American Bandito
By American Bandito
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Description
American Bandito is a podcast about becoming an artist. Artists of all types and places in their careers. Beginners, hobbyists and professionals. I'm Tom Ray and I started this show because I wanted to get back into making art and getting involved with the art community where I live in Madison, WI. And what better way to do that than to find artists and talk to them directly. I wanted to hear about how people create, promote themselves and in the meantime still manage their own well-being.
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CleanS04 Episode 7: Ben Walker Storey, Print On Demand and Horror Flicks. | Ben Walker Storey had listened to the podcast and contacted me on Instagram. The funny thing is I had actually been looking at his work online earlier that day. So I asked him if he wanted to meet with me on the show. He runs a podcast of his own calle | 2/17/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS04 Episode 6: Peter Krsko, Public Art and Science! | Peter Krsko had been listening to the podcast and contacted me. And meeting him was a delight! I had checked out some of his stuff on his website and one thing that caught my eye was these large sculptures that he did. They were these giant wooden thin | 2/10/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS04 Episode 5: Tack Video - You're gonna make it after all. | Spencer Blesi and Rob Griffen are two guys I used to work with at a corporate job. They were in the video department. Spencer even recorded a video for my band Lorenzo's Music. After I left that company I later heard that they also left and started thei | 2/3/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS04 Episode 4: Steev Baker, Shauna Koszegi - Libraries and Landing Pages. | Steev Baker & Shauna Koszegi work at the library. They spend their whole day trying to get people to think about it as a place that has tons of resources for creative people. So how do you get people to come to a place that has just always been there? | 1/27/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS04 Episode 3: Bradley Flora - Photography, Painting & Finding Multiple Outlets. | There was an art installation at a local coffee shop in the fall and the artist, Bradley Flora heard my podcast and asked if I wanted to stop by and check it out. We ended up sitting down to talk, and he told me about how he’s been expanding on what h | 1/20/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS04 Episode 2: Zines & Personal Comics With Emily Mehr | My wife and I were taking a weekend trip to Minnesota. I took that opportunity to meet someone that lives there that I'm friends with on Instagram, Emily Mehr. Listen to the episode Listen on: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube | 1/13/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS04 Episode 1: Jessica Abel | What cool way to start off the new season of the show, I got the opportunity to meet Jessica Abel!! Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube She is the comic book writer and artist who has made so many books, ranging from stories | 1/6/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS03 Episode 13: Ivan Brunetti | Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube Previously on American Bandito, I spoke with artist Rachal Duggan and I discovered we had a mutual person that inspired us both. After I posted that interview, I got a silly idea in my hea | 9/30/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS03 Episode 12: Stripe, Tattoo Artist | Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube Back in the first season of the show, I talked to a young artist named Salma Carreon. During the interview, she told me about how she briefly apprenticed at a tattoo shop. And it occurred | 9/23/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS03 Episode 11: Luke Bassuener, Art Teacher | Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube The person that I meet today I read about in the Isthmus. He was creating a stop-motion film with the students he teaches in his art class at Crestwood Elementary school. And the film they | 9/16/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS03 Episode 10: Stitch Boom Bang, Embroiderer | Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube The first thing I saw by Heather Boggs of Stitch Boom Bang, was a portrait of Hall & Oates she embroidered on a doily. After seeing that, I kinda needed to meet this person. And it turne | 9/9/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS03 Episode 9: Lakeside Press, Printers | Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube The person I asked to meet with me today I contacted out of pure curiosity. I’ve driven past the lakeside press on Willy street like a million times and have never known a thing about it | 9/2/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS03 Episode 8: Rachal Duggan, Illustrator | Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube I met Rachal Duggan at the Tone Madison anniversary party. She had a table set up to do butt portraits. People would turn around and she would draw a picture of their butt. Afterward, I se | 8/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS03 Episode 6: Gavin Folgert, Animator | Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube I went to a local animation meet up in February and afterward Gavin had posted a stop-motion short he made on the meet up's Facebook event page. I've only made 2D animation and have alw | 8/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS03 Episode 5: Eli Quinn, Illustrator | Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube Eli had contacted me through the American Bandito Facebook page. He's an illustrator and also tells me about work he's done as a 3D artist for game design. And it turns out he created the | 8/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS03 Episode 7: American Trash, Graphic Design | Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube I found American Trash while looking at stories located in the Madison area on Instagram. I liked the style. It reminded me of the type of skateboard art that has always appealed to me. | 8/26/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS03 Episode 4: Hailee Von Haden, Embroiderer | Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube I saw Hailee's work on Instagram while searching for local artists. She is a fashion designer turned embroidery artist who recently graduated with a B.S. in Textile and Fashion Design f | 7/29/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS03 Episode 3: James Kreul, Filmmaker | Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube James Kreul has been very involved with films in Madison, he runs programs like The Rooftop Cinema at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and the upcoming Mills Folly Microcinema at | 7/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS03 Episode 2: Linda Lenzke, Writer, Showrunner | Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube Linda is a writer and blogger. She has a site called "Mixed Metaphors, Oh My!" that she has been doing since 2013. She joined a Facebook group called Madison Indie Filmmakers and after | 7/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS03 Episode 1: Kelly Sauvage Angel, Writer | Listen: Apple Podcasts | RadioPublic | Google Podcasts | YouTube Kelly is a writer who contacted me through the American Bandito Facebook page. She's written a book called "Om Namah..." available on Amazon. As she explains it's a story of healing fro | 7/8/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS02 Episode 10: What mistakes do you wish you would have known when you started? | The shop owners this season should have some wisdom