Chasing Creativity

Philip Daniel is a contemporary classical pianist and composer. We sit down in this episode to speak about his previous two albums titled Gradient and This Tree is Made for Climbing and an upcoming release. As of recently, Gradient just passed 900k streams and This Tree is made for Climbing passed 100k streams. So its putting it modestly to say that Philip is really making some incredible waves as a contemporary classical composer. If you’d like to check out his music, you can find him on Spotify as Philip Daniel or Philip Zach for his first album, we get into that in today’s episode on instagram as philipdanielpiano and on twitter @philipzach.

Dr. Roger Beaty is a Professor of Psychology at Penn State University, focusing in cognitive neuroscience, creative thinking & metaphor creation. Before taking this position, he did postdoctoral work at Harvard University and graduate work in the department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His research looks to better understand creativity at the neurological level. Further, his recent research has pointed to large-scale neural networks within the brain being engaged during creative tasks. In today’s conversation we dig into his research.

Julian Gray is an electronic music producer based out of Los Angeles California releasing on such record labels as Gravitas and Mau5trap. In September of 2018 Julian released Autonomous, a four track EP on Mau5trap. In today’s episode we dig into the creative process behind his music specifically Autonomous, starting out as a producer and all of the hard work that's gotten him to where he is today. Find more on Julian at Juliangraymusic.com, Spotify or support him through his Patreon.

Jorgen Kjellgren is an ambient music producer based out of Stockholm Sweden. In today’s episode we speak about two recent EP releases titled Short Commute 1 & Short Commute 2,  both written entirely during Jorgen’s commute to work. We also dig into the creative constraints such as working full time, being a father and a husband and finding that balance to engage in his creative artistic expression through music production.

LUNR is an electronic music producer based out of Montreal Quebec. In 2018 LUNR has released on EMERCIVE Recordings with a remix of 28mm's "What Do You Call It" as well as releasing a two track EP on Mau5trap Records along side Eekkoo. In today's episode we dig into a standout track on the EP titled "Lost" that has gained over 120k streams on Spotify. We also discuss the creative process behind his music, starting out producing and his journey to becoming an up-and-coming producer.

RHYOT is a Toronto based electronic music producer and label head of Emercive Recordings. In today's episode we dig into his music, his journey starting out as a DJ and his new undertaking of starting Emercive Recordings. Rhyot treats his up-and-coming label with an artist first mentality, a much needed approach in today's industry. In doing so, Emercive Recordings has gained traction early on, with tracks topping 50,000 streams on Spotify and repretenting some serious artists.

Ashe is an up and coming electronic music producer based out of Toronto Canada. Over the past couple years ASHE has been making a name for himself by placing top ten in Deadmau5's Master Class music competition, placeing top ten in Deadmau5's Let Go ft.Grabbitz remix competition and getting noterieted from Deadmau5 himself after submitting his music to Deadmau5's Mau5trap Mondays twitch stream. All of these successes have brought him to the attention of Mau5trap and other major labels. Today we talk about what its taken to get here, how his music has evolved over ten years and the process of how he works on his music!

Sebastian Nigro and Christopher (Topher) Anselmo creators of tower defense game, Duke of Defense sit down to talk about the upcoming release and the creative process behind creating the game. Topher being a musician and Sebastian being a game developer, dig into how the tackle game development together and tie in the music behind the games.

Ambient music producer Siarate joins on the podcast to talk about his music and his creative process behind the music. We showcase and dig into two of his songs during the episode, "All I know is this Room" and "Morot". Hope you enjoy! If you want to learn more about Siarate please check out his SoundCloud profile, or find him on Spotify.

Prof. Joel Lopata is a Professor at Sheridan College in Toronto Canada specializing in Psychology and Creativity. In today's episode we dig into the science behind creativity as a trainable mental state, specifically Dr. Lopata's doctoral research in neural activity witnessed during improvisation. If you'd like to learn more you can find an article on Dr. Lopata's research here: https://bigthink.com/21st-century-spirituality/creativity-is-a-distinct-mental-state-that-you-can-train