Episodes
Dec. 16, 2024
25 Expert Tips That Will Elevate Your Creative Career in 2025
We're unpacking 25 essential tips to help you thrive as a faith-focused creative in 2025. From mindset shifts to practical hacks, these strategies will save you time, money, and headaches while aligning your work with your p…
Dec. 9, 2024
How To Set Creative Goals for 2025 (and Actually Achieve Them)
Tap to send us a text! In this episode, you will learn how to craft meaningful, achievable creative goals for 2025 that align with your values and creative vision. You’ll learn simple strategies to stay focused, avoid burnou…
Dec. 2, 2024
Ask and Receive! How to Expand your Creative Career (and your Faith) by Giving
Tap to send us a text! Have you ever felt stuck between asking for help, giving too much, and feeling unworthy to receive? As faith-focused creatives, we often face these challenges in our work and lives. In today’s episode,…
Nov. 25, 2024
5 Steps to Take to Start a Creative Career in 2025 Right
Tap to send us a text! If you want to start your creative journey in 2025, what should you do differently than someone who started 20 years ago? In this episode, we explore what it takes to build a sustainable, profitable, a…
Nov. 18, 2024
Should You Quit Doing Gigs in 2025?
Tap to send us a text! Is this the year you should walk away from doing gigs to support your creative career? In this episode we'll discuss what gigs you should quit doing and which ones actually help you move forward as a C…
Nov. 11, 2024
3 Mistakes That Could Be Ruining Your Creative Brand
Tap to send us a text! Is your God-given talent being hidden by an ineffective and unattractive online presence? No matter how gifted you are, or how good your art is, if you don't have a strong online brand presence, you're…
Nov. 4, 2024
Our Top Recommended Banks For Creatives Using Profit First
Tap to send us a text! If you have a creative business or side hustle, you need to make sure you can get your hard-earned money when you need it. As we've opened and tried a LOT of different banks, we've put together this li…
Oct. 28, 2024
3 Changes That Solved our Long Struggle with YouTube (+ a Bonus)
Tap to send us a text! Have you thrown up your hands in frustration over your YouTube channel? It seems many creatives know that the platform can help us reach more people, but solving the struggle of growth takes way too mu…
Oct. 21, 2024
Artist vs. Algorithms: How to Fight the Battle against Big Tech w/ John Lumgair, Animator
Tap to send us a text! Have you gotten weary of trying to be authentic in a world full of cookie-cutter creativity, all trying to win the algorithm game? If so, you're not alone, and one animation director is fighting to cha…
Oct. 14, 2024
Health > Hustle: How to Get Fit and Live Well with Geo Valdez, Wellness Coach
Tap to send us a text! Are you potentially sacrificing your health in your search for success? You may be one of many creatives, artists and entrepreneurs who are chasing dreams but cutting corners when it comes to their hea…
Oct. 7, 2024
What Should Creative Success Look Like Next Year?
Tap to send us a text! Quick question: Are you successful yet? And if you're not sure... how can you know when you'll reach true creative success? In this excerpt from our Creative Checkup livestream on Fridays at 1pm on You…
Sept. 30, 2024
How to Discover Your Unique Sound as a Musician w/ West Byrd, Recording Artist
Tap to send us a text! In this episode, world-renowned musician, music director and recording artist West Byrd reveals the secrets on how to find your own sound from his experience as a top musician in R&B, jazz and other ge…
Sept. 23, 2024
Is it REALLY Worth It to Be a Church Musician?
Tap to send us a text! It's a musical exodus, but why is it happening? A lot of church musicians are quitting playing on Sundays. They don't see the benefit, or they are frustrated and burned out by the battles and internal …
Sept. 16, 2024
No More Starving Artist! How to Build a Powerful Musical Career That Lasts w/ Lennis Sabatino, Vocalist / Mentor
Still wearing the "starving artist" label? If so, especially if you're a seasoned musician, it's way past time to break out of that mindset. And our guest has just the inspiring and informational message needed to transform …
Sept. 9, 2024
Married to the Podcast: Unexpected Blessings on the Way to 300 Episodes w/ Allen and Lia Paul
We never saw this coming...but here we are. 300 episodes later, after starting this podcast on a pool table in our parents' garage, we're commemorating 7 years of podcasting and growing an amazing community. Our 'guest' is t…
Aug. 26, 2024
BEST OF: How to Start Small and Make Big Moves with Warren Brown, Musician / Producer
The Bible says "don't despise small beginnings." Well, this episode is an example of why every small beginning can have a big ending. As God and Gigs approaches its 7th anniversary and our 300th episode, we're sharing some …
Aug. 19, 2024
How to Find Loyal and Affordable Assistance for Your Creative Business
Wish you could get help to accomplish everything on your creative to-do list, but feel like you can afford good help, or find people to stick with you? Learn how we've figured out 3 ways to finally get the solid help you nee…
Aug. 12, 2024
2 Life-Saving Takeaways from Our Healthy Creative Livestream
Please don't listen to this episode. We know, that's a strange thing to say. But for the first time, we prefer that you check out the video format of this topic because we couldn't do it justice in an audio format. On August…
Aug. 5, 2024
5 Reasons Why You Need to Build a Creative Community NOW
If you don't have a community as a creative in 2024, you're in DANGER. In this excerpt from our Creative Checkup livestreams held every Friday on YouTube, you'll discover why your creative project depends on you building con…
July 29, 2024
BEST OF: How to Master Your Creative Gift with Trent Phillips, Award-Winning Producer
What does it take to truly master your God-given creative gift? In this encore presentation of one of our most popular interviews ever, you'll learn the answer. From his roots as a music minister in Miami, to becoming the dr…
July 22, 2024
4 Ways to Balance Your Creative Side Hustle with Your Full Time Job
Feeling torn every time you head to your 9-to-5 job, as if you're cheating on your creative side hustle? And vice-versa? You shouldn't feel dissatisfied with either role you play as a creative, because like most artists, you…
July 15, 2024
Revive Your Artistry: How to Fight for Your Creative Dream w/ Victory Lyric, Entrepreneur
This inspiring creative, TV host and author shows you how to keep your faith and hope thriving when things aren't going well for you as an artist.
July 8, 2024
God's Timing for Creatives: How To Determine Your Next Move
How do you know you're following God's timing for your creative life, and not your own? It can be incredibly scary and frustrating for a faith-focused creative to feel uncertain about God's will and timing - but there are cl…
July 1, 2024
See Your Sound! Educator Mickey Smith, Jr. Shares How to Unlock Your Creative Significance
In this uplifting conversation, Grammy-winning music educator and motivational speaker Mickey Smith Jr. shares powerful insights and practical strategies for overcoming self-doubt, developing resilience, and consistently tak…