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  • BSIDE Chris by Christine and The Queens

    BSIDE Chris by Christine and The Queens
    Jun 16 2025
    Featured Artist: Christine and the Queens Featured Vinyl: Chris Alexis’ Hot Pick What’s-her-face (english) / Machin-chose (french) Sam’s Hot Pick Girlfriend Thanks for listening, catch you on the next episode. Psst! We are always on the lookout for an artist's vinyl to listen to, have you got one in mind that we should check out? Get in contact with us via Instagram @throughthecreativedoor Let’s get social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/throughthecreativedoor/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ttcdpodcast CREDITS Created and Hosted by Alexis Naylor Co-Host: Sam Timmerman Music by Alexis Naylor & Ruby Miguel Voiceover: Ruby Miguel Edited and Produced by Ruby Miguel ----------------  Hello from the How are you? Oh, very well, my friend. How are you? I'm very well too. I am enjoying the vibe that's coming through the screen and this week there's so much dancing going on. I love it. Little bit. I'm a happy little bear for multitude of reasons. One 'cause I'm mostly happy Beth, but I have an amazing offering for us. Chat about this week. I cannot wait. I have been melting into this one. It's been so much fun. My offering this week is a vinyl called Chris by Christine and the Queen Second album, I believe. Coolest artwork, telling the story of what they're going for. Artwork is just bang on. It's on point for exactly what they're trying to convey with this record. It's so cool. I have fallen in love with this record many moons ago for a multitude of reasons. One. Because Christine and the Queens did essentially a double of this record. So there are all English tracks and then I think all but one of them have a French version. by golly, is it stunning. So if you actually find this online, you will. Get all 23 tracks English and French. For me, I was very sad in the sense that, one, I got to have this vinyl love it, but I couldn't find the French version that sold out everywhere that I went looking. So very sad. But I'll take what I can get. It's fine. What was your top pick? Okay. I have to qualify here before I went from my top pick. The first time I had listened through this, or the first time I got down to sit, to listen to this was in a hotel room at about 2:00 AM and I think I just didn't get to bed until another hour and a half afterwards because I only listened to a couple of tracks and they did not leave my brain. They're so good. It was, ah. What the, just that initial opening of Come see and I just went, oh my God, this is amazing. Just slop these offerings. I'm just like opening you up to a very different world. It's so much fun. The production on this is very cool, immaculate. It is a little bit synth wave. It's a little bit poppy. It's got. I cannot describe how much fun I had listening through this. Again, music brain took off, so I started listening to the lyrics about a week later. But Quick Hot Pick was Girlfriend. Yes, because, and again, it took me the entirety of the last two weeks trying to pick. A hot pick. For the pure reason, if I had so much fun with the record, this one sat really grooved, sat really nicely and chilled out after I'd listened through the whole thing once. Coming back to the record again. After listening through it. Then getting to chill down to this was really cool. The message in its powerful as and it's, I've really love the fact that it will actually hit differently depending on how you're coming to it. But yeah, just sit back and melt into it. That's all I can say. That's the good version. And one of the tracks that has a corresponding English and French. Yes. Yes. Yeah, it's stunning being the way the vocal work is incredible. Yeah, if you're, I have to say, if you're a fan of Prince if you're a fan of Prince, 85% of these tracks are right up your alley. And they label because music, I had a quick little dig. They rereleased prince's, MPL sound as a limited edition. Fairly recently. So yeah, they've got that link and a lot of their artists have a similar kind of sound. They've got some Tame Impala on there. Major laser is on because music as well, label outta France. So much fun. Do you have a hot pick? I do have a hot pick. And just like what you were saying, super hard to just choose one out of the 23 tracks essentially. But you've got the English and French versions. If I had to roll it down, it would be what's her face? What a great title. Okay, I've got a few points here of why this is my favorite. So let me roll them out. I have got one, it's got real bare bones production, which I froth at. It's got this really heavy pulsing bass and absolutely adore bvs that are like uber haunting and ghosty that really support a main vocal one froth at that. Two, her main vocal line, holy hell, those runs are to die for. And they just are so emotive and they make me sad. They just make me sad, and I feel all the feels, and I fricking love it. I love this because it makes me ...
