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Billy Fox. Indie soul, R&B & hip hop artist/producer. If it feels good, then do it! | Episode #126

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Billy Fox returns!

Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! repeat offender and Sydney indie soul, R&B & hip hop artist & producer, Billy Fox, joined me live in the studio last week to launch his brand new single ‘Shapes’.

We first met when I was music supervisor for Ballistyx Snowboard Show on Channel GO! back in 2010. Flash forward 7 years and Billy Fox- ‘Shapes’ is getting serious spins around the globe, plus he has just announced a series of exclusive Australian east coast tour dates including Oxford Art Factory – Gallery Bar (Sydney), Rare Finds -­ Black Bear Lodge (Brisbane), Moonshine Bar at Manly Food & Wine Festival and Penny Black (Melbourne).

I draw inspiration from my one-on-ones with Billy Fox every… single… time! (both on and off mic). Today we delve deeper into the meaning behind ‘Shapes’, a track created to reawaken the lost art of conversation, it highlights a culture that we’ve created for ourselves, where we force our individual opinions down each others’ throats and attack the person rather than entering into measured debates… there is a serious need for all of us to adopt an approach where we take a moment for introspection and to search within, before knee-jerk reaction opinions and seeking to change others’ to ours without consideration for where they’re coming from.

Aside from the D&Ms, we get serious about our music experiences with Billy Fox and I spitballing the iconic music of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, being given Rage Against The Machine’s self-titled album for the very first time, the experience of producing tunes for Australian filmmaker and musician Macario De Souza AKA Kid Mac, making a positive impact on the lives of others and SO much more!

We all grow from adversity and something that I champion in my own life is the way Billy Fox lives his. In music, like life, “there is so much to get distracted by… especially when you’re creating, especially with music”, so music like every other facet of our lives at this time “it’s all about streamlining, simplifying”… and Billy Fox indeed is living up to this through his personal Mission Statement and stepping back from the stresses of over-stimulation and white noise, by keeping things simple… “If it feels good, then do it”.

Let’s get into it!

Article & podcast by Dan Wilkinson of Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!  🍻🎙✌🏻
Android users – you’ll need to download the free Podcast Republic app then search Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet. 
Billy Fox drops by Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! on Bondi Beach Radio
Billy Fox drops by Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! on Bondi Beach Radio
Billy Fox drops by Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! on Bondi Beach Radio
Billy Fox drops by Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! on Bondi Beach Radio
Billy Fox drops by Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! on Bondi Beach Radio
Billy Fox drops by Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! on Bondi Beach Radio
Billy Fox drops by Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! on Bondi Beach Radio
Billy Fox drops by Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! on Bondi Beach Radio
Billy Fox drops by Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! on Bondi Beach Radio
Billy Fox drops by Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! on Bondi Beach Radio

BILLY FOX ‘SHAPES’ TOUR DATES:

SYDNEY – SAT 13 MAY | OAF GALLERY, SYDNEY NSW w/ San Mei

BRISBANE FRI 26 MAY | RARE FINDS @ BLACK BEAR LODGE, BRISBANE QLD

MANLY SUN 28 MAY | MANLY FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL, MANLY NSW

MELBOURNE SAT JUN 3 | PENNY BLACK, MELBOURNE VIC

Connect with Billy Fox online:
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Hot & Delicious YouTube – Ballistyx Snowboard Show, interviews & more.
‘Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet’ entertainment, travel, photography & lifestyle blog:
 
For social media, photography & influencer business enquiries contact:info@hotndelicious.com
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Dan Wilkinson is founder of travel, entertainment & lifestyle biz/brand, Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet and one of Australia’s most experienced social media professional who has driven social media for a range of international brands including Cancer Council Australia, Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Peroni Italian Beer, Philadelphia Cream Cheese & more.
Billy Fox drops by Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! on Bondi Beach Radio

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Women In Business: Katherine Newton (RUOK? CEO) | Episode #125

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RUOK? Campaign Director Katherine Newton joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney.

DOWNLOAD the PODCAST – #125 Katherine Newton (RUOK? Campaign Director). 

Welcome to our exclusive Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet show with RUOK? Campaign Director Katherine Newton.

