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Game of Life PodcastAuthor: Daniel Swain and Harman Chauhan
Welcome to Game of Life with Dan and Harman! This podcast is all about understanding the ups and downs of life and career from a creative lens. Your hosts Dan and Harman come from a writing, comedy, and photography background so our guests have ranged from comedians to photographers.We love delving into the success, failures, and struggles that other creatives endure when making their way through life in the industry. What is their why? What makes them unique? Why do they have a passion for what they do? We delve into the philosophical and try to ask as many questions as we can from a creative's point of view in hopes we can apply some words of wisdom to our own creative trajectory.Above all else, we keep our conversations light, fun, and relaxed! Our guests have included comedians, photographers, actors, writers, documentarians, podcasters, opera singers, DJ's, journalists, clowns, dancers, musical theatre performers, directors, producers, and a whole lot more!Please enjoy, rate, and subscribe! Visit our patreon! patreon.com/GameofLifewithDanandHarman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Language: en Genres: Arts, Comedy, Performing Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode #306 with Steven Cannatelli AKA "The Coach"
Episode 306
Thursday, 23 April, 2026
Dan is joined by Steven Cannatelli AKA "The Coach" and owner of Future Artist Music!We chat about his start at Roadrunner Records, getting a feel for how things work on a Slipknot tour, starting and being in many different bands, becoming a vocalist, the impact that drugs & alcohol played in Steven's early days, getting many chances, the blows felt of band breakups, getting signed to a record deal, transactional gigs, collaboration, finding your musical soulmate, sharing personal stories, an overdose experience, the process of writing songs, getting advice from Johnny Rzeznik on how to deal with writer's block, the transition into coaching bands, having a break in Malta, launching Future Artist Music, bad habits young bands fall into, burnout, knowing your limitations, being the voice of reason, understanding risk, rejection, giving bands the skillset to level up, remembering to have fun, the subjectiveness of art, not writing for an audience, the importance of authenticity, money, having a good team, content creation, the love of working merch, Playlunch, sacrifices, buying pre-sale tickets, ticket prices, the future of the industry, age, the next generation, answering questions from former guests James Hibble and Lucas Banim, and a whole lot more!Cover Photo: Matty Parker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
