Season Two. Episode Ten Matt Doherty Born in 1978, Matt has been a creative for as long as he can remember. From writing, producing, acting and original music he's been involved in the arts his entire life. He talks about his formative years and learning to get up when you fall down. The differences between music, acting and hockey. Life as a Duck, life as a child actor. Life as a human.  Hear Matt's original music on Spotify and follow on Insta @archiedohman Follow Us; @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta The Matt Lees Band singles - "Remind Yourself" & "Maybe I'm Not Leavin'" are available on all digital streaming music services! Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com    "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.    

Matt Lees Gets Creative

Matt Doherty

Season Two. Episode Nine Nate Appleby Graphic Artist. Podcaster. Father. Beautiful Australian. Nate is a visual Artist with an awesome unique style. Character designs, logo designs and much more. We talk about his origins in art, his inspirations and his struggle with work/life balance being an independent artist.  Follow Nate: @applebycreative on Insta and Twitter and applebycreativeatudios.com Follow us: @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com      "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.      

Nate Appleby

Season Two. Episode Eight Alex Price When I met Alex, he was a freshman in high school, and a "you have to hear him to believe him" level guitar player. Today, Alex Price is a full fledged rock star. Soulful R&B music with bluesy, rock twist is the back bone of his style. We talk about our history together, what started his love for performing and what keeps his inspiration alive today.   Follow Alex: 1apriceless on Insta His music is available on all digital platforms. Follow us: @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com     "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.      

Alex Price

Season Two. Episode Seven Tom Wilson From fronting Junkhouse to forming Blacking and the Rodeo Kings in the 90s to writing his memoir "Beautiful Scars" in 2017 and his recent release with the Lee Harvey Osmond record "Mohawk" Tom Wilson has a artistic career spanning decades.  Follow Tom: tomwilsononline.com Follow us: @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com     "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.

Tom Wilson

Season Two. Episode Six Terry Cooper Sometimes when you interview someone you have an assumption as to which part of that creative's life you're going to discuss. I met Terry when he was playing Cardiff Jack Sparrow but had no idea how deep his creative adventures went. He's Musician, actor, writer, director and visual artist and shares his adventures in creativity.  Follow Terry: Cardiff Jack Sparrow on Insta Follow us: @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com   "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.

Terry Cooper

Season Two. Episode Five Sean Pinchin Canadian. Slide guitar hero. Juno Nominee. Boathouse O.G. Sean Pinchin tells us about his start in music, and what keeps him going to this day as an indie blues artist. We chat about his solo projects as well as his various collaborations. Follow Sean: seanpinchin.ca and check out his music on all digital platforms! Follow us: @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com   "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.

Sean Pinchin

Season Two. Episode Four Bryan Gunton Magician and Theatre owner Bryan Gunton shares what made him fall in love with magic, how her turned it into a full fledged business, and what it's like to own possibly the smallest magic theatre in the world! Follow Bryan: bryangunton.co.uk and his facebook group Bryan Gunton Event Magician. Follow us: @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com   "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.

Bryan Gunton

Season Two. Episode Three Larry Hankin Comedian. Actor. Writer. Director. Larry Hankin has done it all over his 30+ year career. He's featured in some of the most classic films and TV shows of all time and has the stories to go with it.  Follow Larry: Larry Hankin on Facebook, and keep your eyes out for his book coming soon! Follow us: @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com       "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.

Larry Hankin

Season Two. Episode Two Evil Ted  After a career in the film industry making props for Star Trek, Walking Dead and Fifth Element among many others Ted Smith now uses his YouTube Channel to share his knowledge on prop, foam props and costume building. He gives us a fascinating and eye opening look into portions of entertainment most of us know very little about! Follow Ted: @EvilTed40 on Twitter & evilted_channel on Insta. Of course the Evil Ted YouTube channel and eviltedsmith.com  Follow us: @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com     Join the Creative Club, and help us give back! We know we can't all give to each cause we'd like to help... but if you're looking to support a patron then every penny we gain through our Patron program is donated to the Velindre Cancer Centre in South Wales. We taking your kindess and paying it forward. https://patron.podbean.com/mattleesgetscreative   "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.