Men account for 75% of all suicides in Australia and RUOK is a suicide prevention charity in Australia created to drive meaningful conversations with mates and loved ones to save lives.

On our 2nd consecutive university lecture at Macleay College in Sydney, we chat extensively with Katherine Newton about this Australian suicide prevention charity including:

  • The evolution from RUOK? Day from a campaign into a 365 day-a-year suicide prevention charity.
  • The approach and 4 Simple Steps you should take that could save someone’s life.
  • RUOK’s ongoing partnerships and their staff buy-in with the likes of Hungry Jacks, Virgin Mobile, the Australian Government Department of Heath, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Country Rugby League.
  • Key steps everyday Australians can take to generate conversation and help raise awareness in their own physical and digital communities.
  • Techniques & Meditation Apps that you can use to manage your own mental health.
  • What to do if somebody says they’re not okay?
  • The psychology behind Choosing A Call to Action – make it simple and get people participating.
  • RUOK education and mental health projects with:
    • Australian children in primary schools and high schools.
    • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) sufferers – Ambulance, Paramedics, Police.
  • RUOK? Day 2017 – Thursday 14th September.

For me, as an individual who has experienced the death of one of my best mate’s brother by suicide and my own family member who has experienced their own mental health issues, this show cuts deep and it’s was just wonderful to spend time one-on-one with a senior representative of an organisation like RUOK, who are making a daily positive impact on the lives of thousands of Australians.

Fascinating and insightful chats. Let’s get into it!

DOWNLOAD the PODCAST – #125 Katherine Newton (RUOK? CEO). 

*Editors note: At the time of this interview in 2017, Katherine Newton was Campaign Director at RUOK?.

Article & podcast by Dan Wilkinson of Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!  🍻🎙✌🏻
Android users – you’ll need to download the free Podcast Republic app then search Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet. 
RUOK?’s Katherine Newton joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
RUOK?’s Katherine Newton joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
RUOK?’s Katherine Newton joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
RUOK?’s Katherine Newton joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
RUOK?’s Katherine Newton joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
RUOK?’s Katherine Newton joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
RUOK?’s Katherine Newton joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
RUOK?’s Katherine Newton joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
RUOK?’s Katherine Newton joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
RUOK?’s Katherine Newton joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
RUOK?’s Katherine Newton joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Connect RUOK? with online:
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Lifeline: 131114.
Grief Line for those suffering grief: 1300 845 745.
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Hit Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet up on social media here:

Hot & Delicious YouTube – Ballistyx Snowboard Show, interviews & more.
‘Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet’ entertainment, travel, photography & lifestyle blog:
 
For social media, photography & influencer business enquiries contact:info@hotndelicious.com

Special thank yous for everyone who had a part in making this a reality:

  • Katherine Newton and the team at RUOK?
  • Macleay College:
    • Ian Thomson (Head of Faculty).
    • Jeremy Taylor Riley (Social Media Strategy Lecturer).
    • The students.
    • Alex Newall.
    • The Production Team.
      • Benjamin Sopronick.
      • Mitchell Dodds.
      • Cisco Corea 
  • Grant Flannery (Strategy Director – co:collective).

DOWNLOAD the PODCAST – #125 Katherine Newton (RUOK? CEO). 

Dan Wilkinson is founder of travel, entertainment & lifestyle biz/brand, Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet and one of Australia’s most experienced social media professional who has driven social media for a range of international brands including Cancer Council Australia, Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Peroni Italian Beer, Philadelphia Cream Cheese & more.
RUOK? Campaign Director Katherine Newton joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/

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Women In Business: Lauren Vickers on Brands, Social Media Influencers & ROI | Episode #124

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Social Media Influencer and Model Lauren Vickers joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney.

DOWNLOAD the PODCAST – #124 Lauren Vickers (Businesswomen, Model & SocialMedia Influencer). 

 
Brand builder, Model & Social Media Influencer Lauren Vickers joins our LIVE show and Macleay College Advertising & Media Degree lecture in Sydney on – ‘Brands, #SocialMedia Influencers & ROI’.
 
