The Creator Mindset Podcast

Download Bio of the artist: Born in Germany, Barbara Tanze is one of seven certified level two MDH breathing Coordination practitioners. After her singing studies and going on a European tour with her voice she did a 5 day discovery workshop on breathing coordination. In the interview she talks about how this method changed her life. We want an understanding of what things are made of and how they work before we actually get down to doing it. Whether you are a singer, musician, athlete or an orator, one thing common to all of us is that we need to breathe. Breathing coordination helps us understand the precise and functional anatomy behind the mechanism of breathing and how to use this as effectively as possible to produce maximum output. Barbara’s journey is filled with success stories including her own. The understanding of what happens when we breathe and how different structures in our body collaborate in such a way that the pressure is taken away from the physical realm. As artists for instance we can freely focus on the impact of our music on ourselves and the audience. For athletes who are so aware of their body and their breathing Barbara talks about it how this method can enable them to perform efficiently.The key aspect in all this is just to listen to your body and question why your body reacts the way that it does or does not react a certain way.   In this episode:

1. How breathing coordination can impact your overall well-being.
2. Methods to use breathing coordination as a tool for minimal effort for maximum output.
3. Importance of breathing coordination for athletes and singers.
4. Practical tips for effective breathing

Key takeaways:

1. Listen to your body.
2. Concentrate on your exhale, this makes place for air in your lungs.
3. Find a position for your body where your spine is as long as possible and your ribs are free to hang from your spine.
4. Try how comfortably you can exhale by observing your ribs, how much air you can take in, how long it takes to exhale and how much air flows in naturally as a reflex during inhale.
5. Be curious and question everything that your body feels and communicate it.

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Bio of the artist

Ariane loves working with people and empowering them. She believes in integrity, gratitude and connection. She came from a simple family in Geneva Switzerland and made her way to be a teacher at the Music Conservatory in Geneva at age 24. In the year 2000, she took a few suitcases, her savings, quit her job and moved to New York City to study with William Riley, known for his work with Céline Dion. She then opened her vocal practice studio in New York City, worked with recording artists, organized concerts and guided young artists in their careers, she became a booker, a manager and a coach. She is an expert on voice and loves performances. The process of creating is her passion; creating a song, a performance, a concert. On November 17th, 2017 she was the speaker vocal coach for TEDx Zürich, a very successful event. In the last few years, she has had the honour of accompanying beautiful artists like Mélanie René, Mané, Bastian Baker, Scott Irribarra, Al Pride, Arika Kane and many more for a moment on their path. Currently she works with artists, speakers and entrepreneurs online and offline in her vocal practice in Zürich.

What she shares on this episode

When you have a vision for the following year before you it plays such an important role in pushing you to keep going and work hard to achieve all your goals. As you do this you’ll realise that the universe begins to work in your favour. What started for Ariane as just another pointer on her vision board for the new year turned to reality. TEDx was one of the things that she would have liked to have accomplished in 2017 and little did she know her yoga instructor would help take her there. The point being, all she did was take and use every opportunity that came her way and most importantly stepped out of her comfort zone to do it. One connection led to another. In the process she was able to help a number of speakers and was able to work with Gabriel Stoyanov an amazing dancer and Cee, a young singer from Geneva. Her being there also gave her the opportunity to be inspired by speakers like Liska Bernet, who pioneered the set up one of the biggest independent camps for refugees in Greece. Pascal Berard, currently pursuing his PhD in computer graphics and recently made it on the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list. Armin Steuernagel, who started his first company at the age of 16. Diccon Bewes, a travel writer known particularly for his view point and passion on maps.

In this episode of the Creator Mindset Podcast

• Lessons learned from being a vocal coach at TEDx, Zurich on November 17th, 2017.
• How to apply to be a part of TEDx Zurich’s next year event. You can also apply to speak there. They will choose the best idea and not the best speaker.

