Feeling Versonic

Delighted to welcome singer, songwriter, bass guitarist, tour manager and all round Muso David Marley as my guest on Episode 031 of the Feeling Versonic Podcast ‘Marley on Tour'. In this episode I talk to David about his love of tour, his early music industry influences and experiences of being a stagehand, a runner and being sent out to buy exactly the right mugs so that Oasis could have their tea.

Today, David is a musician and passionate advocate of tour management for independent rock guitar bands.  David fronts the South London alternative/indie 5 piece band JSA.  David is never happier than when he is playing, or talking about music and he is always around for a chat about music, as long as you are prepared to listen to him talk about tour most of the time.  Marley loves tour.  Like, really loves tour.

https://www.facebook.com/jsamusic

https://youtu.be/vHiNDw0qKf4

https://www.instagram.com/jsa_band/

Delighted to welcome Mike and Carol Sebbage from website design and build specialists We Get Digital.  

In this episode I talk to music and business entrepreneur Mike Sebbage and his wife and entrepreneurial business partner Carol.  We discuss all things websites, visual communication, corporate branding, SEO, international business, making and releasing music in the digital age and a rather tenuous link to James Bond movies.

Music by Rien de Faire.

https://www.wegetdigital.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/RiendeFaireBand

A Versonic Music Production. https://www.versonicmusic.com

Delighted to welcome Rus McDonagh, AKA 'The Nomadic Veteran' as my guest on Episode 029 of the Feeling Versonic Podcast. Rus is a former Royal Marines Commando and Close Protection Operator. In 2019 Rus and his wife 'Gibbo' decided they wanted to forego a materialistic driven lifestyle, and embark on an adventurous journey of a lifetime and travel the world...in a Van...with their two dogs Cookie and Hooch.

Rus documents their Vanlife experiences by recording video content with regular posts, including hints and tips for others that may be thinking of a Vanlife experience for themselves, on YouTube Channel 'The Nomadic Veteran' https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOeMt0ugWqYANF7kRhs7mQA

Rus is also the founder/owner of The Green Beret Coffee Co, an entrepreneurial venture to fuel the adventurous. 

https://www.greenberetcoffee.co.uk/aboutus

https://www.instagram.com/thenomadicveteran

A Versonic Music Production https://www.versonicmusic.com

Delighted to welcome Confero Marketing Limited company director, business partner and fellow serial entrepreneur Greg Ravilious as my guest on Episode 028 of the Feeling Versonic Podcast.  Confero Marketing is a specialist media company providing brands with targeted advertising and marketing solutions in the retail sector. In this episode the founder director's of the business discuss marketing strategies from product sampling, direct marketing and appropriate integrated media formats that guarantee to get the brand message to the right people, in the right place and at the right time.  

We also reminisce about significant milestones from initial incorporation of the company and bringing an innovative new idea to market, the many highs, and a few lows of an eventful, but highly successful 20-year entrepreneurial business journey.  

Feeling Versonic. Do It. Don't Do It. It's a Matter of Choice.  

https://conferomarketing.com

Delighted to welcome media entrepreneur and published author Natsune Oki as my guest on Episode 027 of the Feeling Versonic Podcast.  

After graduating from high school in Japan, Natsune went to the U.S. and studied Business & Economics. She also worked in, and with multiple SME Tech startups where she realised her passion for entrepreneurship and personal development.

Natsune's mission is to contribute to making progress on a humanitarian level by showing people possibilities with encouragement to strive in their lives, in the way they choose to strive to ultimately achieve success. Natsune is the Founder and Presenter of LifeUpEducationTV, author of the book 'The Game of Self Domination' and Managing Director of B2B global recruiting and international project management service Foreign Connect.  

https://www.lifeupeducationtv.com

https://www.instagram.com/lifeupeducationtv

A Versonic Music Production: https://www.versonicmusic.com

Gareth Timmins is a former Royal Marines Commando turned Author and emerging Behavioural/Cognitive Scientist. During recruit training in 2005/06, he documented his experiences by keeping a never-before captured diary of elite military training. In recent years, he has utilised his psychological grounding to produce and integrate thirty-four lessons that people can employ to achieve cutting-edge, performance thinking.

While in training, widely considered to be amongst the most demanding in the world, he was awarded the Shooting Medal and later went on to represent the Royal Marines Shooting Team. He was also awarded the Operation Telic Medal for his team’s contributions in Iraq, during the capture of Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel by the Iranians, during 2007.

As a fully trained Royal Marine, Gareth passed a short, but intense selection/training course to join Fleet Standby Rifle Troop (FSRT); a specialist arm of the Royal Marines that conducts non-compliant boarding’s in both military and security operations, as well as offensive operations for the Royal Navy worldwide. As a result, he deployed on two occasions to the Northern Arabian Gulf (Iraq) and once to the Gulf of Aden/Somali Basin (Somalia) to engage in counter piracy.

