The Creative Mindset

John Gromada & Tony Angelini talk about expressing meaning in sound craft for the theatre and audio drama. A “must listen” not just for theatre artists, but all artists who want to explore deeper meaning in their work. John Gromada (Composer/Sound Designer) has composed music or designed sound for more 40 Broadway productions, including All My Sons, Torch Song, The Elephant Man, The Trip to Bountiful with Cicely Tyson (Tony nomination), Gore Vidal's The Best Man (Drama Desk Award), Clybourne Park, Seminar, Man and Boy, The Columnist, Next Fall, A Bronx Tale, Prelude to a Kiss, Proof, A Streetcar Named Desire, Twelve Angry Men, and the original A Few Good Men. His other New York credits include Amy and the Orphans, Bruce Norris' Domesticated, Old Hats, Measure for Measure (Delacorte Theater), The Orphans? Home Cycle (Drama Desk and Henry Hewes Awards), Shipwrecked! (Lucille Lortel Award), The Singing Forest, Julius Caesar, The Skriker (Drama Desk Award), Machinal (OBIE Award) and many more. His television and film credits include a score for the Emmy nominated The Trip to Bountiful, and Showing Roots . Gromada has received the National Endowment for the Arts Opera/Music Theatre Fellowship and grants from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. All music in this podcast was written by John Gromada, and here is the order in which the pieces are heard: Bobadeepadoobop (Twelfth Night at the Long Wharf Theatre) To Kill a Mockingbird - Main Theme Bronx Tale: Lorenzos Theme Valentine’s Day (The Orphans Home Cycle / Mockingbird) Drive (The Orphans Home Cycle / Mockingbird) Jeeves and Wooster Travel Music (Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense) Listen to his music and audio dramas on Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/qGvsa The Orphans Home Cycle / Mockingbird album available on amazon here: https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B003DYG7GG?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm\_sh\_D2q7bpLMCRbLNaz5wsGvXk1h7 I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

Sound Designer Matthew Nielson & Tony Angelini share stories and lessons about the joy and the craft of sound design for the theatre and for film. Based in the Washington, DC Area, Matthew M. Nielson is a producer, composer, sound designer, recording engineer, audio post production engineer, songwriter, and orchestrater for Film, TV, Theater, Radio, Web, and Music His music for film has been heard in film festivals across the US. He has composed and designed more than two dozen short films, feature-length documentaries and feature-length narratives, including Poker Face, Lulu and Josie, A Sleepover Story, Fire’s Daughter, Death in Time, Londinium, and Elbow Grease. He has won several film festival awards for his work and been nominated for several more. His music and sound design for television have been featured in branding packages for Epix Drive-In and Spike TV, and his commercial clients include Delivery.com, NBA, UFC on FOX, Bounty Hunters, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, NBC Sports, v05, and Hometrust Bank. His work can be heard in video games, including Drone Command. Theatrically, Nielson has designed, composed, orchestrated and written songs for hundreds of productions around the world. Off-Broadway: Shakespeare’s Villains and Lakawanna Blues (Public Theatre). Regional credits include Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Portland Center Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Milwaukee Repertory, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Delaware Theatre Company, Barrington Stage, NC Stage, Triad Stage, Ford’s Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth, Signature Theatre, Kennedy Center, Round House Theatre, Contemporary American Theatre Company, Library of Congress, Folger Theatre, the National Gallery of Art, and many others. International credits include productions in Germany and Russia. Nielson has mentored sound design students and taught master classes at the University of Maryland and American University. During the pandemic, Nielson worked on many digital content projects for theatres in the DC Area and across the US as a location audio recordist, sound designer, composer, and audio post engineer. Projects include Homebound, a 10-episode web series available online, several theatre/film hybrid projects, and more than a dozen streaming versions of live theatrical productions. Nielson was a founding member of the audio theatre company The Audible Group (now Listenably), who produced holiday productions of A Child’s Christmas in Wales and Gift of the Magi for charity. With The Audible Group, Nielson wrote, directed, scored and designed the dramatic audio series Troublesome Gap. He co-founded Sound Lab Studios; a premier full-featured audio post-production house and The Curious Music Company; a production music library and custom music shop. Nielson has won five Helen Hayes Awards and been nominated for many more, including the League of Cincinnati Theatre awards, Barrymore Awards and BroadwayWorld.com awards. He is currently enrolled in the songwriting program with the Berklee College of Music Online. Some Links: Holding for Lights: https://curiousmusic.bandcamp.com/track/holding-for-lights Mary Stuart (Original Score by Matthew Neilson: https://open.spotify.com/album/5WxQXrkqW172hToax0jXOt?si=_eFQQ_2CT0C-PCGwXfu32w A track from The Book of Will at Round House: I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

