The Creator Mindset Podcast

Bonnie Gillespie is living her dreams by helping others figure out how to live theirs. As a weekly columnist, she demystified the casting process for more than 15 years. Her most popular book is "Self-Management for Actors,” the curriculum upon which her teaching is based. As a producer and casting director, Bonnie specializes in indie darlings. Whether casting or coaching, she is passionate about leaving the entertainment industry better than she found it.

Blair Goldberg, starring on the Hit Show Kinky Boots on Broadway shares her process to auditioning for Musical Theater. Auditioning can be a stressful process, with the help of technology it is now very easy to gain access to the materials and know how to prepare on it. The production staff wishes you to do well. On this episode, Blair talks about her experiences and tips on what is it like auditioning in New York City.

Kimberly Larkin is the vocal teacher for the Musical Theatre Department at Long Island High School for the Arts in New York. She teaches in many schools and directs summer programs in the New York City area resulting in students that are highly successful. Kimberly is currently studying voice with renowned Broadway actress-singer Judith blazer. On today’s episode, Kimberly shared How to find the right voice teacher for you, why is it important to hire a vocal teacher and to remember the joy of singing.

Are you wondering why you haven’t had so many followers on your Instagram Account? Why haven’t you establish your position on Facebook? Facebook and Instagram change every day. Everyone must keep up with the change and learn to be innovative. In today’s episode, Ariane will share the secrets on gaining and keeping your followers in Instagram. She will also teach you on how to be an authority on Facebook.

Learn how to prepare, interact and build aligned images for your brand. Every musician has an artistic vision on how their brand be presented. Photographs if successfully executed have the power to engage your fans and those who may become fans. The right photo can spark the reader’s interest to learn more about you and your music or your art.

On this episode Maureen Edgecomb talks about all of these fears and “myths” as she would like to call it and how this becomes a road block to our creativity. It is motivating to listen to her story and how she defied each one of these myths in her journey as an artist.

In this coaching session with Mélanie René, Ariane guide her every step in creating her ideal fan. For a lot of entrepreneurs, it is hard to pick a target market. So much more for an artist. Artists are always on the lookout for the right audience. But, do you know who is your right audience?

Raphaël Noir, stage magical worker, speaks about the basic essentials that enable you to capture and seduce your audience and how to work with your weakness and use it to your advantage. When it comes to connecting with the audience he says that, there are no generic solutions, you just have to dwell in the moment and be mindful of the reality of that moment that you cannot avoid.

In this episode, you will learn how to recognize your inner critic and its most common resistances. Discover all the obstacles to your success and to achieving your vision. The brighter and bigger your vision is; the most resistances and obstacles you will encounter on the way.

In this conversation with Tom Smith, we discover that audiences want artists to share part of themselves, something authentic rather than something put on. Favor must be earned and not curried. On this episode Tom Smith, independent musician, you’ll hear how the healing properties of music can affect the listeners.

We are mostly independent artists and getting signed by a label is quite old fashioned because the industry has changed so much over time. On this episode Mané talks about crowdfunding and how to build a community around your music.

The “hourglass.” Often when we want to break into something new we are just not familiar enough with the existing culture of that field to know how and what to do. There are two universal constants as Karen Sadek describes them. They are like two halves of the hourglass. It might not seem so, but they need to go together. Find out how to grow as a whole and move forward as an artist.

On this episode Denosh talks about the measures you can take as an artist to be in control and own your performance every single time you put yourself out there. As artists we are focussed on the artistic element of our performance alone. How often have you stood in front of a mirror or videotaped yourself singing or performing before you actually went up on stage to perform? This process can be really intimidating and scary for most of us, to see ourselves through the worlds eyes.

Gabriele Blasi wants to pursue his singing career. He sings "Lately" from Stevie Wonder on this episode and processes it with Ariane. They run through some vocal exercises to enhance the quality of his sound. If you are an aspiring singer, this episode is for you.

Voices reflect who we are, our emotions, and our level of self-confidence. Often, they communicate so much more than simply words. Voices can affect all types of relationships. You may feel you cannot control things like clarity and tone, but you really can! Read on to learn how to make some simple, positive changes that will give you a healthy, confident, and perhaps even sexier voice!