Key takeaways

• When you’re in a new environment and have an intention to be in service, go out of your comfort zone to do that.
• New technology can be used to build things that are helpful even in crises.
• Don’t underestimate or judge anybody’s possibility for change. Everything is possible, even in a short time.
• Interest in any subject depends on the presenter.
• Get out. Go meet people. Connect.
• If you have a dream, give it your best shot and the rest will fall into place to cheer you forward.

Connecting with the artist

Website: arianeleanzaheinz.com 7 keys to build a strong foundation for your voice and brand : arianeleanzaheinz.com/16

Download Bio of the artist Born in Switzerland, Robin de Haas feels a passion for singing at an early age. Winner of several awards, he began singing studies at the end of his gymnasium studies. He immediately received a scholarship and advanced with several professors in Europe and U.S.A such as Kurt Widmer, Anne Ramoni, or Conrad Osbourne. Attracted by pedagogy, he began training "Diploma of Teaching Singing" at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Lausanne, in the classes of Mrs. Brigitte Balleys and Erika Bill; training he finishes with a prize for his diploma work "Lyric song & Modern song, two worlds that everything opposes?". Passionate about vocal technique and research, he collaborates with many teachers, choreographers, therapists, phonographs, to define the tools available to the singer and the teacher who accompanies him to develop a unique voice, healthy, durable, authentic and stylistically adapted. As part of his research for the methodology and pedagogy modules, he met Lynn Martin, Professor of Respiratory Coordination and Functional Anatomy at NYU (New York University), and Spencer Welch, a vocal teacher specializing in technique for modern singing. Which led to a fruitful collaboration whose goal is the liberation of accessory tensions, and the realization of the vocal and artistic potential. He is the Co - creator of the MDH breathing coordination program. What he shares on this episode The key here is to listen to your body. If something doesn’t feel right, it probably is not good for you. We are so accustomed to just taking instructions that we do it at the cost of our wellbeing. In this episode Robin talks about the experiences in his life that lead him to finding his purpose in breathing coordination. How it has helped him and many others around the world from all walks of life. He believes that the tools that people need are within themselves and when they come they figure out what was missing all along.

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Denosh Bennett-Sieradzan is a Canadian singer, dancer, and mentor.  The performing arts high school expellee is a highly sought after supporting artist with a two-decade resume that includes superstars, like Robbie Williams, Alessia Cara,  Alicia Keys,  Rihanna,  Drake,  Justin Timberlake,  Demi Lovato,  Nick Jonas,  Aaliyah,  Missy Elliott,  Diddy,  Jay-Z,  Mariah Carey,  Faith Evans,  Chris Brown, and more.  You've seen her in the band of NBC's The Voice, GRAMMY Awards shows,  Hairspray on Broadway, and as Dance Captain for NBA's Toronto Raptors.  Denosh recorded a solo album ‘Back 2 Front’ (2007) and lent her vocals to Robbie’s latest album “The Heavy Entertainment Show” and to hip-hop greats Pete Rock & CL Smooth.  She lives in Los Angeles and London with her husband Gregory Sieradzan.

What she shares on this episode

What is driving you today to be better at what you do than the day before? What motivates you to be the best? We are often caught up in the here and now that we don’t look at sustainability as artists. If you build your careers on a platform that is going to change in a couple of years you’re going to have nothing. The industry is changing at a faster pace than you can keep up and at the end of the day all you’re left with is your talent. What you do with what you have is contingent in giving you the credibility that you need to make it big in the industry. If you’re creative and talented don’t limit your experiences because you’ll never know how the path winds. As Denosh says, own your craft, own your performance, work on it, be diligent and keep going. Denosh’s bio speaks for itself and on this episode, she shares from her life the things that she did to get to the place she is at.