Tony Award Wining Sound Designer Robert Kaplowitz & Tony Angelini talk about working on Broadway, and about letting go of legacy in order to create great art at this moment. Delightful Conversation. Featuring music by De La Sol. I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

Artist Sara Habbab shares lessons she’s learning from her 365 Days of Art challenge. How to make progress, measure progress, asking for help, the power of daily practice, benefits of canvas art vs digital art, and her experience with minting NFTs and offering them on OpenSea.io. Find her: www.etherealartcollections.com www.artzbysara.com IG: @Artz_By_Sara Twitter: @Artz_By_Sara ClubHouse: @Artz_By_Sara mentioned: Impact Theory University OpenSea.io: [https://opensea.io/accounts/0xa3683043e409f9ab5941eebc3a26eeae27a985fe] Please Subscribe and comment! It helps us to deliver more good shows! I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

On the heels of her smash breakout album "Latvian Reflections", Aija Reke shows us what it means to make an impact, what it truly means to have grit, how to create good habits, good goals, and make a living as a professional in the arts. I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Featuring music from her album! (used by permission) How to find Latvian Reflections: https://ffm.to/aija https://aijareke.com/cd-release/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AijaRekeviolinist Instagram: @aijarekeviolinist https://aijareke.com Please post comments and/or questions. Please Subscribe!!! I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

Sarah shares lessons she has learned from starting out painting in her garage to the highly acclaimed artist she has become. She looks at creativity as a muscle that you need to exercise in order to sustain your art over years. Find her: https://whitmireart.com Neptune's Ring: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NeptunesRing?ref=shop_sugg Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SarahWhitmire youTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SarahWhitmire/videos Instagram: whitmireart mentioned: The Diary of Frida Kahlo Impact Theory University Please comment with questions. Please Subscribe!!! I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

Your mind is like a room that is yours to redesign—a space that you can declutter, air out, furnish, decorate, and turn into a truly congenial place. Dr. Eric Maisel, Ph.D. moves cognitive change a giant step forward by describing the room that is your mind and how human consciousness is experienced there. He provides visualization exercises that make redesigning your mind and changing what - and how - you think easy and simple. An upgrade to the CBT method! · Reduce your anxiety · Rid yourself of chronic depression · Recover from addiction · Heal from past trauma · Stop negativity, boredom, and self-sabotage · Overcome procrastination www.ericmaisel.com twitter: ericmaisel Please Subscribe! Your free subscription helps support this podcast. You'll get great content and our sincere thanks! www.CreativeMindset.org, Contact Tony Angelini: Tony@creativemindset.org I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

Steven Schrembeck: How to choose a goal, stick with a goal, and the fastest way to get great at anything. The best mindset to supercharge acquiring skills How to choose your goals, How to measure your progress towards those goals What's going to keep you on the path and take you over the finish line. Steven is the creator and producer of Collected Stories podcast, (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/collected/id1553515851) and inventor of the "Immersive Stories" movement. When he first started, he did everything. So we talked about his growth plans, how to plot them, and how to stick with them. You will walk away from this podcast with clarity and insights that will take you all the way to your goals. Credits for the clips in this episode: Guitarist: Ryan Jones https://www.fiverr.com/ryjones Intro sound: Jonny Dyas of Cloud Road Music Cast: Alex Best as Pastor Ethan Cutter FoleyExpress as Jiro Saitama and Archbishop Gabriel Cline Kristi Soutar as Dr. Marie Singer AJ Somerville as Bishop Erica Long and Sister Francesca Michael Masters as Archbishop Lucious and The Stalker Erik Klev (SirTeddy) as Xorkek the Imp, The Spineeater, and various Scary Boys Mira Weldon as Imp #1 and various Scary Boys Rowan Hermann as Fleabag Noelle Palmer as The Intercom Contact Steven at: steven@collectedaudio.com. www.collectedaudio.com Contact Tony Angelini at tony@creativemindset.org Please Subscribe for more quality episodes! I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

