mike searched for over 20 years to find the very best tools, perspectives and methods to empower himself to go from “surviving to thriving.” After studying the intersection of science and spirituality, NLP, clinical hypnosis, nutrition, exercise, and optimal flow states. Michael became a licensed therapist (LMFT, CDBT), but switched to a coaching model because he found that the typical therapy context wasn’t helping people create true and lasting change. After thousands of hours of clinical experience and training, being a Coach seemed to provide a more effective balance for clients not just to heal but to thrive. Mike developed the Inner Advantage Method (I AM), a curriculum for turning hard times into holistic happiness. He founded the ALL Together Academy, the Relating Renaissance, and the Brotherhood of Men (whose mission is to empower men to overcome isolation, shame, and anger in order to become the rockstar dads, irresistible husbands, kick-ass professionals, providers and contributors they are built to be.) Steve and Mike open up about toxic masculinity and the stigma behind being a sensitive man. They further debunk the idea behind the starving artist, talk about their spouses and why it is so valuable for artists to have partners who support their unique ways of life (Mike’s wife Tania is a musician). They also discuss concepts from psychology like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, somatic therapy, EMDR, PTSD, and the empowering idea of moving from Post-Traumatic stress to Post-Traumatic growth. As Michael explains by analogy: “Every acorn has the capacity to become an oak tree. … What we can do as human beings is we can nurture our acorn, and we can put it in fertile soil, and we can give it water and sunshine, we can create the conditions that make it more likely to become an oak tree. But we don't make ourselves into oak trees, nature does that. It's natural for us to grow and thrive. …  And when we grow and thrive, we become an oak tree… By becoming an oak tree, we are beneficial.  We create: We create environments for bugs and for birds and for kids to put a swing on. … The world misses out if [you or I do] not blossom and flourish and thrive and drop [our] acorns so that others can benefit. So it is in our design, it is already inherent in us to become an oak tree.”   Guest: Michael Boyle Website: https://www.alltogether.love/ FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/alltogetherloving FB Group ALL-TOGETHER-THRIVING: https://www.facebook.com/groups/alltogetherthriving Join The Relating Revolution: https://www.facebook.com/alltogetherloving/posts/10160601102702985 IG: @alltogetheracademy  Email: [email protected] Mike on the 10,000 No’s Podcast   Episode References A Bronx Tale  The Power Of Bad (book) The Mask You Live In (movie) Fuga (Tania’s band) Lar C. Short – Grace Essence Mandala The Way of Radiance (book) by Lar C. Short Tags: therapy, COVID, growth mindset, A Bronx Tale, EMDR, somatic therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, victim-blaming, romantic partners of artists, trauma, PTSD, Post-Traumatic growth, healing, speeding tickets, privilege, reticular activating system, martial arts, The Human Design, sprouting and pruning, sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators, artists, inventors, designers, and producers. Along the way he gains perspective and multiplies his understanding of our universal potential for creating, living, and learning. Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/ Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! The idea and concept of tribe has never been so inclusive as now in our interconnected reality. We’d love for you all to join us. Follow us on Instagram at @languageofcreativity   (Recording a podcast down by the river.)

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New fields such as Biomimicry offer amazing insight into the way nature solves the most complex problems with stunning simplicity, allowing scientists to create amazing “advancements” in human technology. What is clear is how little we really know about everything. In part one, Stephen Bau begins to speak about The Holobiont: the emergent, living system of all nested systems. In part 2, we explore our complex social systems and how seemingly all attempts at utopia have been prone to fail. How might we create a more peaceful society and correct humanity’s voracious tendency toward self-destruction? Bau founded the Builders Collective to inspire others to design a more resilient society. The Builders Collective uses human-centered design to create engaging experiences through art, design, and social change. Then in 2020, Stephen joined the Design Science Studio, an educational incubator tied to the Buckminster Fuller Institute aimed at making the world work for not just all humans but for 100% of all life on Earth. Stephen and Steve discuss the ways in which we as humans inevitably design the world around us, the ethics of design, rethinking our economic and political systems, and reimagining education. They also discuss Buckminster Fuller’s concept of “Metaphysical Gravity,” and Stephen’s reimagining of it, seamlessly blending concepts of biological, personal, social, economic, political, and ecological scale into a “network of flows” that create mental models for human experience. “In this way, we can explore the metaphysical model of ideas and values (philosophical, spiritual, mathematical, technological) embodied by the mental models for human experience and how personal habits have implications at the biological, personal, social, economic, political, and ecological scales by mapping these changes to the collective organization and coordination of human actions.” How might we conceive of our place in the universe as part of a process of cultural evolution, social physics, and metaphysical design? If we’re the ones designing the world, can we use a better model of reality as the foundation for a set of values and aspirations to build a world that works for 100% of life?   Stephen’s Upcoming Podcast: Design For Resilience https://builderscollective.com/design-for-resilience/ Join UX Academy! https://share.trydesignlab.com/ux (affiliate link) Buckminster Fuller Institute: https://www.bfi.org Design Science Studio: https://www.designscience.studio   More from Stephen Bau: https://stephenbau.com/ https://bauhouse.ca/ https://trydesignlab.com/bau/ https://bldrs.co/ https://socialarc.com/ https://designinfluences.com/author/stephen/ Building Leaders to Design a Resilient Society  https://bauhouse.medium.com   Stephen’s portfolio: https://stephenbau.myportfolio.com/ https://vimeo.com/bauhouse   Stephen’s Social Media: https://twitter.com/bauhouse https://www.linkedin.com/in/bauhouse/?originalSubdomain=ca https://www.instagram.com/bauhouse/?hl=en   Episode References: Yuval Noah Harari: global ethics Builder’s Collective Bauhaus redefining Society What is education: do schools kill creativity? (Sir Ken Robinson) The Social Dilemma  Mike Monteiro: ethics of design Marty Neumeier: what is design? Brain stem advertising Donut economics United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals The Seventh Generation principle My Octopus Teacher Metaphysical Gravity Tags: agile methodology, workflow, adaptation, collective intelligence, holistic, holobiont, cultural relevance, Bauhaus, capitalism, economic system, neoliberalism, new world Bauhaus, Weimar Republic, democracy of design, ethics, core values, scarcity, systemic racism, Rob Bell, Christianity, faith, Spiral Dynamics, feedback loop, new world order, empathy, persona, consciousness, circular economy, value, connection, metaphysical gravity, social utopia  Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators, artists, inventors, designers, and producers. Along the way he gains perspective and multiplies his understanding of our universal potential for creating, living, and learning. Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/ Episode Music: Chef ”Nothing Wrong” by Lobate Scarp Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! The idea and concept of tribe has never been so inclusive as now in our interconnected reality. We’d love for you all to join us. https://socialarc.com/proposal/

