Quit Your Day Job With Dan Brophy

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Sinopsis

*A podcast for frustrated creatives. How do you turn what you love into what you do? Each episode I talk to my favourite creatives to discuss the tools and tricks associated with turning your passion into a career. Here at 'Quit Your Day Job', we believe that the pursuit of what you love is just a process - and one that is available to anyone. So what are you waiting for? Your journey to feeling more connected to who you are and what you do starts now...

Episodios

  • 'Turn What You Love Into A Business' with Tess Robinson (Smack Bang Designs)

    15/08/2019 Duración: 55min

    Tess has literally written the book on how to start - and grow - a creative agency (it's 263 pages and fabulous, an available for sale on her website, below). If turning your solo-preneur career into a small company is something you are entertaining, then this one's for you. Also you should listen because Tess is something of a low-key, genius. To see how it's done, check out:  https://smackbangdesigns.com https://www.instagram.com/smackbangdesigns/   For more on Dan: www.instagram.com/danbrophy    

  • 'How To Enhance Your Creativity & Focus Every Day' with Hannah & Eliza Reilly (Actor / Writer / Directors)

    01/08/2019 Duración: 01h05min

    Hannah and Eliza Reilly are a force to be reckoned with... Between them, in the last couple of years they have contributed to almost every media platform in the country, from TV (2 ABC series) to radio (Triple J's The Hook Up), to theatre (Belvoire Theatre) to standup (Sydney Comedy Fest)... They have just launched their own all-female writers room here in Australia and are about to launch TV careers in the US. But this is no overnight success. This is the result of over a decade's worth of dedication to their goals. The secret of their success? Among other things, their creative partnership.

  • 'How To Identify Signs That You Are On The Right Path' with Vanessa Muradian (Yoga Teach & Sexologist)

    25/07/2019 Duración: 01h01min

    Vanessa Muradian was working as a Newscorp journalist before the universe - her passion for real conversations about sex and sexuality - got in the way. For more on dan: www.instagram.com/danbrophy For more on Vanessa: www.instagram.com/miamuse.intimac www.instagram.com/vanessa.muradian

  • 'Don't like it? Disrupt it!' with Josh Reid Jones (Just Be Nice Project)

    09/07/2019 Duración: 01h06min

    Josh Reid Jones was frustrated with the inefficiencies of the not for profit space, so he turned it on its head and started Just Be Nice Project - a world-first that matches people who want to give to charities with the organisations that need their specific skills. We can all stand to be more 'disruptive' in our thinking - and it it our greatest frustrations are usually a key to our greatest breakthroughs. Submit a 'creative process' question to my IGTV Vlog: https://www.instagram.com/danbrophy More on Josh: https://www.instagram.com/joshreidjones/ https://www.jbnproject.com/

  • 'You Can Do More Than You Think' with Carla Uiarte (Artist & Designer)

    03/07/2019 Duración: 01h06min

    Carla Uiarte is a multi-hyphenate artist, designer, filmmaker, art-gallery curator - but most impressive of al, is her philosophies on the fluidity and fluency that all creatives have - but so few take possession of. This is an incredibly motivating chat with an incredible creative.

  • 'Give them what they want... to give them what they need' with Ross Harding (Finding Infinity, Off The Grid Festival)

    02/04/2019 Duración: 01h04min

    My guest this week is Ross Harding.    Ross is creative sustainability professional, whose brainchild is the 'Off The Grid Festival' - a solar powered dance party that takes place right in the Melbourne CBD.   Coming from an academic background in engineering and finance, Ross has found a way to combine his passions for conservation and social change with his love of techno and having a gosh darn good time.   What started as a day party just off the Melbourne city grid evolved to encapsulate a festival of ideas featuring Australia’s leading environmentalists, architects, activists, entrepreneurs and foodies. This is how you make environmental awareness cool.   I wanted to talk to Ross about how he went from working in the corporate space to starting his own festival, from conception to completion and the hurdles along the way. For Ross this is but a small stop on an ever-evolving journey to create real change in his local environment - with a view to affect b

  • 21 'From Barristers to Baristas - I Quit Law to Open a Cafe' with George Woodyard (BART Jr. & Southside Charmer, Sydney)

