Zerothreetwo Conversations: Interviews with the Creative Class

In the past four years, Boots made a name for himself as a tattoo artist. I remember seeing posts of him winning tattoo competitions, getting tons of clients, and finally tattooing celebrities like Angelica Panganiban and Kitchie Nadal.

Here was another creative doing well in a creative industry. Little did I know, Boots has a really good story to tell. Before he became a well known tattoo artist, he started with very little. This is a real story of starting from the bottom to fulfilling a dream.

We hope to continue creating podcasts, but the truth is that it requires a lot of work, time, and effort. We need to find ways to make it sustainable.

With that in mind, we created a Patreon page.

https://www.patreon.com/zerothreetwo

In this episode, we talked about Vincent Eco's performing and writing on stage, music he listens to, and where he came from. Particularly interesting to me was where he came from. It's not often we get to listen to something truly good and different at the same time. His music is out at a time when many artists have gone the computer music route, while he is able to hold his own with a simple wooden guitar.

Every time we've had an interview, I've always come out of the experience surprised. I always forget that every creative, even the ones I admire, experiences trials and tribulations.

My interview with Mark Deutsch of Happy Garaje is no different. They are one of the few creative outfits that have managed to balance design work with personal art.

If you aren't familiar with Happy Garaje, they are a design/illustration studio comprised of husband and wife team, Mark Deutsch and Johanna Velasco.

Lawrence "Larry" Ypil is an accomplished writer and poet. His first book of poems, The Highest Hiding Place was given the Madrigal Gonzalez Best First Book Award (2011). His work has received The Academy of American Poets Prize, the Philippines Free Press Awards, and the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards among others.

Larry was a joy to interview. The conversation sparked discussions about fostering creativity, expressing honesty through art, and finding powerful imagery in the mundane.

This is part two of my interview with Alex "Phatboy" Lim.

To hear Alex talk about how Urbandub got together, how they played their first gig in Manila, and how success followed was a huge treat for me.

If you missed part one of the interview, Alex "Phatboy" Lim used to be the manager of Urbandub. He was there very early on in the band's journey. To get his perspective of everything that happened was really fun to hear.

The past is what you learn today to benefit the future. With that in mind, I invited Alex "Phatboy" Lim to guest in the podcast. Having real experience managing a band and organizing concerts, he has plenty of stories to share.

If you were a band in the early 2000's, Alex needs no introduction. He was the band manager of Urbandub, started the concert series called Sonic Boom, and even managed to bring in a few international bands to the Philippines.

Enjoy the podcast!

Jude Crisostomo is the perfect person to ask about this world. He knows what it is like on the client side through his experience with his clothing brand, Strawberry Clothing. He is part of a very talented group of people in White Brick Creative Studio.

We talk about his start in music, his clothing brand and how the experience informed his agency work, the beginnings of White Brick, the makeup of their creative agency, and finding and dealing with clients.

I used to be intimidated of Carla Adlawan. Most know her as one of the friendliest people in the world, but my high school memory of her is as the guitarist of the metal band called Dysmenorrhea. Imagine a six foot rocker chick head banging like a possessed demon, while playing a dropped tuning heavy metal guitar.

Before we talked about her experience as a copywriter in advertising, we spent a good chunk talking about her time in music, and eventually how all that culminated in her teaching.

As mentioned in the previous post, Spark Fest Cebu is an opportunity to spend time with people you can learn from. In this episode, you'll hear from the likes of Ara Chawdhury, Jude Gitamondoc, Monica Villarica, Cecilia Martinez-Miranda, Cattski, Lynn Pinugu, Mel Yan, Cham Lopez, and Carlo Delantar.

In this episode, we get into the weeds about the idea of a professional artist, the challenges of Vispop, the importance of collaborations, and finding your why.