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Musician & Author John Voelz on Creativity, Music & Becoming an Idea Mentalist

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with full-time musician, author, speaker, and podcast host John Voelz.

This dynamic creative is the host of the Gig to Live podcast and author of Becoming an Idea Mentalist: The Unusual Perspectives, Practices and Rituals of Idea People. Through his speaking, writing, music, and conversations, John explores creativity, Innovation, entrepreneurship, performance, and the realities of building a meaningful life as a working artist.

He has spent years performing hundreds of shows annually, building audiences, working closely with venues, and learning firsthand what it truly takes to survive and thrive as an independent musician and entrepreneur. Those experiences have shaped his books, podcast, philosophy, and a lifetime of practical Wisdom around creativity and idea-driven living.

In this interview, we discuss music, entrepreneurship, creative thinking, innovation, podcasting, performing live, artistic Growth, Personal Development, storytelling, audience building, writing, and the mindset required to sustain a long-term creative career.

Dig this insightful and inspiring story with John Voelz.

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Joe Dimino has been writing & creating in a variety of capacities since his college days at the University of Missouri-Kansas City somewhere around 1993. If you are keeping score, that would be about 29 years+. It all began at UMKCs University News as a Sports Writer & turned into a myriad of expressive avenues. Inventing poems, art, video & audio has always been in the proverbial cards.

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