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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.
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
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Love, sex, and relationships
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Relationship with time and money
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Compassion and empathy for yourself and others
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Deeper levels of love that we aren’t aware of
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Empathy
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Humans can justify anything, we are programmed to
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Taking responsibility for your own actions and understanding why
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Managing a relationship as an entrepreneur
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Managing a relationship as two entrepreneurs
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Setting aside sacred time for the things you really love
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Keeping new relationship energy
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Agreements with your partner
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Over communicate!
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Brain thoughts
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
E120:
On this episode we speak to recovery / life coach Branden Densmore out of Maine. Branden and I met online connecting on his posts on the influence of previous guest Jesse Harless’s new book that I’ve been working on the audio book version on while this was done. Branden is also on a path of helping the recovery community enter into entrepreneurship. We speak through his history, recovery, and his current business. We speak through having natural curiosity, getting a grant, spirituality, organized religion, being different in school growing up,, and investing in yourself. Good for creatives for mind set and raising capital and great for entrepreneurs for the story and more.
In This Episode We Cover
- The recovery community are the best people!
- Finding a competitor in your niche and being pumped
- High-school dropout
- Living in-authentic life
- Near death experiences
- Realizing the ability of your own non-existence
- Natural curiosity
- Rebelling in school
- Near death experience
- Going through the 12 step program
- Not receiving back
- Rewiring your brain during entrepreneur transition
- Relationship with money
- Investing in yourself for the first time
- Spirituality
- Organized religion
Quotes
“ I started working at some non-profit organizations, but it was like my needs weren’t being met. I would give, give, and give but not really receive.” - Branden Densmore
“ There’s something you’re not getting or there’s a mission that’s not being fulfilled that sparks you to be an entrepreneur. This isn’t filling me up everyday.” - Host Dave Swillum
“ We all have the ability to choose our meanings in life, if something happens in our life we can choose to interpret that however we want. People will give us meanings all day long but we can choose our own meaning. Give up on the positive opinions of others.” - Branden Densmore
Resources Noted In This Podcast Episode
Your local SBA
If Not You Then Who
by Jesse Harless
The Science of Getting Rich
by Wallace Wattles
Branden’s Links
FB
Branden Densmore
https://www.facebook.com/coachbranden/about/?ref=page_internal
FB Group
Spiritual Entrepreneurs & Recovery Warriors
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 Jul 27, 2021
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
E119:
Every person in your life has an impact on how you feel, think, and operate. When we are going after our dreams and thinking outside the box as creatives and entrepreneurs people will create friction with you. People will question you, or believe in you but just live things that are negative to your missions which makes it harder for you to keep away from the habits you don’t want to portray. People are typically in good intention but we are the sum of the 5 people we spend the most time with. That’s why it’s important even if we aren’t looking to take people completely out of our life because we love them, we at least be very aware of what affect they have and make alterations to change that affect if it’s negative. It’s time to get the people harming you out of your life and bring in people that challenge you and make you stronger. We don’t have to get rid of loved ones we care for but it may be time to alter how they show up and appear in your life in order to form the life you want instead of what others want of you.
In This Episode We Cover
- Who needs to leave your life?
- Who needs to come in to your life?
- You are the sum of the 5 people you hang with the most
- We are altered but all who are around us
- Difference between belief in you and challenging you
- Do they hear you out? Or not
- Time wasters - No respect for your time
- Bad influences are sneaky
- Breaking down mentors
- People that ask how, not black or white
- Sniffing out if people are fake supporting you on the internet
- Do the actions line up with the words?
Quotes
“ If someone’s f($*% up your steps, then it’s really hard to get to where you want to go to.” - Host Dave Swillum
“You can’t really feel good and meet good people and get them in there if you are bogged down by negative things and people that are messing with your dream.” - Host Dave Swillum
“They radiate something that makes you want to glow more.” - Host Dave Swillum
Resources Noted In This Podcast Episode
Crab Bucket Mentality
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 Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
E118:
One of the best part of hosting this podcast has been meeting you all out there so this episode is extra special with a listener coming on! After losing his job and searching for others conversation on the topic Peter found our podcast by looking up “Getting Fired’ and finding our episode 57 on when it happened to me! Peter reached out to the show via our email and we’ve connect on so much ever since on purpose, work outs, journaling, and investing. On this episode Peter and I connect on the shared thoughts on FU money and getting fired for the first time then speak on navigating that space and the development that comes after something like that. If you are working on financial independence, ability to have more control at your job, scared of being fired or just were, or want to hear more on personal growth and investment this episode is for you. Thank you Peter for listening, reaching out, and connecting through the show!
