Advance Your Art: From Artist To Creative Entrepreneur

MEET SOON YU:Soon Yu is an international speaker, award winning author on innovation and design and Forbes contributor who has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine and New York Times.His latest book, Friction, asks businesses to consider adding MORE friction for their customers and employees in order to create greater engagement, meaning, belonging, rapport, assurance, competence, and exclusivity.His book, Iconic Advantage®, challenges businesses, from Fortune 500 to venture-backed startups, to refocus their innovation priorities on building greater iconicity, and offers deeper insights on establishing timeless distinction and relevance. He regularly consults business leaders on developing meaningful Iconic Signature Elements, Iconic Brand Language (TM), Signature Moments and Signature Communication.He most recently served as the Global VP of Innovation and Officer at VF Corporation, parent organization to over 30 global apparel companies, including The North F

MEET DAVID DREBIN:A graduate of Parsons School of Design in NYC, David Drebin is a multidisciplinary artist working in various art forms producing limited edition works including Photographs, Lightboxes, Neon Light Installations, Diamond Dust works and more.Following his first solo exhibition at Camera Work in Berlin in 2005 and the release of his first comprehensive illustrated book “Love and Other Stories” in 2007, Drebin experienced a stream of worldwide representation by some of the finest galleries globally.Drebin's artworks also known as “Drebins” are unique and instantly recognizable as his own. His artistic style is often described as epic, dramatic and, above all, cinematic. Drebin has released seven books with teNeues publishing including "The Morning After", Beautiful Disasters", "Chasing Paradise", "Dreamscapes", "Love and Lights", "Before They Were Famous" and most recently released "Collectors Edition" an oversized limited edition monograph created as a gift to the collectors of his works around

MEET SIMON T. BAILEY:With over 2,000 clients, from more than 50 countries, over the course of 30 years, Simon T. Bailey has the knowledge, wisdom, and life experience to help you find your spark.Simon T. Bailey’s purpose in life is to help you discover your brilliance. Through motivational speeches, direct one-on-one success coaching, 9 personal and professional development books, a national television talk show program, a viral video with over 90M views, and beyond, Simon has a wealth of information to share.There is brilliance within you. With Simon’s help, you can find the spark that ignites your true potential. Then your path to brilliance can truly begin.CONTACT:https://simontbailey.com/https://ignitethepowerofwomen.com/BOOK: Ignite the Power of Women in Your Life - a Guide for Men SUPPORT THE SHOW BECAUSE I LOVE PUPPIES! Talia di Napoli – PIZZAClick on the title for $6.00 off your order of AMAZING pizza shipped fresh from NapoliBUY MY BOOK BECAUSE IT’S AMAZING!!!BE LEFT BEHIND: Discover Bitcoi

MEET ASHER LAUB:Asher’s notable musical career began with classical violin training at the tender age of 2—leading to his first formal concert with the Buffalo Philharmonic at 13.Since then, Asher’s ability to improvise across multiple genres has inspired an innovative career as a cutting-edge electric violinist. Asher’s engaging solo performances have made him a co-headliner at iconic venues such as Madison Square Garden, Hammerstein Hall, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. His diverse multicultural repertoire has garnered acclaim across four continents. Asher’s high-energy concerts have been aired nationwide on PBS and made headlines on major media outlets such as CNN, WABC, NBC, and the New York Post.In 2014, Asher lived a musician’s nightmare when he confronted health challenges that impacted his mobility. Refusing to accept defeat, he rebuilt his musical skills to a new level. This harrowing experience inspired him to reinvent himself as a dancing violinist. In only a few months, Asher learned to merge h

MEET MARK DRAGER:Mark launched his creative production company Phanta Media back in 2006, grew it to a little over $2mm in revenue, and then slowly watched as it all crumbled around him. Through the hard lessons learned and working to not make the same mistakes twice, today Phanta focuses less on “keeping the machine fed” and more on doing extraordinary work with really cool people.We Do Hard Things:https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkDragerYThttps://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/we-do-hard-things-with-mark-drager/id1534172618Contact:https://www.markdrager.com/https://www.phanta.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdrager/https://www.instagram.com/mark.dragerSUPPORT THE SHOW BECAUSE I LOVE PUPPIES! Talia di Napoli – PIZZAClick on the title for $6.00 off your order of AMAZING pizza shipped fresh from NapoliBUY MY BOOK BECAUSE IT’S AMAZING!!!BE LEFT BEHIND: Discover Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Before Your Grandma Beats You to Ityuricataldo.comCREDITS:Our theme music is written and mixed by Chicago-based composer,