I have a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye as I realize that this is one of the proudest achievements of my life thus far… 
 
Whilst I have run global award-winning social media campaigns, with case studies on both Instagram and Twitter’s Global Business Blogs and won a Facebook Award last year and have changed the face of social media for a range of international brands including Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Peroni Italian Beer, Bulmers Original Cider, Cancer Council Australia & more, I do not have a university degree. In fact, I’ve dropped out of both a Bachelor of Applied Science – Biochemistry and a Masters of Entrepreneurship & Innovation degree… and yet this past month I have just become a university lecturer for the very first time. 
 
On this week’s episode of Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!, entrepreneur, model and theright.fit social media influencer, Lauren Vickers joins me at Macleay College’s Sydney university campus to discuss Social Media Influencer Marketing, working with high profile brands and how both brand/social media influencers should approach partnerships and content production to drive mutually beneficial Return on Investment.
 
Our vast ranging chats cover:
  • Lauren’s evolution from career model to Social Media Influencer with a highly engaged audience of 1.2 million Facebook fans, 169K Instagram followers and 33K+ Twitter followers.
  • Driving ecommerce for brands:
    • Via video/still content and what platforms to use.
    • By partnering with the right social media influencer.
  • TheRight.Fit influencer app and how brands are using this Australian platform to drive successful social media influencer relationships and campaigns.
  • What brands should look for when seeking a social media influencer for their brand. Genuine social media influencers Vs wannabe Instagram models (both male and female). 
  • ROI and Measures of Success – in the mind of the influencer and how they differ from how brand marketers view ROI?
  • Best Practice for Brands with examples from Tuscan Tan, Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate and Philadelphia Cream Cheese.
  • Top Tips for Social Media Influencers looking to generate mutually beneficial ongoing relationships with brands.
  • The Secrets of Engaging Customers Online – for both brands and social media influencers.
My ultimate in life is to get paid to do what I love for a living, whilst making a positive impact on the lives of others and so presenting to the students at Macleay College in their TV studio as part of the Social Media Strategy stream and as part of one of their 4 key assignments this first trimester of 2017, definitely ticks all of those boxes.
 
And I was determined to be able to share this knowledge and experience with as many possible, so Lauren and I (with the help of Macleay College and the right.fit) recorded this university lecture not only as a Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet’s weekly iTunes podcast and Bondi Beach Radio show, but the Macleay College production team also captured the video content for me for a Hot & Delicious: Rocks the Planet! social media TV pilot, which will be online on H&D digital channels VERY shortly!
 
Exciting times ahead and I hope you love this chat as much as I do!
 
xo Dan Wilkinson 
Creator of Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!, social media strategist, university lecturer and social media influencer.
 
Article & podcast by Dan Wilkinson of Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!  🍻🎙✌🏻
Android users – you’ll need to download the free Podcast Republic app then search Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet. 
Lauren Vickers joins Dan Wilkinson (Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!) at Macleay College in Sydney. Photo: Ian Thompson.
Lauren Vickers joins Dan Wilkinson (Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!) at Macleay College in Sydney. Photo: Ian Thompson.
Lauren Vickers joins Dan Wilkinson (Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!) at Macleay College in Sydney. Photo: Ian Thompson.
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Social Media Influencer and Model joins Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! at Macleay College in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Connect with Lauren Vickers online:
 
Hit Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet up on social media here:
Connect with Macleay College online:
 
theright.fit today – Brand and Social Media Influencer App:
 
For social media strategy, content production, speaking engagements & social media influencer business enquiries contact:info@hotndelicious.com

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Special thank yous for everyone who had a part in making this a reality:

  • Lauren Vickers.
  • Macleay College:
    • Ian Thomson (Head of Faculty).
    • Jeremy Taylor Riley (Social Media Strategy Lecturer).
    • Alex Newall.
    • The Production Team.
      • Benjamin Sopronick.
      • Mitchell Dodds.
      • Cisco Corea 
  • theright.fit:
    • Cat Douglas (Marketing and Social Media Manager).
    • Taryn Williams (Founder & CEO – theright.fit). 
  • Grant Flannery (Strategy Director – co:collective).
Dan Wilkinson is founder of travel, entertainment & lifestyle biz/brand, Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet and one of Australia’s most experienced social media professional who has driven social media for a range of international brands including Cancer Council Australia, Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Peroni Italian Beer, Philadelphia Cream Cheese & more.
Lauren Vickers joins Dan Wilkinson (Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!) at Macleay College in Sydney. Photo: Ian Thompson.