Designers make powerful choices that ultimately affect real lived experience. What happens when those choices have unforeseen consequences? Stephen Bau is a UX design mentor at Designlab but prefers the term “human experience” to “user experience.” Starting out at a young age with a love for art and deciding upon a path toward graphic design in Vancouver, Canada, Bau joined the industry at a tumultuous moment, when desktop publishing was beginning to consolidate entire teams of specialists into a single user with a Macintosh. Steve and Stephen recount their experiences of living through the disruption caused by the early proliferation of the internet: desktop publishing and the home studio revolution. At this point, advertising shifted from a one-way channel to a conversation. With this new found access to people’s thoughts, advertisers pushed designers to “tap into people’s brain stems and trigger their fears.” This eventually contributed to the social media landscape we know today, and companies quickly moved to find out how to commoditize our interactions and attention. What could possibly go wrong? They talk about The Social Dilemma, Futurist and architect R. Buckminster Fuller, and how Stephen likes to play his name off of the Bauhaus. They also touch on the challenges with social utopian ideals and the inevitability of things going wrong.  “Every technology has a bias, and you have to be careful of how you take those on.” Because we all make choices, we are all designers of our future.   Guest: Stephen Bau https://stephenbau.com/ https://bauhouse.ca/ https://trydesignlab.com/bau/ https://bldrs.co/ https://socialarc.com/ https://designinfluences.com/author/stephen/ Building Leaders to Design a Resilient Society    Stephen’s portfolio: https://stephenbau.myportfolio.com/ https://vimeo.com/bauhouse   Stephen’s Social Media: https://twitter.com/bauhouse https://www.linkedin.com/in/bauhouse/?originalSubdomain=ca https://www.instagram.com/bauhouse/?hl=en   Further Reading/Links mentioned in the episode: The Buckminster Fuller Institute The Social Dilemma  Werner Erhard on Being Human  The Soul of Money Pantone Color 2020 Lynn Margulis: Human Evolution  Internal Microbiome Infinite Potential quantum entanglement Biomimetics   Tags: Buckminster Fuller Institute, User Interface Designer, UX designer, user experience designer, mentorship, Bauhaus, soft skills, people skills, graphic artist, social architecture, front end development, break the internet, the social dilemma, cognitive science, consumer culture, advertising, browser war, Mad Men, revolutionary, modern design, corporate economy, bifurcation, downtown corridor, suburbs, skyscraper, form versus function, Werner Erhard, Lynn Twist, the Soul of Money, The Hunger Project, David Bohm, disruption, urban farming, fallow fields, mycelia, internal microbiome, quantum leap, Robert Oppenheimer, Manhattan Project, synergy, Jiddu Krishnamurti, interconnectedness, quantum entanglement, infinite reality, biomimicry, holobiont, biomimetic technology environment, nested systems, death and birth Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators, artists, inventors, designers, and producers. Along the way he gains perspective and multiplies his understanding of our universal potential for creating, living, and learning.   Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/   Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe!

We all create narratives defining who we are, yet so many of us forget that we all have the power to craft and hone these narratives to define ourselves, our worlds, and the legacy we leave behind. Jarod Cerf lives by his adage that everyone is a storyteller. A consummate storyteller himself, Cerf has long recognized the power of storytelling and crafting narratives not only in the artistic sphere but for major marketing firms, within college classrooms, in major media outlets, for himself, and his clients. “I have had so many titles: teacher, journalist, PR, marketing, etc. And what I finally realized is that I am a storyteller: someone who teaches, entertains, and guides the folks in my tribe … to inspire a course of action, a thought, or remember something by. That’s all storytellers have done, culturally, historically, throughout time.” Sharing from his wealth of experience, this episode is quite the deep-dive into the existential, the esoteric, and the “Weird.” (“New Weird exists to overturn cliches and twist the traditional.” – BookRiot)  Jarod says, “I follow story from characters… they are what define what happens… It's not my goal, personally, to write horror fiction or sci-fi or fantasy, I enjoy those, but that's not what I set out to write.” Jarod’s goal in coaching and writing is to illuminate the darkest places for people, whether they are struggling to develop their stories or their life-path. Steve and Jarod discuss issues that often plague creatives like chronic pain. Jarod challenges the notion that suffering is necessary for creation. They also discuss creative blocks, marketing, what you should do with characters that seem to develop a mind of their own, and why storytellers are going to thrive in the new economy. Whether our medium is a novel, podcast, song, or even the way we remember and construct our lives: “how we make other people characters in our lives” defines how we experience life itself.   Guest Jarod Serf Website: https://herebetygers.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarodcerf/ Instagram: @hbtygers Twitter: @jcertherealist Here be Tygers Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/herebetygers Medium: https://medium.com/@jarodcerf   Work with Jarod: https://www.20minutestobrilliance.com/tygers and be entered to win our drawing!   Host Steven Leavitt Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/   Episode References Waiting for Godot Complex migraines Amblyopia    New Media Summit Here Be Tygers podcast - “Friends of all Stripes”: Animals in Folklore, Myth and our Lives, with Julie Saillan‪t‬ This is Water by David Foster Wallace OMD Dan Pink: A Whole New Mind N.K. Jemisin: The Broken Earth trilogy John Hodgman   Ray Bradbury’s “Here There Be Tygers” Jung and subjectivity George Saunders reflects on writing Göbekli Tepe Turkey History of Santa Claus Joseph Campbell and storytelling Labeling theory Here Be Tygers podcast - “The Different Worlds that We Live In & Imagine,” with Andre Rodrigue‪z‬   CandideJames Ragan Chekhov's Gun   The New Weird genre Speculative fiction Aristotle and Truth in Art The Truth in Art and the Art in Truth Ray Bradbury’s There Will Come Soft Rains Ernest Hemmingway’s Snows of Kilimanjaro Ray Brabury’s The Happiness Machine   Heart Shaped Pod James Joyce Mark Twain as celebrity Watership Down Robot Chicken’s Fraggle Watership Down H.P. Lovecraft Hermeneutics Five Languages of Love Highlander The Tyger by William Blake 10,000 Hours to Mastery-Malcolm Gladwell   Tags: migraines, storytelling, purpose, creating, advertising, soul work, genre, New Weird, disruptive habits, trust, eureka moment, journey, planting a seed, joy in creation, guides, guidance, tribe, right-brained, marketing, automation, branding, emotional connection, attachment, patterns, memories, remembering, art, Fabio, Michelangelo, fundamental essence, story loops, seeking meaning, glyphs, aborigines, puzzling meaning, knowledge, wisdom, Santa Claus, heroes, clarity, purpose, drive, ideology, characters, mortality, jargon, fantasy, cognates, symbolic representation, lifelong learning, Joseph Campbell, anthropology, communication, method, non-linear thinking, typewriters, process, creative tools, auditory/visual, worldview, hermeneutics, narrator, timeline, amblyopia, flawed humans, cult of personality, public engagement, Discord, Twitter, presence, doodling, zaizen, archetypes, magic, illumination, journey   Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators: artists, inventors, designers, producers and more. Along the way he hopes to gain perspective and multiply our understanding of what we share in common while creating, living, and learning.   Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/   Theme Music: “Nothing Wrong” by Lobate Scarp   Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! The idea and concept of tribe has never been so inclusive as now in our interconnected reality. We’d love for you all to join us!  

