Creative

Interviews with creatives to explore creativity in music and the arts so that you can develop skills and become successful. We look at creativity through the lens of NLP, magic, and self-improvement and develop a map for creative thinking looking at the the arts as a healing force as well as a tool for self development.

Vikki Bramshaw, Author, Folklorist, New Forest Folklore 08/11/2026

Woman of the Medicine 06/24/2026

Separating The Artist From The Art 05/31/2026

Jerry Stevenson Writing a Novel and Creative Process 05/16/2026

Paula Rolls TikTok Etsy Witchy Podcasts Folklore 05/09/2026

Paul Davies Vinyl Matters, Changing Career, Guitar Teaching. 04/24/2026

Creative Podcast Teaching music, wellbeing movement and brain function 04/17/2026

Creative Podcast Teaching music, wellbeing movement and brain function Creative Podcast Teaching music, wellbeing movement and brain function Solo show on the power of learning for mental health and the effect of environment or our brain function and why we need to move. Teaching Philosophy & Student Demographics Teaching older professional students online who use music for unwinding Different approach needed vs exam-focused younger students Psychological perspective: tapping into creative aspects and life journey Focus on what experiences they can put into music and discover through it Complex Systems vs Simple Systems Referenced Nassim Taleb (Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness) Simple systems (light switch): predictable cause-effect Complex systems (human body/mind): changes create effects elsewhere Richard Bandler (NLP creator) observation: healing one problem can cause it to appear elsewhere “Blotting paper effect” We ignore how environment affects health, creativity, happiness People you’re friendly with, where you live, what you read, what you eat Movement, Learning & Brain Function Humans designed to move around and walk great distances Brain designed for movement: assessing distance, balance, spatial awareness Most brain function is about things we don’t consciously think about Intellectual thinking is “tiny bit” of what brain does Peripatetic teaching tradition (Socrates, Plato, Pythagoras) Walking and talking/teaching combined Satish Kumar example: Jain monk who walked thousands of miles while learning from teacher Young boys struggle sitting at desks - need movement for learning Historical Context: Music, Words & Social Connection Music and words historically linked together (bards, Orpheus) Ancestors: walked thousands of miles, storytelling while walking Social time around fires for storytelling Modern technology removes social interaction and landscape awareness Childhood Development & Risk Modern “micromanagement of children” vs historical independence Children’s resourcefulness comes from problem-solving for themselves Spending time alone and with non-parents Learning to deal with risk by being confronted with risk Experiencing “weirdness” and developing coping strategies Health, Creativity & Holistic Approach Older students: memory issues not because brain incapable, but unused “muscle” Learning music powerful for brain plasticity Art does something for wellbeing - not just intellectual pursuit Need to be “more of an animal” - understand what we require as living creatures Designed to walk, run, communicate, be sociable Tell stories (everything we believe is a story/hypothesis) Health connected to desire to live and share life with others Creative advice: get out walking, dictate ideas into phone, meet people, have fun /episode/index/show/vichyland/id/40896370

Creative Podcast Rob Rider Hill Fool’s Errand Magician Musician Writer and Chef 04/09/2026

Sacha Hughes Love, Grief & More Sex Than Pinot, Healing Through Writing, 03/28/2026

Owen Kennedy Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Saxophonist 03/03/2026

Jim Clark Abramelin Wolfe, Second Life, Motion Capture 02/19/2026

Noah Petersons: Surfer, MA Journalism Student and DJ. 02/09/2026

Sara Mastros Magic, Witchcraft, Writing and visiting the founder of Wicca. 02/03/2026

The Registry of Guitar Tutors (RGT) The End of an Era 01/24/2026

Harrison Marsh- Guitarist, Teacher, Examiner Music for TV and Film 01/17/2026

Martin Haskell Radio Exile FM 11/20/2025

Emma Fairthorne Anathema - Dedicated Witchcraft Emporium 11/12/2025

Norman Gregory Actor and Director. 10/29/2025

Ann Morris Electronic Voice Phenomena: The unwitting manifestation of anomalous sounds on to audio recording equipment 10/19/2025

Ann Morris Electronic Voice Phenomena: The unwitting manifestation of anomalous sounds on to audio recording equipment Ann Morris Electronic Voice Phenomena: The unwitting manifestation of anomalous sounds on to audio recording equipment. In this episode I am talking to the wonderful Ann Morris who has over a number of years and many hours of sitting late at night recording in prisons, old forts, battlefields and places of trauma. She studies and records EVP – Electronic Voice Phenomena: The unwitting manifestation of anomalous sounds on to audio recording equipment. These voices appear on the recording on playback. These are then meticulously documented and researched. This just happens to be close to Halloween but I have been trying to get Ann on the program for a couple of years so I am really pleased that she could finally make it. This is a brilliant episode Here are Ann’s notes to her work. Ok, here goes… I investigate EVP – Electronic Voice Phenomena: The unwitting manifestation of anomalous sounds on to audio recording equipment. I believe that EVP is a link to the disembodied consciousness. • At the time of recording absolutely nothing is heard – it is only upon playback that these sounds (often voices) become apparent. The sounds are of frequencies undetectable by the human ear ‘in the moment’. • These sounds/voices are not echoes. They are not from what we would deem to be ‘the past’ – they are very much in the here and now, and right with us. Many of my captures are of an intelligent nature, often using my name, calling out, interacting. Of course I am unaware of this until later, but because I’m a frequent visitor, I can always pop back to the same place and try to encourage interaction at another time. I have several communicators who I recognise – Mr Romeo, as I call him, who’s always uttering lovely things. He’s not always in the same place, and I’ve recorded him all over the prison. Then there’s ‘Sam’ – on 3 separate occasions he was named, and then on my asking, a gent’ answered my questions within mere seconds of my speaking. That’s 3 different dates, the same man replying, in the same cell. I have called him Frank – I don’t know why! • I record alone to minimise audio pollution on location – a double edge sword, because the critics will say that I am at liberty to fake my recordings. I give my absolute 100% guarantee that I never have, and never will, fake anything. All of my work is genuine. • I have been interested in EVP since around 2009 when I first heard of it, and since 2010, actively researching and investigating. • Anyone can do this, and anywhere. You do not have to be in a ‘haunted’ environment. At this point, I’d just like to clarify something that bugs me a little. The stereotypical acceptance of what ‘haunted’ means. Personally, the word ‘haunted’ to me, means a place that consistently produces anomalous phenomena. Weird stuff. Paranormal activity. And, whilst I’m at it, another word that tends to get bandied around as a ‘one size fits all’ misnomer, is ‘paranormal’, simply meaning something that physics cannot explain. Does this mean that things can’t exist beyond the boundaries of science? No! And EVP is just one such example – because I assure you, that it is very real indeed. This also goes for all other forms of anomalous phenomena too, which although may appear different, is I believe, intimately and ultimately connected. (I have had many other experiences that give credence to this!). /episode/index/show/vichyland/id/38634540