MEET PATRICIA [TRISHA] RICKETTS:Patricia [Trisha] Ricketts received a lifelong love of music, the written word, the visual arts, and healthy arguing from her Irish Catholic family of origin. She’s been penning essays, short stories, poems, and novels for most of her life as she raised three wonderful children and has watched seven grandchildren grow.However, after receiving a scholarship to the University of Edinburgh in Creative Writing, her passion for writing escalated. Since then, she has had short stories published in New Directions, The Slate, Meta, The Blue Hour Magazine, Realize Magazine, Storied Stuff , and on NPR’s “This I Believe” website. Her love of writing flows into her musical lyrics.During the pandemic, she’s written nearly a song a week—some better than others! Trisha has performed her own work at open mics and hosted musical events in and around Chicago with her artist and musician partner, Peter Hurley. Having recently published her second novel, Speed of

MEET TIM TORTORA:Tim Tortora started working in Hollywood over 30 years ago as a tape operator in a recording studio and worked his way up through the ranks to CFO by 2008. He learned a lot along the way and worked with some amazing people and some of the biggest companies ( Harpo Films, Mandalay Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Disney, TriStar Pictures, Columbia Pictures) He did it all having no family connection or friends who sat in key positions in the business.Since he started working as a CFO in 2008, the industry changed substantially and his client list migrated to working with content creators who produce indie features, TV movies, feature films, branded content, blogs, and online short-form series. During his career, Tim has served as Executive in Charge of Production and Finance for Oprah Winfrey’s feature film & TV production arm, Harpo Films, in charge of all aspects of production on such films as “Tuesdays With Morrie” (Jack Lemmon, Hank Azaria), “Amy & Isabelle” (Elisabeth Shue), “The

MEET LISABETH POSTHUMALisabeth Posthuma was a teacher, photographer, and (most importantly) video rental clerk before becoming a writer. She holds one of those degrees from a really expensive private liberal arts college that no one can afford (including her). She grew up obsessed with teen soaps (which her therapist says explains a lot) and likes to brag about that one time she attended a cast party for The OC.  She resides in Michigan where winters are too long.BOOKS:Baby and SoloSongs Eight SixContact:https://www.lisabethposthuma.com/https://www.instagram.com/lisabethposthuma_writes/SUPPORT THE SHOW BECAUSE I LOVE PUPPIES! Talia di Napoli – PIZZAClick on the title for $6.00 off your order of AMAZING pizza shipped fresh from NapoliBUY MY BOOK BECAUSE IT’S AMAZING!!!BE LEFT BEHIND: Discover Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Before Your Grandma Beats You to Ityuricataldo.comCREDITS:Our theme music is written and mixed by Chicago-based composer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist Ryan B

MEET AARTHI RAMAMURTHY:From meeting her husband over AOL chat in India to building products that delight millions at Xbox, Facebook, and Netflix, to launching the Good Time Show and hosting conversations with guests like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sonam Kapoor - Aarthi Ramamurthy is the original tech optimist. Her industry insights and success as a Y Combinator-backed founder and leader in international growth at Clubhouse have helped crystalize the next phase of her personal mission - redefining the (im)balance of power between proprietary platforms and the creators who use them.Contact:https://www.aarthiandsriram.com/https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoodTimeShowAarthiSriramhttps://twitter.com/aarthirSUPPORT THE SHOW BECAUSE I LOVE PUPPIES! Talia di Napoli – PIZZAClick on the title for $6.00 off your order of AMAZING pizza shipped fresh from NapoliBUY MY BOOK BECAUSE IT’S AMAZING!!!BE LEFT BEHIND: Discover Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Before Your Grandma Beats You to Ityuricataldo.comCREDIT

MEET GILAD PAZ:Gilad Paz is a rock singer, classical tenor, and crossover performer with extensive experience that ranges from the clubs of NYC’s Lower East Side to Carnegie Hall to America’s Got Talent!Marketability as a performer has always been part of Gilad’s career philosophy, and he always looks for ways to combine different genres and create shows that are tailored to their target audiences. He has produced multiple shows, including OPROCK and VOCE NOVA (pronounced: VOH-ché NOH-vah), and is a band leader for performances of Israeli music covers, and other genres, throughout North America.He is also a certified mindset and business coach, and is the founder and CEO of The Marketable Musician, where he helps musicians, both professional and avocational, create passion projects, financial stability, and dream lives!CONTACT:giladpaz.comfacebook.com/groups/TheMarketableMusicianinstagram.com/gilad_performertwitter.com/gilad_performerSUPPORT THE SHOW BECAUSE I LOVE PUPPIES! Talia di Napoli – PIZZACl