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  • 12 | Becoming A Master Of Something New with Mad Dame

    12 | Becoming A Master Of Something New with Mad Dame
    Jun 9 2025
    Alexis chats with Mad Dame - a Melbourne photographer and artist specialising in nude glitter portraits celebrating all genders and bodies. She shares her grounding rituals, the story of how her business came about, and how she creates deep, intentional experiences for every client that steps into her world. Mad Dame talks about embracing imperfection, using every resource fearlessly, and offers her secret to authentic networking. Tune in for an inspiring conversation about creativity, connection, and self-expression If you’d like to see more, you can follow Jess on instagram, all art @maddameart or glitter portraits at @maddameglitter This episode was recorded on 11th May 2025 on the lands of the Woiworung Peoples. We hope that this episode inspires you as a creative person and as a human being. Thanks for listening, catch you on the next episode. Psst! We are always on the lookout for creative people to share their story and inspire others. Have you got someone in mind who would love to have a chat? Get in contact with us via Instagram @throughthecreativedoor … Creative resources from Jess: COPY from transcript Let’s get social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/throughthecreativedoor/ TikToc: https://www.tiktok.com/@ttcdpodcast CREDITS Created and Hosted by Alexis Naylor Music by Alexis Naylor & Ruby Miguel Edited and Produced by Ruby Miguel  Hello, my name is Alexis Naylor, and I am your host here at Through The Creative Door. On behalf of myself and my guests, I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians on which this podcast is recorded and produced. May we pay our respects to all First Nations people and acknowledge elders past and present. On this podcast, I'll be chatting to an array of creative guests, getting a glimpse into their worlds and having some honest and inspiring conversations along the way. I am delighted to welcome you to Through the Creative Door. Thank you so much, Jess, for coming through the Creative Door. This is a beautiful space. There's a lot of visuals happening. There's a lot of visuals happening. I mean, we could describe it with like really juicy words and let people like go into themselves and try to see what that looks like in their imagination. And then when they see it, they'll be like, oh my God, is it what I was thinking? It's better. Or it's like even more realistic and magical than I could have ever thought. How do you describe this space? This is called the Pink Palace. It's like an energy room. Like people will come in here, whether it's like the colored lights of pink or the colour of pink, that's everywhere. That's really like, ah, like people feel like they're home or in a familiar space. Mm. So familiarity in a way. So you are such a talented bear, such an amazing photographer, but you specialise in, how would I say, like nude, all inclusive, gender inclusive, like glitter portraits, right? Like that's your like, sort of niche.Yeah. You obviously are like this amazing creator and makes these amazing worlds around it as well. So my, my creativity has brought me to this. Thing that I am mastering, and it is a niche of female identifying individuals that come in that feel like they need to move energy or celebrate or move through, move through something they're accepting, through having their body painted in glitter, specifically glitter. And if anyone comes in with whatever they're dealing with, and as they are in their body, and as soon as I put this glitter on their body, their eyes light up and they're just like, who am I? What is this? I want this forever. And, and they be, they come back to themself, is the way they describe it. They forget about anything that's bothering them. The things that that are going on in the outside world. They come into this. Pink sanctuary and go into play space and just come back to themselves. They say, this feels really familiar. And I'm like, how do I describe it? It sound sounds like what you're saying is like you are coming home to connecting with yourself. It's fucking cool as shit and that's why it's privilege. Yeah, it's every time I do it, I'm just like, I know. Expanded with joy much more and. Yeah, I think when you know why you get up to do the creative thing. Mm-hmm. Then. It becomes juicier. So where in your creative space, what does a creative space mean to you and why? Yeah. Okay. So, uh, a creative space to me is the word sanctuary. This is my four walls where no one can come and fuck with me. No one can tell me what to do. No one's opinion matters, but my own, this is. My safe space and I can tell you how it came to if you like, I'd love to hear it. Literally, this is the rebel teenage girl's bedroom. Is it not? Oh my God. We've got like dolly partner of a shotgun fuck year on the wall, paint anything I fucking want on the walls. This is teenage rebel girl bedroom. I started my portraits in my...
