Creageivity 28 - with Musician and Educator Mike Pailthorpe

Creageivity

One of the secrets to MIKE PAILTHORPE’s survival and success in music, education and - at one time, publishing – is simple: ‘Just talk to people.’

Mike grew up in Hounslow, and at school, started punk band The Milk (our first podcast track) which went on to play numerous Rock Against Racism gigs, with the encouragement of established bands Misty in Roots and The Ruts.

Mike then, ‘Retired from punk’ to study English at Queen Mary College London, and from there found himself in Worthing, on the South Coast of England. With what seems like typical serendipity, he walked into a factory and got a very boring job, before being called by a book distributor to deliver books… and start a journey of fearlessly talking with people!

While in the book trade, Mike was also playing music, built his own recording studio, and then began work at the famous Jacob’s Farm residential studio.

The late 90s saw a tempting to offer to set up a Music Technology course from scratch, which after modest beginnings now has “over four million quid’s-worth of equipment” and runs degree-level courses.

Mike’s family are all music makers, “A result of a home more full of musical instruments than toys,” and he has never stopped playing and exploring music. In the podcast we hear the Gospel choir, SPRING INTO SOUL that he helps run, along with a song by VICKY RAYNER AND THE REST, with Mike as bass player.

Creageivity 28 is an inspiring and uplifting listen, with a guest who seems to have a special ability (which at one point he likens to Forrest Gump) to be in the right place at the right time.

Music, all courtesy Mike Pailthorpe:

Wake Me Up by The Milk

I Open My Mouth by Spring Into Soul

Protect You by Vicky Rayner and The Rest

If you feel you're too old to be creative, or too creative to be old, then Creageivity is the podcast for you!