The Inscape

This week on the podcast we are joined by a veteran of our recorded chats, Ben Gladwin, and his partner, Ella Clarke, who joins us for the first time.

Ella has what we would call “a real job”, as well as having taken up pottery, and we thought this balance was an interesting subject for the pod, as well as a good opportunity to just have a good chinwag.

We touch on the separation of money and art, what art even is and how people view/treat you when you decide to take up a new creative venture.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Fyodor Dostoevsky - Notes From The Underground

Erland Cooper - Music For Growing Flowers

Toni Lodge - I Don’t Need Therapy

Baltic Clay

@elladoespottery

@sketchbenjamin

This week on the podcast we are joined by one of our oldest friends and collaborators, Oliver Nagy. Oli is a vocalist, songwriter and model who is now turning his hand to photography. Naturally we talk about how this kind of portfolio career works for him whilst also delving into ageism in the music industry and how different kinds of wisdom come from starting new creatives later in your journey.

Oli is 1/3 of our new musical project, Held, with Michelle and I making up the other 2/3. Our first tracks are out on all platforms now and can be found through the link below. Also follow @heldproject to keep up to date with when the rest of the EP is dropping.

HELD - https://open.spotify.com/album/1FXJgP7J85pTXUDgp4vQ7n

Recommendations

Crooked Colours - Vera

A Little Life

Arcade Fire

Beef

Refs:

Pop Music Has An Age Problem - https://www.afterglowatx.com/blog/2021/12/8/pop-music-has-an-age-problem

How Ageism Kills the Careers of Women in the Music Industry - https://www.vice.com/en/article/jma8p3/getting-older-is-a-death-sentence-for-women-in-the-music-industry-602

Ageism in the Music Industry: Does Success Have an Expiration Date? - https://www.thembj.org/2020/03/ageism-in-the-music-industry-does-success-have-an-expiration-date/

Lee brings a unique perspective on the industry from across the pond as we touch on positivity, burning bridges and getting butt dialled by Robbie Williams, otherwise known as Bob Bills…

If you like what you hear from Lee, follow him @isntheluvlee. Find him on all streaming platforms and buy him a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/isntheluvlee 

Lee’s previous band: Phase 5: https://www.instagram.com/phasevmusic/

Recommendations

The Beams London: https://thebeamslondon.com

Water Parks: https://www.waterparksband.com

The Band Camino: https://www.thebandcamino.com

Eight turn: https://www.instagram.com/eight_turn/

Chrome Sparks - You Are Love: https://chromesparks.lnk.to/love

Jef Martens: https://www.instagram.com/jefmartens/?hl=en-gb

Welcome to The Inscape! For those of you who are used to hearing our voices on the Who The Fuck Is Deliah? podcast, then this is going to seem very familiar to you. For any newcomers, here’s a quick brief.

We are hear to discuss the music, and general creative, industries from the perspective of those working in it who might not be massive names. Commercial success doesn’t always tell the full story. Without grassroots artists and underground scenes, there would be no mainstream, or at least no creativity left in it. We’ve pivoted from doing this from a band’s perspective, to now doing it from our own music studio/production business, encompassing much more than just stuff that is relative to us as a band.

On this weeks episode we talk about mental health in creativity and how important it is to look after it. We touch on burn out, damaging stereotypes and masterclasses that can do more harm than good.

This is just a snippet of our whole conversation, so if you would like to find the full episode, please head over to our Patreon and become a subscriber for full length episodes and much more.

If not, NO WORRIES, we thank you for listening and hope that you willl engage with us via our social media or by leaving us a review.

MUCH LOVE

Michelle & Alex

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https://musiciansunion.org.uk/career-development/career-guides/musicians-wellbeing-guidance-pack/musicians-and-mental-illness-what-is-being-done-to-help

https://www.musicmindsmatter.org.uk