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  • BSIDE Lake Tyers by Tom Allen-Graham

    BSIDE Lake Tyers by Tom Allen-Graham
    Jun 2 2025
    Featured Artist: Tom Allen-Graham Featured Vinyl: Lake Tyers Alexis’ Hot Pick Lake Tyers Sam’s Hot Pick Beechworth Aus Music Alert! Support this artists by purchasing this record via Bandcamp: https://tomallen-graham.bandcamp.com/ Thanks for listening, catch you on the next episode. Psst! We are always on the lookout for an artist's vinyl to listen to, have you got one in mind that we should check out? Get in contact with us via Instagram @throughthecreativedoor Let’s get social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/throughthecreativedoor/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ttcdpodcast CREDITS Created and Hosted by Alexis Naylor Co-Host: Sam Timmerman Music by Alexis Naylor & Ruby Miguel Voiceover: Ruby Miguel Edited and Produced by Ruby Miguel  Welcome to B Side, the mini series from through the Creative Door. Join Alexis and Sam as they dive into the timeless world of vinyl. For Alexis, vinyl was more than music, it was a Sunday ritual she shared with her dad, listening, talking, and soaking in the stories behind each album and the artwork on every sleeve. Though her dad is no longer with us, she continues this tradition with her friend Sam Timmerman. Join them as they share their passion for vinyl and the stories is records hold. Hello brother. Good afternoon. How are you? I'm very well. How are you? Very well. I'm enjoying your new scene. There's a little bit of a new background behind Alexis in the video version of this episode. Yes. Well, it's just 'cause that's where my computer was set up. Don't give away the secret. All right, I'm gonna start our timer. 10 minutes. This is what we do, 10 minutes to talk about a new vinyl record. And this one, I'm very excited, I'm sharing. This is uh, Tom Allen Graham and his beautiful jazz trio record called Lake Tires, and I believe that you have some connection to this. Actually, I have a couple of connections. One, I went to school with Tom and was friends with his sister. Fantastic. And also Lake Tires is a place in East Gippsland back where I grew up. That's where y'all come from. It is, yes. Well, I grew up in Paynesville, but Lake Ty is probably about 45 an hour away. So yeah, a place I've spent a lot of time in my childhood. And it looks beautiful in, at least in the photo of, well, this, the beautiful thing about the photo is, yeah, it is Lake Lake Tires. It's exactly what it looks like, so it's amazing. Um, I also love that, uh, Tom himself did the artwork and design for this record. Which is really, really pretty. Very cool. Now we need to know a little bit more about Tom as well, because he is, like you say, Victorian artist graduated from Victorian College of the Arts, I believe in 2011. Yes. Very talented bear. Let's get into it. Okay, so I'm gonna start my. Top pick so difficult, so, so difficult to choose. This whole entire jazz record is just seriously, feels like a warm hug. It is restrained, it sets a beautiful mood. It just feels very comfy. Um, but my top pick would have to be tracks called Lake Tires. So same title as the record. It is super groovy. It's super comfy. I just love how it builds. I love Tom's guitar at the end. It's really special. It's like, you know, the icing on the cake. I don't know. I just, I, I, I've always had a soft spot for jazz records and, and this is no exception. Um, but yeah, if I had to have a, a runner up, I would have to say it is the Um, opening track, which is the beginning. Me too. Oh, really? Interesting. Yeah. Okay. Well, for me, one, I'm a sucker for brushes on drums. Mm-hmm. So I really love how that makes me feel straight away. Um, but I, I definitely love the journey in that track. Because each of the players in that trio really sets the tone and adds that tapestry as the, as the song progresses. And I think it just really sets the scene for the whole record, to be honest. So yeah, that's definitely, I, I found it very difficult to choose, but if I had to choose. They're my picks. Yeah. Better one than the hard choice. What is, I know. Does that make a better record if it's harder to choose? Uh, I think it means that you've like solidified an idea and it's like, even though the songs, I don't think it's a very good answer to a very gotcha question. Yeah. Like, I don't think that means that the songs sound the same, but I think he sets a beautiful mood and it's like chapters of a book. Love it. Really great chapters and book. Yeah. I thought beginning was great at, um, just evoking the title scene. The, the actually mid imagery of the lake itself was beautiful and open harmony in a trio setting is stunning, harder than it seems. Mm-hmm. As well to pull off, which I thought was really cool. Um, for me it was beachworth. Modern jazz for me, tends to go too, sometimes it goes too far away from just sitting back and swinging and this is my kind of record ...