In this episode of the Creator Mindset Podcast

• Her story of becoming an artist and backing vocalist and how she worked with her voice and art.
• Her advice to young artists

Key takeaways from this episode

• Be aware of your sphere of operation and your competition
• Integrate your talent with the industry that surrounds your area of expertise
• Be open to training and learning new things
• Work hard and own your craft
• Believe in the process because at some point it comes back
• Do what you can where you are
• Don’t limit your experiences

Connecting with Denosh

Website: http://denoshbennett.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denoshbennett/

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Bio of the artist

Broadway-Calibre Performer and Choreographer
 Mental Performance Consultant and Performance Coach
 NET Practitioner
B.Sc. (Psychology), MHK (Intervention and Consultation: Performance and Sport) Having danced for over 30 years – 10 of which were spent training and performing professionally as a ‘triple-threat’ dancer, actor, singer in Toronto and New York City – Ayanna has taught hundreds of performers to get the most out of their performance. She incorporates her unique experience as a successful performing artist with her performance psychology education to coach other performing artists, as well as athletes, to drastically elevate their performance. Her unique experience informs her coaching as she has had the privilege of performing as an ensemble member and as a “swing” performer in both Disney’s the Lion King and at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, North America's largest classical repertory theatre. (Ayanna is extremely passionate about performance: whether on stage herself or when coaching her athletes and performing artists to realize their peak performance. She is highly committed to providing the tools that will help her clients to reach their fullest potential. Ayanna now combines NET (Neuro Emotional Technique) with her work as a Mental Performance Coach to help her clients go even deeper, to release internal or subconscious blocks. In this way, they may unveil potential that they did not know already existed so that they may be freed to explore where it might lead! )

What she shares on this episode

In most cases the blueprints for our lives as artists are laid in the formative years, we easily recollect that day we heard a song played or a saw someone dancing or acting and knew in that moment that was what we wanted to do for the rest of our lives. But it’s never as easy as it seems. In a world that is so competitive and fast paced we become a minority. This thought is what holds us back from doing the things we love the most. On this episode Ayanna talks about her personal experience in the world of dance, the things that she did differently to pursue her heart’s desire all out. As an artist it is imperative that you are open to possibilities because you never know where life is going to take you. It may seem like a challenge at first but allow yourself to consider the chances of it being better than you ever imagined it to be.

In this episode of the Creator Mindset Podcast

• Her journey of becoming an artist
• The steps she took to find an agent that could promote her and create opportunities for her
• The challenges that she faced physically and mentally
• Ways to keep the experience fresh even though you do it repetitively
• Keeping your audience engaged and connecting with them

Key takeaways from this episode

• If there is something you truly want, go and get it.
• Ask questions and speak to people in your area of interest
• Create connections for yourself
• Prepare yourself mentally for all the probable challenges you may have to overcome
• Pursue other hobbies to let your mind relax and be creative
• Do your work prior to getting up on stage.
• Be committed to yourself and your role

Connecting with Ayanna

Website: www.ayannasealey.com

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Native New Yorker, Meredith Pegula is the Co-Founder (with her 16-year-old daughter, Juliette) of Chords2Cure, an organization that benefits Pediatric Cancer through annual fundraising rock concerts performed by talented teenagers from Los Angeles. Chords2Cure has produced 3 fantastic concerts with a few special guests such as Ewan McGregor, One Republic, Foo Fighter’s Chris Schifflett, and Chris Martin of Coldplay. Meredith began her singing career in the musical theater and indie rock scene while attending New York University. She was featured in VH1’s You Rock with Rod Stewart and co-starred with Jason Alexander, Ron Perlman and Enrique Murciano in the feature film, How To Go Out On A Date In Queens. Meredith performs Jazz in Los Angeles where she lives with her husband and 3 children.  Meredith works with talented, aspiring young artists in voice, songwriting and performance.  She also has a Master’s Degree in Psychology.  Chords2Cure 2018 will take place on March 23rd in Santa Monica California.

What she shares on this episode

If we could just take a moment to look around us, we realize that it is not difficult to find someone going through a scary and difficult situation. All it takes is for us to act on our desire to extend help and do good and you’ll see that the universe works in your favor. That is exactly what happened with Chords2Cure. Moved and driven by love, they came together as a community to do what they could to benefit the victims of pediatric cancer. This movement that has started can truly be an example to people and communities all over the world. When we stand together even the tallest mountain becomes smaller. As Meredith says they had their heart strings pulled and this empowered them to act. Chords2Cure is a non-profit organization benefiting pediatric cancer research.  Chords2Cure was created by a few compassionate Crossroads School students and their families when their friend, Jaxon Blumenthal (now 14 years old) was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma (liver cancer) in 2013. After listening to their story, you realize that you really don’t need much. Use what you were born with, your love, your talent and your passion to do something. It is important that you find that passion.

