Creative Detour Podcast: Recent Episodes
Matthew James Oxlade
Creative Detour is a podcast for creatives to share their journey - the twists and turns of creative life and how they arrived at their current position. Creative Detour is part of Matt, Simplified.
Aidan Sean McDonald is the drummer of Private Function, videographer, director and more. In this episode we talk about the many different hats Aidan has had to wear to make ends meet on his creative journey, the history of the Private Function scratch-it cover art, the urine infused vinyl, his directing dreams, imposter syndrome and more.
Listen to the audio-only version of the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you listen to podcasts, or watch the video version on YouTube.
Joc Curran is a co-founder of the iconic Brisbane music venue, The Zoo. In this episode, Joc talks about the original view for the venue, the importance of building organic relationships in the community, endurance and a lot more. The Zoo is celebrating it's 30th anniversary this month.
Listen to the audio-only version of the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you listen to podcasts, or watch the video version on YouTube.
Links
The Zoo - https://www.thezoo.com.au/
The Zoo's 30th Anniversary - https://www.thezoo.com.au/whats-on
Brett Wood is the Principal and co-founder of Music Industry College, an innovative college that provides education for grade 11 and 12 students who are interested in a career in the music industry or creative arts.
Listen to the audio-only version of the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you listen to podcasts, or watch the video version on YouTube.
Links
Music Industry College: https://mic.org.au
Brett Wood - https://instagram.com/liminaltart
This episode is a panel discussion with the three creators of Up In The Airlock - Nat Flamsteed and Nat Sim of Method To My Madness Film and Ian Haug from Powderfinger and The Church, also the owner of Airlock Studios.
In this episode, Nat, Alex and Ian speak about Up In The Airlock, a live performance video series filmed at Airlock Studios and the funding available to creatives to launch projects like this.
Download wherever you listen to podcasts or watch on YouTube!
Links
MTMM Film
Airlock Studios
Up In The Airlock (Season 1)
This episode is a panel discussion with the three creators of Up In The Airlock - Nat Flamsteed and Nat Sim of Method To My Madness Film and Ian Haug from Powderfinger and The Church, also the owner of Airlock Studios.
In this episode, Nat, Alex and Ian speak about Up In The Airlock, a live performance video series filmed at Airlock Studios and the funding available to creatives to launch projects like this.
Download wherever you listen to podcasts or watch on YouTube!
Links
MTMM Film
Airlock Studios
Up In The Airlock (Season 1)
Alex Towler is one half of the winning duo of the television show Lego Masters 2020 and continues to build Lego exhibitions and pieces.
In this episode, Alex talks about:
- How to time manage effectively while working on a creative project
- Whether Alex identifies as a product of Lego or ‘Lego Masters’
- Finding identity in a larger brand’s parameters
- The strengths and weaknesses of working creatively in a team
- Requirements for working with Lego when undertaking an exhibition work
- What it means to be a Lego Certified Professional
- How to check your ego in the ideation phase of group work
- How to come up with new ideas
- How to manage personality differences in passionate creative communities
- And lots more!
Download wherever you listen to podcasts or watch on YouTube!
Lana Bee is an OnlyFans (top 0.3%) and Twitch content creator based in LA. Lana and I do a deep dive on their creative journey, what brought them to OnlyFans and Twitch and how they manage producing such a large body of ongoing content.
In this episode, Lana talks about:
- How Lana used art to escape a controlled environment and manifested their freedom
- How Lana got out of a cycle of homelessness and established in their own home
- The income differences from stripping, cam work and other sex work
- How Lana maximises their income
- Whether Fansly can overtake OnlyFans are the primary outlet for online adult content
- If Cardi B and other celebrities who appear on OnlyFans are watering down the potency of sex work
- What OnlyFans can do to communicate better with sex workers and content creators
- How Lana manages to distribute a consistent and large output of content while going through periods of depression
- Recommendations for tackling OnlyFans subscribers who cross the line of appropriateness and Lana's views on parasocial connections
- How Lana balances their OnlyFans persona with their real-world intimacy offerings to a partner
Listen to the audio-only version of the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you listen to podcasts, or watch the video version on YouTube.