We’ve all said things like “where did the day go?” or “wow, it’s already the end of the year!” Traditional timepieces aim to keep us on task, but are we missing something in the pursuit of endless “productivity?” Scott Thrift is a “filmmaker turned artist” (Wired Magazine) and the co-founder of the award-winning creative agency m ss ng p eces, which he left in 2013 to pursue his dream of making an annual clock. This was no easy feat considering no clockmaker in the world had ever created an annual movement. Scott became obsessed with the notion of “What does the world need now?” The annual clock was designed to address society’s extreme lack of what Scott calls “temporal bandwidth.” His answer? A clock designed to help people be in time rather than simply being on time. Scott’s timepieces are unique in that they all have only a single hand and feature beautiful gradients instead of stark lines. Many people who experience the clocks begin to find they are forming a whole new relationship with time. As someone who struggles with society’s rigid interpretation of time, Steve speaks about his own evolving view of the relationship between time and creativity. Scott shares his journey from Los Angeles to New York City. Frustrated with film school, he quickly forged his own success by making “something,” which took the New York Gift Fair by storm and ingratiated him with the New York design elite. This led to his involvement with the Ted organization where he was one of the first to make a behind-the-scenes documentary of the event. From funding three very successful Kickstarter campaigns to interviewing Brian Eno to getting his first clock into the MOMA store almost by magic, Scott’s mindset has taught him simply to flow with the river… he shares what he learned from the opportunities to rub elbows with creatives from endless backgrounds. Scott now has clock movements that feature the day, the moon, and the year. His goal is to create pieces that stand the test of time: lasting a lifetime as owners of his clocks expand their relationship with the present.;   More on Scott’s special clocks https://daymoonyear.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottthrift/ https://coolhunting.com/design/scott-thrift-clocks/ https://www.wired.com/story/moon-scott-thrift-slow-clocks/   Scott’s Kickstarters: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scottthrift/the-present https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scottthrift/today https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scottthrift/the-present-day-moon-year   Scott’s Instagram: another way to think of the passage of time   Examples of Scott’s cinematographic oeuvre The Visual Art of Brian Eno: Light and Time William and the Windmill Behind the TEDTalk   References: m ss ng p eces 77 Million Paintings (Brian Eno) Gravity’s Rainbow (Book) Youtube channel for Cool Hunting   Tags: The Present, annual clock, day, moon, year, gradient, Kickstarter, TED, Craig Venter, Brian Eno, the passage of time, longer now, being present, clarity, wisdom, growth, day, moon, year, German engineering, US-Customs, discipline, degrees of change, mind space, headspace, mindset, moving parts, potential, the gift of time, New York, MOMA, just do the next right thing, ad agency, design, video editing, timekeeper, circuit bender, temporal bandwidth, WFMU, staying-power. depth, creation, adventure, problem-solving, collaboration, time and space, circuit bending, supply chain, entrepreneurship, podcast, non-linear editing, audio editing, lines, supply chain, entertainment, Full Sail, film school   Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators, artists, inventors, designers, and producers. Along the way, he gains perspective and multiplies his understanding of our universal potential for creating, living, and learning. Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/ Theme Music: “Nothing Wrong” by Lobate Scarp Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes, and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe!

Death And Snow, a poem by Nat Magnuson.   Silver Grain Art www.silvergrainart.com

