Country Creatives
Country Creatives is a podcast for and about the incredible creative people living throughout our regional areas, who are traversing the many stages of creating a business around what they love and getting paid for it. Whether you are in the early stages of your creative endeavour or already further down your creative path, join Caleb Maxwell (Hebron Films) and Reece Hendy (Nacho Station) as they interview thriving creatives from across the creative sphere about their success stories and helpful failures. Caleb and Reece also throw in nuggets of wisdom from their own creative business journeys to keep you inspired and moving forward. Brought to you by the Emporium Creative Hub.
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Episodes
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Non Fungible Tokens, the Metaverse, Blockchains and Discord servers?! If this all feels like a foreign language to you, then this week's episode of Country Creatives Podcast is necessary listening. Caleb and Reece take a condensed look at the fundamentals of what NFTs are, how they work and most importantly why should creatives even care? Get up to speed with the future, tune in right here, right now.
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Bendigo Visual Artist Lauren Starr is the special guest on this episode of Country Creatives. Lauren discusses how Bendigo has influenced her art and the creative goldmine that she has found in embracing her shadow side. There is also some great insight into how Lauren has struck a fantastic balance between artist and day job until she is ready to make the flip to full-time and she also gives Reece and Caleb the scoop on what creative adventures lie just on the horizon.
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
It's a short sharp snippet episode on Country Creatives today that still manages to pack a lot of punch.....Uncover your WHY!
Using their current 'why' as starting points, Caleb and Reece get into the finer details of why your why matters and where to start with discovering your own why and applying it to your creative business.
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Get the inside scoop on a couple of creative projects that Reece and Caleb have been working on recently. They explore how they got the gigs, why the projects have been so satisfying, potential obstacles and challenges and more. They also give some insight to when joining a committee might be a great career move and they explore the fine art of delivering a feedback sandwich!
Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
Balancing a multi-faceted creative career is at the forefront of this chat with Aimee Chapman, who produces the Country Creatives alongside a bunch of other work as a musician, concert producer and programming of events at the Emporium Creative Hub.
Caleb, Reece and Aimee go deep on how to not lose your creative self when you are also managing the business side of things, tips for kicking imposter syndrome to the curb, getting comfortable in front of the camera, methods for getting through creative road blocks and a lot more.
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
Troy Firebrace is a Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung man making incredible visual art via his company Firebrace Designs. In this episode of Country Creatives Caleb and Reece find out about Troy's path to creating a significant and varied artistic career. They learn about the process and motivation underpinning his evolving practice on canvas and on walls whilst juggling his work as an Aboriginal Educational Officer at Sandhurst Catholic Education Office Bendigo. Recorded on 26 January 2022, this interview also contains some fantastic discussion around this current public holiday in Australia and other invaluable insight from this generous and talented guest.
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
So you want to make your creative career a viable business, or perhaps you're considering embarking on a new project inside your existing business and you're not quite sure where to start?
Join Caleb and Reece as they talk through their thoughts and experiences on when to start, how to start, what to focus on once you've set off, keeping up momentum, moving from part-time to full-time and much more.
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Join Caleb Maxwell and Reece Hendy in their first official episode as they talk in depth about who they are, what they endeavour to achieve with their respective creative businesses and what they hope to explore with the Country Creative Podcast. They discuss their own creative journeys complete with the glorious hits and tragic misses that defined their early careers and the advice and actions that have set them on the path to creative success.
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Welcome to the Country Creatives Podcast with Caleb Maxwell & Reece Hendy.
Listen in to this quick introduction to a podcast for and about the incredible creative people living throughout our regional areas, who are traversing the many stages of creating a business around what you love and getting paid for it. Get the lowdown on Caleb and Reece as they let you know what they'll be covering in future episodes.