Creative Care Unit

Every job has its hazards, and a composer is no exception. "I was writing a full score on 30 stave paper, and almost every note meeded a flat in front of it!" I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll discuss this and more in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.

In creating any kind of Art, compromises have to be made. In other words, "The creation of any work of art is a process of negotiation between the creator of the work and the work itself." I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll go deeper in to that process with composer David Francis Urrows in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.

When you're a Creative and you're just starting out on your artictic journey, who you study with makes all the difference in the world, Don't you agree? "In other fields it doesn't very much matter who your teachers were. I don't think bankers say 'Oh, I studied with So and So, or doctors coming out of the medical school make a point of explaining their tutorial lineage. But for people in the music field, and especially for composers, I would say it matters a great deal." I'm Michael E Russo, and we'll talk more about that and other topics with composer David Francis Urrows in this episode of the Creative Care Unit. 

Our occasional series, "Creatives That You Shoud Know About", features a man whose music I've enjoyed singing and conductiong for decades. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll be speaking to composer David Francis Urrows in this episode of the Creative Care Unit

Of all the times that I've had to deal with the health care system, and all the time that I have spent in hospitals, there is one thing that I still do not understand: how hospitals do their billing. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll talk with someone who knows why hospitals do what they do in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.

You know, after 21 years of marriage, you'd think we'd agree on everything, but..."Yeah, we had a Superman at one point." "Well, I never..." "We had a Spider-Man, we had a Batman..." I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll continue our conversation with my long-suffering Wife Gail in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.

Masks: a simple enough garment, farily easy to make, but one that became fairly contentious during the pandemic. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll talk with someone who made over 1000 of them, my Long Suffering Wife Gail, in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.

Of all of the descriptors we've used to label out guest for the past few episodes, there is one we haven't tried yet: Family Man! "I love my kids; I hate the situations I put them in!" I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll conclude our conversation with comdeian, ventriliquist, audiobook narrator and possible Father of The Year Quintin W. Allen in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.

Interviewing old friends can lead to some "interesting" revelations.

"You told me this story years ago. I've been telling it about you for years. You know the one I'm talkin' about?"

"I know exactly what you're talkin' about."

I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll hear that story in part two of my interview with audiobook narraton Quintin W. Allen in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.

The career path of a Creative can be a fairly straight ahead one, like we read about the lives of famous actors, singers and authors. For a lot more of us, the route to where we want to be is a bit more convoluted, and takes some very intersting turns. I'm Michael E. Russo, and in our occasional series "Creatives That You Should Know About", we'll be talking to comedian/ventiliquist and fellow audiobook narrator Quintin W. Allen about his journey and the places he's been to along the way in this episdoe of the Creative Care Unit.