Episodes
May 22, 2023
Mastering Creative Business w/ John Mike, Producer: Future-Proofing Your Career and Facing a Major Health Scare
In this second installment of this powerful conversation, John Mike shares how a major health scare reordered his priorities, and highlights the importance of prioritizing one's well-being as a creative and entrepreneur.
May 15, 2023
Mastering Creative Business, Part 1: How to Consistently Expand Your Career w/ John Mike, Producer
Is it possible to get stuck in your success ? While it may seem attractive to reach a consistent level of success in your creative business - it can also lull you in to complacency and stagnation. What does it take to push p…
May 8, 2023
The Art of Failing: How Mistakes Set Up Your Perfect Launchpad for Creative Growth
If someone pointed at you and said "you failed", what thoughts would immediately arise? Some creatives would rather ignore the prospect of failure. However, we have a different take that will change your perspective and help…
May 1, 2023
Talent or Discipline? Vaughn "V.Keys" Henry, Musician / Producer, Shares How to Make the Most of Your Ability
This uber-talented musician and producer reveals how to overcame insecurity and find purpose in your calling and your faith, while maximizing your God-given creative gift.
April 24, 2023
Too Big or Too Small? How to Set Your Unique Audience Growth Goals
There's one thing every creative needs, but not everyone knows how to find.... The right size audience. It's a search full of mindset traps. Are you playing it small, just to protect yourself from being disappointed? Or, are…
April 17, 2023
Money, Music and "Making It": Sam Warshaw Shares How to Achieve Real Freedom
Has financial stress dampened your creative drive and convinced you that you'll have to settle for a 'real job'? In our talk with entrepreneur and musician Sam Warshaw, you'll learn how to achieve fulfillment in your musical…
April 10, 2023
Why Less Talented Creatives Are More Confident Than You (and How to Fix It)
Why is it that people with the least to offer...seem to have the greatest confidence? Meanwhile, those of us with a lot to offer hesitate and overthink our chance to shine? In this creative checkup episode, we'll show you wh…
April 3, 2023
How to Unlock God's Unique Plan for Your Creative Life w/ Matt Tommey, Mentor & Author
As one of the leading mentors of Christian creatives for decades, Matt knows what following God can bring - and he shares how he's following the path in a whole new way.
March 27, 2023
1.5 Million Prayers: How Consistency and Obedience Leads to Favor w/ Alison Delamota, Podcaster
What can God do with 5 minutes? If it is filled with consistency, accountability and a heart to seek God, the harvest could be incredible - like the harvest Alison Delamota, podcaster, author and entrepreneur, has experience…
March 20, 2023
Dream Again! How to Revive Your Divinely-Directed Creative Life with Jeneen Hammond, Actress
Lost your dream? If you feel unable to move forward because obstacles or fear has paralyzed your progress...you need more than advice. You need your dream revived. Jeneen Hammond, actress, singer, and playwright, has made …
March 13, 2023
Sell Like Jesus? How to Charge Your Worth and Set Your Prices God's Way w/ Deb Brown Maher, Sales Coach
Sell like Jesus? Yes, that's what artist and coach Deb Brown Maher does - which helps artists and entrepreneurs to trust in God while pricing their work and understanding the importance of serving their customers.
March 6, 2023
BEST OF: How To Create (and Lead Others) Despite Your Fears with Kelli Brownlee, Pastor
Have you wanted to do big things for God - but also had to deal with big doubts? Having spent years as a professional background vocalist with artists like Dorinda Clark-Cole, Kierra Sheard, Deitrick Haddon, Shana Wilson, Va…
Feb. 27, 2023
How to Find People Who Make You a Better Person w/ Aaron Walker, Coach
Do you wish you had people in your life who actually WANT to help you grow? If so, you're not alone. Creatives are often stuck in place because they can't maintain healthy, strong relationships with people who can encourage …
Feb. 20, 2023
How Should YOU Define Success as a High Character Creative?
Success. We all say we want it. But do we even know what it means? To succeed in our common language means to reach a certain goal, but the root of the word actually means to continue or to move forward with something. So we…
Feb. 13, 2023
Famous or Fulfilled? How To Identify What Really Matters w/ Dontaniel Jamel Kimbrough, Producer
A #1 hit on the Billboard charts. Recognition by peers and industry leaders. A bevy of new opportunities. Does that equal success? Not exactly, if you ask Grammy nominated, Stellar and Dove Award winning producer, songwriter…
Feb. 6, 2023
How To Build a Magnetic Creative Brand That Attracts Your Audience
Wouldn't it be amazing if you had a community of super-fans? People who were die-hard members of your tribe - who stuck together, supported everything you shared, and helped you spread the word? Brands like Apple, Nike, Star…
Jan. 30, 2023
Be You, but Better! How to Awaken Your Transformation with BJ Thompson, Life Coach
He started a conversation, that started a change...that started a movement. From surviving the gang-violence-plagued streets of South Dallas, to becoming one of the most influential life coaches in America, thought-leader, s…
Jan. 23, 2023
A.I. Is Not The End of Art! Why Christian Creatives Can Remain Confident As Technology Advances
Those two letters - A.I. - have created an incredible groundswell of interest, excitement and concern in the creative community. For some, these rapidly evolving tools - including ChatGPT and other apps - represent the next …
Jan. 16, 2023
From Being Unemployed to Entrepreneur? How to Keep the Faith and Reinvent Yourself w/ Priscilla Shumba, Podcaster
What do you do when your passion leads you to a dead end? When you hit seemingly impossible obstacles on your path, it can feel like your entrepreneurial and creative dreams will simply vanish into thin air. That's what podc…
Jan. 9, 2023
2 Powerful Enemies Every Creative Has to Overcome (and How To Defeat Them!)
"The War of Art" isn't just a best-selling book by Steven Pressfield...it's a daily battle every artist faces. As a faith-focused, Christ-centered creative in the mainstream arts and music world, you've got some additional w…
Jan. 2, 2023
BEST OF: How To Trust God on the Way to an Amazing Creative Life w/ Téja Veal, Bassist / Vocalist
Just how far can trusting God take you as a creative and musician? In this episode, you'll learn how faith, hard work and perseverance can lead to incredible experiences that only God could orchestrate - through the example …
Dec. 26, 2022
A Personal Message For a New Year
2022 was not a normal year, and we're not ending it with a normal podcast. I (Allen) just wanted to share my heartfelt gratitude for you, as a listener and family member of the God and Gigs community. While we have some amaz…
Dec. 19, 2022
Where to Turn When You're Feeling Down as a Christian Creative
What do you do when something knocks the joy out of you? As musicians and artists, we are often asked to use our gifts to comfort the brokenhearted. But what happens when we feel the same pain? Those of us that love God must…
Dec. 12, 2022
How To Manage Your Emotions as an Actor and Creative w/ Andrea Osvart, Actress and Acting Coach
How do you avoid giving in to the emotional rollercoaster of being an actor? All creatives have intense emotional inner-lives, but actors have an especially difficult time handling the ups and downs of an intensely competiti…