Creative Care Unit

Michael E. Russo•creativecareunit.libsyn.com

What happens when you're a Creative-actor, singer, musician, dancer, etc.-you're over 40 and one day your body tells you that things are going to be different from now on? This podcast talks about those issues and all of the side ones that come along with being an aging Creative.

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Creative Care Unit Episode 3

What makes a singer nervous? The prospect of doing what they do best in front of large groups of people? Nope. A medical professional telling you that the only way to fix a problem in your throat is to go into it with sharp objects dancing perilously close to your vocal chords? Yep. I’m Michael E. Russo, and we’ll discuss my tonsillectomy and the aftermath of that operation next time in the Creative Care Unit.

Jan 16, 2019•13 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Creative Care Unit Episode 2

The two most expressive parts of an actor’s physical instrument, especially if you’ve ever worked in films or television, are the Face and The Voice. To lose the use of one or the other is a performer’s nightmare. I lost control of both within a year. I’m Michael E. Russo, and I’ll talk about how that happened and how I’m dealing with the repercussion’s decades later, next time in the Creative Care Unit

Jan 09, 2019•15 min•Season 1Ep. 2

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