Performers & Creators Lab
An entrancing look at the world of performance and creativity. Learn about the neuroscience of the “it” factor, listen to artists who channel ghosts to create their work, and hear firsthand from a booking agent about how to promote yourself as an artist. Host, Holly Shaw, a hypnotherapist and performance coach to Emmy award winning and Grammy nominated artists, includes spotlight coaching sessions, the "open channel game" where guests go into trance and answer questions, and wildly far-out conversations with musicians, actors, choreographers, and influencers on this podcast. As one reviewer says, “Holly is amazing at pulling deep wisdom out of her interviewees. This podcast is a must listen!"
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 136
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2024
Encore: BEST OF: Promoting Your Work: Booking Agent Shares Tips
Do you sometimes feel icky about self-promotion? Or you’re just unsure about how to get the word out so you can actually have an audience, a fan base, a following? In this episode and the next one we…
Encore: BEST OF: Perform Like A Shaman
Artists are the shamans of today, leading the world on an emotional journey. Listen as Holly Shaw explains how performing artists in particular use entrainment, channeling and ecstasy in order to inv…
E44 Surprise! Our Mob Is Performing For You
What’s it like to perform in a flash mob? This week we find out when we interview the organizers of Bay Area Flash Mob, Britney Briggs and Leah Ferrer - winners of the #PACL Performance challenge! W…
Encore: BEST OF: How Do I Get Creative Without Pot?
“How do I access the stoned dancer when I’m not stoned?” Listen as Holly answers this question and coaches a professional dancer wanting to find a different way other than marijuana to access her cre…
Encore: BEST OF: Showgirl Shaman Shares Her Secrets
You'll learn so much about revealing what’s hidden in this riveting conversation with showgirl shaman, Kellita Maloof. I loved hearing this award winning burlesque dancer talk about audience particip…
Encore: BEST OF: Your Sensitivity Is Your Superpower
Have you ever been accused of being “too sensitive”? Find out how your sensitivity is actually a superpower, not a hindrance, when it comes to being an artist in this episode with psychotherapist, B…
The Risky Playground of Creative Collaboration
Choreographer/Director Erika Chong Shuch is a sought after creative collaborator, having worked with dozens of artists and ensembles to create and direct works that have been performed in city halls,…
Radical Ideas About Artists and Addiction
If you struggle with substances on a regular basis, then the holidays can be especially tough and so I have a special guest today, Koorosh Rassekh, MMFT founder of Evo Health and Wellness Addiction C…
Technique to Transcendence with Terrance Kelly
An inside look into the community and the magic behind Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir’s famed director, Terrance Kelly, an Emmy Award winning vocalist and composer who has been called everything fro…
Bridging Both Worlds With John Santos
Listen as I talk with John Santos, 7 time Grammy nominated percussionist and one of the foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music in the world today. John straddles both sides of many worlds, tradition …
Inspiration From The Beyond
Is it possible to make art with the help of ghosts? Cynthia Whitcomb, a successful screenwriter, has sold over 70 screenplays, 30 of which have been produced on national television and . . . also adm…
The Courage to Fly: A Journey From Artist to Aviator
Performance artist, Shea Greene, just received her Private Pilot’s License! She joins us as part of her celebratory tour as we talk about face smooshing performance art, endless hunger, how she heale…
Dancing With Our Ancestors
How do you envision yourself aging as an artist? My guest today never imagined she’d be dancing and performing and teaching into her 70’s and yet she is! This fall we’ll skirt the edges of the spiri…
The Music Beyond the Mash Up
Award winning composer, Steven Chesne, just released his latest album, Sapient which is being called a “landmark recording” by music reviewers. Listen as we talk creating fusion from sacred tradition…
BEST OF: Be Afraid But Do It Anyway with Raz Kennedy
What are you afraid of? And how do you persist in spite of it? In this revealing interview with Raz Kennedy, a renowned vocalist dubbed the "coach to rock royalty," Shaw's questions cut right to the …
Performing With Your Archetypes
Want ideas for how you can access different archetypes and use them to create dynamic and commanding performances, talks, or even pitches? Listen to this conversation with performance coach, Dr. Milu…
Creatively Fit, Fabulous and Glowing!
You may recognize this week’s guest, singer Ranella Ferrer, from her starring appearance on Khloé Kardashian’s T.V. Show, Revenge Body, and in this week’s episode we talk about how she went from one …
What You Can Learn from Street Performers
How do you captivate an audience when they’re on their way to somewhere else? For this week’s episode listen as Holly spends the day at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf and talks with two street per…
Surrounding Yourself With The Right Team
In this episode overflowing with stories and heart, brand manager, Ron Roecker will blow your mind with tales from working with some of the industry's best and brightest in music and entertainment ov…
Audition with Improv: A Coaching Call With An Actor
Ever felt like the audition process is set up to fail you? You’ll love this coaching episode with SAG Hollywood actor, Meli Alexander as she relays a recent co-star audition that didn’t go as she hop…