In this episode of the Creator Mindset Podcast

• The story of where it all started for Meredith and the inspiration behind chords2cure.
• How the idea of involving their community together for Jaxon came along, and how they implemented it.
• The ways in which they were able to draw the attention of many eminent artists in the industry.
• Steps that musicians who would like to organize a big event can take.

Key takeaways

Overview of the things to keep in mind while organizing a big event

• Find your tribe. Speak to people about what is impressed on your heart and form a likeminded community.
• Meet and say yes! Be committed to the cause.
• Think about the length of the show.
• Number of songs and song choices need to be thought about.
• Your entire set needs to be engaging. Mix it up. A little bit of soul and a whole lot of music.
• Decide on one or two people that will take up leadership roles.
• Map out what it is going to look like and write it down.
• Book a venue.
• Rehearse and string it together.

Connecting with Meredith

Website: http://www.chords2cure.org/

Ways to give: http://www.cancer.ucla.edu/donate

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Bio of the artist:

Ariane loves working with people and empowering them. She believes in integrity, gratitude and connection. She came from a simple family in Geneva Switzerland and made her way to be a teacher at the Music Conservatory in Geneva at age 24. In the year 2000, she took a few suitcases, her savings, quit her job and moved to New York City to study with William Riley, known for his work with Céline Dion. She then opened her vocal practice studio in New York City, worked with recording artists, organized concerts and guided young artists in their careers, she became a booker, a manager and a coach. She is an expert on voice and loves performances. The process of creating is her passion; creating a song, a performance, a concert. On November 17th, 2017 she was the speaker vocal coach for TEDx Zürich, a very successful event. In the last few years, she has had the honour of accompanying beautiful artists like Mélanie René, Mané, Bastian Baker, Scott Irribarra, Al Pride, Arika Kane and many more for a moment on their path. Currently she works with artists, speakers and entrepreneurs online and offline in her vocal practice in Zürich.

What she shares on this episode:

There are hundreds of people starting new businesses every day and there are over 400 songs released each day. How will your song be noticed? How will your brand stand out? How can you be seen in a saturated world? How can you get through to your fans? We put our heart and soul into our art because we are passionate about it. Time, money and energy is spent. Sometimes at the cost of our own health and wellbeing. We spend hours on end in the studio perfecting that song and it is s important that it represents who we are and the way that we want people to perceive us. When all this is done we finally put our song out there and hope someone will take notice of it. This where building a community around your art becomes an essential step in the process of your song being noticed. A lot of work needs to go in even before you release your song. You need to prepare for your launch. It’s not going to be easy and at times you’ll want to give up and wonder what went wrong. It’s time you take personal branding seriously. Your brand is your mark on people. It represents who you are and your message. Branding is provoking thoughts in others, it is challenging the status quo. The Goal of your brand is to attract fans. It is authenticity at its best. Building your brand is being more you. Capturing your essence. So how does one create his/her brand?

In this episode of the creator mindset podcast:

• 12 techniques that you can apply to start creating your personal brand

Key Takeaways:

1. The mastermind: to find solutions and answers to any questions you may have. To get different perspectives.
2. Create a mastermind: Select a variety of individuals. Select a scribe who will write everything down.
3. Find the right brand name: write down all the different opinions. Your band name must match your sound. By getting people that don’t know you too well for their opinion will help you choose an authentic one that matches best.
4. Colours, clothes, fonts and images that represent your brand. All answers from the mastermind need to be taken as valuable and respectful. It is a guided conversation.
5. Your essence and your story: Be true to yourself. What makes you, you. What core values are you driven by? Why do you make your music? How would you like to be perceived?
6. What makes you unique?
7. What is your story? The way you tell the story is important.
8. Describing your story in 20 characters. Be passionate and create. Reflect the essence of your music. Your public: the bridge between you and your public. Get clear on the person that you want listening to your music.
9. Who would you like to touch with your music?
10. Who do you want to make music for? Describe this person in detail. Create a portrait of the ideal fan. An image that fits your world and theirs.
11. How to build a bridge between you and your public.
12. Your fan’s journey.

