The Creative Spark G. Brian Benson

Ep. 115  -My guest this week is Mike "Smidi" Smith, an award-winning songwriter, musician, mixer, producer and record label owner who now has a media branch that is beginning to produced TV and Film projects. 



He is an Emmy, Clio and Addy Award winner who has written and produced songs that have sold over 14 million copies worldwide including multiple #1 songs, albums and top ten hits.  Smith has worked with Giorgio Moroder, Sia, Coldplay, Ke$ha, Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, One Republic, Tyrone Wells and many others.  Smidi began his career as a keyboardist, playing in bands with Keith Urban and Ben Folds.  After moving to Los Angeles, Smith signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV and began focusing on album writing and production.  


Smidi’s music has been licensed and placed in thousands of TV shows and commercials.  He has 4 Emmy nominations for his work in television and won BMI’s Film and TV award in 2019.  


Internationally, Smidi is known for his global theme for Live Earth, the largest televised concert in history.  His theme opened the event delivered across 7 continents with concerts in New York, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg and Hamburg. 



Most recently, Smidi is co-founder of the music and media label Saint Rogue along with his partner TJ Stafford. His tenured licensing experience has been instrumental to Saint Rogue’s rapid success in TV and film.



Join Mike and I as we talk about his career in the rapidly changing music industry, some of his special projects and where he thinks the music industry is headed.  You won't want to miss it!

Learn more about Mike:

Websites:
https://www.smidimusic.com


https://www.saintrogue.com



Social Media:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smidicity/
Twitter: @SmidiMusic


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Smidi




To learn more about host G. Brian Benson:
www.gbrianbenson.com
www.habitsforsuccessbook.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/gbrianbenson
Facebook: www.facebook.com/gbrianbensonmedia
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbrianbenson/


 
Produced by Casey Jarombek ✌

Brought to you by Reawaken Media
www.reawakenmedia.com 

Ep. 114 -My guest this week is Erin Gavin, a Scottish actress, singer, entrepreneur and keynote speaker.

If you are a big sports fan like myself, you will definitely recognize this week’s guest Kevin Negandhi. He is everywhere on ESPN.

Episode 112.   Growing up in Oklahoma, my next guest Whitney Reynolds always knew that she wanted to have her own television show. As a child, she started interviewing her friends with a makeshift microphone in her living room. During her adolescence, her family's difficult personal journey gave her the desire to share delicate stories that must be told. At the age of 23, her childhood dream became her adult mission and her talk show was born.  Since then, her show has grown and expanded through hard work and a very caring nature that helps her connect with her guests and audience.  



She is a television talk show host, media personality, podcast host, author, producer, philanthropist, Emmy nominated and a Telly Award winner. Whitney is widely known for her talk show The Whitney Reynolds Show, a nationally syndicated talk show that airs on PBS stations all across the United States.  

Join Whitney and I as we have a fantastic chat about what it takes to produce and host a nationally syndicated talk show!  You won't want to miss it!

-Link to show that I was a guest on Whitney's show!
https://youtu.be/mnEo1lVF-0c

To learn more about Whitney:

Website: www.whitneyreynolds.com


Twitter: www.twitter.com/whitneyreynolds


Facebook:  www.facebook.com/whitneyreynoldstv


Instagram:  www.instagram.com/whitney_reynolds





To learn more about host G. Brian Benson:

www.gbrianbenson.com
www.patreon.com/gbrianbenson
www.habitsforsuccessbook.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/gbrianbenson
Facebook: www.facebook.com/gbrianbensonmedia
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbrianbenson/

Produced by Casey Jarombek ✌

Brought to you by Reawaken Media

Samba Schutte is a Dutch-Mauritanian actor, comedian and writer who was born in the Sahara Desert and grew up in Ethiopia until the age of 18. He's currently starring in the HBO Max pirate comedy "Our Flag Means Death" alongside Taika Waititi, Fred Armisen and Rhys Darby. We chat about his creative process of acting and what it takes to break through in Hollywood.

Guest Nita Sweeney is an award-winning wellness author of the running and mental health memoir, Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink and co-creator of the writing journal, You Should be Writing: A Journal of Inspiration & Instruction to Keep Your Pen Moving. We chat about her journey back from depression and the creative process of writing. Enjoy!