You have passion, you have ideas, all you need now are the guts to go for it! Anthony Bozza, former journalist at Rolling Stone and author of several influential rock autobiographies including “The Life and Times of Eminem”, tells us how he gained success as a writer by finding his voice, following his passion and most importantly trusting his instinct.
Imagine being invited to an exclusive creative event, you enter a large room filled with world class artists, musicians, designers, performers and the industry big-wigs that manage their careers and promote their talent.
You’ve got a AAA press pass and people are keen to answer your questions about living a creative life. Who would you like to talk with and what would you ask them?
That’s what SUBvert magazine is all about, a conduit between you and your creative heroes and a tool to help you reach your own creative goals.
We’ve just completed a series of new in-depth interviews about the creative life with a motley crew of our our own heroes. We’ll be publishing these for free on the blog over the next 8 weeks and they will also be available in a new format PDF mini-mag, you can share around. (If you’re a graphic designer or illustrator who would be interested to do something special with the layout of any of these articles drop us a line with samples of your work)
- Brandon Boyd artist and lead singer of Incubus takes his bicycle to the beach
- Chet Zar visualises monsters
- David Horvath artist and Uglydoll co-creator goes looking for aliens
- Jeff Soto illustrator and artist talks to Tyler Durden
- Tim Burgess lead singer of the Charlatans on how he was saved by Ice-T
- Jon Burgerman on being a slack-jawed, boney armed, artist
- Geoff Thompson, BAFTA award winning script writer talks about creativity on the toilet
- Peter Hook, Joy Division and New Order bass player talks about his first ever performance
- Duff Mckagan, legendary Guns and Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist tells us about his kidneys exploding
- Plus some of our favourite Project Runway contestants, revealing what it’s like behind the scenes.
And now it’s your turn…
This is your chance to learn from the people who inspire you the most. Just drop us an email and tell us which creative heroes you’d most like us to interview on your behalf and what questions you’d put to them. You can ask as few or as many questions as you like. There are no limitations, but we aren’t going to ask Britney why she shaved her head, so avoid the gossip. This is your opportunity to learn the secrets of a happy successful creative life and career from people who are living it.
Send your questions to angel@subvertmagazine.com today and if we think they are up-to the mark, we’ll do our very best to get the interview and if it comes off you’ll get your name dropped to your chosen artist and a credit in the article. All submissions received before the 15th of September will be entered into a draw for an exclusive original Steve Rack character t-shirt! So, send your questions in today.
Have you ever fancied working in the music industry, so you can meet your favorite bands in person and see what they’re really like?, 18 yr old Alexandra McLoughlin has done just that and she explains how you can do the same
Alex with Tim Burgess Glastonbury Festival 2007
Part Two
Woody talks us through the responsibilities of an editor and what skills are required in order to be successful.
Part One
SNEAKER FREAKER started in 2003 and is the first and only international sneaker magazine to document the modern footwear craze as a global phenomenon. The magazine is only produced twice a year (usually in June and November) and is sold into the best stores in something like 25 countries. Woody is the super cool editor and I tracked him down to find out more about his career and in particular his experiences in the fast pace world of journalism.
