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Drummer Seven Antonopoulos takes us on a powerful journey from his unconventional childhood on the road to touring the world with acts like Vanilla Ice, Opiate for the Masses, and Channel Zero, revealing how music literally saved his life during his darkest moments.

• Growing up on the road with a professional poker-playing father exposed Seven to diverse music like Boz Scaggs’ “Lido Shuffle”
• Discovering Black Sabbath at age nine provided crucial emotional support during a time of hidden childhood trauma
• Metal and hip-hop crossover music like Anthrax and Public Enemy's "Bring the Noise" influenced Seven's drumming style and career path
• Stevie Nicks' "Edge of Seventeen" intervened during a moment of suicidal crisis after losing his friend and watching his mother's health decline
• Psychedelic experiences with ayahuasca, soundtracked by Fever Ray's "If I Had a Heart," helped process decades of unresolved trauma
• Returning to Texas following his divorce just before the pandemic lockdowns led to healing and self-reflection with Billie Eilish’s “Everything I Wanted”

Whether you're a music lover, drummer, or someone navigating your own challenging journey, Seven's story reminds us that our most meaningful connections to songs often come precisely when we need them most, not just as comfort but as guides to process our deepest pain and find our way forward.

Follow Seven on YouTube and Instagram and check out Channel Zero

 
WHO WE ARE

DAVID: Creator & Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Facilitator & Educator | Music-Based Healing | Musician | Curiosity with Loving Kindness

CAROLINA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Storyteller | Professional Facilitator

RAZA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Lawyer | Producer | Solo Project: Solamente | @razaismyname

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• Liked songs from this life story? Check out A Life in Six Songs playlist on Apple Music and Spotify
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On this episode, we sit down with Vladyslav Tsarenko, CEO at All4band Design, an artwork and design studio for rock and metal bands, and guitarist with multiple musical projects, originally from Ukraine now living in Prague, Czech Republic. We talk about how music was his shared language and cultural currency that helped him navigate numerous moves from Kharkiv, Ukraine to Yevpatoria in Crimea and then another move to Prague, Czech Republic. Not only his interest in music, but his ability to play guitar served as his entry point to making new connections and forming tight relationships. During our conversation , we discuss Linkin Park, Metallica, Bullet for My Valentine, Architects, Snow Patrol, and Vlad’s instrumental project, Sad Saint.  

Check out All4Band Design: Website, Instagram, and Facebook 

Vlad’s Instrumental Project, Sad Saint on YouTube 

Vlad’s post-rock project, Diary of My Misanthropy on YouTube

Follow your hosts David, Raza, and Carolina every other week as they embark on an epic adventure to find the songs that are stuck to us like audible tattoos that tell the story of who we are and where we’ve been, to help us figure out where we’re going. It’s a life story told through 6 songs.

WHO WE ARE

DAVID: Creator & Host @ALifeinSixSongs

Facilitator & Educator | Music-Based Healing | Musician | Curiosity with Loving Kindness

CAROLINA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs

Storyteller | Professional Facilitator

RAZA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs

Lawyer | Producer | Solo Project: Solamente | @razaismyname

RESOURCES & LINKS

• Liked songs from this life story? Check out A Life in Six Songs playlist on Apple Music and Spotify
• Follow A Life in Six Songs on Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube
• Are you a veteran who is struggling? Call the Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988, then press 1.
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• Don’t keep us all to yourself! Share our podcast with your people!
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On this episode, we sit down with Genevieve Wynand, a writer and editor from Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. At 11 years old, she was dead set on playing the drums, but was told that “girls don’t play drums.” 35 years later “More Than A Feeling” by Boston comes on the radio while driving, and she makes the life-affirming decision to drive to the music store right then to begin her drumming journey that was stifled all those years ago. It is a story of courage and transformation. Genevieve shares how drumming became a liberating force, helping her navigate anxiety and body image issues, ultimately changing her life. Her story highlights the indispensable role music plays in growth, healing, and the (re)discovery of our truest, favorite selves.

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Genevieve’s article on Introvert, Dear 

Follow your hosts David, Raza, and Carolina every other week as they embark on an epic adventure to find the songs that are stuck to us like audible tattoos that tell the story of who we are and where we’ve been, to help us figure out where we’re going. It’s a life story told through 6 songs.