AB-5 sucks! Covid sucks! Zoom school SUCKS! 2020 pretty much sucked. But you know what doesn’t suck? Being an everyday hero like our guest Christiane Cargill Kinney.   As an entertainment lawyer, Christiane Kinney has represented Platinum-selling and Grammy-winning artists and estates as well as independent artists, Presidential candidates, festivals, music tech start-ups, artists, and avatars (wha!?). A consummate creative, Chris is also an award-winning singer/songwriter, a voting member of the Recording Academy, and has won numerous awards from Billboard, ASCAP, the International Songwriting Competition, and the Global Music Awards, to name a few.    She’s been recognized as the #1 Music Law Resource to follow on Twitter (by CD Baby), and was named in Glamour Magazine’s Woman of the Year issue for her charity work in bringing music and art programs to at-risk youth in Southern California. A frequent speaker on entertainment law panels, radio talk shows, Chris wrote a regular legal advice column for CD Baby to provide legal guidance to independent artists. Yet somehow on top of all this, she’s also a recording musician, a mom of two and still manages to stay constantly upbeat with a wicked sense of humor!   In this episode, Steve and Chris discuss the pitfalls and joys(?) of the new normal: Zoom work, Zoom school, house concerts, social media meltdowns, and the melee that is parenting during quarantine. And as if the rest of 2020 wasn’t enough, Chris was thrown a curveball along with the rest of us when the entertainment industry shut down in the wake of COVID-19. Undaunted, Chris saw this as an opportunity to found her own entertainment law firm, Kinney Law, P.C. in June of 2020, focusing on ways she could help artists and offset the substantial loss in touring revenue during these unprecedented times.   Christiane discovered her love for the piano when she was only three years old. After seeing the musical production “Annie,” she immediately went home and plinked out all the songs by ear. As Chris recalls,  “...There were moments in those shows where the artists I’m sure were tapping into the soul of their instruments.” Chris and Steve go on to geek out about their love for pianos and explore what it was that got them into music. As Chris says, “I think every musician will tell you, there's not a choice... you just have to do it... it calls to you in a really deep, meaningful way where, that is what you do.”   Will this be the “MOST DEPRESSING PODCAST EVER!”? or will laughter prevail as the best medicine? You be the judge! Featured Music: Earnestine by Christiane Cargill Kinney Isle of Skye by Christiane Cargill Kinney​ Christiane Kinney:   Law Practice:  Kinney Law LexisNexis   Artist side:  https://www.christianekinney.com http://www.riddlethesphinx.com Almost (Album) by Christiane Cargill Kinney Riddle the Sphinx   Personal: website Pepperdine Alum Spotlight Instagram: @musicalredhead Twitter: @musicalreadhead                             Charitable Foundation: https://heartsgivinghopefoundation.org   Episode References: Sean Kinney: GoSeanGO.com, SeanKinneyStunts.com, 1stoogeentertainment.com World Record of Jumping Jacks while on Fire Hollywood Clown (Book by Jason Lassen) Don’t Call Us Tori (how Steve and Christiane met) Ruthann Friedman: "Everyone Knows it’s Windy" (made famous by The Association) David Peters, Oak House Recording Studios Killarney Star, IG: @killarney_star Elizabeth (Libbie) Schrader Gilli Moon Marina V Christo Pellani - soundformation.com Don Teschner and the WaterDawgs Marvel Jensen   LA Times: "What a year it was: A 2020 Timeline" (California lockdown begins March 14, 2020) [you can postpone the paywall by launching the above link in a private browsing window] A look back at LA County hiking trail closures (ModernHiker) AB-5 (background) LA TIMES: "The AB5 backlash: Singers, actors, dancers, theaters sound off on freelance law" Governing.com: "America's Rural/Urban Divide: A Special Series"   Blurred Lines lawsuit (can you look for?)  Pharell & Rick Rubin interview “Word Crimes” by Weird Al Yankovic (Which is NOT an example of the point I was making, it is a direct parody of “Blurred Lines”) Albuquerque, By Weird Al Yankovic, is said to be written in the style of “Dick’s Automotive” by The Rugburns.   Exclaim!*@#: “Vanilla Ice ​Apparently Owns the Rights to 'Under Pressure'” CD Baby DIY Musician: Understanding music copyrights, Form PA and SR   Power Distance Index, explained (article) Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers (GoodReads)   Luke Bryan - Rain Is A Good Thing (“Rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey”) Jeff Richmond (Tina Fey’s husband) The Firm Awaken with JP Ready Player One (film) Ready Player One (book) Idiocracy   Tags: Freelancing, VR, house concerts, covid, quarantine, losing your job, filter-bubbles, Blurred Lines lawsuit, attorney, Pharrell, Thicke, copyright, binge watching, dinner and a show, Zoom fatigue, Burning Man, avatars, community, meditation, Karens, memes, echo chamber, FAANG, precedent, declaratory judgment, IP litigation, musicologists, samples, audio mixing, copyright infringement, songwriting, streaming, riots, dystopia, Idiocracy, Ready Player One, AB-5, independent contractor, 1099, loan-out corporations, Disney+, Hamilton,making puzzles, Annie, piano, pipe organ, nunnery, St. Joseph’s, performance art, bucket list, professional clowns, Robert De Niro drum circle, Guinness Book of World Records, Roger Corman, Don't Call Us Tori, SXSW, giving back, Children of the Night, #everydayhero, the power of sleep, personal power, boundaries   Language of Creativity’s host Steven Leavitt enjoys discussing the ins and outs of all aspects of creating, creativity, and life with his fellow creators: artists, inventors, designers, producers and more. Along the way he hopes to gain perspective and multiply our understanding of what we share in common while creating, living, and learning.   Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/   Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! The idea and concept of tribe has never been so inclusive as now in our interconnected reality. We’d love for you all to join us.