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  • 11 | Don’t Stay In The Waiting Place with Craig Johnston

    11 | Don’t Stay In The Waiting Place with Craig Johnston
    May 26 2025
    Alexis sits down with Craig Johnston (aka Delsinki) a Melbourne-based musician and creator/producer of Keep the Circle Unbroken and Sing A Song of Sixpence. They discuss overcoming perfectionism, why it’s okay to let go and release work even if it’s not “perfect,” and the importance of keeping momentum instead of getting stuck in “the waiting place.” Craig shares insights from his own experience, including the idea that prolific creators like Picasso made thousands of works, not all famous, but all part of the process. They also talk about how the act of creating often brings more fulfilment than the finished product, and why creativity is essential to who we are. If you’re a creative feeling stuck or unsure, this episode offers encouragement and practical wisdom to keep pushing forward. If you’d like to see more, you can follow Craig on instagram; @ delsinki This episode was recorded on 30th April 2025 on the lands of the Woiworung Peoples. We hope that this episode inspires you as a creative person and as a human being. Thanks for listening, catch you on the next episode. Psst! We are always on the lookout for creative people to share their story and inspire others. Have you got someone in mind who would love to have a chat? Get in contact with us via Instagram @throughthecreativedoor … Creative resources from Craig: Book: The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron Let’s get social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/throughthecreativedoor/ TikToc: https://www.tiktok.com/@ttcdpodcast CREDITS Created and Hosted by Alexis Naylor Music by Alexis Naylor & Ruby Miguel Edited and Produced by Ruby Miguel  Hello, my name is Alexis Nailer, and I am your host here at Through The Creative Door. On behalf of myself and my guests, I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians on which this podcast is recorded and produced. May we pay our respects to all First Nations people and acknowledge elders past and present. On this podcast, I'll be chatting to an array of creative guests, getting a glimpse into their worlds and having some honest and inspiring conversations along the way. I am delighted to welcome you to Through the Creative Door. Craig. Oh my goodness. I am super chuffed that you have come through the creative door. Well, you come through my door. But we're gonna talk about your door in a literal sense. Very good. Very good. Well, thank you for having me. It's nice to be here. You are such a talented musician and you have such a repertoire a, a amazing career thus far. Not to put a stop to it, it's gonna keep going, but you're also, uh, a facilitator in so many ways. You organize some amazing events. Um, there's two in particular the keep the Circle. Is that? Yep. Keep the circle on Broken. Yeah. Keep um, yeah. Yeah. And then the other one that I loved, I just love the name 'cause it reminds me of, um, uh, like children's books. Yeah. Yeah. Singer a song of sixepnce. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love that. Yeah. Um, yeah, so it's just so lovely that you are putting back into community as well as obviously having your amazing career as well. Oh, you're very kind to say. Well, yeah, those two shows were born out of the lockdown. Really. The first one, keep the Circle Unbroken was just a brainchild of, of, I played in a band, it's, it's pretty defunct now, actually row Jerry Crow because two of the band members, um, have passed on. But yeah, the fiddle player, John Kendall sort of said it. We were having like a Zoom chat, the six of us talking about recording and whatnot during the lockdown, and John said, gee, wouldn't it be good to do. You know, like this, he'd just been watching the Nitty Gritty Dirt band Doco, uh, on SBS when he told I hadn't seen it. And then when he told me basically what it was, I just, my brain went rolling because no one was working. So the catalyst, I guess, was I called Tim Rogers and just sort of said, this is what we think you're doing, would you be involved? And then he said, yes. And after the, that everybody having Tim involved meant that everybody else, I think everybody would've been involved anyway, but just having that, sometimes you need someone to, yeah, you need a monthly name. Yeah, that's right. So. And then, you know, we did the show at, um, at Memo Music Hall, which we had no rehearsal, we just all rocked up on the day. There was, I think probably maybe 25 to 30 musicians and artists involved, and we recorded an album. In hindsight, we should have done it backwards. We didn't know we were gonna do a regional tour, so we did the show at Memo went really well. I applied for a grant and then we wound up doing this 16 date regional tour in March of 2021. Yeah, it was just this really kind of accidental, magical thing that happened because. In all the other months or over two years, basically, we were locked down at certain points for X amount of weeks or ...
