The John Crinan Podcast

John Crinan

Join me as I chat with makers and creators about their work and their craft! A new episode every fortnight.

Episodes

  1. 28/04/2020

    Michael David Wilson

    In this episode I chat with professional writer, podcaster, and editor, Michael David Wilson! https://www.michaeldavidwilson.co.uk/  THE GIRL IN THE VIDEO is available now! https://www.michaeldavidwilson.co.uk/books/the-girl-in-the-video/ 00:02:24 - Intro 00:05:10 - Setting goals 00:10:00 - Advertisement 00:10:30 - Hawk & Cleaver's The Other Stories - http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/podcasts 00:17:10 - Michael's opening question on This Is Horror podcast 00:22:00 - How long do you spend researching guests? 00:28:40 - Structuring your day 00:30:40 - Learning Japanese 00:35:45 - Differences in our approaches to learning 00:41:35 - Writing for audio 00:51:50 - Japanese-Language Proficiency Test - https://www.jlpt.jp/e/about/levelsummary.html 00:57:00 - Chris Morris and the nature of celebrity 01:06:10 - THE GIRL IN THE VIDEO 01:15:30 - This Is Horror - http://thisishorror.co.uk/  Selected links from this episode: Off Track on The Other Stories - https://play.acast.com/s/theotherstories/32248359-b569-4208-9127-07d5c965ae54 The Tim Ferriss Show - https://tim.blog/podcast/ Anki decks - https://apps.ankiweb.net/ Pimsleur Japanese Language - https://www.pimsleur.com/learn-japanese WaniKani - https://www.wanikani.com/ Chris Morris - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0606439/ The Day Shall Come - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7078658/ Michael's Twitter - https://twitter.com/wilsonthewriter Michael's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wilsonthewriter/  Please support The John Crinan Podcast at https://www.patreon.com/johncrinan. An extended version of this conversation is available exclusively to patrons!

    1hr 27min

  2. 31/10/2019

    Richard Brown

    In this episode I chat with stand-up comedian, Richard Brown! https://twitter.com/RichieJBrown 02:30 - Memories of Richard's first ever stand-up gig 04:50 - Stage fright 06:30 - How long does it take to write a bit? 07:40 - Is there is such a thing as a general audience? 10:00 - Scripted or unscripted? 11:15 - Describe your act 13:35 - The Edinburgh Fringe 14:20 - Writing next year's show 17:55 - How do you write a joke? 22:50 - Has your approaching to writing changed over the years? 24:40 - Reviews 27:10 - How to put on your first Fringe show 28:40 - The Comedy Underground - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00073gl 32:20 - Being on TV 36:00 - Dealing with hecklers 37:50 - What do you do before going onstage? 39:00 - Comedy that offends 40:50 - How do I become funnier? Please support The John Crinan Podcast at https://www.patreon.com/johncrinan.

    48 min

  3. 23/09/2019

    Zoë Rose Smith

    In this episode I chat with writer and podcaster, Zoë Rose Smith (aka Zobo with a Shotgun)! https://zobowithashotgun.com/ 00:02:55 - How do you watch films differently now as a critic? 00:07:50 - Learning the language of film 00:10:45 - What happens if you change your mind about a movie? 00:13:10 - Do you watch a film more than once? 00:15:20 - How do you get so much done? 00:26:35 - Zoë's approach to social media 00:36:15 - The differences between Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook 00:42:00 - Dealing with unwanted attention 00:44:45 - The Unrated Cut - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB3wLHPqGiivii9v6Q2pYyr1C94ubGIJt 00:49:30 - Sharing non-horror content on social media 00:52:30 - Being on camera 00:55:30 - Overcoming social anxiety 00:59:25 - Zoë's Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/zobowithashotgun Selected links from this episode: The Bay - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1713476/ Lords of Chaos - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4669296/ The Devil's Candy - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4935372/ Google Calendar - https://www.google.com/calendar Asana - https://asana.com/ Evernote - https://evernote.com/ OmniFocus - https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus A Nice Chianti - http://anicechianti.com/ Zobo With A Shotgun Podcast - https://zobowithashotgun.podbean.com/ Moss Photographic - https://www.instagram.com/mossphoto_models/ SCREAM - https://www.screamhorrormag.com/ Zoë's Twitter - https://twitter.com/zobowithshotgun Zoë's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zobowithashotgun Zoë's Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zobowithashotgun/ Please support The John Crinan Podcast at https://www.patreon.com/johncrinan.

    1hr 13min

  4. 09/09/2019

    Timo Henderson's Dancing With The Duchess

    In this episode I chat with returning guest, Timo Henderson! Timo is a multi-instrumentalist composer and we chat about the creation of his latest track, Dancing with the Duchess. http://timohenderson.com/ Listen to Timo's first appearance on The John Crinan Podcast here: http://johncrinan.libsyn.com/the-john-crinan-podcast-with-timo-henderson-episode-01. Listen to John Crinan's The Iron Duchess on The Other Stories podcast here: https://play.acast.com/s/theotherstories/34.1ironduchess. Selected links from this episode: The Art of Composing - https://www.artofcomposing.com/categories/podcast Sibelius - https://www.avid.com/sibelius Conlon Nancarrow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conlon_Nancarrow Reaper - https://www.reaper.fm/ Orchestral Template for Reaper - http://otr.storyteller.im/ EastWest Hollywood Orchestra - http://www.soundsonline.com/hollywood-orchestra Morphit - https://www.toneboosters.com/tb_morphit_v1.html Timo on Twitter - https://twitter.com/HendersonTimo Timo on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/timohenderson/  Full versions of all music samples in this episode can be found at https://soundcloud.com/timohenderson/sets/dancing-with-the-duchess. Please support The John Crinan Podcast at https://www.patreon.com/johncrinan. All post-production and music by Timo Henderson.