You will find the detailed and complete version of the 12 techniques for free at the website mentioned below.

Connecting with Ariane: Website: arianeleanzaheinz.com

The 12 techniques: www.arianeleanzaheinz.com/11

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Six - time Grammy nominated multiplatinum singer – songwriter, multi- instrumentalist, graphic designer and artist. Dianne Meinke, signed with Warner Chapell, South America and Jan Cooper music publishing from Vancouver, Canada and is also signed with seven other distribution companies in more than fourteen countries including all of Asia. She writes, produces, performs and records. She currently has an acoustic pop single climbing the national mainstream adult contemporary charts. Graphic artist, painter, professional branding artist for the largest collection of Jimi Hendrix original fine art collection as well as works on branding and marketing her own art. Some of the biggest questions in most of our minds as musicians is, how to really get ourselves out there? what is it going to cost us to do that? And who are the people we need to be associated with? In this episode, Dianne, shares from her personal experience where it started for her and the lessons she learned along the way that has enabled her to position herself for consistent success. In this episode:

1. How she got signed
2. The story behind her six - time Grammy nomination.
3. Her goals and mindset when she started out.
4. Practical steps musicians can take to make it to the charts
5. The investments you would have to make and the returns you receive on them
6. Professionals in the industry you need to be associated with in order to put yourself on the top
7. Ways to effectively understand social networks and make them work for you

Key takeaways:

1. Have a mission statement.
2. Make a business Plan. You cannot blunder your way through it.
3. Four words never to forget - Hard work, consistency, diligence and dedication
4. Equip yourself to be self- sufficient for a while.
5. You want an organic fan base, people who will actively push your work.
6. Maximize the social networks.
7. Be real and authentic.

Connect with the guest:

Website : www.DiannesMusic.com

Merchandise, latest designs: http://www.diannemeinke.threadless.com/

Social Media Links: www.facebook.com/DiannesMusic https://www.instagram.com/diannemeinke/

Dianne Meinke’s Music Links (Purchase): https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/dianne-meinke/id515978193 https://www.cdbaby.com/m/cd/diannemeinke  

Dianne's Radio Promoter: (to connect with only if you are serious and willing to do the work with your music)

Larry Weir, National Radio Promotions #323.658.7449

LarryWeir.com

Facebook.com/National.Record.Promotion

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https://www.jancooperpublishing.com/

Download Bio of the artist: Teal Thompson has been teaching the Avatar course for more than 20 years. Avatar is an international self-empowerment program that teaches you to create your life deliberately. Teal did the Avatar course while attending the University of Texas in Austin as a voice major. She went from performing in coffee shops and open mic nights to her songs being shopped to 9 major record labels within two months of doing the avatar course at age 23. She then used the avatar tools to place her songs in Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers TV shows and sound tracks.  In her 20s she was inspired to deliver the avatar course because she wanted everyone to have what she had. The power to bring one’s goals and dreams to life. Teal lives in Austin, Texas and teaches the Avatar course all over the US and Latin America in Spanish and English. What she shares on this episode “Don’t let what you’re being get in the way of what you might become.”