Actor and Mindfulness Teacher Stephanie Nash Explains how mindfulness can be used to help with common challenges professional artists face every day. www.creativemindset.org Please Subscribe! Your free subscription helps support this podcast. You'll get great content and our sincere thanks! Stephanie's links: website: www.strategic-mindfulness.com instagram: stephanie__nash Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StephanieNash.MindfulnessArts YouTube: https://youtu.be/r1Cpt2VSReo You can also find Stephanie on ClubHouse! Secret O' Life by James Taylor: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-O-Life/dp/B00137YUWI/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=James+Taylor+the+secret+of+life&qid=1627516100&sr=8-3 I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

Jessica Graham explains the connection between Spirituality and Creativity in terms anyone can relate to and understand. She talks about: Radical Acceptance, Spiritual Bypassing, Compassion & Empathy, Translation Vs Transformation, Toxic Positivity, Growth Mindset, and how to create your own Nerf World! www.creativemindset.org Please Subscribe! Your free subscription helps support this podcast. You'll get great content and our sincere thanks! More About Jessica: The author of Good Sex: Getting Off without Checking Out. Order Good Sex https://yourwildawakening.com/ Instagram YouTube Facebook Twitter I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

The Founder of Conscious Therapeutics explains Mindset, Growth Mindset, Fitness, and installing good habits. Learn to set goals and create the habits that will get you there. I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

When it comes to sustaining artistic growth, Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia has been avoiding burnout consistently while outperforming most regional theatres of its kind. Being located in the south comes with its own brand of challenges, but under Richard Rose, the artistic director for over 27 years the theater, led through artistic vision and remained focused on the quality of the art and the experience of the audience and impact on the community. Richard Rose reveals insider information on the mindset required to survive decades of change and obstacles. I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

Propsmaster Helen Stratakes shares her secrets on creating amazing works of art for the theatre, managing a team of artisans, and how to be super productive. This is the fourth part in our 5 part series on Barter Theatre, and we are exploring how the artists at Barter are able to sustain productivity over years and never compromise on their professionalism and art. If you’ve missed the first three, I highly recommend you go back and listen to them. Subscribing to this podcast (free) will help us to provide coaching services to artists who might not otherwise be able to afford it. I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

Barter Theatre Series Part 3 In this episode, we’re talking with three members of the Barter Equity Acting company. Kim Morgan Dean, Tricia Matthews, and Nicholas Piper. This is a compelling conversation, and they have a lot to say about artistic collaboration, taking risks, and clarity about their mission. This is the third part in out series our series on Barter Theatre, and we are exploring how the artists at Barter are able to sustain productivity over years and never compromise on their professionalism and art. If you’ve missed the first two, I highly recommend you go back and listen to them. I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

Derek Smith is the Resident Scenic Designer for Barter Theatre, Designing well over a hundred sets for Barter Theatre alone. He talks about keeping his art fresh, form vs function, budget constraints, and the collaboration process involved with designing for the theatre. I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

When it comes to sustaining artistic growth, Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia has been avoiding burnout consistently while outperforming most regional theatres of its kind. Being located in the south comes with its own brand of challenges, but under Richard Rose, the artistic director for over 27 years the theater was led through artistic vision and controversy focused on the quality of the art and the experience of the audience and impact on the community. Richard Rose reveals insider information on the mindset required to survive decades of change and obstacles. Text us questions and comments: (202) 713-9116. New episodes each Wednesday. I'm your host, Tony Angelini. Thanks for listening. Find out more at www.creativemindset.org

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