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Women In Business: Emma Franklin Bell (founder The Beautiful Business Academy and co-founder The Ladies Lounge podcast) | Episode #123

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Emma Franklin Bell joins us on the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! podcast in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/

DOWNLOAD the PODCAST – #123 Emma Franklin Bell (founder The Beautiful Business Academy and co-founder The Ladies Lounge podcast). 

Founder of The Beautiful Business Academy and co-founder The Ladies Lounge podcast, Emma Franklin Bell is raising the voice of women in business and paving the way for Australia’s creative leadership.
 
Having just released her latest book, Your Beautiful Business, Emma Franklin Bell is all set to launch The Beautiful Business Academy, an entrepreneurial academy designed for creative women who want to accelerate the growth of their business and successfully build their brands.
 
In today’s show recorded live on Bondi Beach Radio and all set for you to download on iTunes via the link below, we enjoy vast ranging chats including tree swings and stories from Emma’s childhood to classical ballet and the discipline it brings to business, Your Beautiful Business – a pocket handbook of inspiration anyone that has a dream and who would like some structure/business guidance to help bring it into reality, strategy versus the creative mind and The Ladies Lounge entrepreneur podcast.
 
I love that every single week I get to sit down with the most amazing, inspiring individuals on Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!, share their advice, business experience and life stories. This chat with Emma Franklin Bell has me sitting here now with a massive smile on my face and heart that’s soaring!
 
Article & podcast by Dan Wilkinson of Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!  🍻🎙✌🏻
Android users – you’ll need to download the free Podcast Republic app then search Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet. 
Emma Franklin Bell joins us on the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! podcast in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Emma Franklin Bell joins us on the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! podcast in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Emma Franklin Bell joins us on the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! podcast in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Emma Franklin Bell joins us on the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! podcast in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Emma Franklin Bell joins us on the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! podcast in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Emma Franklin Bell joins us on the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! podcast in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Emma Franklin Bell joins us on the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! podcast in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Emma Franklin Bell joins us on the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! podcast in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/
Connect with Emma Franklin Bell online:
Hit Dan Wilkinson (Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!) up on social media here:
Twitter https://twitter.com/hotndelicious
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hotndelicious/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HotnDelicious
Hot & Delicious YouTube – Ballistyx Snowboard Show, interviews & more.
https://www.youtube.com/user/HotnDeliciousRecords
‘Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet’ entertainment, travel, photography & lifestyle blog:
 
For social media, photography & influencer business enquiries contact: info@hotndelicious.com 
 
Dan Wilkinson is founder of travel, entertainment & lifestyle biz/brand, Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet and one of Australia’s most experienced social media professional who has driven social media for a range of international brands including Cancer Council Australia, Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Peroni Italian Beer, Philadelphia Cream Cheese & more.
Emma Franklin Bell joins us on the Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! podcast in Sydney https://hotndelicious.com/

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Ex Emirates flight attendant, Social Strategist & The Secret To Happiness | Dan Wilkinson (Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!) | Episode #122.

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DOWNLOAD the PODCAST – #122 Dan Wilkinson SOLOCAST #3 (Social Media Strategist + Content Producer). 

 
Solocast! Who am I? 
 
I have lived in 5 different countries and 10 different cities. I have blonde hair, a ginger beard, have lived a life and careers of so many lifetimes… all focused on the pursuit of loving life and The Secret to Happiness… although I didn’t always necessarily recognise it at the time.
 
After dropping out of university and a Swinburne University BASc Biochemistry degree through lack of passion and zero desire to be stuck in a laboratory in 10-15 years time, I have served drinks and cleaned ashtrays back of house at Melbourne’s Crown Casino, spent 6.5 years jet-setting the globe with the rock star’s lifestyle without being the rock star as an Emirates Airline flight attendant, set a life up for myself as music industry professional, driving operations & logistics for music festivals/events around Australia such as Splendour In The Grass, event production and festival photography for triple j, created a music supervisor role for Ballistyx Snowboard Show on Channel GO! managed rock & roll bands and much, much more.
 
