Your Creative Midlife
Your Creative Midlife. With host Betsy Bush.
I’m talking to people who are exploring the creative life post-career or as empty nesters: painting, writing, making music, theater, and film making. What about you? Is this the time to write that book? Return to arts you enjoyed as a kid or teen? Curious to try something new?
Here’s the thing: It’s never too late to bring a creative practice into your life. My guests talk about the satisfaction they find as they develop their new skills. They also share the uncertainty and fear they felt when they started and the confidence they gained as they kept at it and their skills developed. Even better: their definition of success is their own. Where do you want to go? Dare to follow your muse.
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Your Creative Midlife
The Joys of Rock Music in Midlife: The Story of Cranberry Alarm Clock, Beatles Cover Band
How many of you out there have dreams of forming a rock group with your pals playing the music you love? In this episode, members of the Nantucket-based Beatles cover band, Cranberry Alarm Clock, discuss their recent experience traveling to Liverpool to perform at the International Beatle Week Festival.
Band members Phil Proch, Tom Proch, Frankie Hunter, Skip Curtin share their origin story, how they came together as musicians in midlife on Nantucket. They reflect on the importance of community, the joy of playing music, and the strong, ego-free dynamic that defines their group.
They also describe the thrill and pressure of playing at the legendary Cavern Club, and the overwhelming support they received from their local community and from friends and family who traveled to see them.
Covered in the podcast:
- The trend of individuals in midlife picking up artistic pursuits they had set aside for careers and family, using their passion to build new social connections and experiences.
- An emerging path for hyper-local artists to achieve international recognition.
- Success and longevity comes from strong personal dynamics, a lack of egos and a shared focus on having fun.
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