In This Episode We Cover
- Coming out stronger than before
- Finding advice through podcast
- Meeting people from digital to real life
- Being caught off guard
- Reframing the situation
- Looking back through journaling to understand your current self
- If anyone has control on anything in your life they can make losing an option
- How to journal
- Looking at yourself over time
- Public speaking
- Social experiments for growth
- Having FU money (ability to handle surprises)
Quotes
“It’s important to reframe the situation. Instead of thinking about what’s wrong thinking about what’s right.” - Peter Maslanka
“It’s ok to exit, even if it’s not on your own terms. There’s no shame in exiting, no shame in getting fired there’s always something out there for you.” - Peter Maslanka
“Everyday is gonna be it’s own thing, you don’t know what’s gonna happen even when you feel like you’re comfortable and you know exactly what’s gonna happen. Someone else can make choices to change up your day. Whether it’s work or it’s other things. We don’t have control like we think we do.” - Host Dave Swillum
Resources Noted In This Podcast Episode
Toast Masters Public Speaking Groups
https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/public-speaking-tips
Awareness by Anthony De Mello
Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
The Position of FU from The Gambler movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdfeXqHFmPI
Peter Maslanka Links
@peter78989
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter 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 Jul 13, 2021
Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
E117:
Many times when we are purpose driven or after a dream we have added difficulties in perceiving and controlling our time because we spend additional years putting in the work. Sometimes when we aren’t happy with what we are doing we need more “competitive urgency” or drive thinking what would I regret right now if I instantly turned 90 or what would my obituary read tomorrow? Other times we are working with hat urgency but it may take us away from the moments we aren’t meant to think that way where we need to accept that we have time. We have a lot of time in context to where we are at with our goals.
This episode quickly dives into the medium between these two feelings and opens discussion for you based on where you are personally at. Some days I need to get back after it and others I need to chill out a bit and be where my feet are. Either way let’s look at a large concept of time and break it down a bit for how we process on our journey of purpose in creative.
In This Episode We Cover
- Competitive urgency
- How we think of time as entrepreneurs and creatives
- How time is related to time
- We age ourselves with our own perception
- What would your obituary say if you died tomorrow ?
- You have time
- Take time to enjoy the process
- There are mundane periods and that’s normal
- Time & Money as resources for a business
Quotes
“ Every single thing that we buy, anything that has any price on it and anything that is priceless is based on the human perception of time. I believe we pay to save time or how we want to spend our time in some way.” - Host Dave Swillum
“ If you act young then you’re young, if you act old then your old.” - Host Dave Swillum
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter 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 Jul 06, 2021
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
E116:
Zane and I met a few weeks back over coffee when he was up in New England and we had the best conversation so I wanted to bring some of it out here as well. Hear in on his story finding his path as an audio engineer through his life coming out of the air force soon. We talk on positivity in the music industry and all industries, coming back from depression into your life purpose, being all in, and everything involved. Zane and I talk on some audio topics but the episode will be helpful to anyone pursuing a creative business, living their purpose, and going after what t hey love all in.
In This Episode We Cover
- Connecting with other positive people in your industry
- Starting a creative business while in the armed forces
- Meeting people in person
- Being uncomfortable with yourself
- Joining the armed services
- Going in different artistic directions
- Not being able to get behind a project
- Contemplating suicide and deciding to move forward and crush your dream
- What do I want to develop myself in?
- Are you all in?
Quotes
“I remember being like I think I can do this, I think I can do this audio engineering thing.” - Zane Pugh
“I was trying to be a makeshift version of someone else instead of myself.” - Zane Pugh
Resources Noted In This Episode
Jval’s 4 Books
- The Slight Edge
- Profit First
- The Go Giver
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You
Anything You Want
Derrick Sivers
Jordan Valerie
Zane’s Links!
IG
@zane.pugh
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter 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 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
E115:
Take marketing and journalism and blend it with your beliefs and passions in health! Jim Chester of Influencer Authority and Chirohustle creates podcasts, documentaries, and works to create influence and help in the chiropractic space. We speak through business, mindset, and content creation. How to communicate effectively through many mediums, growing impact, and selling your skill set. Jim recently started a new podcast to see if he could do proof of concept after growing his first so rapidly. We speak through some of his routines and history in improvement.