What does it mean to find meaningful work? How do we decide what path our lives will take without letting life dictate our path to us? Today we talk about something most adults will spend most of their lives doing: work. Terese Anthony is a college career counselor who also happens to be a world-traveled modern-day renaissance woman. From bullfighting in Costa Rica to bartending to getting chased by sharks in Hawaii (spoiler alert!) to an PhD program with an aim at working for the United Nations. Acknowledging her love for helping people, Therese went back to school while raising two children that led her to her current path. But is this the her final stop? She is also a hobbyist photographer with a creative and entrepreneurial spirit. As Terese and Steven discuss their lives’ work so far, we get to hear stories of the best laid plans of mice, lemons out of lemonade, leaps of faith, doing what you love, being on a tiny bus with a flat tire surrounded by a pride of lions, what motivated her to leave her humdrum marketing gig to gain something more than the money.  We geek out about personality types, and learn how each of us can use the RIASEC test to find our strengths, core values and competencies to make sure we’re fulfilling our best selves in work and in life. As fellow ENFPs, creatives, and entrepreneurs with a drive to succeed, Steve and Terese grapple with how to utilize their strengths, overcome life’s practicalities and challenges, and achieve balance with life and work’s desires and needs.  PS. Steve guessed his Holland Code wrong in the episode, he is actually AIS (Artistic Investigative Social), the same as Terese’s top three (SAI)! Guest: Terese Anthony https://lifecoachtobehappy.com Host: Steven Leavitt – https://stevenleavitt.com/ I Create Sound – https://icreatesound.com/ Additional music:  Nothing Wrong (by Lobate Scarp) https://www.lobatescarp.com/ After Quarantine (by The Oceanographers) https://www.theoceanographers.com/ guitar improvisation (by Josh Dobrowner) Resources and Links: Onet Online: https://www.onetonline.org/ Costa Rican bullfighting: https://theculturetrip.com/central-america/costa-rica/articles/a-brief-introduction-to-costa-ricas-tico-style-bullfighting/ Pepperdine: https://www.pepperdine.edu/  Hawaii Pacific University: https://www.hpu.edu/ United Nations: https://unjobs.org/ Giriama People: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giriama_people Youth At Risk: https://nyunlockingfutures.org Myers Briggs: https://www.16personalities.com/enfp-personality Career Development and Advisement: https://www.careerkey.org/ Holland Code/RIASEC Test: https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/RIASEC About the RIASEC test: https://www.123test.com/holland-codes-career-tests/ Daniel Pink: https://www.danpink.com/ A Whole New Mind: https://www.danpink.com/whole-new-mind/   Understanding The RIASEC Realistic: practical, physical, concrete, hands-on, machine, and tool-oriented Investigative: analytical, intellectual, scientific, explorative, thinker Artistic: creative, original, independent, chaotic, inventive, media, graphics, and text Social: cooperative, supporting, helping, healing/nurturing, teaching Enterprising: competitive environments, leadership, persuading, status Conventional: detail-oriented, organizing, clerical Tags: careers, colleges, anthropology, sociology, Denmark, career counseling, type-1 diabetic, United Nations, polymath, parenthood, grad-school, Hawaii, sharks, safari, travel, Costa Rica, Antarctica, photography, marketing, personality types, ENFP, artistic, polymath, travel, drumming, Kenya, Hawaii, idealism, motivation, Epcot Center, Chile, Antarctica, nonprofits, parenthood, happiness, work, time, reflection, maternity leave, career research, core values, worklifebalance, grad school, phd, working backwards, advisor, vibe, intuition, lions, riasec, Holland Code, Myers Briggs, personality tests, Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional, potential, bartender, MBTI, cognitive functions, authenticity, education, priorities, money, entrepreneur, left-brained, right-brained, outofthebox, photography, tradegroups, find your passion, stretch-goals, expectation gap, corporate culture, internships, web design, Office Space

A first for us, listener-feedback episode! When I called Monica, she had just lost her job (that she hated). WOO HOO!!! (That part we hadn't hit record for). We talk about my ideas for the bigger picture of the podcast as well as a little about her new foray into the amazing book The Artist's Way. Guest: Monica Berning ([email protected]) Host: Steven Leavitt (icreatesound.com) The online podcast community where we met: https://theliturgists.com/ Many many more main episodes to come soon! If you haven't, go check out Episode 1- Naming the Podcast and of course, share, subscribe and review!

In this very special Bonus Episode, Steve and his son Caleb talk about a very important topic - PLAYING!

Steve just hits publish! In this (very first) solo episode Steve reflects on the inner-work of the past 6 months. Keywords: #thefuture #lettinggo #thebeach #clearing #covid #quarantine #movement #struggle #slowingdown #sadness #overwhelm #innerwork #authenticity

Justin Miyamoto explores concepts like the ocean, space and time-travel to convey the human experience of love, joy and struggle through songwriting as a form of journaling. The Oceanographers’ musical style mirrors the tides of Hawaii as Justin and Steve muse about the similarities between water and the inner world of emotions.   Originally from Southern California, he moved to Hawaii to find like minded creatives and make music and to be closer to family. When he got there, he was surprised to find his own experiences in his new home woven throughout the narrative of lyrics he’d written while in LA, finalizing the album with a beautiful song inspired by his new home.  “It makes me want to create art that has a purpose that really transcends our everyday existence into something better.”   Justin and Steve discuss how personality types influence creativity, balancing lofty metaphors while staying relatable to your audience, and graphic design. How do two people collaborate while 2500 miles apart? How do you know if you are on the right course with a creative project? In this episode of the podcast, you’ll hear two long term friends grapple with personal and creative growth while experiencing the expressive music of Justin and the Oceanographers.   Featured Music: Questions - The Oceanographers LP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h39OBIfTkjU Submarine - (From The Submarine EP) Swept Away - The Oceanographers LP Hawaii - (Live)/The Oceanographers LP Tribal Song - The Oceanographers LP Back In Time - (Live)   Guest: Justin Miyamoto Websites: https://www.theoceanographers.com/ https://www.orchestrateddesign.co/ Submarine - The Oceanographers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSmO6B6t4ZY Instagram: @theoceanographers, @justinmiyamoto @orchestrateddesign Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoceanographersmusic New Song! (Co-produced by Steven Leavitt and I Create Sound): "After Quarantine" https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/theoceanographers/after-quarantine-2 Host: Steven Leavitt To connect with Steven about the Artist Advisement Session Justin spoke about, fill out the contact form at https://www.icreatesound.com/  Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/ Tags: Creativity, Water, Emotion, Hawaii, Ocean, Space, Time-Travel, Myers-Briggs, Personality Types, ENFP, Design, Music Videos, Independent Musician, Hilo, Santa Clarita, California, Southern California, Morality, Ethics, Journaling, Personal Growth, Lyrics, Songwriting, Religion, Nature, Faith, Spirituality, Musician, Oceanography, Love, Grief, Inspiration, Astrology, Water Sign, Water, Emotional Language, Moon, Tides, Sensitivity

