Make Your Own Noise
Hosted by renowned Australian Music Producer and Studio Owner Jack Nigro, the Make Your Own Noise podcast is aimed to empower creatives to find their voice.
There are many challenges one will face when working in the creative fields. Knowing where and how to start your career, striving to master your art whilst learning to run a business, work/life balance and navigating the internal challenges and vulnerabilities of working for yourself, are but a few of the many areas Jack will endevour to cover on this journey.
Jack will draw upon over a decades experience of building a successful business, managing recording studio's and producing/engineering many of Australia's most renowned artists and bands, to help guide and support the next wave of creative proffessionals entering their respective industries.
Episodes
16 episodes
FRENCHY: Comedy, Chaos, and Embracing "The Bomb"
FRENCHY – A renowned Australian stand-up comedian, content creator, social media personality, and musician.In this episode, Frenchy and Jack sit down to chat about the process and challenges of being a touring comedian, including ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:01:55
Anna Macpherson: Nurturing and Staying True To Yourself
Anna Macpherson is a music journalist, digital media creator, and the founder of Salty Soundz Music.In this episode, Anna sits down with Jack to talk about how she found her way into the Australian indie music scene and bui...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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56:28
Ariane Sallis: Networking, Putting Yourself Out There and Diversifying Your Skillset
Today's guest is Ariane Sallis.Ariane is a multi-talented creative in the music and entertainment industry. She has performed in musicals on London’s iconic West End, worked at Hong Kong Disneyland, worked at one of Australia’s la...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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45:50
FINDING WORK AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
In this highly requested episode, we’re diving into a topic that’s vital for anyone starting out in the creative industries — how to find work and build meaningful professional relationships.Whether you're just beginning your journey or ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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25:47
YOUR ART VS RUNNING A BUSINESS: Balance These 3 Pillars for Success and Longevity
When your creative passion becomes your business, it can lead to a wide range of challenges including; loss of artistic integrity, burnout, stress, identity crisis and the most important to avoid, the loss of the passion for what normally bring...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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30:52
Simone Rae: Living and Breathing Your Business
Simone Rae is a fashion designer and business owner. Her company Salt and Ripple, has grown from strength to strength in recent years to be one of Australia's most popular new swim wear and active wear companies.The growth of Simone's ar...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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50:04
Overcoming Loneliness: 3 Fundamentals and 6 Ways To Build Quality Connections
Loneliness is a modern 'epidemic'. Not only for people who work for themselves, but for a vast majority of people! How can we be feeling this way when we are more connected than ever?In this podcast Jack breaks down 3 fundamentals we ca...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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20:03
ANDREW SCOTT of SURF TRASH: Sacrifices, Tunnel Vision and Being Completely Self Managed and Independent
Andrew Scott is the lead singer AND drummer of Australian Indie/Surf band 'SURF TRASH'.Not only is he the creative frontman of the band, he is also their manager, organising US and European tours as well as the release of their debut alb...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:03:01
How To Make This Year Count
A new year lies ahead! For many this marks a time of excitement and promises. A clean slate for a fresh start as we make sweeping statements and goals for the year ahead. But for many, we quickly return to our old routines and habits that left ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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17:00
Avoiding Burnout and Taking Time Off Without Guilt
As creative professionals we often invest so heavily in what we do that we push ourselves to the point of burnout. This not only turns our love and passion into a chore, but it can heavily effect our personal lives as well. We also oft...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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30:48
Building and Sustaining Discipline: Boundary pushing creative minds, motivation, habits and the dangerous place of mediocracy.
Building and sustaining discipline is an essential skill for us all to develop, especially for creative professionals. We not only often work for ourselves, but our creative minds push the boundaries regularly, even to the detriment of other ar...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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17:04
Paul Campbell: ON Taking Full Control Of Your Career & Balancing Your Art Vs Business
Paul Campbell is a renowned promoter and festival organizer primarily in the US EDM space, having hosted events from college parties to international arena shows! He is also a nightclub owner, DJ and now a Music Artist Manager, with his company...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:41
Post Study Overwhelm
You're nearing the end or have completed your studies and you feel completely lost about what to do next, as you deal with the overwhelm of the many choices and pathways you could take next. This all too common scenario is faced by many emergin...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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18:58
4 Important Questions To Ask Yourself When Considering A New Opportunity
Whether you are renowned in your field or just starting your career, there will always be new opportunities that present themselves to you that you will need to consider and sometimes, the answer is not always so obvious.In this podcast...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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9:39
3 Ways To Deal With Imposter Syndrome
Imposter Syndrome is a common psychological experience that many people in the creative fields will face. Feelings of not being good enough at what you do or that you will be found out is incompetent, are very common and challenging emotions to...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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