The Californer - Michael Bradford Podcast Features Deep Purple's Roger Glover as Debut Guest

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The multi-platinum producer, songwriter, engineer, and performing artist for Deep Purple, Ringo Starr, Dave Stewart, Stevie Nicks, and Miley Cyrus turns the mic toward the biggest question in art: where do great ideas come from?

LOS ANGELES - Californer -- Michael Bradford — the multi-platinum producer, songwriter, and composer behind decades of work with Ringo Starr, Madonna, Deep Purple, Dave Stewart, Stevie Nicks, Ben Folds, and more just launched his new podcast, Creativity: Something from Nothing. The debut episode features Roger Glover of Deep Purple — Glover's most personal interview to date.

Creativity: Something from Nothing is not another industry interview show. Each episode, Bradford sits down with friends and collaborators — icons of literature, music, film, and science — to trace the origin story of their creative lives.

"What's the source of creativity? Where do great ideas come from?" Bradford asks. "What are the things that inspired them that might not even be related to the thing they made? What is the seed that grew into the tree? They've all got something to say — because it's all connected."

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Few hosts are better positioned to ask. Bradford's own creative journey defies categorization: a multi-platinum producer, engineer, songwriter, and performing artist, Bradford has spent his career living the very question his podcast now explores.

That credibility is reflected in the caliber of guests lined up for the debut season:

Roger Glover (Deep Purple) — the premiere episode, available today
Jonas Åkerlund — visionary filmmaker behind iconic visuals for Madonna, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and Metallica, and director of the feature film Polar
Mike Einziger — guitarist and co-founder of multi-platinum rock band Incubus
Ann-Marie Calhoun — virtuoso violinist and collaborator with Hans Zimmer and Dave Matthews
Cole Haddon — author and screenwriter (Dracula, Psalms for the End of the World)

…with many more voices from music, literature, science, and electronics to be announced.

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For anyone who has ever wondered how something is made from nothing, the invitation is simple: watch and expect inspiration.

Watch now on Michael Bradford's official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aP-nIW0Kdo and Spotify channel: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3iAPA8tkUQ62EFPZ3n5GHi

About Michael Bradford
Michael Bradford is a multi-platinum producer, songwriter, composer, and performer whose career spans the Detroit electronic underground, global-hit songwriting, orchestral composition, and a discography that reads like a who's-who list. His credits include Ringo Starr, Deep Purple, Madonna, Stevie Nicks, Ben Folds, Dave Stewart, Eurythmics, and Miley Cyrus, alongside acclaimed solo albums The Long Night, After the Ashes, and The Man Behind the Curtain. Learn more at michaelbradfordofficial.com.