they can pass along to those of us trying to make it in the world creatively. So this week I ask the question: What mistakes do you wish you would have known when you started? Listen to the episode Sub | 3/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS02 Episode 9: How do you make time for your personal life? | If you do create your own things it's really easy to let it take up all of your free time. But you don't want to do it at the expense of enjoying life, family or friends. There has to be a balance, but when you're in charge of yourself how do you manage | 3/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS02 Episode 8: How Do You Tell Your Story And Promote It? | When you make things the goal is usually you want people to come check it out? Like these local shops do? But how do you promote something like that? And where do you find the people to tell about it? That leads to this weeks question: "How do you tell | 2/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS02 Episode 7: How Do You Pay Yourself? | I get following your dream as a creative person and artist. And so far, learning that was inspiration enough. But is it worth it? Lifestyle-wise that is. The question this week is: "How Do You Pay Yourself?" Listen to the episode Subscribe to the show o | 2/18/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS02 Episode 6: What Risks Do You Take? | We've talked about how seeing the work in public makes a huge difference. But what about insurance in those places, not only for you but the items you display? What about planning for the future like emergencies or health issues? So, the question this w | 2/11/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS02 Episode 5: How do you find creators & the work you display? | The question I ask this week: "How do you find creators & the work you display?" With all the things we've learned about the people I've talked with this season, I wanted to know how do they find the people they work with? And what should an artist or | 2/4/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS02 Episode 4: Why open a physical place for art instead of an online business? | The question I ask this week: "Why open a physical place instead of an online business?" With the ability to sell and promote anything you make online, why would anyone spend the extra time and money opening a brick and mortar store? I wondered about th | 1/28/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS02 Episode 3: How long did you give yourself to succeed? | The question I ask this week: "How long did you give yourself to succeed?" How long would it take for someone to figure out if the risk they took to pursue their passion full-time was successful? I wanted to know if there is a timeline or some kind of m | 1/21/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS02 Episode 2: When were you ready to take the leap? | This episode I ask the question: "When were you ready to take the leap?" It's one thing to say you want to open your own shop or gallery. But what does it take to go against everything you know and actually do it? Listen to the show: Subscribe to the sh | 1/14/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanS02 Episode 1: What made you decide to start your own business? | This episode I ask the question: "What made you decide to start your own business?" It's the first episode of the second season. This time I travel around Madison and meet with people that own or operate galleries, stores and other places that sell and | 1/7/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMelanie Jones | This week we get to meet photographer Melanie Jones. Melanie is an editorial photographer now based in Madison, Wisconsin, specializing in making portraits of companion animals, families, small business owners, and contemplative landscapes. When she mo | 12/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSharon Bjyrd | This week I meet Sharon Bjyrd Sharon is a painter who moved here from Chicago. She started out going to school for commercial art, which I realize is what we called it before it was graphic design. The story for the inspiration that started her interes | 12/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanStephenie Hamen | In the last episode this season, I meet Stephenie Hamen. She does crafts and helps teach people how to do them. But when it comes to her personal artwork she likes to paint and make things that are more abstract. Become a suppor | 12/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRobin Leigh Kling | This week I meet Robin Leigh Kling. Robin is an artist that has made watercolor landscape paintings over the years. She took time off to raise her son but still managed to find ways to stay involved in the arts. She recently launched a Facebook page to | 12/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPhilip Salamone | This week I meet painter Philip Salamone One interesting thing I find out in this conversation... my studio is literally across the street from his and we have never met before. So I'm glad I got a chance to talk to him. Philip's work is all over town, | 12/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanChris Lester | This week I meet author, Chris Lester. Chris saw my post about looking for artists in Madison for the show. He responded with the question, “What about writers?” I thought he had a good point. Writers are creative people also. So I set up a time to | 12/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSalma Carreon | In this weeks episode, I meet Salma Carreon. She makes ceramics, etchings and paintings. This includes hand painted shirts and a few commissioned murals around town. But what she really wants to do is become a tattoo artist. All this and she has only j | 12/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJason Scott | This weeks episode I meet Jason Scott. Jason is a sculptor of large and small-scale pieces, which includes jewelry. And it all seems to relate back to when he studied to be a sushi chef years ago. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://an | 12/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanColin Holden | This week I meet Colin Holden. Colin's work has a cartoon style, but he prefers to work on a large scale format, usually around five feet tall. He uses this platform to make pieces that express a timeline something that dates back to when he returned h | 12/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJake Jensen | This week I meet Jake Jensen. Jake is a house painter that has the luck of being able to use an endless amount of art supplies thanks to his job. He recently changed the entire concept of what he makes because of an obsession he has with something smal | 12/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHanifa Debling | This week I meet Hanifa Debling. Hanifa had a career in banking. During that time she went to school for Jewelry and Silversmithing. She made jewelry and other pieces for friends. Then, when she retired from banking she decided to launch her own boutiq | 12/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanYou are beautiful. | I was out riding my bike the other day. For some reason, I decided to take a different path than I normally do. I saw three people, one of them was on a ladder. They were just finishing up what looked like a mural that said "You are beautiful" on i | 12/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHolly Meyers | I begin my quest to meet artists in Madison, WI with Holly Meyers. After moving to Madison she was inspired by life changes and her new city's creative energy to devote herself more fully to art. She tells me about how early in life she lost all of her | 12/22/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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