My life now, is so surreal. My main crust at this stage of 2017 is as a social media strategist and content producer. I work in an industry that didn’t exist 15 years ago guiding national and global brands on their social media strategy in the digital sphere, including the likes of Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate, Peroni Italian Beer, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Kraft Peanut Butter, Bulmers Original Cider, Miller Genuine Draft, Cancer Council Australia, Salesforce (through Mahlab Content Agency) and many more.
 
And all of this from a guy with no degree who dropped out of university not once… but twice! The 1st was the BASc and the 2nd a Masters of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, which I left as I was spread too thin and didn’t wish to wait 4 years to start chasing new opportunities… I’m still not convinced that you can teach entrepreneurship, but that’s another story 😉
 
Not only am I now back working for myself making the same ca$h money in 2.5 days/week that I was making in 5 days/week only a ago, but I am also lecturing at Macleay College in Sydney, have brand and lifestyle that I have created for myself called Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!, I am being paid for social media influencer work through the reach of my social media channels, I have a weekly show on Bondi Beach Radio called Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! that is has also been a podcast on iTunes for 2.5 years now too and I have SO much planned for 2017.
 
Now… absolutely NONE of this is designed as a boast. All of this shit is real. I did this myself through a shit-ton of hard work, mistakes, early mornings and the borne of the desire to love what I do and be happy. And I’m sharing this piece not as a “Yay, me”, but because I believe that we should be living and pursuing what we love for a living and I believe that it is a life that you can have too!
 
In this week’s show AKA Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet! solocast, I share everything that you’ve ever wanted to know about scoring that dream job that you’ve always wanted (or the one that you simply never knew existed). 
 
I share with you The Secret to Happiness, because it’s just so simple… and I tell you what… I never knew just how close it was and at 40 I am truly the happiest that I’ve ever been… Yep, I found it! 
 
Want it? Let’s get into it!
 
Article & podcast by Dan Wilkinson of Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!  🍻🎙✌🏻
Android users – you’ll need to download the free Podcast Republic app then search Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet. 
 
Hit Dan Wilkinson (Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet!) up on social media here:

Twitter https://twitter.com/hotndelicious
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hotndelicious/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HotnDelicious
Hot & Delicious YouTube – Ballistyx Snowboard Show, interviews & more.
https://www.youtube.com/user/HotnDeliciousRecords
‘Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet’ entertainment, travel, photography & lifestyle blog:
 
For social media, photography & influencer business enquiries contact: info@hotndelicious.com 
 
Dan Wilkinson is founder of travel, entertainment & lifestyle biz/brand, Hot & Delicious: Rocks The Planet and one of Australia’s most experienced social media professional who has driven social media for a range of international brands including Cancer Council Australia, Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Peroni Italian Beer, Philadelphia Cream Cheese & more.

 

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The Jungle Giants crank The Corner Hotel! Sick live photos!

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Valley Fiesta 2011. First time I saw The Jungle Giants live. 

I was living in Queensland working with Brisbane Festival, when one of my Spiegeltent colleagues raved about this young band of awesome local-Brisbane musos that I just had to check out. That band was The Jungle Giants and their wicked catchy tunes swiftly reached high-rotation on my iPhone. Just a few weeks later I was project managing Valley Fiesta for Strut N Fret when they hit the Brunswick St Main Stage & wow.. do they crank!

Flash forward to Splendour last year & I was fortunate enough to hang out with the band whilst camping/drinking buddies with Andy (The Belligerents) & his crew; such friendly, down-to-earth peeps with mad skills who obviously love what they do, so when I heard The Jungle Giants were down in Melbourne last weekend, I just had to be there & get one of our shooters along.

With amazing live energy and performance/stagecraft, The Jungle Giants blew away the sold-out Corner Hotel and left me wanting to know just one thing..  Do they feed you Skittles & Red Bull before each show, Andrew? 😀

The Jungle Giants are currently on their ‘I Am What You Want Me To Be’ single tour with 2 more shows this weekend in Brisbane (Friday 12th July – Oh Hello!) and Sydney (Saturday 13th July – The Standard).