• Harry Palmer, Author of the avatar materials

According to people that have done the course, Avatar is the most powerful and purest self-development program available. It is a series of experiential exercises that enable you to rediscover yourself and align your consciousness with your goals. In the process you will experience your own unique insights and revelations. Teal was motivated by a friend years ago and was driven to do the course. On this episode Teal shares the impact that the Avatar course had on her life and career. Changing not just her external environment but causing change within. We all have those boulders along the way that prevent us from realising our dreams. It could be just a thought or belief that we feed ourselves with. For instance, as artists we think we must be at all these places at all the right times, I mean, common! Or we think our age stands in the way of our achievement and creativity. But you’ll see If you can as much as change one thought, you are able to turn our lives around. After the Avatar she was able to connect with her higher self and impact the world through her music. The course allowed her to experience things for the way it was and move freely. The interesting thing about the Avatar is that it increases a person’s compassion and personal responsibility to others in the world she says. “Each moment that you’re happy is a gift to the rest of the world.”                                                                           -Harry Palmer She started to teach the avatar course in her mid -twenties and says that there is nothing that has touched her heart more than to awaken people. With the avatar you keep growing and evolving, it is an ongoing process. With Avatar everyone wins. Every person who becomes an Avatar shifts the collective consciousness toward greater tolerance and understanding. Helping yourself with Avatar helps everyone else at the same time. – Harry Palmer, author of the Avatar materials In this episode of the creator mindset podcast

• Teal Thompson’s music career before the Avatar course.
• How she encountered the Avatar course and how it changed her life.
• The change that takes place within an individual
• Changes that benefitted her music career and the kind of results she achieved by using the Avatar tools herself.
• Other artists in the course that had similar experiences as herself.
• Does she still continue to use the Avatar tools to shape her career and what are the results?
• The passion that drives her to deliver the avatar course in the US and Latin America.

Key takeaways

• Let go of beliefs that limit you
• Let go of patterns that are sabotaging you
• Learn how to create and step into the vibrations of what you want to become
• “Don’t let what you’re being get in the way of what you might become”
• Create what you want and let go of what is not serving you anymore.
• Sometimes all it takes for you to do is change one belief and it will change your whole life
• Create your own reality. A reality that you prefer.

The avatar course explains all of the above in detail. Connecting with the artist: Website: https://theavatarcourse.com/ https://www.tealthompson.com/home Avatar course testimonials: http://avatarresults.com/

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Bio of the Artist:

Aidan Amore is a trans-disciplinary artist active as an actor, performer and plastic artist in France, Switzerland and the United States. Issues related to dynamics between the sexes, to gender and to sexuality mostly fuel Amore’s practice in search of means to liberate oneself from the conditionings inherited through family, society and culture, thus helping one to reconnect with a sense of True Self and embrace the full experience of what it means to be human. The purpose of such a practice is based on Amore’s strong belief that it is through deconditioning that the individual can access higher levels of consciousness, in which tolerance, respect and preservation of human diversity will serve as blueprints in the building of healthier and more harmonious communities.

What Ariane shares on this episode: Before starting anything, it is important to understand why we want to do it, what we want to do and who we want to do it for. The outcome of what you are doing doesn’t matter, it is the process that holds value. Self – doubt and perfectionism are the two things that come in the way of us realizing our visions and like most of us, were some of Aidan’s concerns with the production of his first feature film as well. Ariane talks about the importance of commitment and consistency and not to let this self-doubt drive you but to keep to the plan. Questions we ask ourselves are ‘Is this really what I should be doing? Do I have the time for it? It is important to acknowledge these aspects but always remember not to let them control you. In this coaching session Ariane talks about some important road blocks that artists face along the road to success. Ariane highlights some practical tips to keep in mind while getting started and staying committed. Ariane guides Aidan through some key elements that he should keep in mind as he starts out on his artistic goal for this year.

In the episode of the creator mindset podcast:

• Nailing what makes you unique and showcasing your unique self to the world.
• Gaining clarity on what your vision is.
• Understanding your target audience.
• Ways of finding consistency while sharing the process in a creative way.

Key takeaways:

• Take steps that will realize your vision, being fully aware of your intuition and always eager to learn.
• Journal and post about your journey. As funny as it sounds, people are drawn to the person and the process.
• Nurture your audience.
• Commitment is the most important quality for success.
• Walk in integrity and keep your word.
• Perfectionism is the enemy of progress. It is better done than perfect.
• Schedule and write everything down.

Connecting with the guest: https://www.facebook.com/aidan.amore