Creative Success = Financial Balance with Flexible Budget Plans As a creative individual, dealing with irregular income can be daunting. In this episode of From "Creative Passion To Profit", titled "How Creatives Can Budget for Regular Income," I, Mahmood, tackle one of the biggest challenges faced by those in the arts and creative world—budgeting. Have you ever felt the high of being fully booked and having commissions flying off the shelves, only to be met with silence and income droughts the following month? You're not alone. But here's the good news: with a little planning, you can smooth out those financial ups and downs. In this episode, I'll share three simple steps to help you build a budgeting system that fits your lifestyle and supports your creative ambitions. You'll learn how to determine your essential baseline expenses, create a financial buffer for quiet months, and implement a flexible yet simple budgeting method that allows you to thrive creatively and financially. You'll also have some homework tasks... Timestamped Summary: [00:00:00] Introduction to challenges of budgeting with erratic income. [00:00:58] Step 1: Determine your baseline expenses. [00:02:12] Step 2: Build a financial buffer for quieter months. [00:03:46] Step 3: Apply a simple, discipline-based budget system. [00:04:58] Homework: Calculate baseline expenses and track income. Mentioned in this episode: Training Training Training Find out more about Budgetwhizz Find out more about Budgetwhizz Budgetwhizz…
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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast


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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
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Paperback Rocker: Where Words and Music Collide

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Paperback Rocker: Where Words and Music Collide
Matt Syverson
Author and musician Matt Syverson discusses music, movies, books, and writing. He is the author of numerous rock fiction novels, including "Black Dog" and "Blue Whiskey".
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eKaine: A man of little words and a sh!tload of Music

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Word Of Life Church Of Johnson City - Worship and Special Music

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Word Of Life Church Of Johnson City - Worship and Special Music
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Poetry has been defined as “words that want to break into song.” Musicians who make music seek to “say something”. Parlando will put spoken words (often, but not always, poetry) and music (different kinds, limited only by the abilities of the performing participants) together. The resulting performances will be short, 2 to 10 minutes in length. The podcast will present them un-adorned. How much variety can we find in this combination? Listen to a few episodes and see. At least at first, the ...
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Feel the Flow: Meaningful Music and Words w/ Terry Paul Choyce

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Feel the Flow: Meaningful Music and Words w/ Terry Paul Choyce
Terry Paul Choyce
Terry Paul Choyce guides listeners on a journey of music and meaningful words. Join Terry as she shares a unique mix of the Divine Vibrations of Love and Inspiration.
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Every week for Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is highlighting a different trailblazer and maverick of Black music history. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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Our Black History Month celebration this month is more focused on new articles on the Parlando Project blog, but I thought it'd be good to provide some new musical pieces too. Here's Langston Hughes' poem "Dreams" which I've cast as a blues for acoustic guitar, bass, and piano for this performance. The Parlando Project takes various words (mostly l…
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The singer-songwriter has been a force of Southwest Louisiana music for more than two decades now. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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The musician's record harkens back to his time as a producer in Nashville. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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Mercy Said No - Tamika Brown
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How Much More - Harry Reagan
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The Bright Eyes frontman talks about the making of the band's latest album, Five Dice, All Threes, and Bright Eyes performs live. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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The band has been a staple of New York City's live music scene for almost a decade. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast


Every week for Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is highlighting a different trailblazer and maverick of Black music history. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

Plus, the West Virginia musician performs a song from his upcoming project, Lonely Mountain Town, for the first time. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

Every week for Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is highlighting a different maverick of Black music history. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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Williams is the only artist to record Beatles songs at Abbey Road studios in London, other than the band itself. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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The polyglot musician talks about writing and recording Cascades, Cascading, Cascadingly. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast


Arson Fahim remembers leaving for Boston to study music just days before the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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Here's the somewhat forgotten Modernist poet Carl Sandburg in a weird mode. I still don't know what this elusive poem of his, titled "Couples," is describing, but I felt compelled to make it into this short song anyway. That's what the Parlando Project does. We take various words (mostly literary poetry) and combine them with original music. We've …
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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

Northeastern University's Green Line Records focuses on emerging artists. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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Professor Adrian Anantawan co-founded the Music Inclusion Ensemble at the Boston college. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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I start this piece singing the refrain of a song attributed to Robert Burns, and then the music continues as I read a sonnet from my memory care series. The Parland Project combines words (usually literary poetry) with music in differing styles. We've done over 800 of these combinations and you can hear any of them and read about our encounter with…
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The singer topped the charts in 2024 with the song from his debut album. He's expanding his sound on his follow-up, I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2). Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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We asked the afternoon drive host at WUMB Radio to pick five songs that he thinks define Boston. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

Josh Kantor has been the organist at Fenway Park since 2003. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

Wally's Cafe Jazz Club has been owned and operated by the same family since it opened in 1947. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

Since 1958, Club Passim has hosted a plethora of folk legends like Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and many more. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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What is poet Emily Dickinson describing in this poem I've turned into a song? Is it soldiers marching off to the American Civil War? Or is it just maybe a partisan political campaign march in time that her country's political failure was leading it to that war? There's more on this, and over 800 other combinations of various words (mostly literary …
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This William Carlos Williams short poem of disappointment and survival seemed apropos for this American January, so now I've made it into a song, just me with my rough-hewn voice with a lonely acoustic guitar. "Dreams are not a bad thing" he says. Perhaps it will speak to you too. The Parlando Project takes various words (mostly literary poetry) an…
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The guitarist and singer-songwriter delves further into his bluegrass roots on his major-label studio debut. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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World Cafe correspondent John Morrison breaks down why the musician's sophomore album was a monumental moment in neo-soul and R&B. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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Bruisey Peets is the musical alter ego of Ben Usie, who makes what has been deemed "queer swamp pop." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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