Toni Koch is an Independent Artist Promoter from Phoenix, Arizona. Toni found her tribe in the late 70s and early 80s movement when folk was overtaken by disco. A songwriter first, Toni began working at record stores like Zia Records and Tower Records and soon began to DJ in local clubs. Then local area promoter Danny Zelisko gave her a shot at doing something new: forming a street-team to promote national artists who were touring through Arizona in exchange for free LPs! Very much a part of the counterculture and not very at home in a dress, Toni couldn’t believe that the executives would send cases of Barbara Streisand and only two copies of U2. 1983-84 was some of the very first signs of the Indie music ethos coming to the streets. Her work allowed her to experience some of the earliest days of phenoms like Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt and Tori Amos, and when a fiery young independent Australian artist name Gilli Moon came to America to find a break, Toni was able to get her an opening spot for Simple Minds at the Celebrity Theater. Gilli would go on to found Warrior Girl Music and the independent songwriter association SongsAlive! and the two moved to Los Angeles where Toni stayed for 11 years until her recent return home to Phoenix. Toni says “My whole life has been about adjusting to the need of changes.” In this episode we dive a little into the spiritual perspective, seeing through the underlying symbolism of life and her belief that ultimately “it’s not about the money.” We also talk about the dominance of Clear Channel radio and all the changes that brought, as well as delving into questions about how an artist can take-in professional feedback while still staying true to themselves. Her best advice to young artists is “Whatever anybody else has told you to be, get over it and be who you are.” This episode is brought to you by I Create Sound. With just a single call, we can help you sound your very best! Arizona Songwriters members get special pricing on the first 5 sessions by mentioning the offer in this show. Featured Art: Dark Side (written by Toni Koch and Joy Neumann, performed by Toni Koch) Million Dollar Noise (written and performed by Toni Koch)   Guest: Toni Koch Website: https://www.creativemusehour.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkpromotalentgroup/   Host: Steven Leavitt Site: https://www.icreatesound.com/ Portfolio: http://stevenleavitt.com/   Additional music: Nothing Wrong (by Lobate Scarp)   Resources and references mentioned in today’s podcast: Danny Zelisko - https://www.dannyzeliskopresents.com/ Arizona Songwriters Association (Jon Iger) - http://www.azsongwriters.org/ John and JoAnn Braheny - http://johnbraheny.com/ Shannon Hurley - http://shannonhurley.com/ Lovers And Poets - https://loversandpoets.com/   Marcia Reynolds - https://outsmartyourbrain.com/ “Coach The Person, Not The Problem” (book, formerly titled Reflective Inquiry) https://www.amazon.com/Coach-Person-Not-Problem-Transformation-ebook/dp/B01LZB74MD   Colon Darrel Harrison - https://majorlabelmusic.com/ Toni Koch and Carl Percival - http://creativemusehour.com   Gilli Moon - http://www.gillimoon.com/ Gill Moon, “Be” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d313R776GcY Songs Alive - https://www.songsalive.org/ SongNET - http://www.thesongnet.org/   https://concertsinyourhome.org/ Stephen Bannon (the one you like!) - http://karmicwheelofsound.com/ Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! Tags: music, indie music, promotion, Don't Call Us Tori, record stores, vinyl, disco, folk, Amy Clarke, Derek Horne, TRL (Total Request Live!), songwriter, performer, artists, mentor, coach, Wayne Dyer, predicting earthquakes, astrology, numerology, reflective inquiry, change, DIY, napster  

What is it like playing in a real recording studio? What does it take to set yourself apart as a musician? Steven Leavitt sits down with his friend and colleague Dustin Stonebrook to talk about studio musicians and audio engineering, and how a true professional is someone who has learned how to check their ego at the door.   Dustin is a true renaissance man, originally from Texas, who left the path toward law-school and moved out to California to become a stunt-man. Then the Writer’s Strike struck the film-industry, aborting his big-break that would have been on the show Prison Break. Undaunted, Stonebrook made the shift toward music, leaning on his guitar playing, his composing skills, and his electrical engineering knowhow. Having held down “steady” jobs the audio-electronics business, he had an epiphany about his life path that led him to take the leap from working a 9-5 job to going freelance. We also talk about the tragic life event that inspired Dustin to pick up the guitar at an early age.   The two touch on the craft of songwriting, and why not everyone can make a good CD. He also shares about the projects he is in development that center around his love of the Horror genre.  We also talk about his latest composition, Shadows Requiem featuring violinist/violist Kaitlin Wolfberg.   Featured Music: Shadows Requiem by Dustin Stonebrook Tell The Road The Truth by Dustin Stonebrook Haunting by Dustin Stonebrook Sunday by High And Dry (https://soundcloud.com/user-674278890/sets/high-and-dry)   Guest: Dustin Stonebrook https://www.dalsegnosound.com/ https://www.facebook.com/dstonebrook Twitter @dstonebrook Instagram @dustinstonebrook   This episode is brought to you by I Create Sound,  “It’s like having a producer in your pocket.  Setup a call and find out how to get Sound Advice for your Music Life™” https://www.icreatesound.com/   Links:   http://stevenleavitt.com/ http://sidjacobs.com @beatnikwolfgirl (Kaitlin Wolfberg) Musician's Institute (http://www.mi.edu)   Tags: Working musician, renaissance man, music, lyrics, composing, songwriting, recording, session musicians, audio engineering, performing, working without ego, going freelance, disappearing into your role, Leland Sklar, Sid Jacobs, epiphany, The Red Violin, Kaitlin Wolfberg, The Ludivico, Ludovico Einaudi, horror, The Crypt Keeper, ghosts, haunted mansions, cover bands, philosophical, cymatics, electronics, vacuum tubes, vibrations, electrons, bozons, quarks

