Motivation, Mindset, And Getting Out Of Your Own Damn Way: With Andy J Pizza of Creative Pep Talk

Brian Hood (0:00)

This is the 6 Figure Home Studio Podcast, episode 78

SPEAKER_3 (0:07)

You're listening to the 6 Figure Home Studio Podcast, the number one resource for running a profitable home recording studio.

Brian Hood (0:19)

Welcome back to another episode of the 6 Figure Home Studio Podcast. I am your host, Brian Hood, and I'm here with my bald and beautiful and purple-shirted co-host, Chris Graham. Chris, how are you doing today, buddy?

Chris Graham (0:30)

Oh, hey, guys. I'm great.

I'm really good.

Brian Hood (0:33)

That's a very boring and generic answer. I'm so extravagantly amazing right now that I don't even know what to do with myself. We have basically a star on our podcast today.

Chris Graham (0:42)

A true podcasting star.

Andy J. Pizza (0:44)

No, that's terrible.

Chris Graham (0:47)

Ladies and gentlemen, my office mate, Andy J. A pizza.

Andy J. Pizza (0:51)

Jerry Seinfeld always tells people that are introducing him, like, don't hype me.

Don't be like, best comedian ever! And then the audience is like, prove it, okay? So you're like, this guy owns podcasting, and this is going to be the worst episode of all time. And they're like, I thought he was supposed to be good at this. So this guy has a podcast, nobody listens to it. Everybody freaking hates it.

But this might be an exception. Wait and see.

Chris Graham (1:14)

On that note, I'm going to do that right now. So Andy lives here in Westerville, Ohio, where I also live.

We met through a mutual friend, and we were both looking for office space. I work out of the house, but I wanted somewhere where I could work on my business, not for my business, and that I could be a little farther away from my kids when they were screaming and going crazy. So I was working in a spot that was very close to my house that ended up going south. We did an episode on it a while back.

Brian Hood (1:45)

It was such a bad following out that we made an episode about how to not be a shitty business owner.

Chris Graham (1:50)

It did not go so well, and my friend reached out and was like, Hey, there's this guy Andy. He also has a podcast. You guys should hang out. We met at this fabulous restaurant here in Westerville called North Star, and we immediately hit it off. And Andy said to me, you know, I also have ADD. And I said, let me stop you right there.

I didn't tell you I have ADD, but I know.

Brian Hood (2:12)

Wait, you guys have ADD? I have ADD as fuck. They tried to put me on Ritalin when I was in elementary school. You do?

Chris Graham (2:18)

Yeah, yeah.

Brian Hood (2:18)

They tried to put me on Ritalin and my parents instead. And here's the deal. This is a really weird side story, but it's fine.

This is like before Google. So you couldn't just like Google, what the fuck does Ritalin do to a child? Like it turns him into a zombie and it will stifle your creativity and all these other side effects.

You couldn't do that back then. So she literally went to the library and researched the effects of Ritalin on children.

Chris Graham (2:39)

Oh, thank God.

Brian Hood (2:40)

And decided to just A, not put me on it. And then B, pull me out of school and homeschool me for a few years until I got my act together and could go rejoin society. Is that just a creative trait, ADD?

Andy J. Pizza (2:51)

I think I have a bunch to say about that, but I don't know if it's appropriate.

Brian Hood (2:56)

Okay, so let's move on to your hyping of Mr. Andy J. Pizza.

Chris Graham (2:59)

Ah, yes, ADD. So we met, he said, I have ADD too. And I thought, oh my God, I love this guy. And I said, you know, I didn't tell you, but I know we bonded. We found an office space that's kind of in between our two houses.

And it's been amazing. Andy has a podcast called The Creative Pep Talk.

Brian Hood (3:19)

Can you say that more clearly so our readers can actually understand what the hell you just said? The Creative Pep Talk.

Chris Graham (3:28)

If you as our readers, as Brian just said, were unable to understand me, it is The Creative Pep Talk podcast. Andy, sum up The Creative Pep Talk podcast.

Andy J. Pizza (3:38)

We help you build thriving creative careers. That's it.

Chris Graham (3:41)

Yeah, so this is the weird thing. What we try to do on our podcast is that. But for audio engineers, and Andy does that for all creatives. So it was this weird thing where I was like, wait, we both have podcasts and they're in the same micro genre?