WHO WE ARE

DAVID: Creator & Host @ALifeinSixSongs

Facilitator & Educator | Music-Based Healing | Musician | Curiosity with Loving Kindness

CAROLINA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs

Storyteller | Professional Facilitator

RAZA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs

Lawyer | Producer | Solo Project: Solamente | @razaismyname

RESOURCES & LINKS

• Liked songs from this life story? Check out A Life in Six Songs playlist on Apple Music and Spotify
• Follow A Life in Six Songs on Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube
• Are you a veteran who is struggling? Call the Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988, then press 1.
• Support our work!
• Subscribe to our YouTube channel 
• Don’t keep us all to yourself! Share our podcast with your people!
• Reach out to us at [email protected]

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On this episode, we sit down with Tyler Weisbeck, better known as beatboxer and content creator, TylaDubya. Tyla takes us back to early musical memories with Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight,” and then we learn how “My Humps” by the Black Eyed Peas changed his life and got him into beatboxing (which then led him to meet his future wife!). We also hear the story of how he proposed to his now wife during a music video shoot for a song they wrote together, “Waves.” Other powerful musical moments are captured by “Weekends!!!” by Skrillex, “This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)” by Escape The Fate, and “If I'm James Dean, You're Audrey Hepburn” by Sleeping With Sirens. It's a journey of music’s powerful ability to guide one’s life and bring about dramatic changes that forever alter its path.

YouTube of Waves (feat. Cassie)

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YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Spotify, Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat 


Follow your hosts David, Raza, and Carolina every other week as they embark on an epic adventure to find the songs that are stuck to us like audible tattoos that tell the story of who we are and where we’ve been, to help us figure out where we’re going. It’s a life story told through 6 songs.

WHO WE ARE

DAVID: Creator & Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Facilitator & Educator | Music-Based Healing | Musician | Curiosity with Loving Kindness

CAROLINA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Storyteller | Professional Facilitator

RAZA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Lawyer | Producer | Solo Project: Solamente | @razaismyname

RESOURCES & LINKS

• Liked songs from this life story? Check out A Life in Six Songs playlist on Apple Music and Spotify
• Follow A Life in Six Songs on Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube
• Are you a veteran who is struggling? Call the Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988, then press 1.

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On this episode, we chat with Hilda Sánchez Fernández de Castro, dog mom, kind soul, and psychedelic nurse in Cancun, Mexico. Hilda transports us back to high school days with “Mis Ojos Lloran Por Ti" by Big Boy and “La Tormenta de Arena” by Dorian and its place in the movie, “3 Metros Sobre el Cielo.” She shares the excitement of being first exposed to Mumford and Sons and seeing them live in both Mexico City and Washington, D.C., and also the challenges of going through difficult times with “Young and Sad” by Noah Cyrus. We finish by exploring new perspectives with “Earth My Body” by Maggie Clifford and working as a psychedelic nurse, then experiencing perfect moments with “Gozar Hasta Que Me Ausente” by Paloma del Cerro. It's a journey of finding oneself amidst the melodies and witnessing music’s  profound impact on well-being, emotional healing, and joy.

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Follow your hosts David, Raza, and Carolina every other week as they embark on an epic adventure to find the songs that are stuck to us like audible tattoos that tell the story of who we are and where we’ve been, to help us figure out where we’re going. It’s a life story told through 6 songs.

WHO WE ARE

DAVID: Creator & Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Facilitator & Educator | Music-Based Healing | Musician | Curiosity with Loving Kindness

CAROLINA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Storyteller | Professional Facilitator

RAZA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Lawyer | Producer | Solo Project: Solamente | @razaismyname

RESOURCES & LINKS

• Liked songs from this life story? Check out A Life in Six Songs playlist on Apple Music and Spotify
• Follow A Life in Six Songs on Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube
• Are you a veteran who is struggling? Call the Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988, then press 1.
• Support our work!
• Don’t keep us all to yourself! Share our podcast with your people!
• Reach out to us at [email protected]

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On this episode, we sit down with Phil Mayo, a preservation tradesman, Marine Corps veteran, philosopher, husband, and dad. Phil shares his honest life story through 6 songs, from GZA’s “4th Chamber” to De La Soul’s “The Magic Number.” Through the songs “Secret of the Easy Yoke” by Pedro the Lion and “Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)” by John Prine, Phil walks us through his military trauma, loss of faith, and healing journey. He also takes us on a journey through the joys and struggles of love and relationships with the songs “Flowers In Your Hair” by The Lumineers and  “For the Sake of the Song” by Townes Van Zandt. Our conversation highlights the pure, raw experience of being alive and how all of our stories are incomplete journeys still being written.    

