Creative Income with Lars Lindstrom

Production Company Owner Travis Wears on Financial Literacy and Greatest ROI

Travis and I have many parallels in how we both got started as creatives in the film industry. He's based out of Kansas City and also owns the Facebook group Cine Kit List. 

Film Maker/Director Rob Diamond walks us through his MANY independent feature failures and successes.

Rob Diamond is a film producer, writer and director. We just wrapped our third collaboration together this week and he was kind enough to sit down with me at wrap and talk about his film journey. Enjoy! 

Successful Painter AND my Uncle, Del Parson

Del Parson grew up in Rexburg, Idaho where his father was an art professor at Ricks College and his mother taught second grade. His father often took his nine children on painting excursion campouts. He found his father’s love of art to be contagious, as did two of his brothers, who became artists as well.

Often he will visualize ideas for paintings. After making a list, one idea will stand out more strongly than the others. Like any creative endeavor, painting is hard work, and a major oil painting can take at least a month to complete.

“When you feel inspired,” says Parson, “a painting takes on a life of its own. When that happens, the experience is pure joy. It is moments like these that an artist loves best.”

Parson now lives in Utah with his wife and six children. His paintings of Christ evoke a strong emotional response from viewers, and both his religious and historical paintings have received numerous regional and national awards. Parson’s work has been exhibited at the Allied Artists of America, National Academy of Design, Knickerbocker Artist, American Artists Professional League, and the Amarillo Rotary Show.

Musician, Actor, and Voice Artist from Yo Gabba Gabba - Mossi Watene

Mossi is one of a kind. Kind hearted, talented, and smart. In this episode he talks about learning how to negotiate for what he's worth, pivoting, and much more. 

Lars Lindstrom, live below your means to get what you want.

Owning a home in Los Angeles has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. In this episode I talk about why living below my means was by design in order to build long term wealth as a home owner. also, you should read How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. 

#22 Owner of Production Company Station 22 -Noah Clark on saying yes, and then learning how.

Noah Clark is the owner of Station 22, a successful production and post facility in Los Angeles CA. Noah talks about the importance of saying yes to everything early on and then forcing yourself to deliver on what you promise. if you're a creative starting out you'll relate to a lot about what he has to say, enjoy!

#21 Drummer E-man doesn't talk rate and maybe you shouldn't either

Studio and Live drummer E-man talks about touring with Andy Grammer, building a studio for convenience, and social media. It really doesn't matter if you're not a musician, you should still listen to this episode! Everything E-man talks about is incredibly relatable to any creative field. enjoy!

#20 CEO of The Futur Chris Do has a different approach to education for creatives

Chris Do is the owner and CEO of The Futur, an online educational platform that plans to teach a BILLION students. On this podcast we talk about how Chris got started, why he think the education system is broken and how he intends on fixing it, how to charge clients and lots more. 

Chris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer, director, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform with the mission of teaching 1 billion people how to make a living doing what they love.

He currently serves as the chairman of the board for the SPJA, and as an advisor to Saleshood. He has also served as: advisory board member for AIGA/LA, EmmysMotion & Title Design Peer Group, Otis Board of Governors, Santa Monica College and Woodbury University.

He has taught Sequential design for over 15 years at ArtCenter College of Design as well as Otis College of Art and Design. Additionally, he has lectured all over the world including: AIGA National Design Conference, Birmingham Design Festival, Awwwards New York/San Francisco/Amsterdam, AIGA Miami, The Design Conference Brisbane, Creative South, Digital Design Days Milan/Geneva, Lu Xun Academy Fine Art Dalian, Motion Conference Santa Fe, VMA Design Conference, MIT Boston, Bend Design Conference, Graphika Manila, Create Philippines, Rise Up Summit Cairo, RGD Design Thinkers Toronto, California Institute of the Arts, LA Art Institute, Otis College of Design, UCLA, MGLA, Cal State Los Angeles/ Northridge, Post Production World, Adobe Video World and San Diego University.

His firm’s work has been recognized by national and international organizations such as: the Emmy’s, Clio, Effie Gold, Huffington Post, Lynda.com, Webbie, Communication Arts, London International Awards, One Show, British D&AD, AICP 20, Pictoplasma, How, 72 dpi, L.A. Weekly, Boards, Res 10, Type Director’s Club (20, 22, 23, 26), IDN, Addy Awards, BDA, Create, Stash (2, 12, 22, 24, 35, 43, 65), Creatie Augustus 2010, Motion Design, Asia Image, Brief, 365 AIGA Year In Design 26, Art Director’s Club, Motionographer, New York Festivals, B Brand, PPaper, I.D., and Print.

Mr. Do has given talks and conducted workshops on: Sales, Negotiations, Value Based Pricing, Mindset, Branding, Graphic & Motion Design, Social Media Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business Management, and Client Relations.

#19 Lars breaks down the 4 different income streams with 4 guests.

Host Lars Lindstrom talks about the four different ways to make income:

1.) trade your time for dollars 2.) invest your money in stocks, crypto currencies, venture capital etc 3.) buy assets like real estate, equipment, cars etc 4.) figure out ways to spend less so that you keep more of your money without increasing taxes. 

his four guests in this episode are Director, TV host, and social influencer Cole Walliser, Director, editor, and real estate investor Mike Miller, Composer Chad Rehmann, and famed photographer Jay P. Morgan.

Creative income is a podcast designed to help artists make money using their creativity. All investing advice or talk is for entertainment purposes only. We are not financial professionals, only believers in destroying the taboo culture of not talking about this incredibly important life changing topic.

#18 Creative Director Logan Bean on self worth and knowing what's right for the client.

Logan Bean is a filmmaker and creative director for fresh consulting. During his free time he has made courses as a side hustle that has the potential to become his main hustle. enjoy!