Episodes

  • Preparing for Your Most Creative Year Yet

    Preparing for Your Most Creative Year Yet
    Dec 15 2017
    Welcome to the final episode of the Sound Stories podcast for 2017. In this year-end episode, we’ve pulled together some of the top highlights from the past season. Get ready for a dose of uplifting wisdom from our amazing guests who have embraced creative boundaries and share how to reinvigorate, refresh and revitalize your creative […]
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  • The Life of an LA Filmmaker

    The Life of an LA Filmmaker
    Nov 30 2017
    Filmmaking offers tremendous opportunities for expression, but it also presents intense challenges. Noam Kroll is a Los Angeles-based, award-winning Film and Commercial Director, and founder of the boutique production house, Creative Rebellion. He discusses how he got his start, moved to L.A., landed some of the world’s biggest brands as clients, and continues to ‘do […]
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  • Optimizing Your Website to Increase Your Traffic

    Optimizing Your Website to Increase Your Traffic
    Nov 16 2017
    These days having a website isn’t enough to get you found online. If you want to encourage new users to find you and existing users to remember you, you’ve got to make your website count for all its worth. Tim Cameron-Kitchen, founder of Exposure Ninja shares his journey: from drummer who wanted more work, to […]
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  • Crafting Award Winning Radio Ads

    Crafting Award Winning Radio Ads
    Nov 2 2017
    How do you grab an audience’s attention when you only have 15 to 30 seconds? Chris Smith, Creative Group Head and Writer at the Richards Group has an admirable mastery when it comes to creating engaging and humorous radio ads. Listen as he describes his Radio Mercury Award winning campaign for Motel 6, and dives […]
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  • The Importance of Art

    The Importance of Art
    Oct 19 2017
    In this episode of Sound Stories, Stephanie sits down with Tom Lee, the former director of the Office for the Arts Learning from Performers program at Harvard. They delve into the rich history and mission of the Office for the Arts, which was established in the mid-1970s to foster art-making and provide grants to students […]
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  • Diffusing Tension for a Successful Session

    Diffusing Tension for a Successful Session
    Oct 5 2017
    A recording session can quickly go off the rails, leaving the talent and director frustrated. In this episode of Sound Stories, host Stephanie Ciccarelli explores the topic of regrouping in a voice over project when tensions rise and miscommunications occur. Joining her is Sunday Muse, a celebrity voice actor and voice coach with experience in […]
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  • Contributing to a Brand’s Story: The Role of Social Media Influencers

    Contributing to a Brand’s Story: The Role of Social Media Influencers
    Sep 21 2017
    The beautifully curated photos on Instagram and the sponsored posts that you see popping up throughout your feed come from social media influencers. What does it take to become one of those people? Ally Pintucci offers you a peek behind the curtain and shares her thoughts on authenticity, how she grew her brand, and what […]
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  • The Creative Benefits of Self-Sabotage

    The Creative Benefits of Self-Sabotage
    Sep 7 2017
    For creatives, getting in a rut is a professional hazard. Jonathan De Souza, Professor of Music Theory at the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University, has studied the ways that our bodies, the tools we use, and our minds come together to form our habits. These habits can help or hinder us creatively. […]
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