In this very special episode, Steven Leavitt is joined by his first boss, Wendy Vanguard.  This becomes a touchstone for a very intriguing conversation that goes into mentorship, design, physics, energy, illustration, the emotional effect of color, the world of art in Los Angeles in the 70’s (the LA Women’s Building, AIDS, Roe v. Wade), parenting, and the dawn of computer-generated animation. Wendy is a Los Angeles-based artist whose professional career has spanned work as an illustrator, an art director, broadcast designer and award winning corporate image designer.  Although she was awarded a Masters Grant from Art Center to pursue her painting, the hard-hitting reality of life in LA without a job lead her to abandon the grant and find employment.  Wendy quickly found she had constant work: from illustrating storyboards for advertising commercials and small films to exhibit design projects, and then began designing titles for television shows such as The Rockford Files, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Planet of the Apes.  She was a part of the creative design and production team for the Charles and Ray Eames Office and the creation of the film Powers of Ten.  Later, she worked as an Art Director for Universal Television supervising special effects projects (BattleStar Galactica) gave her a taste of working an industry job and this led to becoming a design director for renowned ground-breaking broadcast designer Harry Marks.  Wanting to work independently again, Wendy formed California Film, a broadcast design firm, choosing her own team of artists and designers to collaborate with and designing one of the earliest open plan office spaces. As it’s founder and Creative Director she led them in creating award winning image campaigns and corporate design packages for CBS Entertainment, CBS News, HBO, The Walt Disney Company, the Disney-owned Flagship station California 9 (KCAL), ABC Prime Time Live, National Geographic, TBN, The Movie Channel, and more. Wendy and colleagues created (fake) computer imagery for LucasFilm’s, “Return of the Jedi.”   At the same time she met and married photographer Mitch Dobrowner, who soon became part of her company, leading it in new technologies and production methods.  After experiencing a devastating social experience, Wendy struggled through what she coined “the dark decade,” and discusses how she managed to work through this time in her life and find new joy by shifting her focus to her family, personal creative projects, and giving back to her community through mentorship. Throughout a lifetime of unexpected turns, struggles, and successes, Wendy rediscovered an inner resilience as a woman and artist that carries her along her path. Guest: Wendy Vanguard Dobrowner www.WendyVanguard.com  Host: Steven Leavitt www.StevenLeavitt.com   FEATURED ARTWORK: See languageofcreativity.podbean.com/e/the-colors-of-life-wendy-vanguard-conceptual-artist for featured works.   Blue Sphere Horizon Master’s Thesis Her Master’s Thesis would foreshadow her future work in design for what would become the future of 3D Animation, along-side filmmakers, computer scientists, and animators.   Watercolor Woman   Girl In Room (Watercolor)   FEATURED MUSIC: “Podcast Long Chords” by Jason Dobrowner (guitar) “The Crash” by Joshua Dobrowner (guitar) “Mom Podcast” by Jason Dobrowner (guitar) Additional scoring by Steven Leavitt “Nothing Wrong” by Lobate Scarp  Spirals and Portals EP out now! http://bit.ly/lobatescarpSpirals   MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:   Mitch Dobrowner Landscape Photographer http://mitchdobrowner.com   Andy Hann https://www.andyhann.com   Jason Dobrowner Composer, physicist, software engineer http://jasondobrowner.com   Asia Forbes Artist branding and events http://boldhousecreative.com   Josephine Bakery https://www.josephinela.com   Art Center College of Design www.artcenter.edu   Lorser Feitelson https://www.lorserfeitelson.com   Helen Lundeberg https://www.helenlundeberg.com   Charles + Ray Eames office https://www.eamesoffice.com   Powers of Ten Film https://www.eamesoffice.com/the-work/powers-of-ten   Jo Perry http://authorjoperry.com   Tom Perry http://www.thomasperryauthor.com   Otis College of Art and Design https://www.otis.edu Keywords: Art Center, Otis, motion graphics, hard edge painting, broadcast design, PDI, Rhythm and Hues, Blue Sphere Horizon, Charles Eames, Powers of Ten, physics, subatomic, Helen Lundeberg, Lorser Feitelson, California Film, image design, branding, Eames Office, mac, desktop publishing, easel, stylus, deadlines, emotion color, colour, energy, the future of work, creative problem solving, mentorship, empath, narcissist, The Sociopath Next Door, being used, cults, religion, working mother, Tao Te Ching, feminism, abortion, watercolor, oil painting, rediscovering your personal art, Damien Rice, PTSD, purpose    

Season 2 opens with Shari Washington Rhone, who as a member of the original Los Angeles theatrical company of The Lion King where she worked as a “swing” and an understudy for the role of Sarabi. As energetic as she is talented, Shari is a dancer, choreographer, singer, and voice-over artist. In this engaging interview, she shares how she found her love for performing at a very early age. Coming to LA from what was the Indianapolis Dance Company (now the Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre) Shari jumped right into classes with the revered Lula Washington before being invited to join her company. Shari now enjoys a story-telling style of dance with the JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble, where she has been for the last 10 years. She also enjoys getting to share her gifts with children through teaching with Dance & Dialogue as well as Jaxx Theatricals, showing them how important it is to use dance to express themselves and share their story. On top of dance and teaching, this amazing woman also performs with two bands, works as a voice-over artist, and just earned her second degree black belt in Hapkido. Steve talks with Shari about how, with the support of her husband, she is able to manage doing all of what she loves while also being a mother to two beautiful, creative children. FEATURED ART Featured Music: “Elevation” by Brian Swartz and the Gnu Sextet (www.brianswartz.com) Narrated Performance: Shari Washington Rhone  Visual: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouEfIEO0uec) SPONSORED LINK (Please support our show!) Nothing Wrong by Lobate Scarp (http://bit.ly/LSNothingWrong) Guest: Shari Washington Rhone Insta: @FestiveShari FB: Shari Washington Rhone Email: [email protected] Voiceover Reel: https://voice123.com/sharirhone Mentioned in the show... Jazz Antiqua: www.jazzantiqua.org Soulicious: www.soulicious4u.com Dance and Dialogue: www.danceanddialogue.org Lula Washington Dance Theatre: www.lulawashington.org Bella Donna - A Tribute to Stevie Nicks: www.belladonna-music.com Jaxx Theatricals: www.jaxxtheatricals.org Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre: www.gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org Songs Hapkido: www.songsdohyunhapkido.com Special thanks to Garden of Sound for hosting this conversation at their Melrose studio. (www.gardenofsound.com)   Keywords: The Lion King, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Julie Taymor, Lion King, Jaxx Theatricals, Dance & Dialogue, DisneyLand, Rufus Bonds, Sarabi, dance, dancing, singing, theater, performing, voiceover, costumes, puppets, Julie Taylor, Michael Curry, Disneyland, Disney, Parnell Damone Marcano, Stephanie Andersen, Gerald White, stage

