Episodes

July 27, 2023

Meat Cute - 3 Years to get to the Fringe

3 Years in the making: Bibi Lucille and Anastasia Bunce about the show Meat Cute that’s playing at the Edinburgh Fringe this August. We talk about the development to get to this stage, some dubious methods of marketing the sh...

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July 22, 2023

Camden Fringe: 1 Month 300+ Shows

"Not everyone leaves London in August" - Although there's lots of noise made about the Edinburgh Fringe, London also has a major festival of its own with over 300 different acts performing from 31st July to the 27th August in...

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July 18, 2023

Steph Aritone: Excelf-Esteem

"Everything is data to me and everything is fascinating"- Steph talks about her new show Excelf-esteem which uses the data she finds all around her to drive her comedy. We talk about the economics of running a show at the …

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July 10, 2023

Juliette Burton - No Brainer

" for me activism comes first " - this episode we talk to Comedian and Writer Juliette Burton about her Edinburgh Fringe show ' No Brainer ' how she uses both the 'old-school' techniques of radio and flyering as well …

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May 24, 2023

AI Podcasting and Video Becky Lamb-Pritchard

Ahead of Podcast Show London on 24th/25th May, we’re running a series of short daily podcasts with a variety of people in the podcast industry. This episode is with Becky Lamb-Pritchard - Head of Marketing at Distorted We tal...

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May 22, 2023

Mark Asquith - Podcast Hosting

Ahead of Podcast Show London on 24th/25th May, we’re running a series of short daily podcasts with a variety of people in the podcast industry. This episode is with Mark Asquith - Co-Founder of Podcast Hosting service Captiva...

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May 19, 2023

Megan Hayward - Podcast Producer

Ahead of Podcast Show London on 24th/25th May, we’re running a series of short daily podcasts with a variety of people in the podcast industry. Today’s episode is with Megan Hayward - Podcast Producer at editaudio We talk abo...

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April 23, 2023

Comedy Producer - Gina Lyons

This episode is with Comedy producer Gina Lyons - this was a great chat encompassing the varied aspects of Gina’s career to date, from getting in to the industry via a reality TV show (Get Me A Producer), working with …

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April 4, 2023

Sean Adams - Drowned in Sound

This episode is with Sean Adams, Founder of Music Website and Label Drowned in Sound. We talk about the relaunch of Drowned in Sound as a music label, what a label can offer an artist that they wouldn’t get with …

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Feb. 28, 2023

Dr Hayleigh Bosher - Copyright in Music

Our guest is Dr Hayleigh Bosher - Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at Brunel University. We discuss how musicians can educate themselves around copyright and getting paid when their music is used, the #BrokenRecor...

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Feb. 13, 2023

Chapters in Podcast - It's a clip show!

Chapters and Chapter art are a great way of adding extra context to a podcast or direct listeners to a specific part and what better way to show that with some clips from previous guests on Making Creativity Pay. I …

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Jan. 24, 2023

James Cridland - Making Money From Podcasting

This episodes guest is James Cridland , James is Editor of Podnews , a daily Podcast and Newsletter about the world of Podcasting. In the episode we talk about a range of subjects around podcasting and monetisation including:...

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Dec. 28, 2022

Suchandrika Chakrabarti - I miss Amy Winehouse

This episode is with Suchandrika Chakrabarti talking about her 2022 Edinburgh Fringe show 'I miss Amy Winehouse', selecting a venue, promoting it on TikTok and flyering by the bins. We talk about having a show with a mixed ti...

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Dec. 12, 2022

Joz Norris, Cerys Bradley and Stu Goldsmith Edinburgh Fringe Insights

In this episode I speak to 3 performers about their experiences at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe. We discuss a wide range of areas around performing at the Fringe such as: Length of run - is doing the whole month some …

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Oct. 16, 2022

Transcription Testing

We'll be doing an episode soon on importance of transcription is podcasting, this is just a test for now to compare the huge variety of tools out there that can be used. First post looking at transcription in general and …

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Aug. 12, 2022

Cerys Bradley - Edinburgh Fringe Q&A

In this episode Cerys Bradley talks about their show 'Sportsperson' which is on daily at the Edinburgh Fringe during August. Cerys talks about selecting a venue, pricing and large amounts of flyering as well as recommend sho...

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July 20, 2022

Edinburgh Fringe - Stu Goldsmith

The Edinburgh Fringe is the perfect example of where Art and Commerce mix, it's a reflection of real life from the idealists who just want to make things better to those who see it as a great opportunity to make …

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Feb. 4, 2022

Sophie Cross - Freelancer Magazine

Sophie is editor and founder of Freelancer Magazine which she started in 2021 via a kickstarter campaign . We talk about the issues of setting up a physical print magazine in a digital age, her background in Marketing, develo...

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Jan. 29, 2022

Mark Steadman of Podcode - Podcasting and Building Online Communities

Mark Steadman is founder of Podcode.co and helps podcasters develop, produce and promote their podcasts. Mark has been involved in podcasting since it's inception and we talk about a range of areas in the industry such as: Bu...

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Jan. 19, 2022

Matt Curtis of Pellicle - Beer Writing and Photography

Making creativity pay is a podcast discussing how those in creative industries look to monetise their work, not to sell out their craft but to be able to afford to keep going. In this episode I talked to Matt Curtis, …

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July 19, 2021

Stuart Goldsmith - Comedian's Comedian

In this episode I spoke to Comedian and Podcaster Stuart Goldsmith. We discuss how he got started in podcasting almost a decade ago, his thoughts on different business models such as donations, subscriptions and advertisemen...

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