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  • BSIDE Live by Sir Archer

    BSIDE Live by Sir Archer
    May 19 2025
    Featured Artist: Sir Archer Featured Vinyl: LIVE Alexis’ Hot Pick Standing Sam’s Hot Pick Heed the Call Aus Music Alert! You can no longer purchase this vinyl record as it is SOLD OUT, however you can watch the LIVE recording in full via YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO1YBNtbO0g Thanks for listening, catch you on the next episode. Psst! We are always on the lookout for an artist's vinyl to listen to, have you got one in mind that we should check out? Get in contact with us via Instagram @throughthecreativedoor Let’s get social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/throughthecreativedoor/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ttcdpodcast CREDITS Created and Hosted by Alexis Naylor Co-Host: Sam Timmerman Music by Alexis Naylor & Ruby Miguel Good evening. How are you? Good evening. I'm good. How are you? I'm very well. I enjoyed the way we missed that. Cut that, that, um, that opening clap, but that's fine. That is, hello. It's good to see you. It's been a couple of weeks now. No, it has been a couple of weeks, but I have good offerings. Oh, oh my God. You do. It's, I agree. Should I start a timer? It's so much fun. Start a timer. 10 minutes and four seconds. Go. I mean, just 10 minutes now. It's 10 minutes. Okay. Okay. Right, right, right. Okay. I have been excited to share this album with you for a very long time. This is very special to me. This is Sarah Archer Live, and they have done this phenomenal live sessions recording. Only a hundred of these finals went out in the world, and I am very excited that I have 76 out of a hundred. You own 76 of them? No, no. Just the 76 number. 76, yeah. So these guys did a beautiful show in Sydney. Which obviously had a limited edition of people that could come, but they, uh, put cans on everybody and you know, did this amazing recording. There is, for those who didn't get one out of the hundred vinyls that went into the world, they actually have this beautiful YouTube link of the whole entire. Show, um, which we will put in the show notes we will share because absolutely everyone needs to listen and watch it 'cause it's stunning. Mm-hmm. Um, but yeah, so this is my offering this week. It's fantastic. Fully live recorded album, live audience in studio, watching the whole process live mixed, the whole thing. And it is gorgeous. I have had so much fun listening to that this week. Um. Oh, it's just, this is why, this is why we do this. 'cause we come across like this. It's just, it makes me so happy. Makes me so happy. This one made my music brain happy too, by the way. Ooh. Not just lyrically. No. Well, you know me if it's music brain, happy lyric brain takes a long time to keep up. I love it. So additional to, um. The YouTube video. That is stunning. Uh, I also went down a little rabbit hole having a look on their socials. Mm-hmm. And was able to find, because you brought up to me about. Their album artwork. And for the life of me, I couldn't find anything. So I actually went to the source. I went to one of their, uh, band members and was like, how did it come about? I can't see anything anywhere. What is it? And he pointed me to an actual Instagram reel that shows how they made what they did. Yeah. And I just shared that with you just before. 'cause you, it's really cute. You've gotta go check it out. It's. The band. The band did the whole thing for their artwork. It's very, very cute. Each of the members had a contribution and Yeah, it's just, I think it looked like that they actually created it during the studio session. Yes. So each of them had a letter and each of them was given a piece of paper and I think they had crayons or pencils, and they each got to do it, and then digitally they put them all together. So yeah. How. It's super cute and it's, it's effective too. What is so effective? What do they, they call themselves? I have to remember what they said. Um, I'm gonna come back to their website again because the way they describe themselves is so much fun. Oh, as in their actual synopsis of who they are as a band. Is that what you Yeah, and we're probably still for time here 'cause I'm gonna find it. Oh no, I love it. But while you are looking for that, I just wanna share, there was a really lovely quote that I found that talks about the actual, you know, process of them doing this record. And they said it was a really, uh, a truly surreal experience that has taken three weeks to process as a band. We are very grateful to have the support and team around us to make such a thing possible. I just thought that's beautiful. Yeah. Which is. It's old school recording. Yeah. You get, you go into the studio, you do it live. Yeah, exactly. You rehearse the hell out of it. You get it tight, you get it feeling great, and then you go in and you go, cool, let's go. Well, the beautiful thing that we spoke about off Mark is that. These tracks, not all of them had actually been released. So ...