In This Episode We Cover
- Marketing and Journalism in the modern age
- Sharing a story
- Owning a niche and vertical
- American Healthcare system
- Pro active verses reactionary health
- Responsibility
- Communication
- Knowing your role
- Funding documentaries
- Influence
- Starting a podcast
- Your impact
- Give people what they want sell them what they need
Quotes
“ No one else is going to wake up in the morning and become inspired for you, No one else is going to feed you better food but you, no one else is going to go put the miles in the trails or hours in the weight room but you.” - Jim Chester
“ We control what happens when we wake up each day but people like to say that isn’t not in their control because it feels better. Every day is a choice.” - Host Dave Swillum
“ Does the guy who makes the car sell the car? I’m the guy who sells the car I’m not the guy who makes the car or services the car.” - Jim Chester
“Do you know how many times Thomas Edison tried to make a light bulb before he got it right? He tried to create a lightbulb 5,000 times before he got it right.” - Jim Chester
Resources Noted In This Episode
Palmer Rugby Recruiting Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D28wPvIJGhI
Ghost Tapes
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5365842/
BJ Palmer Green Books
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5365842/
Men of Iron
75 Hard Challenge
https://www.menshealth.com/uk/fitness/lifestyle/a35029546/75-hard-challenge/
Chiropractic: The Documentary
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6181966/
Think and Grow Rich
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5365842/
How to Win Friends and Influence People
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5365842/
The Greatest Salesmen In The World
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5365842/
Jim’s Links!
Chiro Hustle
Influencer Authority Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Influencer-Authority-Podcast-110699134433977/
Influencer Authority IG
https://www.instagram.com/influencerauthoritypodcast/
Jim’s IG
https://www.instagram.com/jimchesterchiro/?hl=en
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter 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 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
E114:
Travel hasn’t been on the top of everyones plans for the past year so on this episode we talk to nomadic entrepreneur, clothing trader, and music event vendor Rob Mathias and his travels and creative business. We speak through gratitude and spirituality, manifesting the life you want and following that, not getting stuck in a rut, and managing a business across country borders.
Traveling can be amazing for the sole and really inspire, let alone when you truly ingrain into a different place and become part of it. On this episode we speak through Rob getting and making new goods in Central America and bringing them to festivals of people thinking different.
In This Episode We Cover
- Being grateful for your past experiences
- Putting the work in
- Manifesting your life
- Working at a job you don’t like
- Always thriving forward
- Not getting stuck in a rut
- Losing weight and feeling healthy
- Apprenticing
- Learning the business
- Following a calling
- Exporting internationally
- Managing staff out of country
Quotes
“ I learned my worth, how hard I’m wiling to work. I wanted to do that for me, not for a company.” - Rob Mathias
“It’s a choice everyday whether you’re going to go to bed early or you’re going to stay up and get something done.” - Dave Swillum
“Not only have I surrendered to that flow since I’ve been out here, I’ve been swimming with that flow.” - Rob Mathias
Resources Noted In This Episode
Lake Atilan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Atitl%C3%A1n
The Bhagvad-Gita (The As It Is Edition)
Rob’s Links!
Hostel Del Funk
https://www.facebook.com/Hosteldelfunk/
Moksha Moda
https://www.facebook.com/mokshamoda/
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter 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 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
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Networking or introverts & extroverts
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Adapting to new networking tools
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Visual, Consistent, Taking The Pivot, Meeting where they are at, Using Your Strength
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Meeting them where they want to be met at
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Social places to meet
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Mastermind groups
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Industry specific events
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Meet with zero expectations
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Inbound networking, bringing people into your world without finding them
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Putting in your two cents on others posts consistently, meeting through others content
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Do something that is noticeable, something that shows skin in the game
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
E112:
Solo deep dive today. Many of you out there are super motivated individuals and I love that but it takes more than motivation to get through the hard times and days when it isn’t enough to keep you moving or isn’t present at all. Something much more powerful than any motivator is a HABIT. Today we go through some things that have and haven’t worked for me and how to start a good habitg or break bad ones. Habits can be useful for everything from our creative, business, art, personal relationships, spirituality, etc. Finding a way to create a force stronger than your motivation to help get you where you want to be at in consistent and little steps is so needed to get past the hard days. Everyone has highs and lows, habits can get you through them.
In This Episode We Cover
- Forming good habits
- Breaking bad habits
- Starting something new
- Consistency
- Motivation vs. Habit
- Having time v. making time?
- Schedule Frequency
- When will it happen?
- Commit, set a time frame, set an accountability
- Getting to making a conscious decision again after a bad habit
- Days when your motivation breaks entirely
Quotes
“ A big thing that people say is “I don’t have time for that” but what they really mean is it’s not high enough on my priority list for me to do that right now. It means that you haven’t decided that it’s a high enough priority to yourself in order to designate that time towards that task.” - Host Dave Swillum
“ It gets back into your routine so much so that it isn’t obstructive anymore. I wake up every Thursday and I don’t have to think about how I’m going to be podcasting that night.” - Host Dave Swillum
“ Commit to something for a specific amount of time and tell someone else that you’re gonna do that so there is an accountability.” - Host Dave Swillum
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter Follow 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