As an Artist

Hi, welcome to “As an Artist.” A Local Famous Records podcast about local artists, their art, the creative process and the local scene. My name is Anthony Sosa and thank you for joining us. On this episode we have my long-time friend, comrade, compatriot, collaborator and often times mentor, Erik Stolpe. Erik and I met in 2003 before I joined his band Silverlode and before we founded The Raven Charter in 2005. Erik is an amazing musician who is very thoughtful about his creative process and how music has impacted his life. We discuss Erik’s musical upbringing and influences as well as our time together in The Raven Charter. We get into his sobriety and how that has impacted his life and his art. And we talk about his current musical endeavors including his LFR solo project Brain in a Jar. I really enjoyed this conversation and I hope you do too. 

After the podcast are the songs "A Herd Mentality" by Brain in a Jar and “We Know You Will” by The Raven Charter.

https://braininajarmusic.bandcamp.com/track/three-of-a-perfect-pair 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/71mMcktjLRYEX2KtmwbPX1?si=fG3c07MXSKu9ScUcHvK9yA 

https://www.instagram.com/braininajarmusic/ 

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Hi, welcome to “As an Artist.” A Local Famous Records podcast about local artists, their art, the creative process and the local scene. My name is Anthony Sosa and thank you for joining us. On this episode we have Scott Prather. Scott is a fantastic local tattoo artist and painter and he takes his craft very seriously. In this episode, we cover a variety of topics including becoming a successful artist, Scott’s creative process, becoming a comic book artist and starting new endeavors as well as advice for aspiring artists. Scott was an absolute pleasure to talk to, check out his work and portfolio below and book him for some awesome tattoos!

https://linktr.ee/prathertattoos 

https://www.instagram.com/prathertattoos/ 

https://www.instagram.com/pratherpaints/ 

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Hi, welcome to “As an Artist.” A Local Famous Records podcast about local artists, their art, the creative process and the local scene. My name is Anthony Sosa and thank you for joining us. On this episode we have Court Hoang and his most of his band: Joseph, Mo and Lee Ann minus Felipe. We had fun and we got deep. We discussed art, love, trust, vulnerability and what it is to be a human– and music! We had a blast and I hope you enjoy the show. 

Check them out at:

 Dr Jeckyll’s Beer Lab on March 24th w/ Ghoulsby

 The Post at River East on May 26th w/ The Troumatics

Check out The Basement Music Video

https://youtu.be/xpKeWfWlU2A 

Check out the Court Hoang Bandcamp and buy Get Right

https://courthoang.bandcamp.com/ 

Check out Court’s Linktree

https://linktr.ee/courthoang 

If you would like to be interviewed please reach out to @localfamousrecords on Instagram and Twitter and [email protected]

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Hi, welcome to “As an Artist.” A Local Famous Records podcast about local artists, their art, the creative process and the local scene. My name is Anthony Sosa and thank you for joining us. On this episode we have rapper, vocalist and producer, J-TWON. We had a lovely conversation and I really appreciate how candid and passionate J-TWON was about his feelings in regards to his art, the general state of the music industry and our local scene here in DFW. WE also discuss his musical background and his creative process in writing music and creating art and what it means to be an artist. I had a really fun time talking to him and iI really hope you enjoy our conversation. 

Also, stick around for the end of the podcast and check out his popular song “Old No 7.” A courageous expression about the struggle of addiction. Thanks so much for listening and enjoy the show. 

J-TWON on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4zeHK3FkRK5mzVeuUJchj3?si=FtqoOOLfTLm8cfb_Jh3A7w 

J-TWON on Apple Music

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/j-twon/1119359878 

Alpha Omega Recording Studio 

https://www.aoerecording.com/ 

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Hi, welcome to “As an Artist.” A Local Famous Records podcast about local artists, their art, the creative process and the local scene. My name is Anthony Sosa and thank you for joining us on this episode we have Jack Bellomy of Black Market Garden. Jack and I had a lot of fun and we got pretty deep into some topics. We discuss some of the issues regarding the creative spaces here in our Fort Worth community as well as Jacks artistic and musical trajectory and the evolution of Black Market Garden. We also get into a little labor talk and why these types of ideas are important to the creation of art.  

At the end of the podcast: Black Market Garden

“Fly on the Wall” from the EP Fun Songs

Black Market Garden plays at Lola’s Friday Feb 17th

Black Market Garden Bandcamp

https://blkmktgrdn.bandcamp.com/album/fun-songs 

Black Market Garden Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5QYYZ7qsPDCvIG2iIpgRSb?si=pPwBqlvBTymno5BGjIhtaA 

Industrial Workers of the World

https://www.iww.org/ 

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Hi, welcome to “As an Artist.” A Local Famous Records podcast about local artists, their art, the creative process and the local scene. My name is Anthony Sosa and on this episode we have the band Chancy. This is a first for As an Artist, we have a full band on our episode today and boy howdy was it fun. These guys were a blast to talk to and their music is a blast to listen to.

