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Candid conversations with music industry leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, creators, and people pursuing alternative lives. Join audio engineer, punk, and business man Dave Swillum in the thick of pursuing a creative passion in a serious way.
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Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
E171:
In the past we’ve talked about how impactful and statistically proven it is that when we write things we intend to do they are more likely to happen on prior episodes. Why should your bucket list or long term visions be any different? A vision board is a great tool for anyone to just show visually what their intentions are to keep their eye the prize, stay top of mind, and help create regular action to move towards the things we want the most. On today’s episode I talk about what they are, how they can be made in a number of ways, and where I think the ideal location of one is to help you go after the things you want to tackle before you are out of this world! A 0 bs talk on a self help principle I find very helpful to have around my office and think to.
Let us know what you think of this episode and hit me up @davewakeup on social or wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com.
In This Episode We Cover
- What is a vision board?
- Why use one?
- What should be on a vision board?
- Where should it be located?
- Writing down goals or putting them into a physical form make them more likely to succeed
- Make it how YOU want
- Ways to make a vision board visually appealing as a room piece and not noticeable right off the bat to others if you don’t want to share yet
- Examples from my personal board
Quote’s
“These are the things that I intentionally put time, energy, and money into to make them happen like 100%. This is a thing that’s going to happen in the 5200 weeks I’m alive. “ - Host Dave Swillum
“ Have a bunch of images that represent things that are part of your vision in a way that is appealing, exciting, and in a place that you see frequently.” - Host Dave Swillum
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me!
@davewakeup
Tik Tok
@broadwingofficial
Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)
https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube Channel & Series
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave
Dave’s Alternative band Band Broadwing
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/i-dnt-wnt-2-b-anyone
Tuesday Aug 02, 2022
Tuesday Aug 02, 2022
E170:
Everyone who wants to be the best needs a TEAM. On todays episode we talk about signs of which places are best to build a team around, industry differences, personal differences, what to look for in your team, and what that looks like in your life. In art, business, or life everyone needs a go to to help them with things they aren’t good at or hate doing so let’s talk about making the best one to help you on your mission.
Let us know what you think of this episode and hit me up @davewakeup on social or wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com.
In This Episode We Cover
- Building a team
- It doesn’t mean you are hiring all these team members
- Every industry is different
- Every person has different strengths and weaknesses to focus on building around
- What do you procrastinate?
- What are you not as good at
- faster, better, or at scale
- Types of things to look for out of your team
- They have to be the best
Quote’s
“Finding the right people who are willing and able to work with you really well at the tings you need them to do whenever you need them to do those things and getting into a rhythm with them that allows you to amp up whatever you do.” - Host Dave Swillum
“ If I don’t like something I say it really early right away. This gives the opportunity to correct something or change their relationship with you.” - Host Dave Swillum
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me!
@davewakeup
Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)
https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube Channel & Series
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave
Dave’s Alternative band Band Broadwing
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/i-dnt-wnt-2-b-anyone
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
E169:
After hearing many creatives / business owners discuss feeling like they are over posting and from the other side not feeling or seeing that at all I wanted to talk about it. Anyone that isn’t an ego maniac feels a little bit of guilt plugging their own thing in general or like they are posting their content a little bit too much but I’ve almost never seen someone do that in real life. On today’s episode we talk briefly through promoting your creative or business with social and outreach without being “too much” and some of the ways to identify. Action verses results, public perception, and touch points for action.
Let us know what you think of this episode and hit me up @davewakeup on social or wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com.
In This Episode We Cover
- You aren’t posting too much
- Social is a moving target
- Perception v reality
- What they actually see v what it feels like for us
- We are posting to something much more complicated than what it feels like to us
- Average of 7 touch points with one person to get someone to take an action in something
- Types of content and the changes in how it is perceived
- What actually bothers people and what doesn’t?
- Giving content breaks & planning strategically
Quote’s
“ Almost no-one ever posts too much.” - Host Dave Swillum
“ The amount that you are posting isn’t necessarily what people see.” - Host Dave Swillum
“ It’s way quitter in real life than it is in your head.” - Host Dave Swillum
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me!
@davewakeup
Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)
https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube Channel & Series
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave
Dave’s Alternative band Band Broadwing
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/i-dnt-wnt-2-b-anyone
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
E168:
Skateboarding, clothing brand, helping / building communities, and vocals for a metal band. On this episode we speak with Colin Trombley who I was fortunate enough to meet recently skateboarding over my head while I played guitar in one of my upcoming music videos! Colin and I talk about what it’s like to be a pro in your way, content fatigue, building a brand around what you love, mentors impact and much more. Music, creative, business, and skate life in this one.
