Creating Success

Stu Shostak describes going from warming up TV studio audiences for shows such as Diff'rent Strokes, Silver Spoons, and The Jeffersons to founding Shokus Internet Radio, and discusses the challenges of and plans for building his internet radio station. For more information please visit www.shokusradio.com. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

Paul Nelson discusses in this part two of a two-part interview how he teamed up with Johnny Winter, being nominated for a Grammy, and his plans for the not to distant future. For more information on his work, please visit www.paulnelsonguitar.com. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

Equally at home being a guitarist and manager, Paul Nelson discusses in this part one of a two-part interview the business of being a musician, the value of thinking less and doing more, and explains how variety is no longer the spice of life but a necessity of life. For more information on his work, please visit www.paulnelsonguitar.com. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

Much more than just the guy on the Geico commercials and considered by many as Mr. Voice, Don LaFontaine's voice is heard on network TV promotions and movie trailers for such mega hits as The Godfather, Fatal Attraction, Batman, and The Terminator. For more information on his work, please visit www.donlafontaine.com. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

Wendi Thumudo describes creating exhibits for rock stars at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and working with the general public, and discusses how to avoid falling into the cliche of being a starving artist. For more information on her work, please visit www.rockhall.com. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

Paul Meany cofounded Mute Math, a rock band from New Orleans. Paul discusses how Mute Math was founded, their new album on Teleprompt/Warner Bros. Records, and describes resolving writer's block and the difference between creating and working. For more information please visit www.mutemath.com. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

Arguably the most important blues musician of his generation, Johnny Winter plays guitar and sings the blues for millions of fans worldwide. Johnny discusses recovering from recent health problems, his next album Roots, and what it means to play the blues. For more information please visit www.johnnywinter.net. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

Having appeared in Sleepwalker, Witch Hunter, and most recently the Discovery Channel's new series Sensing Murder, Jennifer Wren discusses the difference between the East and West coast acting markets, and describes how to handle rejection while building a career. For more information please visit www.jenniferwren.info. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

A professional Lego builder having spent more than six years creating for among others radio, TV, and corporate America, Eric Harshbarger discusses turning Lego blocks into photo-realistic mosaics. For more information please visit ericharshbarger.org. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

In this part two of a two-part interview, Syd Mead discusses China as an emerging superpower and the future of the American nation, its people, and technology. For more information please visit www.sydmead.com. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

A true innovator in every sense of the word who global corporations turn to again and again, Syd Mead continues to inspire generations of fans. In this part one of a two-part interview, Syd describes synthesizing reality, and explains why the future as he envisions it will never come true. For more information please visit www.sydmead.com. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

Photographer, painter Matt Elson, whose exhibition The Mammoth Suite opens at the Mammoth Ski Museum on November 28th, has had a prolific career in technology working with such companies as Dreamworks and Disney Feature Animation. For more information on Matt's work including the Stormriders and Suite 5, please visit www.skipaintngs.com. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

Daryl Palumbo is lead vocalist and guitarist with Head Automatica, a music group on tour in support of their new album Popaganda. Daryl discusses his band's new album on Warner Bros. Records, being on tour, and his songwriting process. For more information please visit www.headautomatica.com. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

Sam Fell and David Bowers directed Flushed Away, the new feature length movie from Dreamworks and Aardman Animation opening in movie theaters on November 3rd. Sam and David describe making the movie while building upon the great heritage of Wallace and Gromit. For more information please visit www.flushedaway.com. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.

Russell Mitchell not only founded and runs Exile Cycles in Los Angeles, but stars in the TV show Build or Bust on the Speed Channel. Russell describes how he founded Exile Cycles, and explains how doing what he loves doing helps him own his market niche. For more information please visit www.exilecycles.com and www.buildorbust.com. For more information on Creating Success, please visit www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com.