MEET CARLA STICKLER: Carla Stickler is a professional multi-hyphenate advocating for the inclusion of artists in STEM. Currently a software engineer, she made a dramatic return to the stage during the height of the 2021/2022 covid surge in New York. She was featured on NPR, ABC, Vulture, Inside Edition, and Nightline for her performance as Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway after 7 years away from the role and a career change into tech. She works as a Software Engineer at G2 in Chicago. She is a champion for artists looking to make a career change into tech and a member of Artists Who Code. She loves chatting with folks interested in shifting gears from the arts to programming and especially hopes to get more women into the field! Carla spent over 10 years performing in Broadway musicals, most notably, Wicked, Mamma Mia!, and The Sound of Music. She is also a voice teacher, having taught on the faculties at Marymount Manhattan College and Molloy College/CAP21. She mainly teaches specialized workshops in performanc

MEET JASON AZEVEDO:Jason created his first manufacturing company with just $600 when he was only 15 years old. At this young age, he was able to establish business with some of the greatest companies in the world such as Starbucks, Nike, Disney, Marvel, Volkswagen, Audi, Lucas films, dodgers, and NBA teams. By the time he was 20 he was already making millions in revenue.  Taking back US Jobs has been one of our country's biggest challenges. This teenage millionaire comes manufacturing mogul and says he has found the answer. Jason is one of the most dynamic people you will meet. He owns and operates the last standing MADE IN AMERICA factories (IN CALIFORNIA NO LESS!) and has hatched a plan to give back the factories and some of his wealth to the American workers. In 2009, Jason co-founded Mosaic, taking on the role of CEO — his talents are far beyond running the company, with duties touching on conceptual development, engineering, and deployment. Since 2009, Jason’s been at the helm of growing the co

MEET DR. FRED MOSS:Dr. Fred Moss is a "non-diagnosing psychiatrist" who has served the mental health industry for nearly four decades. He has consulted with patients, practitioners, physicians, facilities, organizations, groups, hospitals, nursing homes, shelters, drug/rehab facilities, jails/prisons, and more. Known as the Un-Doctor, Dr. Fred uses conversation, communication, creativity, and deep human connection as a tool to help people un-diagnose, un-medicate, and then “un-doctor-nate”. Dr. Fred Moss, MD is the foremost expert on delivering your True Voice into the world so that it can heal. He is a true believer that your voice matters and your voice can heal.  Along with being a highly successful restorative/transformational coach, his signature technology, True Voice Podcasting is for people who are ready to take their lives back by speaking their authentic message into the world. TVP is designed to guide people from all walks of life, who are ready to rediscover the confidence and courage necessa

MEET FRED JOYAL:Fred Joyal is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and business advisor. Along with a lucrative career in advertising and marketing, he co-founded the most successful dentist referral service in the country, 1-800-DENTIST, which, over 30 years, generated over $1 billion in revenue. He has written two books on marketing, dabbled in stand-up and improv comedy acted in bad movies and excellent TV commercials, and visited over forty-four countries around the world. He has an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the University of Rhode Island, perhaps because of his generous donations. He once beat Sir Richard Branson in chess and was also a question on Jeopardy!. He is an avid cyclist, a below-average tennis player, and an even worse golfer. BOOK:https://amzn.to/3Rho0ws (SUPERBOLD: From Under-Confident to Charismatic in 90 Days) CONTACT:https://www.fredjoyal.com (https://www.fredjoyal.com) Linkedin: https://Linkedin.com/in/fredjoyal (https://Linkedin.com/in/fredjoyal) Twitter: https://twitter.com/fred

MEET CBABI BAYOC:Cbabi (pronounced Kuh-bob-bi) Bayoc is an internationally-known visual artist and illustrator residing in St. Louis, Missouri. His subjects include family, children, music and a bunch of other cool stuff designed with line, bold color and phunk! Bayoc, whose birth name is Clifford Miskell, Jr., adopted his name CBABI (Creative-Black-Artist-Battling- Ignorance) during his time at Grambling State University (‘92-‘95). In 1997, a legal name change took place at the time of his marriage. Later, Cbabi would change his last name to BAYOC (Blesed-African-Youth-Of-Creativity) as something that could be shared with his future children. After working as a caricature artist at Six Flags over St. Louis, Cbabi pursued a career as an illustrator. His first notable client was Rap Pages magazine. During the entire year of 1998 he was given the RPM section on a monthly basis to display a caricature of the featured artist. Through that exposure, he was contacted by Violator Management to create the artwork for

