David Usher is many things, a musician, artist, author, public speaker, entrepreneur and activist. David is a British-born Canadian, and CanadianMade Audio talks with David about his new best-selling book, Let The Elephants Run. Listen to our interview here.
More About His Book: Do you allow for creative play or outrageous creative thought anymore? Well, David’s new best-selling book is all about letting our creative pink elephants run wild. Let the Elephants Run shows us how to reignite creativity whether in the head office, the home office or the artist’s studio. He says in our latest podcast interview with Rita Rich that in today’s world with the Internet, five people are working on the very same idea you are at the same time. But, it’s not so important about being the first to come up with a creative idea anymore, but in fact, being able to deliver that creative idea.
Life tends to stifle all the creativity out of us. David believes creativity is in our DNA; it’s in everyone, not just the creative class. We all start our lives as very creative beings, but for many that spark becomes lost over time. How do we jump-start our creative process as adults? What does it means to be a creative person? How do we follow through with our ideas and turn them into tangible outcomes?
David will be doing a book signing March 29th. Montrealers! Get your copy of #LettheElephantsRun signed by @davidusher on 03/29 @ 2pm. Info: ow.ly/KoLRp pic.twitter.com/lhfHmVYZNL
Interested in reading his book? Well it’s published by:House of Anansi Press (English) and Québec Amérique (French). To order the book in Canada go through Indigo, Amazon, or Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (order by phone or drop by). To order the book in the US go through IndieBound, Barnes and Noble, or Amazon.
For any questions related to David’s book please contact:
- House of Anansi Press (english):
Laura Meyer Publicity Director: lmeyer@anansi.ca, 1-416-363-4343 ext. 229 - Québec Amérique (french) :
Isabelle Longtin, Director Communications: ilongtin@quebec-amerique.com, 1-514-499-3000
About His Music: David Usher is also musician he has sold more than 1.4 million albums and performed all over the world. He has had number one singles singing in English, French and Thai. His band, Moist launched in Vancouver during late 1992; the alternative rock band played for the first time in January of the next year and recorded a self-titled cassette in February. Vocalist David Usher, guitarist Mark Makowy, keyboard player Kevin Young and bassist Jeff Pearce still needed a consistent drummer, though; they finally found Paul Wilcox, just in time for a date at Canada’s Music West Conference in April 1993. After several regional tours, t EMI April Music (Canada) signed the band in October and to Chrysalis (U.S.) in May 1994. Chrysalis reissued the band’s self-released album, Silver, in August of that year. Creature appeared in 1996. After a four-year hiatus, the band released Mercedes Five and Dime in 2000.
About His Business. And, when David is not making music, he is equally passionate about using technology to build new and interesting businesses. His company, Cloudid Creativity Labs and projects brings together artists, designers and programmers to work on a vast range of pioneering projects, from building web platforms to creative consulting. David sits on the advisory board of McGill University’s Institute for the Public Life of Art and Ideas and is the founding director of Amnesty International’s Artists for Amnesty. You can explore more of David’s projects at: www.cloudid.co
David has a degree in political science from Simon Fraser University. When he’s not on the road he’s found in front of a computer dreaming up something new to create.