Follow Lana Bee
Website: https://lanabee.me/
Mikey Richards is the drummer for Violent Soho and a passionate philosopher.
In this episode Mikey talks about:
- his history with singing and how his classical-trained experience differs from Luke Boerdam's (singer of Violent Soho) non-traditional experience
- the importance of showing yourself for who you truly are and not comparing yourself to others
- the feeling of starting over when making Hungry Ghost
- how to free yourself from creative obligations and the pressure of your online identity
- how to break illogical patterns of thinking
- the power of meditation
- how he approaches session drumming
- and lots more!
Listen to the audio-only version of the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts.
Follow Michael Richards and Violent Soho
Mikey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antimikeysohorealthefanpage/
Violent Soho's Instagram: https://instagram.com/violentsoho4122
Website: https://violentsoho.com/
Dan Stork is an audio engineer and tour manager from Brisbane, Australia.
Dan has done work for Deafheaven, Ruby Fields, Hockey Dad, DZ Deathrays, The Smith Street Band, Russian Circles, Nothing, Rolo Tomassi, Clowns and more.
Listen to the audio-only version of the podcast at:
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/creative-detour-podcast/id1335307416
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4BdoRNAQekMOURzbqgKnWo
YouTube - https://youtube.com/mattsimplified
Or anywhere else you listen to podcasts!
Creative Detour is a podcast about creative people and their creative journeys, hosted by music photographer Matt Walter, by Matt, Simplified.
Liam Edward Brennan is an award-winning cinematographer from Sydney, Australia.
Liam has worked on awesome commercial projects including Chris Hemsworth's Centr, David Jones, McDonalds Monopoly, and some equally as good music photography projects with bands such as Powderfinger, Violent Soho and more.
Listen to the audio-only version of the podcast at:
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/creative-detour-podcast/id1335307416
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4BdoRNAQekMOURzbqgKnWo
YouTube - https://youtube.com/mattsimplified
Or anywhere else you listen to podcasts!
Creative Detour is a podcast about creative people and their creative journeys, hosted by music photographer Matt Walter, by Matt, Simplified.
Craig Selak and Tim Maxwell sit down with me to discuss LOSER 'All The Rage', being authentic as an artist, ASMR and dropping two albums during a pandemic.
This episode has Tim Maxwell and Craig Selak talk about what their experiences with previous bands (The Bennies, Apart From This and more) offered as guidance for LOSER.
Buy a copy of LOSER 'All The Rage' here - https://24hundred.net/collections/domestic-la-la/products/all-the-rage-12-vinyl-clear-with-pink-blue-splatter
Listen to the audio-only version of the podcast at:
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/creative-detour-podcast/id1335307416
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4BdoRNAQekMOURzbqgKnWo
YouTube - https://youtube.com/mattsimplified
Or anywhere else you listen to podcasts!
Creative Detour is a podcast about creative people and their creative journeys, hosted by music photographer Matt Walter, by Matt, Simplified.
April Josie is a photographer from Sydney, Australia, focusing on content of all types. I know her best from her work with music photography, but she is a photographer of all different kinds.
In this episode we talk about how to look after your mental health, finding a creative passion outside of photography, overcoming detractors and managing business relationships.
Buy one of April's prints
View April's prints and place an order here - https://www.apriljosiephotography.com/
Watch the interview
https://youtu.be/acFdKcF40Y8
Follow April Josie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/april.josie.photo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/april.josie/
Website: https://www.apriljosiephotography.com/
About the episode
Fresh off the back of of Sly Withers' Coldplay Cover, The Scientist, Jono Mata and Sam Blitvich sit down with me for the Creative Detour Podcast to talk about everything creative.
