Making Creativity Pay

Welcome to ‘Making Creativity Pay’, this isn’t a podcast about making millions, more about speaking to people in creative industries whether that’s music, literature, art or anything that relies on creativity about how that ties in with making a living from it.The aim is not about selling out any creative endeavour but to ensure that there is at least some way to pay the bills and keep the lights on, money can be seen to be a vulgar part of the process but getting fairly paid for the time, effort and expertise you put in to something shouldn't be a bad thing.

Making Creativity Pay is a arts podcast hosted by Dan Barnett, with 84 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Dan Barnett hosts Making Creativity Pay, a arts show with 84 episodes published.

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  Episode #100

  Hannah Platt, Ruby Carr and Kat Higgins - Episode 100!

  Aug 18, 20261h 27mS1

  “Ruby is daft and funny and high energy and silly, and whatever the content of the show is, it will be through that lens. And same with Hannah, it'll be dry and witty and things. And people who know me and have seen my stand-up, like know what I'm like on stage. I think for me having done marketing and stuff for other fringe shows before, sometimes it's about making that clear what the content of the show is, because some people just want to see stand up, right? Some people don't want to see clowning or whatever else, but then there's even within, you know, stand up, me, Ruby, and Hannah all do very different things on stage.” This episode is with Hannah Platt, Ruby Carr and Kat Higgins who are all performing at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. It was brilliant to hear from 3 great comedians and how their styles and attitudes to things like Flyering or Social Media differ as well as the things they have in common. We talk about poster design, fringe finances and lots more Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannahtheplatt/ https://www.instagram.com/rubyvroomvroom/ https://www.instagram.com/kat.higginscomedy/ Fringe Tickets: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/hannah-platt-cult-classic https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/ruby-carr-bite-me https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/kat-higgins-in-memory-of-me Odd Jobs Podcast: https://spotify.link/D2IrPvmdCXb Hannah on Bandcamp: https://alovelytime.bandcamp.com/album/defence-mechanism Find More about ‘Making Creativity Pay’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/ Making Creativity Pay Newsletter: https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/

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  Episode #99

  Spooky Dookie - Cool New Planet!!

  Aug 16, 202650 minS1

  “Maureen has learned piano in recent years and we had a scene where she sings a song and so she was playing piano, but because we're gonna be at fringe and renting a piano and then bringing it on and off stage just all felt too persnickety. Maureen has now learned the ukulele” This episode is with comedians Claire McFadden and Maureen Monahan who together are Sketch Duo Spooky Dookie. We talk about where the name comes from, their wide range of comedy experience between them writing for SNL, The Onion, Comedy Central and others We also talk about the right balance of written and improv work in a show, working together for over a decade and lots more. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spookydookieduo/ https://www.instagram.com/czmcfadden https://www.instagram.com/maurmon/ Fringe Tickets: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/spooky-dookie-cool-new-planet Find More about ‘Making Creativity Pay’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/ Making Creativity Pay Newsletter: https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/

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  Episode #94

  Eleanor Morton - The Mermaid

  Aug 15, 202636 minS1

  “I have a Samsung TV ,it will choose a specific channel to be to be the channel that's on and it's always something really random when you switch the TV on and for a while it was like the space channel, so was just like satellite images of Earth. At one point it was ITVX's comedy channel, and so very occasionally I would switch it on and I'd be on the TV and that was very surreal” Eleanor Morton who is performing her show ‘The Mermaid’ at the Edinburgh Fringe during August We talk about being on a two-yearly show cycle, her experiences of over a decade at the Fringe as well as building a profile on Social Media, podcasting and writing for TV and Radio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eleanormortoncomedy/ Show Tickets: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/eleanor-morton-the-mermaid Eleanor on ITVX: https://www.itv.com/watch/eleanor-morton-has-peaked/10a3838 Eleanor on Next Up Comedy: https://nextupcomedy.com/authors/eleanor-morton Eleanor & Alasdair Read That: https://readthat.podbean.com/ Cover Photo: https://www.instagram.com/tjstade/ Find More about ‘Making Creativity Pay’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/ Making Creativity Pay Newsletter: https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/

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  Episode #97

  Mark Vigeant - OUT THERE

  Aug 14, 20261 hourS1

  “My partner Anna had come up with this idea that like Edinburgh is like the way that surfers will travel to remote places to catch the best wave. That is what Edinburgh is. It's the best wave. We're a bunch of surfers and we want to have the biggest, longest wave. And all of the artists are hanging out at the club bar and we're like, how was the surf today? it was gnarly. I caught a really good one, you know? ” This episode is with Mark Vigeant about his show OUT THERE which is on at the Edinburgh Fringe during August We talk about what as an American keeps him coming back to Edinburgh every year, the creative process for producing a poster as well as turning a previous Edinburgh show in to a special that’s available on DropoutTV Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mark_vigeant/ Show Tickets: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/mark-vigeant-out-there Special on DropOutTV: https://watch.dropout.tv/videos/mark-vigeant-the-best-man-show Find More about ‘Making Creativity Pay’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/ Making Creativity Pay Newsletter: https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/

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  Episode #96

  Dancing and Magic - Ava Beaux and Christie Lee Manning

  Aug 13, 202646 minS1

  “ The more I give myself permission to do stuff, the better the act has got, and I think it has taken me 10 years to get to a point where I'm like, "Yes, this is what I want to do." I'm making a show now that I've wanted to write for the past 10 years. I've had such imposter syndrome with the acting side of things, 'cause I never went to drama school.” This episode is with Magician Ava Beaux and Dancer/Choreographer Christie Lee Manning of Response Theatre Company. We talk about the similarities in the disciplines, their Fringe shows developing as performers and more Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magician.ava.beaux/ https://www.instagram.com/responsetheatrecompany I Made You a Mixtape: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/i-made-you-a-mixtape Ava Beaux: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/ava-beaux-the-witching-hour Find More about ‘Making Creativity Pay’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/ Making Creativity Pay Newsletter: https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/

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