Follow your hosts David, Raza, and Carolina every other week as they embark on an epic adventure to find the songs that are stuck to us like audible tattoos that tell the story of who we are and where we’ve been, to help us figure out where we’re going. It’s a life story told through 6 songs.

WHO WE ARE

DAVID: Creator & Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Drummer | Educator | Philosopher | Combat Veteran | PTSD Advocate

CAROLINA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Storyteller | Professional Facilitator

RAZA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Lawyer | Producer | Solo Project: Solamente | @razaismyname


RESOURCES & LINKS

• Liked songs from this life story? Check out A Life in Six Songs playlist on Apple Music and Spotify
• Follow A Life in Six Songs on Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube
• Are you a veteran who is struggling? Call the Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988, then press 1.
• Support our work!
• Subscribe to our YouTube channel 
• Don’t keep us all to yourself! Share our podcast with your people!
• Reach out to us at [email protected]

Support the show

Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit or educational use tips the balance in favor of fair use. The original work played in this video has been significantly transformed for the purpose of commentary, criticism, and education.

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On this episode, we sit down with Kim Segrave, a wife, mom, and flight attendant based out of Australia, who loves to push her physical boundaries and show her kids how to believe in themselves. Kim shares her life story through 6 anthemic songs, from Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” and Matchbox 20’s “3am” to Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling”  and Zedd’s “The Middle. Kim shares about loss through the songs “Choir” by Guy Sebastian and “Tomorrow” by Silverchair, both fellow Australians. This episode is both touching and moving and will also have you dancing and pumping your fist in the air. A perfect celebration of the ups and downs in life.

Connect w/ Kim on her Instagram

Follow your hosts David, Raza, and Carolina every other week as they embark on an epic adventure to find the songs that are stuck to us like audible tattoos that tell the story of who we are and where we’ve been, to help us figure out where we’re going. It’s a life story told through 6 songs.

WHO WE ARE

DAVID: Creator & Host @ALifeinSixSongs

Drummer | Educator | Philosopher | Combat Veteran | PTSD Advocate 

CAROLINA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs

Storyteller | Professional Facilitator

RAZA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs

Lawyer | Producer | Solo Project: Solamente | @razaismyname

RESOURCES & LINKS

• Liked songs from this life story? Check out A Life in Six Songs playlist on Apple Music and Spotify
• Follow A Life in Six Songs on Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube
• Are you a veteran who is struggling? Call the Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988, then press 1.
• Support our work!
• Subscribe to our YouTube channel 
• Don’t keep us all to yourself! Share our podcast with your people!
• Reach out to us at [email protected]

Support the show

Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit or educational use tips the balance in favor of fair use. The original work played in this video has been significantly transformed for the purpose of commentary, criticism, and education.

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On this episode, we sit down with George Guerrero, a life-long New Yorker, now living on the left coast in San Francisco. George takes us back to his earliest music memories, painting vivid scenes of late-night drives with Dad in NYC to pick up Mom from her night shift at the hospital with the soulful tunes of Lou Rawls playing on the eight track player. We discuss the evolution of music technology in cars, exploring how it shapes personal and cultural identities, and reflect on the paradox of choice in today's digital age.

In candid authenticity, George walks us through the moments of 9/11 as seen through someone in Manhattan on that day and opens up about the emotional solace he found in music during those tragic events, offering a poignant recount of how Des'ree's "Kissing You" became the guide that helped him create a video tribute to the make-shift memorial set-up just uptown from Ground Zero. In the closing chapters, we explore the transformative power of music in various aspects of life, from getting comfortable in the kitchen to recovery from physical injuries.

George shares compelling personal stories, like how Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" became a motivational anthem during his recovery from a serious ankle injury, and how, as a lifelong Yankees fan, Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” is seared into his memory. We close with the impact of family trips, the magic of Disney experiences, and George’s quest to create a more equitable financial system. This episode is a warm celebration of music's profound impact on our lives, filled with love, nostalgia, and the enduring power of melodies to bring us together.


