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Q
and A with Rachel:
 Where
do you find inspiration?
The
Blue Ridge Mountains and Smoky
Mountains are always and forever
a place that I find inspiration.
Breathtaking beauty abounds
in this majestic region. Included
here is flowing mountain water...the
sounds...the sights...the movement.
How
can someone instantly put a
smile on your face?
Turn
on their favorite song (their
jam) and break out into a dance.
It's incredible how quickly
the energy can change in a room
when someone starts to dance
to a song that's impossible
for you to stay seated around
when it plays. It's an automatic
invitation to me to start dancing
too!
You've
mentioned that you like reading,
who are some of your favorite
authors?
Ooh, love
this question! Brene Brown,
Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Malcolm
Gladwell, Eckhart Tolle, Pamela
Kribbe, Elizabeth Gilbert, Bianca
Sparacino, Mark Nepo, James
Redfield, Joe Dispenza, Gregg
Braden and Marianne Williamson
to name just a few.
If
you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would you
pick?
Two people I'd LOVE to meet! Eleanor
Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart. Gosh, I'd love to have
been in the cockpit of that plane when Amelia gave Eleanor
a plane ride over Washington DC! Would have LOVED to hear their
conversation and understand what mattered to them enough
to discuss.
What
got you interested in creating
audio?
I
have played around with recording
since I was little. My dad had
a lot to do with my interest
in audio. I grew up listening
to the radio on Saturdays and
hearing a lot of radio drama.
He had a cassette tape recorder and
so did my grandfather. I asked
him to borrow it when I was
like 8 years old or something
and my first recording was me
reading a kids book about a
robin learning how to fly and
my sister coming into the room
and then an argument ensues.
It's pretty funny.
I have
had a passion for radio and
sound and storytelling for as
long as I can remember. Radio shows like Hidden
Brain, Prairie Home
Companion, RadioLab, the Ted
Radio Hour and Snap Judgment
are all favorites of mine.
What songs are included on the soundtrack to your life?
Play
it Right by Sylvan Esso
Gajumaru
by Yaima
Angel
from Montgomery by John Prine
Forget
About it by Allison Krauss
Gravity
by John Mayer
Power
of Two by Indigo Girls
Stones
in the Road by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Hometown
Glory by Adele
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Rachel
Dickson: outdoor enthusiast | voiceover
artist |
creator |
public speaker