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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.

Creative Vic Hyland

    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 20 Ratings

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.

    Replay Chris Dagger

    Replay Chris Dagger

    Chris Dagger bass player for Emeli Sande, George Ezra amongst others and all-round nice chap tells tales of touring, meeting Stevie Wonder and spending time at Paisley Park. 
    Good for you would be rock stars fresh from college to listen to. 
    First played in June 2020 

    • 1 hr 9 min
    Simon Bradbury Heavy Rock Guitar Blacklight Vice

    Simon Bradbury Heavy Rock Guitar Blacklight Vice

    Simon Bradbury Heavy Rock Guitar Blacklight Vice
     
    Simon Bradbury from Southampton is the Rhythm guitarist and one of the songwriters in Blacklight Vice . Guitar player of over 20 years and music enthusiast for the 70s &n 80s. Music is his religion and has been part of his life for along as he can remember. Having been in several originals and cover bands over the years, BLV is the culmination of everything learnt and experienced over the years.
     
    BLACKLIGHT VICE FORMED IN 2019. THE SOUTHAMPTON HEAVY ROCK BAND IS A SONIC ONSLAUGHT OF RAUNCHY GUITARS, FILTHY RIFFS, AND THUMPING RHYTHMS, THAT EVEN YOUR MOTHER WOULD LOVE!
     
    2023 BROUGHT A LINEUP CHANGE, HEAVIER SOUND, AND A 1ST PLACE WIN AT THE RADIOWIGWAM AWARDS, TAKING HOME “BEST HARD ROCK & METAL ACT 2023/2024🥇”, MARKED BY THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SINGLE "VULTURES" HAILED AS “THE F*CK YOU SONG” RECEIVING EXTENSIVE RADIO EXPOSURE, AND GAINING POPULARITY NATIONALLY & INTERNATIONALLY, NOTABLY ON BBC INTRODUCING, TOTALROCK RADIO, HARDROCKHELL, VOICEFM & RADIOWIGWAM. 
     
    WITH THEIR ENERGETIC SHOWS ACROSS THE UK AND SWEATY LIVE PRESENCE, BLACKLIGHT VICE HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS A "HARD ROCK BATTERING RAM THAT IMMEDIATELY OPEN FIRE WITH ALL GUNS BLAZING” 
     
     
    Gigs 2024
    Railway - Winchester - 6th July (headline show)
    Rockvibes Festival - Nottingham - 31st August (supporting Kicking Valentina on UK tour)
    Suburbia - Southampton- 10th September (supporting Kicking Valentina on UK tour)
     
    FOR FURTHER DETAILS CHECK OUT
     
    https://www.facebook.com/blacklightvice/
     
    To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland
    and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk
     
    For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com
     
    Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music
     

    • 59 min
    Stuart Wheaton, Guitar, Teaching, Examining, Composition and Creating a Syllabus

    Stuart Wheaton, Guitar, Teaching, Examining, Composition and Creating a Syllabus

    Stuart Wheaton, Guitar, Teaching, Examining, Composition and Creating a Syllabus
    Today I'm talking to Stuart Wheaton senior examiner for LCME. We talk about music college, Carlos Bonell and various guitar examination boards from Trinity rock school to LCME.
    We also discuss how great players have very different ways of approaching music and teaching.
    Great chat with Stuart
    Check out his Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/people/Stuart-Wheaton-Guitar-Lessons/100063951765867/
     
    To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland
    and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk
     
    For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com
     
    Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Heather Bentley Strings, From Classical to Improvisation, Composer, Trailblazer.

    Heather Bentley Strings, From Classical to Improvisation, Composer, Trailblazer.

    Heather Bentley Strings, From Classical to Improvisation, Composer, Trailblazer.
    I am chatting to the multitalented Heather Bentley today. This is a great chat about her journey in music. There are some amazing insights here from a wonderful musician.
    Seattle-based violist and composer Heather Bentley has trailblazed a career as one of the West Coast’s most visible improvisatory musicians, specializing in creating evocative atmospheres and textures.
    Classically trained, she has shifted to an unabashedly experimental artistic output: As a performer, she can be seen performing on instruments like her electric seven string and five string violins or her electronic pedal board in numerous chamber ensembles that utilize improvisation, electronics, and often both.
    As a composer, her work for chamber ensembles and orchestras has been performed by organizations across the US. Relentless in her pursuit of creativity, she continues this work as co-founder of Kin of the Moon, a 501(c)3 organization which fosters collaboration between artists in service of creating unique art.
    Check out Heather’s work at https://www.hbentleymusic.com/about
     
    To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland
    and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk
     
    For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com
     
    Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music

    • 1 hr 19 min
    Mark Hewitt Snowshill Manor, Charles Wade, Skateboarding and Magical Objects.

    Mark Hewitt Snowshill Manor, Charles Wade, Skateboarding and Magical Objects.

    Mark Hewitt Snowshill Manor, Charles Wade, Skateboarding and Magical Objects.
    This episode is with the wonderful Mark Hewitt. We talk Skateboarding, the magical world of Snowshill Manor and its link with the Museum of Magic in Boscastle and Mark’s forthcoming book on the artifacts of the Snowshill Manor and the eccentric life of Charles Wade.
    We explore the links between music and skateboarding which I thought was fascinating and also the deep dive into how objects change their nature from items of curiosity to objects of magic.
     
    To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland
    and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk
     
    For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com
     
    Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music
     
     
     
     

    • 1 hr 23 min
    Bet Huws Welsh Folklore and Magic the power of the Welsh language Mabinogion.

    Bet Huws Welsh Folklore and Magic the power of the Welsh language Mabinogion.

    Bet Huws Welsh Folklore and Magic the power of the Welsh language Mabinogion.
     
    I'm talking to Bet Huws about the importance of language rooted in the soil and the importance of using Welsh for running events on magic and folklore.
    We talk about the enchanting nature of the Welsh language and the Science of Awe.
    We talk about the Mabinogion, the Bardic tradition, Awen and how words affect change.
    This is a great chat with someone who's passionate about her language and her country and that many of its traditions of healing and folklore are pretty much continuous, unlike England.
    Bet has set up the Welsh Magic Day,  check this out they have some amazing speakers.
    https://neuaddogwen.com/en/events/welsh-magic-day-2024/
     
    To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland
    and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk
     
    For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com
     
    Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music
     
     

    • 54 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
20 Ratings

20 Ratings

Waffryne ,

Great listening

Love these interviews. Really great insight into all sorts of people.

mafflete ,

Creativity masterclasses

Vic’s podcasts are so insightful and throw up so many great ideas that I often have to go back and listen again and take notes. The relaxed, but inquisitive style and fascinating range of guests make for a really absorbing listen.

philjc777 ,

Insightful and inspiring

Vic has a knack of getting the best from people - he has an empathy and his own mastery of creativity (and a unique ability of unlocking it in others). This series is a must if you have more than a passing interest in the arts… inspiring conversations about other peoples journeys in the arts.

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