Five Alive with Liz Painter
A creativity and music podcast! Five minutes a day of ... just do it! Just do that creative thing for five minutes to keep the juices flowing. During these minutes Liz will share her spontaneous minutes with you playing the piano, improvising creative melodies, new song ideas, lyrics. Join her today and practice your creative Five Alive with Liz Painter!
Episodes

Thursday May 01, 2025
Thursday May 01, 2025
Liz explores more earth themes as her spontaneous minutes lead her back to rework Earthsong. There are some inspiring takeaways and an invitation to join The Five Alive Membership at lizpaintermusic.com/join

Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
In this episode of five minutes of fun, raw creativity Liz is with prolific songwriter Rusty Cline... they play around with a few chords and a melody. They have a conversation about songwriting and laugh about the pre-chorus, emerging with what might be a cool new song. Liz tops off the session with a song from Rusty's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZAMcmBwTQw
Tell us about your creative time today... what did you do? Leave it in the comments and/or a link to your thing! Have fun!

Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Liz sets up some percussion beats and bass in her Logic Pro and steps into a high energy rhythmic poem with some cool melodies. The theme returns to miracles and we emerge with some fun upbeat chaotic, flowing inspiration. Enjoy the day... what's the plan for your next exploration... Five Alive!

Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Just do it!! Liz skips Wednesday but comes back on Thursday for another five minutes of spontaneous expression with her Casio keyboard, a drum beat and a synth loop that creates a slow jam in a minor mood. Liz returns to the song prompt/brief from Episode 2 asking for soulful songs that make you feel deep emotion. We emerge with lyrics in a dark romantic mood today and then have a sunny second with some jazz while contemplating tea and poetry. What is your five alive today? How can it express your mood in a fun way and keep your creative emotions flowing? Thanks for commenting!

Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Liz keeps the momentum going with another fresh episode the very next day! 5 minutes of creative action time, five minutes of creativity keeps us feeling alive and in the flow. Liz plays with a beat and bass line in Logic Pro and pulls out the acoustic guitar to figure the chords and sings some top lines... emerging with a theatrical start to a song with some triumphant springtime melodies and celebration of love in springtime kind of theme. Happy Spring!

Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
In this very first episode, Liz leaps into starting her podcast while being encouraged by business and spiritual mentor, Cathy Heller. Liz plays the and tunes the ukule and we dive in. Five minutes of creativity daily keeps the block away and helps you feel ALIVE!