Concert clarinetist and soprano saxophone player, Chris Elchico joins Steven Leavitt to talk about his experience being a classical musician, music teacher, and local coffee shop barista. Chris discusses the role of the classical musician, and what it’s like playing with a quartet with members that live across the US. After getting his bachelors from UCLA and his masters from Indiana University in saxophone and clarinet, and studying under renowned LA Philharmonic player Burt Hara, Chris began the process of auditioning for orchestras across the US. He talks about the harrowing process of auditioning behind a screen where the judges base their critique on his sound alone. In 2012, Chris and his quartet won a trip around the world, performing at Notre Dame and ending up in Italy. “It was like living the dream, for 12 days.” He and Steve discuss what it’s like to come back to “real life” and the daily grind, but it’s apparent that Chris’ kindness and positive attitude about life is one of the reasons he makes his successes look so unimposing. Chris is a soft spoken, compassionate person who uses his innate skills of empathy and listening to excel in his jobs as a barista, music teacher, and classical musician. Featured Music: “Quartets Per a Saxos, Volum 1: Lúltim Sospir” written by David Salleras Quintana, performed by The Barkada Quartet Guest: Chris Elchico Website: http://www.barkadaquartet.com/ Host: Steven Leavitt (icreatesound.com) Other music: “Recitation Piece” written by David Maslanka, performed by The Barkada Quartet “The Flower Duet” from Lakme composed by Leo Delibes, performed by Steven Banks, Chris Elchico and Michael Sikich Additional music: Nothing Wrong (by Lobate Scarp) Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! Tags: music, clarinet, soprano saxophone, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Burt Hara, UCLA, Indiana University, compassion, Phillipino, concert, auditions, travel, Italy, Notre Dame, barista, coffee shop, day jobs, music teaching, mentorship, hire your mentors

Featured Art: “Ring of Fire” Featured Music: Improvisation on Acoustic Guitar performed by Mathias Manser In this thought-provoking interview, digital media artist Mathias Manser opens up about his creative process and journey as an artist. This discussion explores how life experiences are reflected in our art and leads the conversation to some interesting places. Growing up in Switzerland, Mathias’ parents and educators tried to dissuade his artistic ambitions in favor of something more practical, so he went into drafting.  However, after a trip to NY with his father (an aspiring musician) inspired Mathias, he came to the US in 1998 to attend the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood. Although a gifted singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Manser did not find the success or satisfaction he was seeking from a music career. A spiritual awakening in 2012 led Manser back to his earliest-loved form of self-expression, visual art. He picked up a Wacom tablet and began drawing. Image after image, Manser created a stunning collection of work. The depth of emotion behind each piece comes through with such power and clarity. It wasn’t until the collection was complete that realization came to Manser; all of these images were connected on a bigger scale and what he had been creating all this time was The Primordial Sound Oracle Deck. Steve and Mathias touch on Carl Jung, archetypes, and the collective unconscious, examining how art serves as a reflection of the soul. The conversation explores his new passion of drumming as meditation, tattoos, and blissful heavy metal music. A recurring theme in the podcast: the pair discuss the challenges that surround choosing to live a life of creativity and the drive that fuels that choice. Mathias opens up, sharing a few very personal moments from his life with listeners and explains how he used his artwork as a form of therapy to cope with everything from heartbreak to addiction to the sudden loss of his parents. The spiritual journey has shaped him as an artist but more importantly as a human being. Choosing compassion and empathy, renouncing judgment, and allowing himself to feel and process the negative with the positive, has given Mathias an admirable resilience and infectious harmonious spirit. Guest: Mathias Manser  Website: mathiasmanser.com  Get the Deck:  The Primordial Sound Oracle Deck  Buy Art: Mathias at Red Bubble Host: Steven Leavitt  Site: icreatesound.com Additional music: Nothing Wrong (by Lobate Scarp) Resources and references mentioned in today’s podcast: Help support the podcast by using our Amazon links below. Awake and Aware Conference Wacom Cintiq 22HD 21-Inch Pen Display Tablet (affiliate link) The Red Book - Carl Jung (affiliate link) Musician’s Institute The Contortionist - Language Fink Keb Mo Lelani Wolfgram Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! Tags: graphic artist, tarot cards, artist, Carl Jung, the collective unconscious, spirituality, gestalt therapy, music, drumming, art, archetypes, tattoos, relationships, sensitive male, creativity, transpersonal psychology

How do you define success? In our second interview with landscape photographer Nat Magnuson, we dig into the story behind his life-long love of photography. An avid backpacker, Nat has been taking photos of the outdoors since he was a child. His photos, which focus on capturing the feeling of a moment are often tied to the story behind them. We dive deep, exploring the idea that it’s the journey, wrong-turns and all, that help to define your RoadMap (a book he leant me written by the folks at Roadtrip Nation). If you believe in your creativity, your art will come. We touch on why digital was a limited medium when it first came out and how it’s learning the tech well enough to forget about the tech that makes you an expert. Nat shares how he found his tribe in photo school, then went to LA to pursue a photography career, and although he thought he had found an exciting nitch following Hollywood stunt-performers economic constraints found him gaining membership into the set-dresser’s union and unable to join the Photographer’s union even though he’d earned the required 100 days working for various productions (and signing many of his rights away to less than scrupulous companies). Nat found himself working 85 hours a week he was beginning to feel years of his life slipping away. He had fallen into a Hollywood career that many would find enviable but longed for the open spaces. Nat shares the pivotal moment when he realized that he had amassed a body of work worthy of opening his first gallery, and why for him it’s the moments that matter, even if it’s never truly captured on film. It is Nat’s belief that you can bring your eclectic talents to the table and create your own calling. When is the moment that you become a photographer? ...or a painter, or a craftsman, or a writer or………. Featured Art: Nat's Artist Statement (by Nat Magnuson) Improvisation on Melodica (by Nat Magnuson) Nature Sounds (recorded by Nat Magnuson on Zoom H5) Guest: Nat Magnuson Instagram: @SilverGrainArt Online Store: Silvergrainart.com Host: Steven Leavitt Site: icreatesound.com Additional music: Nothing Wrong (by Lobate Scarp) Resources and references mentioned in today’s podcast: Roadtrip Nation Roadmap: The Get-it-Together Guide for Figuring Out What to Do with Your Life (affiliate link) The Seven Stages of Film Production Please review this podcast on Google Play, iTunes and Stitcher and help other creatives find their tribe! Tags: Photography, Landscape Photographer, Nature, Roadtrip Nation, Hollywood, Stunts, Film, Movie Sets, Mesa Verde, Backpacking, Snow, 35mm, The Disaster Artist