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  • 10 | Let Go Of The Outcome with Mike Trubetskov

    10 | Let Go Of The Outcome with Mike Trubetskov
    May 12 2025
    Meet Dr. Mike Metal – biochemist-turned-metal producer, touring guitarist, mixing engineer, and mentor to heavy bands chasing their own unique sound. In this episode, we dive into the art of creating safe creative spaces, building a career in a niche genre, and why letting go of the outcome can change everything. Mike shares insights on AI tools, his upcoming synth course, and the real value of mentorship in music. If you’d like to see more, you can follow Mike on instagram; @ doctor_mike_metal This episode was recorded on 26th April 2025 on the lands of the Woiworung Peoples. We hope that this episode inspires you as a creative person and as a human being. Thanks for listening, catch you on the next episode. Psst! We are always on the lookout for creative people to share their story and inspire others. Have you got someone in mind who would love to have a chat? Get in contact with us via Instagram @throughthecreativedoor … Creative resources from Mike: Podcasts: Courses: Diary planner / scheduler tool: Let’s get social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/throughthecreativedoor/ TikToc: https://www.tiktok.com/@ttcdpodcast CREDITS Created and Hosted by Alexis Naylor Music by Alexis Naylor & Ruby Miguel Edited and Produced by Ruby Miguel  Hello, my name is Alexis Nailer, and I am your host here at Through The Creative Door. On behalf of myself and my guests, I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians on which this podcast is recorded and produced. May we pay our respects to all First Nations people and acknowledge elders past and present. On this podcast, I'll be chatting to an array of creative guests, getting a glimpse into their worlds and having some honest and inspiring conversations along the way. I'm delighted to welcome you to Through The Creative Door. Hi Alex. How about today? I'm very well. How are you? Really good. Oh my goodness. Excited to be here. Thank you so much for letting us come through your creative door. Appreciate it. Oh, thank you for coming. I think there's a lot to share. Who are listening, I just spoke to you off mic about how amazing your couch is. Yeah. I feel like every producer, that's just like a given that you're gonna have a comfy couch. Oh yeah. Absolutely. That you can just Nestle That's right. I think it's a good, uh, segue into the conversation. Yes. Because I noticed that some of my friends who don't play music that often come here and become inspired just by sitting here on the couch and they instantly want to pick up a guitar. Like my musicians, uh, my clients come and I do the mix or we do something, track vocals, and then just sit here, chill, take the instrument. They play the gym. So somehow this plays. That I have constructed, I guess, uh, it inspires people and it channels their creativity here. Dunno why. Maybe it's. Comfy. Maybe you can let go here. It's all of the above. It's the vibe. It's the fact that you have Yeah. This beautiful studio. Mm-hmm. Um, but before we launch into questions Yeah. Yeah. I just wanna do a lovely synopsis of you 'cause you are such a talented bear. I appreciate it. You are such a talented bear. Your, your start of creative spark started from classical piano when you were a kid. Yeah. You've toured and been a gun on Qatar. I have. Yeah. You've been in lots of bands. Yeah, a few. And you are in this amazing space. And now as I wanna say, like AKA, what is it, Mike? Yeah, the, the, uh, master of metal, I don't know about that. Um But you specialize nowadays. Yes. In. You know, curating in developing Yeah. And helping people. Yes. To find their sound as a metal, like hard, you know, music. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, in that space. A A hundred percent. A hundred percent. And one of the beautiful things that I love about what you are doing is not only are you being a producer and audio engineer in that space, but you're also, you know, putting up. Uh, and holding space to be able to mentor people and help them through their journey as well. Yeah. Which is so beautiful. That's nice to hear. Thank you for that. But also, I feel like, uh, that mental journey and psychological and the, just the personal inner journey and the music, they come together always. And I even noticed some patterns that some albums for some people, you know, they sometimes are impossible to finish the drag. Uh, and people go in circles and loops and I can see that they need to grow underneath themselves as a person, do some inner A work, and that would be a turning point for the album. So there are such synchrony synchronicities in life. I don't think it's, um, hard to understand why. It's just our brain projects everything everywhere around us. Yeah. So, yeah, that's been important for sure. Oh, well, I'm very chuffed. And I, I'm, I bit starstruck, so no, you, if you ...