    19/03/2019 Duración: 59min

    Have you ever thought about opening your own cafe or restaurant?   My guest this week did... until she decided to. George Woodyard is the owner, operator and cook at restaurant and bar, Bart Jr.   Bart Jr may be named after a notorious stray cat in Sydney's slowly gentrifying Redfern neighbourhood, but there's nothing scrappy about this local institution.    The bar food menu is full of 'the best version of old favourites' - and a couple of your next new favourites.   For those of you who don't know that my entire life revolves around food, let me tell you: the way to my heart is through my stomach. When George designs a dish, it's the key ingredient that is celebrated. To taste a dish that is nothing more a baked potato, it's like no potato you've ever eaten.  You can't imagine octopus fresher or more lithe. It comes garlic-infused and accompanied by a homemade hummus.  The atmosphere is a vibrant small bar on a corner in a quiet neighbourhood.

  • Ep 20 'How To Be A Full Time Artist' with Will Huxley (artist, THE HUXLEYS)

    12/03/2019 Duración: 01h39s

    My guest this week is artist Will Huxley. Along with his partner in art and life,  Garett, he forms one half of The Huxleys, which is a 'performance art experience' allowing him to play in the space of experimental theatre, costume design, photography and video.   The Huxley's two of the most recognisable artists in the country - mainly due to their larger-than-life costumes and colourful performance that are as layered with meaning as they are widely accessible.  They have been guests of every major art event and profiled by every major media outlet in the country. You may have seen them turn up to a functions in giant inflatable costumes and their glitter infused mock-glam-rock act Style Over Substance in which they perform as a band without music.   Will and I came up alongside each other at film school. Since graduating in the middle of the 2000s have faced the disillusionment of trying to work out where we fit in ever-narrowing film and TV industry.  We discuss the way Will has f

  • Ep 19: 'Turn Your Passion into a Business (via E-Learning)' with Amber Renae

    04/03/2019 Duración: 49min

    This week's guest on the Quit Your Day Job Podcast is a consummate creative entrepreneur, Amber Renae. She discusses making the transition through various career reinventions - from stylist, to TV presenter, to online marketing guru and personal branding coach.   We discuss:   How do you know when it's the right time to quit your day job?   Adjusting your mindset to make the most of set-backs.   Up-skilling and gathering the tools you need for your next career reinvention.   Building your own online business and growing your database of true followers - which then become your loyal customers.   This is a great chat for anyone looking to create a career path that speaks tp their spirit - and a reminder that the journey is along one, your 'overnight success' may be the result of years' worth of learning, planning and testing.    If you're a fan of the Quit Your Day Job series, please subscribe in iTunes and leave a review - and don't forget to share it with

  • Ep. 18 'Launching Your Own Online Publication' with Damien Woolnough (Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bizarre and now: Marry The Man)

    19/02/2019 Duración: 53min

    Damien Woolnough is the the former editor of Vogue.com.au, deputy editor of Elle magazine and fashion editor of The Australian.   2018 has seen Damien step out from behind the masthead of other magazine titles to launch his own online publication: Marry the Man, a luxury lifestyle online platform and one-stop-shop for the increasing wave of men looking to do just what the title says - perfectly timed with the changing of the law in support of gay marriage in Australia earlier this year.   Marry the Man is defined by its well-curated lifestyle content and colourful, beautifully simple design. It is a timely and unique offering with a built-it, niche audience of traditionally double-income-no-kids earners looking to spend - making it incredibly desirable to perspective advertisers.    This is a great conversation for anyone looking to launch their own online platform, or those interested in the digital publishing space for fashion and lifestyle.

  • Ep 17: 'Your Dream Job May Not Exist Yet' with Kale Brock (The Gut Movie)

    25/10/2018 Duración: 57min

    My guest today is journalist, author and documentary filmmaker Kale Brock.   Kale cut his teeth in the media landscape as a teenage presenter on the TV series Totally Wild - AKA my childhood dream job.   This year has seen Kale tour the country to promote his feature-length documentary The Gut Movie, a cinematic and widely accessible investigation into how our gut health can influence everything from our immunity to our happiness.   Kale is my favourite kind of creative. He is a renaissance man with a can-do attitude; researching, writing, presenting and shooting content that has filled two published books (and counting) as well as a steady stream of short film, podcast, vlog and blog content that has filled his channels to the point that has carved out a niche as the distinct voice in the gut health space - which is one of the fastest growing areas of health and wellness.   If 'Quit Your day Job is a philosophy then Kale is living it: the perfect example of what happens when you marry wha