Evil Ted

Bonus Episode! Ben Goldsmith During a train ride through Florida, Comic book writer Ben Goldsmith talks his creative inspirations and the journey of an indie artist. He has an indiegogo running right now for Chango The Broken Veil Act 1 so throw your support in before it's too late! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/chango-the-broken-veil-act-1?fbclid=IwAR0JQf3k0TtU3-AGe9VfGjmXKAWPM0LtReCibbJPmwqorK2XcKVeK1Oozmk#/   Join the Creative Club, and help us give back! We know we can't all give to each cause we'd like to help... but if you're looking to support a patron then every penny we gain through our Patron program is donated to the Velindre Cancer Centre in South Wales. We taking your kindess and paying it forward. https://patron.podbean.com/mattleesgetscreative   "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.

Bonus Episode with Ben Goldsmith

Season Two. Episode One Fred Penner There are a rare few people in our world these days that 'need no introduction', but our first guest of the second season is one of them. He shares with us what helped him fall in love with performaning, and it's a lovely story. He hosted almost 1,000 episodes of his childrens television show. He's won a Juno and a Gemini award for his beautiful music and he's a hero to countless kids around the world. Oh, and he wanted me to tell you that somebody believes in you.   Follow Fred: @PennerFred and fredpenner.com and listen to his latest release "Somebody Believes"  on Spotify now! Follow us: @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.

Fred Penner

Episode 10 Brendan B Brown of Wheatus Growing up, (or hell even being alive) in the 2000’s probably means you’re no stranger to Brendan and his band. Countless radio hits including one of the biggest singles of all time with “Teenage Dirtbag” have decorated his musical career. We discussed his origin story with his inspirations leading him into music. He chatted us through the process of self producing the debut smash album from the living room of his moms house, and how much the recording process and the music business in general has changed.  Follow Wheatus and score tickets for their upcoming UK and Europe dates; https://Wheatus.com  @wheatus on Twitter Follow us: @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com   "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.

Brendan B Brown of Wheatus

Episode 9: Kristopher Marantette To sum Kris up as simply a game designer is a rather basic way to describe him. He's a musician, a songwriter, a radio host and his most recent creative venture takes him into the card game world. He's also a long time friend, and the conversation touches on all manner of creativity. To quote himself “I’m blessed and cursed with an over active imagination”.   Follow Krishada Games https://krishada.com https://www.facebook.com/EarthIsOursGame Follow us: @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com   "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.

Kristopher Marentette

Episode 8: Hip Hop Artist Mugzy To say Mugzy Brady is passionate about Hip Hop and it’s culture is a massive understatement. He’s dedicated his live to his art form in both writing and live performance, but also pays respect to his craft with a vast knowledge of the history of his chosen genre. We talked ups and downs, crashes and successes and found we had a lot in common for a couple of musicians from different parts of the world. He’s painfully honest about a battle that went wrong, and almost took his life and career with it.    Follow Mugzy https://m.facebook.com/OfficialMugzy/ Follow us: @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com   "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.

Mugzy

Episode 7: Actor Simon Fisher-Becker  When he found himself at a crossroads in life; Simon made a deal with his supportive family and rolled the dice. It took hard work, passion, dedication and climbing his way back after a horrific personal incident. As he'll tell us though, all things can have a silver lining. He's working in pantomines, theatres and in film and television including Doctor Who, and Harry Potter to name just a few.   Follow Simon @fisherbecker on Twitter www.fisherbecker.info   Follow us: @mlgetscreative on Twitter and Insta Find us on YouTube and our group on Facebook, or email us mattleesgetscreative@gmail.com   "MattLees Gets Creative" is written, produced and edited by MattLees. Executive producer Rachel Lees. Assistant Editor Leia Lees. Original Music by MattLees Music.

Simon Fisher-Becker

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