156 Remo Giuffré (TEDxSydney founder) x Murray Cook (The Wiggles, The Soul Movers)

Wow! What an amazing show!   Last week on the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet weekly iTunes entrepreneurship podcast I stepped inside the minds of 2 of Australia’s music, marketing and events icons, Murray Cook (The Wiggles, The Soul Movers) and Remo Giuffré (TEDxSydney founder & director).   Download this exclusive podcast via:  iTunes: http://bit.ly/hotndelicious   Super inspiring chats as we delve into:   Murray Cook (The Wiggles, The Soul Movers):

• The Wiggles' signature index finger-wagging move - which Wiggles came up with it and where it came from.
• Murray Cook’s musical inspirations growing up - the first vinyl record he bought, stole or burned.
• The Soul Movers soul, rock, pop and folk band - how the band came to be, what it means to him and one of the band founders, Lizzie Mack.
• What inspired Murray Cook, Anthony Field and Greg Page to form The Wiggles in 1991.
• The Wiggles song writing process and the methods behind it.
• The hardest part about leaving The Wiggles and the freedom it allowed him to further pursue his passion for guitar and music.
• An exclusive acoustic live set by The Soul Movers at the end of the podcast featuring Murray Cook and charismatic frontwoman Lizzie Mack.

  Remo Giuffré (TEDxSydney founder & director):

• The repeating theme and motivation that has driven Remo Giuffré’s career forward as an entrepreneur, retail merchant and brand builder in Australia, San Francisco and New York.
• TEDxSydney - an annual flagship TEDx event which has become the leading platform for the propagation of Australian ideas, innovation and creativity to the rest of the world. 
  • How the TEDxSydney event came about. 
  • The biggest challenges about running the TEDxSydney events that he didn’t anticipate and how he worked through them. 
  • Who’s been one of the TEDxSydney speakers who’s inspired Remo the most so far & why.

• REMO General Store, the General Thinking network and the General Think Book.
  • The joys and business challenges of REMO General Store.
  • General Think Book - the fascinating journey of Remo’s life and what it is like to become an author for the first time.

  Both Murray Cook + Remo Giuffré:

• Moments of Sheer Joy - Both guests describe in detail a key moment of joy or realisation, a pinch me moments that they’ve had in their career thus far when they’ve thought to themselves “I can’t believe that this is happening right now”.
• Drive and Self-motivation - What Murray and Remo each do to motivate themselves on those down days or mornings when they just can’t be bothered.
• 2 pieces of advice that Murray Cook and Remo Giuffré would give to someone who has a dream, but is afraid to take that first step.

  Connect with Murray Cook (The Wiggles, The Soul Movers) online: https://www.soulmoversband.com/ https://www.facebook.com/soulmovers/ https://www.instagram.com/soulmoversband/ https://www.instagram.com/cook.murray/ Buy The Soul Movers new album Testify! https://abcmusic.lnk.to/TheSoulMoversTestify - Connect with Remo Giuffré (TEDxSydney founder) online: https://www.remogiuffre.com/ https://remogeneralstore.com/products/general-thinker-book https://twitter.com/remogiuffre https://www.instagram.com/remogiuffre/ https://tedxsydney.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TEDxSydney/ https://twitter.com/tedxsydney https://www.instagram.com/tedxsydney/ https://remogeneralstore.com/ https://www.instagram.com/remogeneralstore/ https://www.facebook.com/REMOGeneralStore/ Buy Remo Giuffré's General Think Book $35. https://remogeneralstore.com/products/general-thinker-book   Hit Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet up on social media here: Twitter https://twitter.com/hotndelicious Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hotndelicious/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/craftbeerlovin/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HotnDelicious Hot & Delicious YouTube - Ballistyx Snowboard Show, interviews & more. https://www.youtube.com/user/HotnDeliciousRecords 'Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet’ entertainment, travel, photography & lifestyle blog: http://hotndelicious.com/   For social media strategy, content/photography & influencer business enquiries contact: [email protected]   Special Thanks to:

• Remo Giuffré (founder & director TEDxSydney) x Murray Cook (The Wiggles, The Soul Movers).
• Lizzie Mack (The Soul Movers).
• Australian comedian, podcaster and TV presenter, Wil Anderson.
• Oscar McMahon, Andy, Hanno and all of the Young Henrys crew.
• Caroline, Riggs, Atlanta and the peeps at The Unicorn Hotel.
• Tashi Dorjee from TwoSpace.
• Gaz Williams from General Assembly (and now Inspire9) from FuckUp Nights.
• Pauly B + Henry for jumping in on sound.
• Rob Marfleet for photography.