    50 min

  5. 26/08/2019

    Do The Work (Bonus Episode)

    In this bonus episode, I chat about my key takeaways from Steven Pressfield's book about overcoming Resistance in your creative work, Do The Work. Future bonus episodes will be available exclusively to patrons. Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/johncrinan.

    31 min

  6. 12/08/2019

    Daniel Willcocks

    In this episode, I chat with writer and podcaster, Daniel Willcocks! https://www.danielwillcocks.com/ A very special thanks to my new patrons: Sarah Hazell, Luke Kondor, and Ben Errington! Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/johncrinan! 03:45 - 20BooksTo50k Edinburgh 06:15 - Meet people who are doing the thing you're doing 09:30 - Going full time 13:30 - Do you measure your words per day? 15:00 - Dan's deathbed trick 17:28 - The Caitlin Chronicles - https://www.danielwillcocks.com/books-2 20:40 - Writing in someone else's universe 25:00 - Planning a book series 31:20 - Interesting characters 33:05 - Writing collaborations 39:40 - Short stories 42:55 - Great Writers Share - https://www.hawkandcleaver.com/podcasts

    52 min

  7. 29/07/2019

    Luke Kondor

    In this episode, I chat with with writer, filmmaker, and podcaster, Luke Kondor! http://www.lukekondor.com/ http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/ 02:08 - It's early… What have you accomplished already today? 04:40 - The universal slap in the face 06:26 - What Luke studied at Uni 08:00 - Luke's early projects at Uni 13:18 - Where Luke grew up 15:00 - It's our job as creators to experience as much as possible 19:12 - Luke's superpower 19:37 - Luke's Massive Storytelling Podcast Thing 21:20 - Everybody should start a podcast 25:25 - The 7-day story challenge 29:30 - Writing Short Horror Stories minicourse 32:25 - Hawk & Cleaver - http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/ 37:00 - How The Other Stories are made 41:30 - Keith - https://vimeo.com/125879832 50:25 - Giving projects time to breathe 51:30 - Writing Advices - http://www.lukekondor.com/blog/2019/6/3/writing-advices-my-new-podcast

    1hr 3min

  8. 15/07/2019

    Hannah Mariska

    In this episode, I chat with writer and actor, Hannah Mariska! https://twitter.com/hannah_mariska https://www.instagram.com/hannahmariska/ 03:14 - First day at the writer's retreat 06:50 - Reading to an audience 08:54 - What was the daily routine like at the retreat? 10:16 - Daily word goals 13:38 - Wattpad - https://www.wattpad.com/story/119004990-short-horror-stories 16:24 - Inspiration 18:15 - The benefits of silence 19:55 - People watching 21:37 - Do you start a story with a character in mind? 24:55 - How does your acting experience inform your writing? 29:30 - Happy Place - https://youtu.be/sdPL6gu3D9g 30:00 - Crying on cue 31:37 - Losing yourself in a character 32:28 - Dancing 33:25 - Acting on stage 34:24 - Dealing with fear

    40 min
  9. Timo Henderson

    01/07/2019

    Timo Henderson

    In this episode, I chat with Timo Henderson. Timo is a multi-instrumentalist composer and sound designer who specialises in music for media. http://timohenderson.com/ 0:01:40 - Welcome to the podcast, Timo! 0:04:00 - Timo describes his studio 0:06:12 - On playing many musical instruments 0:10:30 - First experience in a recording studio 0:11:42 - The Purple Felts and playing the trumpet  0:13:10 - How Timo learns a new instrument 0:17:20 - The music scene in Perth, Scotland 0:20:48 - Timo's Left 4 Dead 2 music mod  0:25:48 - Making the Future Labs Music System Demo  0:28:51 - Essential tools and gear 0:31:44 - How Timo writes a new track 0:41:08 - What time of day do you write music? 0:42:28 - Make something every day 0:45:28 - Procrastination 0:46:44 - How do you remember your ideas? 0:47:38 - Originality in our work 0:50:27 - Metempsychosis  0:52:20 - What's wrong with prog? 0:56:30 - What's next? What's your dream project? 1:00:04 - On not being included in the school orchestra 1:04:00 - Timo's hilarious John Crinan theme tune Selected links from this episode: EastWest Hollywood Choirs Bar Room Crawl  Red Pine Timber Company  The Rude Boys  Hammerhand  The Counter Culture Collective  Adobe Premiere Pro  Phaser 3  Reaper  Sibelius  The Art of Composing podcast  Iron Duchess by John Crinan  EastWest Hollywood Orchestra  Atomic Habits by James Clear  Support the podcast: Twitter Instagram Facebook Patreon All post-production and music by Timo Henderson.

    1hr 11min

  10. 30/06/2019

    Welcome!

    In this minisode, I welcome you to the podcast and describe what to expect from future episodes. Twitter Instagram Facebook Patreon All post-production and music by Timo Henderson.

    5 min
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Join me as I chat with makers and creators about their work and their craft! A new episode every fortnight.

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  • Creator
    John Crinan
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2020
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © John Crinan
  • Show Website
    The John Crinan Podcast