Ever have a great melody in your head and you wonder how to turn it into a song? Singer-songwriter Steve Dawson of Dolly Varden joins me on the most recent episode of The Celebrity Dinner Party with Elysabeth Alfano. Steve and I dish on everything from the power of a good teacher and the musicality of language to how some of the best songs might just flow to you on your way to work! Demystifying the process and conveying that anyone can do it, Steve makes songwriting accessible even to those who haven't taken music lessons.
It is no wonder that Steve's classes at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago sell out continually. For those who can't get into his classes, his book, Take It To The Bridge: Unlocking the Great Songs Inside You, written with Mark Caro, is out now on Amazon.
So grab a beer, listen in and get ready to take some notes as Steve Dawson takes the fear out of songwriting!
Is it attaining success that matters? Or is it what you do with that success once you’ve got it that really counts?
On this episode of The Celebrity Dinner Party with Elysabeth Alfano, model, actress and filmmaker, Katie Cleary, joins me on the red carpet of the Chaplin screening room at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Sure, Katie has graced magazine covers all over the globe and appeared on America’s Next Top Model, Deal or No Deal and countless more TV programs. She has been a TV host for E! Entertainment News Now, TV Guide Channel and HDTV and has acted in movies like The Break Up and Iron Man 2. But what did Katie do with all this success once she got it?
Katie began her not-for-profit animal welfare organization, Peace for Animals, her World Animal News website, and the making of her movie Give Me Shelter in 2012. Give Me Shelter, which is now on Netflix, is about people who dedicate their lives to rescuing domestic, wild and exotic animals and who raise awareness for the most important animal welfare issues world-wide.
Over vegan food and wine, Katie and I dish on just what kind of impact one person can make when they really set their mind to it, and her years of philanthropy around animal welfare. Grab a glass of wine and listen in! For more information, visit http://TheDinnerParty.tv/podcast
As we start the year, I am bringing back my very favorite video interview & podcast with award-winning National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen. In this incredibly informative tete a tete with Nicklen, skyping from his home in British Columbia, he tells us the one thing we can easily do today to positively affect the planet and its animals and sea life.
There is no time to lose and the new administration could make things much worse for our environment. Listen in to the podcast and check out the video of Paul's incredible photography of polar bears, walrus, penguins, sea lions and pups, narwhal and more here: http://thedinnerparty.tv/national-geographic-photographer-paul-nicklen/