BACK from a brief hiatus, we hang with Dr. Brandon Arvay to talk about all things social media, online presence, promotion, and more.

Episode 11: WPG member Mark D'Ambrosio sits down with us to chat all things Handpan (Hang Drum), his creative projects, and musical endeavors.

We talk with Music Therapist Stephenie Sofield about her career as a music therapist, what a music therapist does, her research and conference presentations on eating disorders, adolescents, child witnesses of domestic violence, and developmental/intellectual disorders. We also talk about undergraduate and graduate college life as a musician, menta…

Chris and Caleb talk Sober October, Facebook and Instagram questions, and Creative Spaces based on research by Juliet Zhu, Timothy Gallwey, and Jon Gorrie.

In this episode, we get into a philosophical and tactical discussion around social media for musicians. Todd's worn probably every hat possible in the music world. Of course he brings enormous value with his insight into the injection of social media + branding in the music world. He talks about using students to create media, his colleagues' views…

Composer and buddy Lucas Garner talks with us about his work in film scoring, composition, video games and the new playstation classic, Travis Cross and his guidelines for students, and more. Plenty of insight and goofs; even more than usual!

We hang with our well-traveled buddy James to talk about art, music, film, the importance of traveling to the human experience, politics, Hedy Lamarr, and more. Also, I'm 99% sure Beyonce is doing witchcraft and she may have attacked us mid-episode, so you should check that out. Appreciate ya!

We hang with Louis to talk all things steel pan, his compositions and process, his Spotify BPM and Key projects, influences, steel pan in the collegiate setting, LNK New Music Collective, and give an overview of the life of the recently passed Ellie Mannette.

In this episode, I chat with Adam Tan of The Studio. We talk about why musicians don't need to be attached to an institution to teach or an organization to perform. The internet is the new stage with its own audience, enormous whitespace, and it just may be the best place to go.

Percussionist, educator, and composer Adam Hopper sits down with us to talk about his new publishing site BEATBACHS.com, "Moving Mountains" and their son Jack, cigars, sports, masterclasses in South America, justification of Music as a school subject, and much more!

Lindsey Eastham & Hiromu Nagahama hang out with us to talk about their percussion duo, competitions, recordings, emoting behind the instrument, "Decline of Music Literacy," and so much more.

Alex sits down to talk music, Green Point Empathy, Dark Souls, and everything in between.

In this episode, we discuss tactics and philosophies behind using social media for orchestral musicians, orchestras, and college studios

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My random thoughts on college music audition interviews.