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Thanks so much for joining us! Our special guest today is Rebecca J. Kenna, an artist who works in watercolor, pen and ink, and pencil, and a writer whose first novel is coming out this summer. She is also launching her publishing company/imprint soon. And she has a fabulous phrase that she teaches all of her students, encouraging them to apply it not only to their writing or art, but to their lives as a whole, which is to “Fail Magnificently.” So with that, on today’s show, we’ll be chatting with Rebecca about her art and writing, and her life, and the topic of Failure - with the specific goal to begin the process of reframing the way we look at failure.

Links and References and Mentions:

Rebecca's Art Website

Dave Hill, Jr.

Doubt Riding Shotgun, by Dave Hill, Jr.

Bittersweet - by Susan Cain

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Join us this episode as we continue to discuss obstacles in art. Today we have a special guest, Brita Ferm.

Brita is the author of the book Secret Families Problem Families, the host of two podcasts, The Loving Parent Podcast, & The No More Elections Podcast. She is an accomplished pianist, an amazing painter, a wife, mom, mother-in-law, grandma (known as Grams), and Christy’s mentor & friend. In previous iterations of her professional life, she worked as:

a telephone operator, a big box store manager, a corporate billing clerk, a non-profit grant writer, and an artist. She went to college in her late 30’s, earning a BS in Health Science and an MA in Education. She co-founded Happy Child, Inc. and served as its Executive Director and Principal Investigator. Happy Child provided substance abuse prevention education to children and parenting/reparenting classes for adults, while researching self-esteem in the families before and after the classes, all of which was funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services.

She played in the 1988 Super Bowl halftime show as one of the pianists.

Mentions:

Romero Britto, artist and painter - https://britto.com

Super Bowl Halftime Show, January 1988: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqrksVDVO6w&list=RDwqrksVDVO6w&start_radio=1

rjkenna.com → writing class

Brita’s Links:

https://www.instagram.com/oceanbeachart/

https://lovingparentpodcast.com/

https://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/o/oceanbeachart/aboutartistbritaferm.html

Chelsea Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5pC0sv2owewxT0u7moL7Pe?si=6A6QAveCQUq-yf9GNkIbfQ

Christy Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2FBHoxFWv0iDmfVMAQl4h6?si=ZkO6rhamRWaqHv7JmPZI6A

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As artists, we face a lot more obstacles than people may realize. And sometimes it can make us feel very lonely or like giving up. So join us as we dive into this topic.

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Christy Bruneau

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Join us as we chat with Robin Duffy-Wirth about identity and how it relates to you as an artist.

Robin Duffy-Wirth's website

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Welcome to the Creative Download!

Today we are talking about the importance of what art does. We'll be looking at Brian Eno's book of the same title.

Referenced in the episode:

• What Art Does - Brian Eno
• Atlas Of The Heart - Brene Brown
• A Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood (movie)

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Christy Bruneau

Chelsea Nettleton

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Join Christy and Chelsea as they interview and chat with Dave Hill, Jr., musician, singer/songwriter, and author of the book Doubt Riding Shotgun. Dave has an illustrious career in the music world, and is truly a creative to his core.

Dave’s book, Doubt Riding Shotgun book on Amazon and on his website, davehilljr.com.

You can find him on Social media:

IG: davehilljrmusic

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davehilljr/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davehilljr

Doubt Riding Shotgun book on Amazon

You can also find him on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveHillJr

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Christy Bruneau

Chelsea Nettleton

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Christy and Chelsea talk about their adventures at the Production Music Conference in LA, walking through self-doubt and imposter syndrome, meeting other amazing production music folks, and taking next steps on their TV series.

Resources Used/Mentioned:

Websites:

Songwriting for Guitar/Mike Meiers

Judy Stakee

Elite Music Coaching

Production Music Association

Books/Authors:

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert; Elizabeth Gilbert Website

The Wart of Art by Steven Pressfield; Steven Pressfield Website

The Artists’ Way, Julia Cameron

Doubt Riding Shotgun, Dave Hill Jr.; Dave Hill, Jr. Website

Other:

Smartless Podcast Episode with Elton John and Brandi Carlisle

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Chelsea Nettleton

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In this episode we are recapping our season 1. We focus a lot in this episode too on saying "yes" to your creative ideas and passions and paths, as well as that it's never too late to pursue your art!

Resources Used/Mentioned:

Websites:

Songwriting for Guitar/Mike Meiers

Judy Stakee

Books/Authors:

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert; Elizabeth Gilbert Website

The Wart of Art by Steven Pressfield; Steven Pressfield Website

Find Your Unicorn Space by Eve Rodsky; Eve Rodsky Website

The Artists’ Way, Julia Cameron

The Collaborative Habit, Twyla Tharp

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Christy Bruneau

Chelsea Nettleton

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Songwriting for Guitar/Mike Meiers

Judy Stakee

Books/Authors:

Find Your Unicorn Space by Eve Rodsky; Eve Rodsky Website

The Artists’ Way, Julia Cameron

Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert

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