MEET MICHAEL CLEMENTSIn 2010, Michael founded ArtJamz, which provides at-home paint kits and online classes to guide anyone through the process of creating a jamming work of art. Since the start, more than 200,000 people unleashed their inner artists with ArtJamz. When Michael is not working for the company, he is a full-time creative and outsider artist who has exhibited in a number of solo and group exhibitions in Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and Washington DC. CONTACT:https://www.artjamz.co/ (https://www.artjamz.co/) https://twitter.com/mikegenki3 (https://twitter.com/mikegenki3) https://www.knot4prophet.com/ (https://www.knot4prophet.com/) http://genkimedia.com/incubation/ (http://genkimedia.com/incubation/) SUPPORT THE SHOW BECAUSE I LOVE PUPPIES! https://taliadinapoli.com/a/rewards/r/m8q3ZlTx (Talia di Napoli – PIZZA) Click on the title for $6.00 off your order of AMAZING pizza shipped fresh from Napoli ARE YOU INTERESTED IN WEB3 or BLOCKCAIN BUT DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START.BUY MY BOOK

MEET CECILIA FERRON:Cecilia Ferron is an Italian violinist. She began studying the violin at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. She completed the first part of her musical growth with Maestro Fabrizio Pavone at the Conservatoire de la Vallée d'Aoste she continued her studies at the Music Academy in Hamburg, Germany, where she obtained her Master with full marks. She specializes in Berlin with A. Frolov Chestiglazov (St. Petersburg Philharmonic), Yoshiaki Shibata, Alina Pogostkina (soloist and winner of the Sibelius 2005 competition, Helsinki). She has also participated in international masterclasses with Fabrizio Pavone, Mark Gothoni, Natalia Prishepenko. Currently, she plays regularly as first violin in the Orchestra of the Komische Oper of Berlin, in the Deutsche Symphonie Orchester Berlin - DSO, , with the Berliner Symphoniker, Brandenburger Symphoniker, Kammer Orchester Berlin, Babelsberg Film Orchestra, Berliner Camerata. Since December 2017, Cecilia has a contract as a "solo violin" in the orches

MEET EMMANUEL PROBST:Emmanuel is Global Lead, Brand Thought-Leadership at Ipsos and an adjunct at the University of California at Los Angeles Emmanuel’s background combines over 16 years of market research and marketing experience with strong academic achievements. At Ipsos, Emmanuel supports numerous Fortune 500 companies by providing them with a full understanding of their customer’s journey. This encompasses brand awareness to purchase and recommendation, leading to greater insights on the consumer within it. His clients span across a wide range of industries, including consumer packaged goods, retail, financial services, advertising agencies and media outlets. Emmanuel also teaches Consumer Market Research at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and writes about consumer psychology for numerous publications. Emmanuel holds an MBA in Marketing from the University of Hull, United Kingdom and a Doctorate in Consumer Psychology from the University of Nottingham Trent, U

MEET BRENT EVISTON:Drawing is Brent’s lifelong passion. He has studied numerous forms of drawing including observational drawing, figure drawing, anatomical drawing, architectural drawing as well as more contemporary forms of experimental drawing. Brent is also a sought after drawing instructor.  In 2016 Brent created The Art & Science of Drawing, a series of bestselling, award winning, online drawing courses. To date, The Art & Science of Drawing series has enrolled more than 150,000 students in 177 countries. Brent teaches that drawing is not a talent, but rather a practical skill that anyone can learn. Throughout his more than twenty years of teaching Brent has tested numerous types of drawing instruction from centuries old classical techniques to contemporary practices. From his experience with thousands of students he has designed an approach to drawing that combines tried and true techniques with innovative methods of his own design.   Now, Brent has distilled the most e

MEET JUDY RODMAN,Judy Rodman is an award-winning vocal coach, recording artist, live performer, public speaker, published author, songwriter, musician, studio producer, podcaster and vocal consultant with over 50 years of success in the music industry. Named ‘Best Vocal Coach” by Nashville Music Pros and "Vocal Coach in Residence" by TC Helicon's VoiceCouncil Magazine, Judy teaches her vocal training method “Power, Path and Performance” to singers and speakers, specializing in maximizing vocal ability and performance impact while eliminating vocal strain. Her clients include major and indie recording artists and labels, artist development companies, touring and studio background singers, national public speakers, radio & TV personnel, teachers and voiceover actors. She has authored several vocal training courses, most recently making her e-book and paperback version of 'Singing In The Studio’ available through Amazon. Her blog and podcast ‘All Things Vocal’ have received over 2 million views and plays. Ju