Connect w/ George on his Instagram and website.

Check out Just Futures where George and his team are working to bring about a financial system that creates value for people, communities, and planet—not just a privileged few.

Follow your hosts David, Raza, and Carolina every other week as they embark on an epic adventure to find the songs that are stuck to us like audible tattoos that tell the story of who we are and where we’ve been, to help us figure out where we’re going. It’s a life story told through 6 songs.


RESOURCES & LINKS

• Are you a veteran who is struggling? Call the Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988, then press 1.
• Liked songs from this life story? Check out A Life in Six Songs playlist on Apple Music and Spotify
• Follow A Life in Six Songs on Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube
• Find out more at www.alifeinsixsongs.com

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On this episode, we sit down with Sumeera Younis, a native Pakistani who grew up in Michigan, did a pit stop in Istanbul and now lives in Washington DC with her husband and three kids. Join us as we hear about Sumeera’s immigration to the U.S from Pakistan with the song “Pardesi, Pardesi,” and then being exposed to the political messages in Rage Against the Machine in car rides to high school with her brother. Sumeera shares the stories of graduating from law school and studying for the bar exam, with the help of “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” by Manic Street Preachers, and falling in love with her husband through “Temptation” by New Order. We close out our conversation with the documentary Searching for Sugar Man and the song “Sugar Man” by Rodriguez, and then, Sumeera’s moving story of fertility treatment through “The Waiting” by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. Pull up a folding chair, grab a drink, find a spot “around the fire,” and enjoy the conversation and community. 

Connect w/ Sumeera on her Instagram 

Follow your hosts David, Raza, and Carolina every other week as they embark on an epic adventure to find the songs that are stuck to us like audible tattoos that tell the story of who we are and where we’ve been, to help us figure out where we’re going. It’s a life story told through 6 songs.

WHO WE ARE

DAVID: Creator & Host @ALifeinSixSongs

Drummer | Educator | Philosopher | Combat Veteran | PTSD Advocate 

CAROLINA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs

Storyteller | Professional Facilitator

RAZA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs

Lawyer | Producer | Solo Project: Solamente | @razaismyname

RESOURCES & LINKS

• Liked songs from this life story? Check out A Life in Six Songs playlist on Apple Music and Spotify
• Follow A Life in Six Songs on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
• Are you a veteran who is struggling? Call the Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988, then press 1.
• Support our work!
• Subscribe to our YouTube channel 
• Don’t keep us all to yourself! Share our podcast with your people!
• Reach out to us at

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On this episode, we sit down with Marissa Huber-East, a creative soul, devoted mom, and connector of people and ideas from South Florida, and explore the songs that have been part of her journey. From the soothing lullabies of "Rainbow Connection" sung during childhood bedtime rituals to the socio-political anthems of Tupac Shakur, Marissa opens up about her relationship with music as a backdrop to her memories and a bridge to deeper connections with others. We uncover how music has been a constant companion in her artistic and familial bonds. Marissa shares her grief and the cathartic power of songs like David Bowie's "Heroes" in processing the personal loss of her brother.  Tune in to hear how music not only encapsulates complex emotions but also offers solace and hope during life's most challenging moments. Pull up a folding chair, grab a drink, find a spot “around the fire,” and enjoy the conversation and community. 

Connect w/ Marissa on her: Website, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn 

Follow your hosts David, Raza, and Carolina every other week as they embark on an epic adventure to find the songs that are stuck to us like audible tattoos that tell the story of who we are and where we’ve been, to help us figure out where we’re going. It’s a life story told through 6 songs.


WHO WE ARE

DAVID: Creator & Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Drummer | Educator | Philosopher | Combat Veteran | PTSD Advocate 

CAROLINA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Storyteller | Professional Facilitator

RAZA: Co-Host @ALifeinSixSongs
Lawyer | Producer | Solo Project: Solamente | @razaismyname

RESOURCES & LINKS

• Liked songs from this life story? Check out A Life in Six Songs playlist on Apple Music and Spotify
• Follow A Life in Six Songs on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
• Are you a veteran who is struggling? Call the Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988, then press 1.
• Support our work!
• Reach out to us at [email protected]

Support the show

Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit or educational use tips the balance in favor of fair use. The original work played in this video has been significantly transformed for the purpose of commentary, criticism, and education.