  • EP 16: ‘Finding a Career Path That Will Lead You to Your Creative Destiny’ with Frida Las Vegas (Designer & Pop-Artist)

    06/09/2018 Duración: 01h05min

    My guest this week is designer, artist and pop-phenomenon Stavroula Adameitis - though you may know her by her pop art moniker, Frida Las Vegas (www.instagram.com/fridalasvegas).   I have long been a fan of Stav’s creative output, from her illustration, to her actually LOL-inducing Instagram captioning for said illustration, to the practical application of her aesthetic through jewellery design and now fashion and textiles and a foray into the “serious art world” through gallery shows and neon-fused illustrated artworks.   There are a few people in the world who gave me more life as a creative. She is one of the most focused and dedicated practitioners I have observed, a master class in leveraging your skills to earn an income to facilitate a creative practice that speaks to your soul.   I wanted to talk to Stav about the practical side of how she structures her day and designs the life to facilitate the work. She shares wisdom around motivation, determination and how to tackl

  • Ep 15 'Slow Fashion, Small Business & Self Care' with Gwendolynne Burkin (fashion designer, bridal)

    08/07/2018 Duración: 01h18min

    Gwendolynne Burkin is part of an exciting generation of Australian fashion designer that came up a the late 90s independent fashion boom time alongside alum such as Akira Isagowa and Lisa Gorman.   But since then, a lot has changed in the Australian Fashion industry. Many of the names defined that period - how we dressed, what our high streets looked like, and the way Australian style was defined in the eyes of the world - have disappeared due to influences like highly competitive off-shore production, and inevitable defeat of online shopping by fast-fashion and overseas mega-brands.   For Gwendolynne to still be in business 21 years later is a small miracle, due mainly to a series of creative business reinventions. I wanted to talk to Gwendolynne about what it was like coming up in that era of promise - and how she has managed to continuously adapt and evolve within her industry in order to do what she loves.   This is a great episode for anyone who is looking to start their own business - esp

  • Ep 14: 'Stepping Back to Redefine Your Why' with Jez Smith (Photographer - Vogue, Harpers)

    04/07/2018 Duración: 01h06min

    Jez Smith is a photographer. He as created arresting images of world-famous talent such as: Christy Turlington, Cate Blanchette, Serena Williams, Miranda Kerr, Megan Gale and Jennifer Hawkins. And he has shot for publications like: Vogue Italia, Hapers Bizarr UK, Instyle, Elle, GQ and The Australian's Wish Magazine (my personal favourite).   When it comes to shooting high-end fashion photography in Australia, Jez Smith has a reputation for being one of the best in his field.    Why then, after almost 20 years building that reputation did he decide to move afield and relocate back to London for fresh start?   This episode explores a theme that has come up a lot with my guests of late, and that is self-preservation & self care - which is not only necessary for those looking to forge a career doing what they love. It’s as important – if not more important – for those who are already working within the field of their passions - because your livelihood depends on your abil

  • EP 13: ‘FINDING YOUR MISSION THROUGH MISFORTUNE’. Mel Brady (Stylist / Model / Embrace-Age Activist)

    08/06/2018 Duración: 01h29s

    For as long as I’ve known her, Mel Brady has been a stylist. However in the last couple of years, she has made the transition to model. And while this doesn’t sound too unusual in this, the era of ‘the slashie’, what is unique about this situation is that Mel is her mid-fifties… which has then meant she has added another slash to her career catchphrase: activist.   Because, I found out, being a women in your fifties who decides not to fade into sexless oblivion IS is act of social rebellion - particularly, it would seem, in the eyes of the media.   And thus the Embrace Age movement was born, in which Mel has rallied women from around the world to share their ideas of just how they choose to see themselves through the media.   I wanted to talk to Mel about the growing popularity of this grey-roots movement - and the career in styling and image-making that got her to this place of proudly authoring her own content.   This is a great episode for anyone who is lo

  • EP 12: How to 'Make It' - On Your Own Terms' with Declan Greene (Theatre Writer & Director, MTC/STC)