Let us know what you think of this episode and hit me up @davewakeup on social or wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com.
In This Episode We Cover
- Being self conscious of showing your practicing of an art to others
- Building a community
- Not doing it the way it’s always been done just because that’s the way it’s always been done
- Content fatigue
- Places to encourage children to be creative and meet others when they are young
- Skate life
- Mentors that have a huge impact on your trajectory
- Learning about how others live and culture through your passion
- Being exposed to a diverse city of people frequently
- Don’t let things get stagnant
- Books can change your life
Quote’s
“That’s going pro in my own way.” - Colin Trombley
“I don’t walk into a place and judge a situation by just what I see.” - Colin Trombley
“You don’t want something to get too stagnant until it disappears.” Colin Trombley
Colin’s Links
IG
@colin_trombley
@shreddedeast
@in_shallows
Shredded East Website
In Shallows
Resources Noted In This Episode:
Kith
Chill Foundation
Barking Up The Wrong Tree
by Eric Barker
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me!
@davewakeup
Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)
https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube Channel & Series
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave
Dave’s Alternative band Band Broadwing
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/i-dnt-wnt-2-b-anyone
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
E167:
Let’s bust down the myth that you need to live as a starving artist. On this episode today we talk through many new ways to bring in income from what you have already or reduce overhead cost so we can focus on what we love or design our life to do what we love and have the overhead we feel comfortable with. So many people have given up on their passion because they thought they couldn’t support a family or themselves the way they want but fail to put in place some planning to help them accommodate or make the income they want while doing what they love and take some of the stress and grind off themselves as they build their dream. Brief episode today on someways to approach. You can have your cake and eat it too, you don’t need to starve to be an artist.
Let us know what you think of this episode and hit me up @davewakeup on social or wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com.
In This Episode We Cover
- You don’t have to be a starving artist long term
- You can have your cake and eat it too
- Long term financial planning
- How to make more from what we already have
- Designing your living situation to kill your overhead or make money
- Creating more passive ways people can invest in your brand
- Turning your knowledge into income
- Automatically moving money to a goal you have from the income you’ve generated
- Do what you need to do but you don’t need to forever
Quote’s
“ Let’s get rid of the idea of the starving artist.” - Host Dave Swillum
“ How can I take this thing and make it so I have low cost, no cost, or I’m making money off of it?” - Host Dave Swillum
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me!
@davewakeup
Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)
https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube Channel & Series
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave
Dave’s Alternative band Band Broadwing
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/i-dnt-wnt-2-b-anyone
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
E166:
As I’ve grown in business and creative over the years I’ve continually found value in finding mentors or education that make me get to a result faster. Today we talk about investing in a result big to get big results. What stops us from doing it and what’s a scam? I talk on this short episode about ways to get to the result with other resources other than just money, how to gauge if it’s worth it, and how the roll coaster feels when you do with the reward at the end. If you want results you need to invest in them.
Let us know what you think of this episode and hit me up @davewakeup on social or wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com.
In This Episode We Cover
- Investing in results
- Garbage in is garbage out
- What are you not good at?
- Easy to invest in what’s always been done, scary to invest in new
- People are built to become better
- Hesitation
- Investments we’ve always made but never feared are way bigger
- The result is the most important
- Result over investing in anything
- How to make sure you are investing in something that get’s the result not a scam
- Compounding effect of lost/gained years
Quote’s
“What are my gaps? What are the things that I’m not good at and I need help with?” - Host Dave Swillum
“ I don’t feel that we should be hesitating in investing in ourselves, investing specifically in a result we are looking to get when we have been investing in less scary things our whole lives.” - Host Dave Swillum
“ What do you want to make happen? What’s the number one thing you want to be a part of your life? What is the result you are trying to get? What can I do or who can I work with to get me that result?” - Host Dave Swillum
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me!
@davewakeup
Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)
https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube Channel & Series
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave
Dave’s Alternative band Band Broadwing
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/i-dnt-wnt-2-b-anyone
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
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Leaving college early
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Going into gigging full time with your original music
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Developing your first physical product
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Itching your own scratch
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Pillars of your business / content
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Distributing all your creative
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Working with what you have
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Working with others that can do things you can’t
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Getting back that child like wonder and exploration
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Approaching finance sustainability as a creative starting out
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Piecing together your income and diversifying risk on the streams
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
E164:
Today’s episode is a reminder for those working in what they love and a cautionary note for those going after it or thinking about it. When we start doing what we love as a business or a life style seriously it’s really easy to follow that professionalism and drive into an unhealthy space that ruins both for us. On today’s episode we speak briefly to keeping something available that doesn’t need to matter so you can keep that reason you got into what you love in the first place alive and spill it into everything you do. Let us know what you think @davewakeup or wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com.