Crank this shit loud, check out our pics from The Corner Hotel below & get your ass down to a show.. you will not be disappointed!

Tour Dates:

Brisbane (Friday 12th July – Oh Hello!)

With The Belligerents, Young Men Dead

Sydney (Saturday 13th July – The Standard).

With Bloods, Bec And Ben

Hot & Delicious images shot live at The Corner Hotel (Melbourne) by Dan Soderstrom

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Alison Wonderland’s bangin’ new single ‘Get Ready’ feat. Fishing & SXSW super set with Anna Lunoe

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Over the past year I’ve seen Alison in Wonderland perform all over the shop incl. Splendour in the Grass and a bangin’ double-header DJ set with Anna Lunoe to close out The Aussie BBQ – SXSW in March, so pretty excited to get a taste of her killer new debut release ‘Get Ready’ feat. Fishing.

Enjoy & while you’re at it, check out the pics of her sick SXSW super set at Maggie Mae’s in Austin, Texas.

Hittin’ the world stage! Playa!

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Splendour In The Grass 2013 line-up announced!

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Splendour In The Grass 2013

Splendour In The Grass announce killer 2013 line-up with a kick-ass vid!

Presented by Village Sounds and Secret Service, Splendour In The Grass 2013 is:

Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, The National, TV on the Radio, Empire of the Sun, Of Monsters & Men, Klaxons, Bernard Fanning, The Presets, Babyshambles, Flume, Passion Pit, Architecture in Helsinki, Birds of Tokyo, James Blake, Matt Corby, Drapht, Laura Marling, Flight Facilities, Polyphonic Spree (Performing Rocky Horror Picture Show), Boy & Bear, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Cold War Kids, The Rubens, Sarah Blasko, Darwin Deez, You Am I (Performing Sound As Ever & Hi-Fi Way), Hermitude, Haim, Airbourne, The Drones, Ms Mr, Gurrumul, Everything Everything, Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes, Cloud Control,
Portugal. The Man, Daughter, Something For Kate, Wavves, Chet Faker, Snakadaktal, Robert Delong,
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Whitley, Fidlar, Jake Bugg, The Bamboos, Surfer Blood, Deap Vally,
Palma Violets, Alpine, Little Green Cars, Vance Joy, Jagwar Ma, Villagers, Violent Soho, Dune Rats,
PVT, The Jungle Giants, Cub Scouts, Art Of Sleeping, The Growl, Twinsy, The Chemist, Songs, Mitzi,
Alison Wonderland, Yolanda Be Cool, What So Not, Xaphoon Jones, D-Cup, Otologic, Peking Duk
Tyler Touche, Bad Ezzy.

Splendour 2013 has a new home at North Byron Parklands (about 20 minutes from Byron Bay township) and can’t wait to hit the New South Wales north coast for another amazing festival!

Splendour In The Grass 2013
Friday July 26th to Sunday July 28th
Tickets go on-sale Thursday May 2nd

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Hungry Kids release ‘You’re a Shadow’. Well worth the hype!

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Hungry Kids live at Valley Fiesta. Image by EJ Mina.
Hungry Kids live at Valley Fiesta.
Image by EJ Mina.

There’s been a lot of buzz & much-warranted hype around Brissy favourites
Hungry Kids of Hungary launch of 2nd album ‘You’re a Shadow’.

Released on EMI Music Australia lovechild & indie label, Stop Start, the 1st two singles ‘Sharp Shooter’ (a personal fave) and ‘Twin Cities’ have been tasty little appetizer of things to come.

With the latest LP release, a sold-out national tour last time around, performances at Splendour in The Grass, Falls Festival, Homebake, Valley Fiesta and a Europe/UK jaunt, exciting times lay ahead with the announcement of the band’s ‘You’re a Shadow’ National Tour.

Take a sneak peek of the latest single ‘When Yesterday’s Gone’ below & head on over to the Hungry Kids website for all the tour date details

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