The Creative Nexus™ News: blog for 280216 & info on The Nexus Café [Update]

Welcome to the Creative Nexus Café™

Season Two, [Ep005] of the Creative Nexus Café™:
Sunday, February 28, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. ET
(3:00 p.m. AT ~ 1:00 p.m. CT ~ 12:00 p.m. MT
~11:00 a.m. PT)

Link to BTR Player

Call-in to the café during showtime at: 619.924.0981,
or call toll free in the 48 contiguous states at: 877.598.1774

Sit back, relax, have a cup of coffee, tea, or chai and listen-in as Natasha and Roger,
once again, spin some interesting musical tracks that are interspersed with a few friends, 
who will present their written, spoken word, and/or musical creations for you!

 This Episode:

► A View from the Café's Window on the World:
with Roger Allen Baut



► Time to Wake-UP folks!

...along with some contemplative music, and poetic cameos

 ► Something to Consider:
with Natasha Lynn Head

► Interview with Jamie Dedes,
"The Poet by Day," founder of "The Bardo Group,"
founding/managing editor of "The BeZine."

"We are a consolidation of two collaboratives, 'The Bardo Group,'
and 'Beguine Again,' with the shared core values of peace, sustainability and social justice."

Some of the music that is provided
in this episode is from Mevio's Music Alley

If you would like to be interviewed,
perform a live reading of your work on the show,
or submit a SoundCloud track, please let us know!
Guidelines maybe found in our
 Nexus Café™ back room page.

BTR STATS UPDATE:
(as of 280216)

ALL TIME LISTENS: 50,653

ALL TIME LIVE LISTENS: 1,733

PROFILE VIEWS: 43,925

Stay tuned! There's always something 'new'
coming your way from the folks at the Creative Nexus Café!

BTR Creative Nexus Café is:
Natasha Lynn Head & Roger Allen Baut
Founding NWCU Coordinators, and Nexus Café producers/hosts.

Susie Clevenger, coordinator
Matthew Charles Hatt, audio & research specialist

Please note: The views expressed on this show
do not necessarily reflect the views
of the Creative Nexus Café, producers, or its founders.

Blue Sky Highway™ ~ Season Two [episode 004] "Valentines, Hearts & Epiphanies" ~ Update

Blue Highway ©Frank Webster

Friday, February 12, 2016

Metro Detroit, Michigan (Global) - The Creative Nexus is pleased to announce Season Two, [episode 004] of the Blue Sky Highway (BSH), entitled "Valentines, Hearts & Epiphanies," and will be aired Sunday, February 14th.

The BSH, continues to evolve its approach to internet radio into one that is more theme oriented, in depth, and contemplative in nature. The BSH strives for a quality listening experience.

Each episode will be without an excessive amount of talking or comments, so the listener will not be distracted from the music, songs, sound, or spoken word. The focus of the BSH continues to be placed upon the music, and the artist.

The fourth in the Season Two series, and a special edition, will air Sunday, February 14th, at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Blog Talk Radio (BTR), and 2:15 p.m., EDT, on SoundCloud.

► Stop by for the BTR 'pre-show' with Natasha and Roger at 2:00 p.m. EDT. 

"Valentines, Hearts & Epiphanies"

BTR Player
Click on link to go to player

BTR All Time Stats as of 2/12/2016
50,571 Total Listens
1,727 Live Listens
43,912 Profile Listens

Artists appearing on "Valentines. Hearts & Epiphanes":

♥ Owsey & Resotone

♥ Marek Iwaszkiewicz

♥ .jack

♥ Jessica Kristie 

 ♥ KOTXETXE

♥ Natasha Head aka TASHTOO

♥ Pino Rastovich

♥ Alexander Axion

♥ Susie Clevenger

♥ GMaks fea Deb D

♥ Chasing Tao

♥ Johnny Jewel & Chromatics

♥ Lo-Fye fea Niko Chan


"...a stone, a leaf, an unfound door; a stone a leaf, a door. And of all the forgotten faces.

Naked and alone we came into exile. In her dark womb we did not know our mother's face; from the prison of her flesh we have come into the unspeakable and incommunicable prison of this earth.

Which of us has known his brother? Which of us has looked into his father's heart? Which of us has not remained forever prison-pent? Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone?

O waste of lost, in the hot mazes, lost, among bright stars on this weary, unbright cinder, lost! Remembering speechlessly we seek the great forgotten language, the lost lane-end into heaven, a stone, a leaf, an unfound door. Where? When?

O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again."

Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel


In Memoriam:

Jonathan Matthews,
host, Southern Progressive Revival,
Indie Media Weekly Radio

Please note: Neither The Creative Nexus, Nexus Café, Blue Sky Highway, or any of its various participants receive any financial remuneration from any of its' episodes. It is simply about showcasing the brilliant artists who appear in our various shows.

Please take a moment to like, share, and repost this episode so these talented artists may get a broader range of listeners!

Creative Nexus Café™ blog for 230815

Welcome to the Creative Nexus Café™

Season Two, [episode 004] of the Creative Nexus Café™:
Sunday, August 23, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. ET
(3:00 p.m. AT ~ 1:00 p.m. CT ~ 12:00 p.m. MT ~ 11:00 p.m. PT)

Link to the BlogTalkRadio player

Call-in to the café during showtime at: 619.924.0981,
or call toll free in the 48 contiguous states at: 877.598.1774

Sit back, relax, have a cup of coffee, tea, or chai and listen-in as internet personalities Natasha, Roger, Susie and Matthew spin some interesting musical tracks that are interspersed with a few friends, who will present their written, spoken word, and/or musical creations for you!

