What happens when becoming the artist you were meant to be requires letting go of everything you thought you knew?

French composer and pianist Charmey (Marc Charmet) joins Inside the Creative Mind for a conversation about music, creative freedom, and finding your authentic voice later in life.

Charmey shares how his classical training in Paris shaped him, why he didn’t feel he truly began creating his own music until around age 50, and what happened when he stopped allowing technical knowledge and traditional rules to dictate his creativity.

We explore how emotion, atmosphere, silence, memory, and the cities of Paris and Budapest find their way into his intimate compositions. Charmey also opens up about performing across Europe, creating music without telling the listener what to feel, and the freedom he finds when sitting down at the piano.

And for anyone who has ever wondered if they waited too long to pursue the work they were meant to create, Charmey offers a powerful reminder:

Your creative voice doesn’t have an expiration date.

Join us for a thoughtful and inspiring journey inside the creative mind of Charmey.

Singer songwriter Minni Verse describes her sound as “country, but louder,” but there is much more behind the music than genre.

In this episode of Inside the Creative Mind, Minni joins Brian Jones to talk about discovering songwriting at a young age, her background in vocal training, her time in the Marine Corps, and the journey that eventually led her to begin releasing her own music.

Minni opens up about turning real life experiences into songs, finding strength through vulnerability, navigating life as an independent artist, and creating music that carries genuine meaning. We also dive into songs including “Little Girl,” “Good N Bad,” “One Sunrise at a Time,” “Even Kings Die,” “Love That Breathes,” “Say It Again,” and her newest release, “Can’t Wait.”

It is a conversation about creativity, resilience, self discovery, and learning to stop waiting for the perfect moment and start living.

Meet Minni Verse and discover the creative mind behind the music.

(Clean Version) Brian Jones welcomes Brian Viglione and Veronica Swift of DAME to Inside the Creative Mind for a conversation that officially earns the podcast its very first Explicit rating. And with a song called “F$%@#!" Mess,” it really could not have happened any other way.

Brian and Veronica take us inside the world of DAME, from the unlikely creative connection that first brought them together to building a band that blends rock, jazz, musical theater, classical music, folk, blues, and cabaret into something entirely its own.

They discuss the mythology behind DAME, the creative process that allows their songs to move from intimate moments to explosive rock, and the themes of identity, resistance, and individuality running through songs like “Wrong Place, Wrong Time,” “Get Tough,” and “F*&$^! Mess.”

Veronica opens up about stepping beyond the jazz world and embracing her identity as a rock front woman, while Brian reflects on what his experiences with The Dresden Dolls, Violent Femmes, Nine Inch Nails, and other projects have taught him about collaboration and creativity.

It is a funny, thoughtful, and wide ranging conversation about musical freedom, creative evolution, artistic partnership, and what happens when two fearless artists decide they no longer need to fit neatly into anybody else’s box.