The Path of Art
The Path of Art
The journey to creative success can be different for each artist, but the lessons learned along the way are often similar and act as road signs for those who follow. Join host Ryan Meeks as he learns from creative people about how they moved forward on The Path of Art. Ryan will speak with musicians, actors, directors, painters – anyone working in a creative field - about what it takes to get thr…Follow the podcast:
#26 Tristan Cole: The journey is worth it
Join Ryan Meeks and Singer/Songwriter Tristan Cole as they talk about how to navigate the music world. Tristan goes into detail about how he was able to make it as an artist and how others can follow a similar path. Check out Tristan Coles work here.
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#25 Kelsey Edwards: Tell yourself a good story
Actress and musician Kelsey Edwards talks about how the stories we tell ourselves shape our lives and by changing those stories, we can better ourselves and our situations. Stories we tell ourselves can be both helpful and detrimental. So why wouldn't you tell yourself a good story instead of a b…
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#24 Mary Sauer: Be obsessed with making art
Figure painter and artist Mary Sauer helps us understand the dedication involved in becoming a successful artist. Mary talks about how she knew she wanted to be an artist since she was a little child and how that desire led to her college degree and an amazing career as an artist. She also talks ab…
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#23 Jo Schaffer Layton: Allow yourself to dream
Jo Schaffer Layton, a published novelist and screenwriter joins host Ryan Meeks to talk about her own work and how she co-founded one of the nation’s most successful literary programs for teens called Teen Author Boot Camp. She discusses the in's and out's of being a writer and shares some helpfu…
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#22 Sean Meeks: The obstacles we face
On this episode of The Path of Art, show host Ryan Meeks sits down with his brother Sean Meeks a musician and producer to talk about where they are finding difficulties on their path. Sean has produced both of his current projects and is finding a way to make something out of it while Ryan is simil…
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#21 Ro Malaga: Train yourself through victories and failures
Ro Malaga is a multi-talented artist and professional. As a dancer, he has been in films like High School Musical (1, 2, and 3) and was also in Legally Blonde 2. Ro is also a DJ, boxing instructor, and the director of business development at FanX Salt Lake. In this episode, Ro and show host Ryan …
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#20 Jeff Gaither: Art saved my life
In this episode of The Path of Art show host Ryan Meeks talks with artist Jeff Gaither who has done the album art for the punk rock band Misfits as well as t-shirts and other artworks for many other bands including Municipal Waste, Testament, The Undead, Hirax, The Accused, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, …
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#19 Al Denyer: Educate others about the value of your art
Al Denyer is an artist and a professor of art at the University of Utah. She holds an MFA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and a BA Honors from Winchester School of Art, England. Her art can be described as creating form and structure with line and texture using topographic influe…
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#18 Mark Roos: Every artist can make it
LA composer and music producer Mark Roos joins show host Ryan Meeks to talk about what musicians and bands need to do to create success in their line of work. Mark talks about his background and how he got to where he is and explains that there is a path and all artists can do it. Mark Roos has p…
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#17 Katherine Beggs: Learn to accept yourself
Katherine Beggs is a composer from LA who is on her journey to becoming a film composer. Right now she works as a composer for Cutting Room Music, a studio that creates music for film, TV, video games and more. In this episode, Katherine talks with show host Ryan Meeks about how she was able to m…
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