Rebel Creative

Today's REBEL is Mike, a 26-year old Nashville musician whose normally supportive wife, Martine, has now suggested they move in with her parents to save money because Mike's not making enough with his art. Mike feels this would be a step backward and that it would be a sign of him "giving up" on his dreams. Who's right?

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Today's REBEL is Chad, a session guitarist in New York who is having trouble discerning which online music marketing "gurus" are legitimate and which ones aren't. With the proliferation of Internet resources, how do you vet those resources and tell which ones will be of benefit before you spend money blindly on any of them?

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Today's REBEL is Joost, a composer from the Netherlands who is struggling with putting things out that he feels are worthy. People tell him his material is ready and that he should be releasing commercially but his perfectionistic tendencies get the best of him and it never seems to happen.

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Deane is back from hiatus to address several Rebels' concerns over the US Presidential Election and what it means for creative artists and the creative class overall. What positions has president-elect Trump displayed regarding the arts and is there any way to predict what kind of arts president he might be?

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Today's episode is the final part of Deane's conversation with his dad, the original gansta Rebel Creative, Don Ogden. "Daddy Don" fields more questions from the Rebel Creative community about his own life as a businessman and how he feels things have shaken out after 64 years of operating with the same principles he passed down to Deane in business, life, and love. This episode is part 2 of 2.

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Today's episode is sponsored by our awesome friends at FreshBooks. Get your FREE one-month trial by visiting http://freshbooks.com/rebel and enter "Rebel Creative" in the How Did You Hear About Us section.​​

Today's REBEL is the original gansta Rebel Creative, Deane's father Don Ogden. "Daddy Don" stops by the Musicave to sit with Deane and talk through his own life as a businessman and how he feels things have shaken out after 64 years of operating with the same principles he passed down to Deane in business, life, and love. This is Part 1 of 2.

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Today's episode is sponsored by our awesome friends​ at FreshBooks. Get your FREE one-month trial by visiting http://freshbooks.com/rebel and enter "Rebel Creative" in the How Did You Hear About​ Us section.​​

Today's REBEL is Jamaal, a young 17-year old creative concerned that his lack of experience will keep him from getting the gigs he needs to obtain the very experience he needs to land more gigs — a common problem nearly all creatives face in the beginnings of their careers. How do you overcome the "circular problem" of no experience? Submit your creative business question to the show at http://rebelcreative.net for Deane to answer in a future broadcast.

Today's episode is sponsored by our awesome friends​ at FreshBooks. Get your FREE one-month trial by visiting http://freshbooks.com/rebel and enter "Rebel Creative" in the How Did You Hear About​ Us section.​​

Today's REBEL is Stephen, a Los Angeles-based creative who brings up one of the most — if not THE most — important topics to ever grace the REBEL CREATIVE platform: Contrasting what you think you know about yourself versus what others think or say about your abilities. If you only hear ONE single episode of REBEL CREATIVE, we sincerely hope that it's this one. Ohhhh… the feels! Listen, ponder, and comment if you desire at [email protected].

Today's REBEL is Colin, a Dublin composer who writes in to ask Deane to clarify his stance on the romanticism of process, a topic from the 56th episode of the SCOREcast Podcast Show.

Today's REBEL is Cliff, a 54-year old Rebel who feels he's wasted​ a good portion of his life not pursuing his passion and is now ready to make up for lost time. What should​ his first steps be in embarking on the career he's always wanted? Deane tackles Cliff's predicament from a few angles in this very poignant and personal episode. Submit your creative business question to the show at http://rebelcreative.net for Deane to answer in a future broadcast.

Today's episode is sponsored by our awesome friends​ at FreshBooks. Get your FREE one-month trial by visiting http://freshbooks.com/rebel and enter "Rebel Creative" in the How Did You Hear About​ Us section.​​