Chancy is:

Alex Tuft on Guitar and Vocals

Austin Franks on Bass and Vocals

Cole Scott on Synth

Richard Milton on Guitar and Vocals

and Jonathan Masters on Drums

Thanks and much love to all the guys for such a fun and lively conversation and thanks to their manager Bailey Douglas for reaching out and setting this up. 

Check out their brand new single Draw It at the end of the podcast and be sure to catch them at:

Killers Tacos in Denton on 1-12-23 at 7pm

Sundown in Lower Greenville on 1-14-23 

and at Ruins in Deep Ellum on 3-31-23. 

Check out Chancy on 

Website

Spotify

Instagram

TikTok

Facebook

YouTube

Twitter

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Hi, welcome to “As an Artist.” A Local Famous Records podcast about local artists, their art, the creative process and the local scene. My name is Anthony Sosa and on this episode we have Ray Liberio. Ray has been a staple in the FW Music and Art scene for decades. He has been a part of such acts as The Me-Thinks, Vorvon, FTW– with whom he is still actively playing– as well as Epic Ruins, Stoogeaphillia, Hassle Horse, and John Doe and . He also does visual and graphic art with his production company Pussyhouse Productions, who has done iconic art around town like the Lola’s girl mural on the patio of the old Lola’s. He also did the album cover and a couple T- shirt designs for my old band Huffer. We cover a lot in this episode but not nearly enough. I hope to have Ray back soon to talk more about what we missed. 

Check out Ray on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raymignon/ 

At the end of the podcast you can hear the new single from The Me-Thinks “Heep Haltom High”

Recorded by Joe Tacke at Cloudland Studio 

https://dreamyliferecords.com/cloudland-studio/ 

Check out Vorvon on Saturday Oct 9th at Division Brewing 

https://www.instagram.com/vorvon_band/

https://www.instagram.com/divisionbrewing/ 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1laxehBgXeRwdPvc5javAV?si=Zc33XZgdQGeb4PVrxk40Ig 

 and The Me Thinks Release at Lola’s on Oct 29th. 

https://lolasfw.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/lolasfortworth/ 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Fq4E7fvfnfpLzQ8Z7diSh?si=V9H9BXF_SRW2YVQDFNnsMw 

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Hi, my name is Anthony Sosa and this is “As an Artist.” A Local Famous Records podcast about local artists, their art, the creative process and the local scene. On this episode we have Matt Bardwell. To me, Matt is an artist’s artist. He is a painter, musician, multi-media artist, multi-instrumentalist and founding member of our Local Famous collective. He has been involved in many projects over the years including I am Warbird, Problem Dog, Temporal Distortions, Double Bear, and recently has been working on an EP for his new project Gleek as well as painting commissioned murals and pieces all over the US. In this episode we get pretty heady and philosophical in regards to the creation, meaning and purpose of art in relation to ourselves and in society. 

Check out Matt’s work on his IG and on Spotify.

At the end of the podcast is the song “Action Saxon” by I am Warbird released in 2014.

Matt Bardwell on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/matchewbwell/ 

I Am Warbird on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1W0p1gtvUma9oKK6BrYwD5?si=ddXq88h_R0WPv-VxP8CWYA 

Double Bear on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5UXyqHZQSdH37NYGyOYX68?si=UOeQkZ0BRFaXor5u_93D8Q 

Temporal Distortions on Youtube

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8hV4rxdI8SyDWlbN211qyeIA_-cfgYl7 

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Hi, my name is Anthony Sosa and this is “As an Artist.” A Local Famous Records podcast about local artists, their art, the creative process and the local scene. On this episode we have Joe Guzman. Joe is the frontman and keyboardist of Flow State and a passionate artist who also organized the upcoming Psychedelic Panther Festival at MASS on April 15th.

At the end of the podcast is the brand new single from Flow State: “My Iron Will.” 

Flow State Band

https://redsunrevolutions.wixsite.com/flowstate 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flowstateband/  

Psychedelic Panther

https://www.psychedelicpanther.com/

https://www.prekindle.com/event/44344-psychedelic-panther-fort-worth 

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Hi, my name is Anthony Sosa and this is “As an Artist.” A Local Famous Records podcast about local artists, their art, the creative process and the local scene. On this episode we have music man, polymath and all around cool guy Ben Napier. We get into growing up in Arlington, becoming a producer and engineer at 16, the interpersonal dynamics of being in bands, the Fort Worth scene from the late aughts and the early twenty-teens, closing with his new passion and endeavor - comics. 

At the end of the podcast is “Somedays” performed by Bogus Green  

Gl’urk and Bo Fort Worth Weekly https://www.fwweekly.com/2022/01/26/glurk-and-bo/ 

Green Audio Productions http://greenaudiopro.com/GAStudio.html 

Mansfield Comics Website http://mansfieldcomics.com/

Mansfield Comics Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mansfieldcomics/ 

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