Upon leaving the Royal Marines, Gareth deployed to Somalia as private Maritime Security Contractor (Team Leader) during the upsurge in pirate attacks and hijackings in 2011, and was subsequently involved in one of the biggest pirate attacks of that year. He subsequently deployed to Egypt during the Arab Spring and in the midst of the Egyptian revolution to conduct intelligence and security operations throughout the region.

https://www.noughtpointone.co.uk

https://www.instagram.com/becomingthe0.1percent/

https://www.facebook.com/fortitudeelite.co.uk/

Delighted to welcome Freelance Journalist and 'Big Juicy Creative' Podcast Host Suzy Bashford as my guest for Episode 025 of the Feeling Versonic Podcast.  Suzy and I discuss being creative for the sake of creativity itself, creativity in lockdown, ice-breaking, wild-water swimming, the Cairngorms, mindset, psychology, mental health, being happy and of course, podcasting. This episode features music by Versonic (Happy Lane) Sunbirds (Gene Kelly) and JSA (Down and Out).

The Big Juicy Creative Podcast was recently been awarded 'Best LockDown Podcast' in the inaugural Podcasting for Business Awards. 

https://www.bigjuicycreative.co.uk

https://www.podchaser.com/FeelingVersonic

Delighted to welcome International Award Winning Publicist Tracy Lamourie as my guest on Episode 024 of the Feeling Versonic Podcast. Tracy is the Founder and Managing Director of Lamourie Media, a 2020 Universal Women's Network Woman of Inspiration winner for Women in Media and the author of the upcoming book 'GET REPPED' - Build Your Brand With Effective Public and Media Relations. She is a well known long time advocate on a myriad of important worldwide issues and an award-winning international publicist working across industries from major entertainment projects to small businesses. Tracy is passionate about amplifying important messages and being a voice for those who most need one. Recognised by media around the world for her 20-year campaign that ultimately helped free an innocent man from death row to her work getting clients major media attention and for her local community work, Winner of the FIRST PLACE PLATINUM award HamiltonSpectator Readers Choice for PR 2018, Diamond 2019 and has been frequently quoted in the international media on both human rights issues and as a Public Relations thought leader . She is a 2020 RBC Women of Influence Nominee and was also nominated for the internationally prestigious 2020 Tällberg/Eliasson Global Leadership Prize. She frequently speaks on empowerment, entrepreneurship, leadership, how to get media attention, how anyone in any industry can get to the top of their field, on authenticity in business, on all aspects of business communications. http://www.lamouriemedia.com/home.html https://www.podchaser.com/FeelingVersonic

Delighted to welcome Singer-Songwriter Paul Alexander-Low as my guest on Episode 023 of the Feeling Versonic Podcast 'Feel Your Heart Come Alive'.

Paul started playing the guitar at the age of 16 and immediately felt the urge to write his own music which he did throughout his adult education, and subsequent work journey progressing up the corporate ladder, and raising a family.  Alongside his music, Paul's other passion is martial arts at which he has been an avid competitor, and achieved success in winning 2 National Championships. 

So, at the age of 48 years young - is it too late to embark on a solo music career and fulfil his early dreams and ambitions?  Paul feels like this is his time, and following the release of debut single 'Feel Your Heart Come Alive'... a song Paul describes as being "About someone who is full of passion, love, hopes and dreams but holds themselves back through a fear of rejection or judgement",  in August 2020 I think he has had a solid and promising start.  

Paul's vocal style has been compared to Don Henley and Bryan Adams so expectation, and the bar has already been set pretty high!  

This episode also includes an exclusive play of 'Carry On' a moving, meaningful tribute to Joss Spurway, who was tragically killed in a light airplane crash in Australia in 2017. 

https://www.paulalexanderlow.com

https://www.podchaser.com/FeelingVersonic

Delighted to welcome Antonia Kate Goddard as my guest on Episode 022 'Look Good, Feel Good'.  Antonia runs her own personal training and nutrition business AKGFIT.  Antonia helps men and women transform their lives through small sustainable changes to support a better lifestyle. She changed her own life by using health and fitness strategies, and now wants to offer her support and holistic personal coaching to people all over the globe. 

Antonia believes that getting in shape shouldn’t be a punishment but rather that it's an empowering lifestyle decision that anyone can make and maintain.

Prior to setting up and establishing her lifestyle fitness business Antonia trained at arts school and has a huge passion for music.  She is also an emerging young singer-songwriter.

https://www.akgfit.org

https://www.instagram.com/_akgfit

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