Buy 'Gardens'
Buy 'Gardens' here - https://SlyWithers.lnk.to/Gardens
Watch the interview
https://youtu.be/qJivxFgtkL4
Follow Sly Withers
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SlyWithers/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slywithers/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/slywithers
Welcome to the third episode of the Creative Detour Podcast! In this episode I sit down with Ben Lee to talk about his creative journey.
This Ben Lee interview spreads light on how he sustains motivation for creative projects long-term, what he learned from Sonic Youth and The Beastie Boys around community and heaps more.
Ben Lee is playing the Brisbane Powerhouse on 19 June. You can grab tickets here.
Listen to the Creative Detour Podcast - honest conversations with creative people. Hear about how they made themselves into the success they are today.
This episode I talk to Jake Laderman, drummer in Clowns and co-owner of Damaged Music.
Jake takes us on an honest journey through the hardships of being in a DIY band, advice for up-and-coming bands new to managing their budgets, what it's like starting a record label and more.
Listen to the Creative Detour Podcast - honest conversations with creative people. Hear about how they made themselves into the success they are today.
Filter Photography Podcast is now Creative Detour!
Creative Detour is an Australian podcast hosted by Matt Walter, a music photographer with a passion for all things creative.
In this episode
- Why the podcast name was changed
- What is changed in the podcast
- What Creative Detour will focus on
Listen to the Creative Detour Podcast - honest conversations with creative people. Hear about how they made themselves into the success they are today.
I speak with Lewis Nixon about his new 3D music photography zine, how many photos are too many or too few to submit to a publication, and what keeps this music photographer motivated.
You can check out Lewis' work here:
- https://www.ljnphoto.com/
- Buy the 3D zine
You can view more information about this episode at the Filter Photography Podcast website.
Yep, positive feedback can be a bad thing!
Episode 27 of the Filter Photography Podcast has an interview with April Josie, wedding and music photographer from Sydney, Australia.
We talk about how April goes about creating bodies of work, why crediting is actually important to photographers, whether a formula is useful in client work and more.
You can check out April's work at:
- https://www.apriljosiephotography.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/april.josie.studios/
- https://www.instagram.com/april.josie/
Australian artists - this is the episode for you! Episode 26 of the Filter Photography Podcast has an interview with Rachael Audrey Anger, a multi-talented artist and host of the Isolation Art Show.
Isolation Art Show is an online-only art show that is helping Australian artists sell their work and keep food in their mouths during tough time.
Rachael has put hundreds of hours of her own time and loads of her own money into giving Australian artists an opportunity to sell their work in an innovative way during COVID-19's lockdown period.
We talk about how the digital landscape is merging with the traditional art show environment, how to find what you are truly passionate about and how to get involved in future Isolation Art Show-type experiences.
You can check out the Isolation Art Show at:
- https://www.photoaudreyanger.com/isolationartshow
- Isolation Art Show on Instagram
Get a rock-solid brief from your client. In this podcast episode we'll talk about what questions you will want to ask to get a very clear photography brief that will make it super easy for you to impress the client!
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
Three things I learnt while I was on a recent music photography tour, and how to reduce the amount of photos you give your client.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
Which focal length is right for you? Is one better than another? Is there something you're missing but need to consider?
Check the full show notes here - 35mm vs 50mm
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
How do you beat photography block? Is it even real? What is the best starter camera? Are mirrorless cameras the future? All this and more in this episode of the Filter Photography Podcast.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
I'm not sure about you, but I find every post I make on Instagram gets a varied result when it comes to how many people see the post. This episode of the Filter Photography Podcast tells you how you can battle the decreasing reach of your Instagram posts by playing the game properly. Read the full show notes.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
What lenses are good for music photography? What music photography gear is cheap enough to get a great shot? Here's my recommendations. Read the full show notes.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
This episode of the Filter photography podcast breaks down a photo competition's contract, discusses the role of music in photography and has more listener questions answered. Read the full show notes.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
Welcome to episode 17 of the Filter Photography Podcast. This episode has Michelle Grace Hunder, or MGH as I call her, talking about the importance of positive client relationships, whether you should sign a photography contract, and more.