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  • BSIDE Phoning It In by Gavin Bowles & The Distractions

    BSIDE Phoning It In by Gavin Bowles & The Distractions
    May 5 2025
    Featured Artist: Gavin Bowles & The Distractions Featured Vinyl: Phoning It In Alexis’ Hot Pick I Get Bored Sam’s Hot Pick Here comes the Heartache Aus Music Alert! Support this artists by purchasing this record via Bandcamp: https://gavinbowles.bandcamp.com/album/phoning-it-in Thanks for listening, catch you on the next episode. Psst! We are always on the lookout for an artist's vinyl to listen to, have you got one in mind that we should check out? Get in contact with us via Instagram @throughthecreativedoor Let’s get social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/throughthecreativedoor/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ttcdpodcast CREDITS Created and Hosted by Alexis Naylor Co-Host: Sam Timmerman Music by Alexis Naylor & Ruby Miguel Voiceover: Ruby Miguel Edited and Produced by Ruby Miguel —--------------------- Notes for Sam & Alexis: 00:09 - Introduction (Announcement) Welcome to B-Side, the mini-series from Through the Creative Door. Join Alexis and Sam as they dive into the timeless world of vinyl. For Alexis, vinyl was more than music. It was a Sunday ritual she shared with her dad, listening, talking and soaking in the stories behind each album and the artwork on every sleeve. Though her dad is no longer with us, she continues this tradition with her friend, Sam Timmerman. Join them as they share their passion for vinyl and the stories these records hold. 00:44 - Sam (Host) Hello brother, Good afternoon, how are we? 00:48 - Alexis (Host) Good how you doing. 00:50 - Sam (Host) Warm. It's a sunny 30 million something degrees in Perth. 00:55 - Alexis (Host) Perth, it's not. 00:56 - Sam (Host) Perth, it's hotness. We take it because it's meant to be winter and it's great to have glorious weather. Still, how are you? 01:02 - Alexis (Host) I am good, my, my love. I love that you're having your Melbourne vibes joining me in the black attire. 01:10 - Sam (Host) I was just gonna say Melbourne vibes for those listening, only we're just wearing black we're all wearing black. 01:16 - Alexis (Host) I mean, black is my mo, that is, that is the staple of my wardrobe. But for you, my friend, you are one of the most colourful people I know. Your wardrobe is lovely patterns and lovely colours I love it. 01:31 - Sam (Host) What can I say? I'm in my Wednesday phase at the moment. I love this, that's a multi-layered reference for those who get it. 01:40 - Alexis (Host) All right, what have you got for us this week? 01:46 - Sam (Host) I'm super excited because this one arrived much faster than I thought. It's Gavin Bowles and the Distractions, a little power pop band from Sydney, and it's the album Phoning It In, which I'm holding up right now for the camera. And it is a very special one because I got excited. I was looking online and the sticker said limited edition pink vinyl. And I went I must and so I got it and it looks like this oh my goodness, for those listening, it is bright look at the color of this thing right, oh yeah. 02:30 Well, that's their branding colors, right if bubblegum had a baby with a unicorn, this is what it would look like it looks amazing and it is, oh, it's so pretty see again visual media yeah, but also it circles back to what I said about you love colour. 02:45 - Alexis (Host) True, very true. 02:49 - Sam (Host) Have we put on our 10-minute timer yet? 02:51 - Alexis (Host) I did. I did a sneaky put it on while you were doing show and tell. 02:58 - Sam (Host) Yeah, so Gavin Bowles and the Distractions from Sydney, distractions from Sydney um, the full disclosure on this one. I listened to this record a couple of times at home, but majority of the listening I did was in the car, driving to and from many things. And it's such good driving music. This is just so much fun. I was listening to the other day and I went this is just a strange conglomeration, cross of and I'll say this, cross of green day and okay go. This is where my mind went with this thing. It's just if green day had listened to okay go for six months and decided they would turn their distortion pedals off, this is what that would sound like. It's so much fun. 03:49 - Alexis (Host) I actually find this album is actually a vibe to run to. 03:56 - Sam (Host) I like that. 03:57 - Alexis (Host) Yeah, so it's been on repeat for a few of my runs. Yeah it's a vibe. 04:06 - Sam (Host) It is. Do you have a favourite track? I do. 04:09 - Alexis (Host) I do have a favourite track. It's funny that you mention about what bands it actually sort of takes you into as reference, because, funnily enough, the song that I think is my hot pick no, not think, no, it's my hot pick. It's a song called I Get Bored. I Get Bored, yeah, I Get. 04:31 - Sam (Host) Bored yeah, I Get Bored, I Get Bored yeah. 04:33 - Alexis (Host) And I don't know why, but it has this essence about it that really lends itself to do. You...