 On this show:

 ► Something to Consider:
with Natasha Lynn Head

• Following the road
 and path to inspiration!


► A View from the Café's Window on the World:
with Roger Allen Baut

• Change Your Mind!
Change Your Future!
Change What YOU Eat!

► Susie Clevenger
"Two Days in Frisco"

with Amber Jerome~Norrgard

and

► Matthew Hatt


...along with some fine music & poetry cameos

and as always a few surprises...


Some of the music that is provided
in this episode is from Mevio's Music Alley

If you would like to be interviewed,
perform a live reading of your work on the show,
or submit a SoundCloud track, please let us know!
Guidelines maybe found in our Nexus Café™ back room page.

Always something 'new' coming your way from the folks at the Creative Nexus Café!

BTR Creative Nexus Café is:
Natasha Lynn Head & Roger Allen Baut
Founding NWCU Coordinators, and Nexus Café producers/hosts.

Susie Clevenger, coordinator
Matthew Charles Hatt, audio & research specialist

Please note: The views expressed on this show
do not necessarily reflect the views
of the Creative Nexus Café, producers, or its founders.

Something to Consider ~Social Networking and the Creative

To Like or Not to Like

Nexus Café – Season Two – Episode 3

July 26, 2015

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”

John Wooden

These days, it is all too easy to sacrifice quality for quantity. Social Networking requires constant content to stay relevant. For the artist, the drive to produce often means their work suffers.  There is no denying that connecting with like minded creators the world over is amazing BUT can all too often be addictive. Relationships fostered, have become much like the work being produced. Again, a question of sacrificing the quality of the relationships we’re building over the quantity of relationships we’ve found ourselves trying to keep alive.

I’ve spent a huge amount of time I could have spent writing, producing crap quotations and sharing and promoting the work of others who are trying to build a name for themselves.  Often, I have found myself sharing work I may find inferior or not to my liking,for the sake of returning a like or a share. Other times, I have promoted others fiercly, in the hopes the action might be returned, never to receive so much as a thank you, let alone  support of my own work.  I was paying very little attention to the quality of the relationships I was building, and my work,not to mention my heart, suffered for it.

It’s important to remember it’s real people on the other end of the connections we are making (no matter the name they give you) Real people are subject to a host of personality types and it is so vital we don’t take their rejections personally.  To quote a popular facebook share…Not everyone has the same heart as you.

No matter the quality of work you’re producing, if you dedicate hours a day to your networking platforms, your numbers are going to grow. Likes will increase. Shares will too. But are you willing to forgo the passion that drives you to create to see something you wouldn’t have dreamed of showing the world a year or two ago? It belittles the purpose of creating. Those divine moments when our passions connect us to a part of the world’s magic that is forgotten in numbers and popularity contests.

“With fame, you can't trust everybody. You can't depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got and what you can bring to their life. It's not a relationship-it's a leech.”

Chris Brown

Don’t let the leech suck the creativity out of you.  Return to the notebooks, the canvas, the crayons.  Create with integrity and let your work speak for itself. Don’t be manipulated by trends, hashtags, and marketing ploys to snag your hard won dollars in order to be seen. Know the game that’s being played and let your work speak for you.  The rewards of my poetry are so much sweeter when I haven’t pimped the soul out of it. When a stranger who owes me nothing stumbles upon a blog post and is kind enough to share…simply because it spoke to them.

Use the platforms as tools…not life lines. Share your work…don’t sell your soul.

“The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able to say I did the right thing at the end of the day.”

Jeremy Luke

Natasha Head

AKA: Tashtoo

 Listen to the entire episode here:  The Creative Nexus Cafe - Season 2 - Episode 3

Creative Nexus Café™ ~ Season Two [episode 003]

Welcome to the Creative Nexus Café™

Season Two, episode 003 of the Creative Nexus Café™:
Sunday, July 26, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. ET
(3:00 p.m. AT ~ 1:00 p.m. CT ~ 12:00 p.m. MT ~ 11:00 p.m. PT)

Link to BTR Player

Call-in to the café during showtime at: 619.924.0981,
or call toll free in the 48 contiguous states at: 877.598.1774

Sit back, relax, have a cup of coffee, tea, or chai and listen-in as internet personalities Natasha, Roger, Susie and Matthew spin some interesting musical tracks that are interspersed with a few friends, who will present their written, spoken word, and/or musical creations for you!

 On this show:

 ► Something to Consider:
with Natasha Lynn Head

• Social Networking:
Quality over Quantity


► A View from the Café's Window on the World:
with Roger Allen Baut

• Time to Wake-UP folks

featuring
► Susie Clevenger

and

► Matthew Hatt




...along with some fine music & poetry cameos

and as always a few surprises...


Some of the music that is provided
in this episode is from Mevio's Music Alley

If you would like to be interviewed,
perform a live reading of your work on the show,
or submit a SoundCloud track, please let us know!
Guidelines maybe found in our Nexus Café™ back room page.

Always something 'new' coming your way from the folks at the Creative Nexus Café!

BTR Creative Nexus Café is:
Natasha Lynn Head & Roger Allen Baut
Founding NWCU Coordinators, and Nexus Café producers/hosts.

Susie Clevenger, coordinator
Matthew Charles Hatt, audio & research specialist

Please note: The views expressed on this show
do not necessarily reflect the views
of the Creative Nexus Café, producers, or its founders.