CONTENT WARNING: This article deals with sexual assault.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
Welcome to episode 16 of the Filter Photography Podcast. This episode is a bit special because you probably saw from the title, it's the first episode with a special guest. My good friend, Luke Henery of Violent Soho, talks about film photography, his film photography projects, and his upcoming Laneway exhibition.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
This episode of the Filter photography podcast takes a no-nonsense approach to how to score bigger photography jobs and what to charge.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
This episode of the Filter photography podcast tackles what to do when you're stuck in a photography block, how to get started with photography in general, and more.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
In this episode of the Filter photography podcast, I share my three top tips for great black and white photography.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
In this episode of the Filter photography podcast I give advice for 35mm film, share whether I think I take better photos when I am drunk or sober when photographing music, what photography gear I use and more.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
Three more questions are answered this episode, covering whether a zoom lens or prime lens is better for concert photography, how long it takes me to edit photos, and where inspiration can be found outside the medium of photography.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future Filter photography podcast episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
Limited edition signed prints available at https://mattwalterphoto.com/prints/
The most commonly asked question gets answered on the 10th episode of the Filter photography podcast - how did I get started with music photography? I photograph for Violent Soho, Dune Rats, Skegss and more. Let me tell you how I started out.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
Episode 9 of Filter photography podcast is all about music photography jobs. Do they exist? How do you get them? How do you continue to get them? Includes a lot of talk about mojitos.
Note: Driver of mojito lovers was sober.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter podcast website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
Episode 8 of Filter photography podcast talks about social anxiety, how to capture the energy of acoustic performances, and discusses those nasty photography contracts.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
Episode 7 of Filter photography podcast is part 2 of the copyright infringement topic, and steps through a practical process for trying to receive appropriate value in return for your photos use in situations where it was not approved by you.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
You can view more photography assistance content at Filter, or view Matt Walter's work at his website.
Episode 6 of Filter photography podcast outlines how rampant unauthorised use of your photos actually is. What can you do to protect your work? What is a reasonable course of action? Part 2 will step through a practical process for trying to receive appropriate value in return for your photos use in situations where it was not approved by you.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
You can view more photography assistance content at Filter, or view Matt Walter's work at his website.
Episode 5 of the Filter photography podcast tells you what is involved in concert photography. Is it as fun as it looks? Is it something that suits your lifestyle? This episode answers that very question and asks the question - is music photography for me?
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
You can view more photography assistance content at Filter, or view Matt Walter's work at his website.
Episode 4 of the Filter photography podcast is all about productivity. No matter how effective you are at getting things done, staying motivated and consistent is something all photographers can do better. In this episode, Matt talks about his five favourite productivity tips and tools for getting more photography done.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
You can view more photography assistance content at Filter, or view Matt Walter's work at his website.
Episode 3 of the photography podcast answers three more of your questions! In this episode, questions on how to find your own style, how to find the perfect location, and where to find the most reliable feedback on your photography.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
You can view more photography assistance content at Filter, or view Matt Walter's work at his website.
Episode 2 of the Filter photography podcast has three of your questions answered and covers topics including bullying in the photo pit, how to make money in today's photography environment, and how to find what you're good at.
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
You can view more photography assistance content at Filter, or view Matt Walter's work at his website.
Episode 1 of the Filter photography podcast is all about the common mistakes beginner photographers make when starting out with photography. What better way to start a photography podcast?
Have a question that you'd like to ask for future episodes?
You can submit a question to be answered on the show by visiting the Filter website. Ask specific questions or something general - anything is on the table!
You can view more photography assistance content at Filter, or view Matt Walter's work at his website.