In This Episode We Cover
- Don’t lose the child like feeling
- Why you got in to this in the first place?
- What is your F it is why I’m doing it thing?
- Preventing becoming jaded
- Working to keep life in your creative
- Doing the thing you started
- Separating pieces of you from your business
- Separating the you from your creative
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me!
@davewakeup
Merch To Support Us!
Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)
https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork
Facebook Community to connect to creatives
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wakingupfromwork/about/
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube Channel & Series
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave
Dave’s Indie Band Broadwing
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/tennessee
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
E163:
Today we speak through staying curious, owning your losses with the wins, gratitude to combat complacency, entrepreneurship, your first iron man, and a lot more. Entrepreneur, small business coach, and boutique clothing store owner Ciara Stockeland and I chat on this one over a large range of topics pushing mindset, business, creative, and much more. Let us know what you think @davewakeup or wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
What you are trying to start?
How’s it going?
Are you thinking a physical location or virtual only?
Let us know
In This Episode We Cover
- Boutique retail
- Coming from a family of small business owners
- What would make my business different?
- Staying curious
- Learning from your business while its alive and adding to your concept
- When it’s not working and people shove forward
- It’s easy to own our wins, but we blame our failures on others
- Gratitude v complacency
- How to be a good mentee
Quotes
“This is working, this isn’t working, how can we stay curious?” - Ciara Stockeland
“If it’t not working you have to stop trying to move forward doing the same thing and expecting different results.” - Ciara Stockeland
Resources Noted In This Podcast
Atomic Habits
https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits
The Compound Effect
https://www.amazon.com/Compound-Effect-Darren-Hardy/dp/159315724X
The Boutique Workshop Podcast
https://www.theboutiqueworkshop.com/the-inventory-genius-masterclass?gclid=CjwKCAjwy_aUBhACEiwA2IHHQC7TPLgHorDcK0jb0Rn6bvLBzCuzahapy0tg1Y3PJ7Ix_Kzo0tSu1BoCm50QAvD_BwE
Ciara Stockeland’s Link’s
Personal Brand Website
https://ciarastockeland.com/
Boutique Workshop Site
https://www.theboutiqueworkshop.com/
IG
@cstockeland
@joinboutiqueworkshop
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me!
@davewakeup
Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)
https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork
Facebook Community to connect to creatives
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wakingupfromwork/about/
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube Channel & Series
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave
Dave’s Indie Band Broadwing
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/tennessee
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
E162:
On today’s episode we are joined by Fabiana Claure focusing on a sustainable, abundant living as a musician and creative without the one to one ration of time in the equation. Fabiana brings insight on how to remove the “you” from the time without removing the you from your output to customers. We speak through bringing business to creative (I know I talk about it a lot), taking a brick and mortar remote, starting different income streams from your current gifts, and much more. Overall a great episode for anyone trying to live the life they want by design and share their gifts with more people for more income. Hit me up with your thoughts @davewakeup or wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com!
In This Episode We Cover
- Learning business as a creative
- Don’t wait for it to come, create it
- Mentors
- When both partners in a couple are in creative careers
- Starting a brick and mortar music school
- Operating a brick and mortar remotely with systems
- Starting a new program from scratch
- Starting a business with a young child
- Taking action even when others don’t understand your decisions
- Creating life on your own terms
- Artists NEED to make money to make more art
Quotes
“Well I love to play the piano but how will I make a living with this, there’s no more degrees I can’t keep going to school.” - Fabiana Claure
“There’s no box that I drop that resume in, it’s a different battle as a creative.” - Host Dave Swillum
“It’s not coming to you, you need to go get it and that’s ok but you need to know that.” - Host Dave Swillum
Fabianas’s Links
Fabiana’s Guide
https://fabiana.lpages.co/the-mpu-guide-opt-in/
Fabiana’s F Book Community
https://www.facebook.com/groups/musicianscreatingprosperity
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me!
@davewakeup
Merch To Support Us!
Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)
https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork
Facebook Community to connect to creatives
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wakingupfromwork/about/
wakeupfromworkpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube Channel & Series
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave
Dave’s Indie Band Broadwing
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/tennessee