    27/05/2018 Duración: 01h12min

    What does it take to make work that is excites people on a national and international level? What are you prepared to do in order to make work you are truly proud of?   My guest this week is theatre writer and director Declan Greene. He has a body of work that spans every major theatre institution in the country.   He got his start in Melbourne’s literal and figurative underground - staging plays in underground carparks and building sites - and is now of the best regarded theatre makers of his generation. But that doesn’t mean he’s lost his edge.    Declan's work still crosses genres and formats and merges high-brow and low-brow culture, queer performance art, multimedia, in-jokes, bad language, pop art and surrealist absurdity - but always with a view to comment on society or humanity or the profanity of culture - or all of the above.   His recent direction of Blackie Blackie Brown - written by Nakia Lui and currently showing at the STC - is no exception.  It m

  • Ep 11: 'HOW TO BE A PLAYER IN THE CONTENT SPACE' FlexMami (DJ / MTV Host / Content Creator)

    09/05/2018 Duración: 01h30min

    Lillian Ahen AKA Flex Mami is a DJ, an MTV host and a content creator... and a social media genius.   Having come from a background working in PR to realising that she may as well just use the skills she was applying to working with brands on behalf of influencers for herself, she has launched and continued to reinvent her own career, leveraging off her self-identified USPs and boldly going after the sort of opportunities she once helped create for others.   Flex has been that frustrated creative working in a firm and feeling like she wanted more - and what she had forged for herself in only a few years is pretty inspiring. And one of my biggest take-aways is that it’s all about your mindset.  This is a great episode for anyone who is looking to build a profile, leverage their skills into income stream by partnering with brands - and more than anything about bracing yourself with the right attitude and self belief to make the most of the myriad opportunities that are out there in this, th

  • EP 10: HOW TO PRODUCE YOUR CREATIVE LIFE with Sam Cananagh (Austereo, ‘Hamish & Andy’)

    25/04/2018 Duración: 52min

    What does it take to be one of the most in-demand creative thinkers in Australian radio?   I thought I’d ask Sam Cavanagh. He’s been a producer at Southern Cross Austereo since the early 2000s,  and is best known for producing his good mates Hamish and Andy, but has has also acted as producer and a creative consultant on a countless other radio shows across the Austereo, Hit and Triple M networks. Sam Cav is revered in his industry. There’s no one who does what he does better.   I wanted to chat to Sam about the practical day-to-day processes that go into being a leader in his field.    How does he plan his day? How does he stay on top of a never ending to-do list? When does he find time for exercise, personal reflection and the gathering of inspiration that will fuel his next great idea?   The challenges that Sam faces in a creative and logitically demanding role within a fast-paced environment are relatable to us all - not just those in the radio industry

  • Ep 9: Don’t Ask For Permission To Do What You Love with Jan Fran (The Feed, SBS Viceland)

    26/03/2018 Duración: 01h04min

    Today I’m chatting with Jan Fran: journalist, commentator, writer and host of the SBS nightly news show, The Feed.    We have a practical chat about how to define and grow a personal brand. For many, this concept is still a bit on the nose, but it interested me to talk to Jan about it because she’s not an ‘influencer' - she’s a current affairs journalist - and yet she still needs to think about how to represent her work and elements of her personal life and process via social media in order to define her personal brand so as to best reach her audience.   We talk about how she got her start and the importance of not just waiting for someone to give you an opportunity to do the thing you love - which for Jan meant moving to Uganda and shooting and producing her own documentary series.    This conversation offers great insight for anyone looking to get into journalism - or any sort of self-authored media gig.  It highlights the importance of creating opportun

  • Ep 8: 'Be Relentless' with Nick Fordham

    13/12/2017 Duración: 59min

    Nick Fordham is a name that is mostly known inside the Australian media industry.  He is a talent manager for a number of Australia’s best known media and sporting personalities. Possibly his most celebrated client in recent months has been Lisa Wilkinson, who Nick has worked with for over a decade.    Nick Fordham is an ideas man. He belongs to a category of creative thinker that I like to call 'the strategist'. His super power seems to be in zooming out to see the bigger picture, observing how systems work and finding a way to connect disparate elements - usually for the purpose of satisfying a gap in the market.   2017 has seen many of Nick’s other projects blossom to fruition: Outback Wrangler - a 'Steve Irwin meets Bear Grills show for Nat Geo' is in its third season screened in over 130 countries; Nick’s re-invigoration of the Club Rugby has taken it from a forgotten subsidiary of Union to quite literally putting it in a league of its own;  He is co-owner

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