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  • 9 | You Don’t Have To Be A Struggling Artist with CHEERSTHANXALOT

    9 | You Don’t Have To Be A Struggling Artist with CHEERSTHANXALOT
    Apr 28 2025
    In this episode of Through the Creative Door, Alexis sits down with Steph AKA Cheersthanxalot a Melbourne-based lino print artist and podcaster, who shares her inspiring journey from hobbyist to full-time artist. Steph discusses how the process of printmaking itself fuels her creativity and how we often get in our own way of success. She also talks about her mission to make art more affordable and accessible for everyone with her series Sevens Collection as well as some advice for the creatives out there who aren’t mathematicians! If you’d like to see more, you can follow Steph on instagram; @cheersthanxalot This episode was recorded on 12th April 2025 on the lands of the Woiworung Peoples. We hope that this episode inspires you as a creative person and as a human being. Thanks for listening, catch you on the next episode. Psst! We are always on the lookout for creative people to share their story and inspire others. Have you got someone in mind who would love to have a chat? Get in contact with us via Instagram @throughthecreativedoor Let’s get social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/throughthecreativedoor/ TikToc: https://www.tiktok.com/@ttcdpodcast CREDITS Created and Hosted by Alexis Naylor Music by Alexis Naylor & Ruby Miguel Edited and Produced by Ruby Miguel 00:09 - Alexis (Host) Hello, my name is Alexis Naylor and I am your host here at Through the Creative Door. On behalf of myself and my guests, I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians on which this podcast is recorded and produced. Owners and custodians on which this podcast is recorded and produced. May we pay our respects to all First Nations people and acknowledge Elders, past and present. On this podcast, I'll be chatting to an array of creative guests, getting a glimpse into their worlds and having some honest and inspiring conversations along the way. I'm delighted to welcome you to Through the Creative Door. 00:09 - Alexis (Host) Hello, my name is Alexis Naylor and I am your host here at Through the Creative Door. On behalf of myself and my guests, I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians on which this podcast is recorded and produced. Owners and custodians on which this podcast is recorded and produced. May we pay our respects to all First Nations people and acknowledge Elders, past and present. On this podcast, I'll be chatting to an array of creative guests, getting a glimpse into their worlds and having some honest and inspiring conversations along the way. I'm delighted to welcome you to Through the Creative Door. Hello, steph. 00:52 - Steph (Guest) Hello 00:53 - Alexis (Host) Welcome to Through the Creative Door. I have come through your creative door.I'm very excited. Thank you for having us here. I want to start with the fact that one you are, steph. 01:08 - Steph (Guest) I am Steph. 01:09 - Alexis (Host) However, aka 1:14 - Steph (Guest) Cheersthanxalot 01:17 - Alexis (Host) Right? 01:19 - Steph (Guest) Which is just, if you're going to ask where the name came from, 01:21 - Alexis (Host) How did you know I was going to go there? 01:21 - Steph (Guest) I know because it's so random, all right, but I love it it's so easy to remember cheers. Thanks a lot except I put an x in it okay so no I like that. 01:29 Oh, thank you, Yeah, it's it all. So it started because in ab fab absolutely fabulous, one of the greatest tv shows the character patsy says um, like cheers, thanks a lot. The way she says it is just. I used to think so funny. Originally the handle was going to be is it a baby shower? Because this handle is just my Instagram handle from day one, Like so back way back when Instagram was starting. 02:04 - Alexis (Host) Long, long time ago. 02:05 - Steph (Guest) Yeah, starting, we were putting terrible filters on all of our photos. That was just my Instagram handle and then, as I just kind of started going and building things and making stuff, I was like, well, it's just this now, and now it's too far gone. So it's actually just an AbFab quote and it just so happened yeah, it just so happens to now be my artist name as well and I'm like, well, that works, I'll keep it that way. 02:28 No, but yeah, my actual name is steph so it's not as exciting as cheers thanks a lot, is it? I'm like. I can't wait till one day to be like someone. Be like are you cheers thanks a lot and you're like yes my name is steph. Yes, so silly. Yeah, fab. If you haven't watched it, highly recommend. 02:45 - Alexis (Host) So you're an amazingly talented artist, 02:48 - Steph (Guest) Oh thank you 2:49 - Alexis (Host) And I feel very privileged that I do own some of your outfits oh which one did you and I, you know was fangirling from afar. I was interested to know, like, obviously you're an artist but you predominantly do line print, like lino print work, but in your sort of world of art, ...
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