Behind Their Music

Ian McCartor works with a hospice company located on the coast of north county San Diego as a registered nurse. He has been writing songs inspired by the wisdom of the dying, with the hopes of teaching others to live life to the fullest in light of these lessons. He has been using songwriting in these environments as a way to compartmentalize loss, redirecting the perspective to something that can be seen as beautiful. He also sits bedside with those who are alone in their final hours, offering to be an open vessel for them if they pass with unspoken words. He shares these memoirs and songs live at special events, as well as with his private subscribers on ianmccartor.com. We spoke about how to make traveling easier as a musician. Laura met Ian at the Durango Songwriters’ Expo in Ventura, CA. You can learn more about Ian at ianmccartor.com. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at: www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Wallace Collins is an entertainment lawyer based in New York city handling entertainment law, copyright, trademark and related intellectual property law matters in the music, film, television, book and fine arts areas as well as in the general communications and technology fields. He has represented clients in contract disputes, negotiations and business entity formation and he is representing several high profile clients on copyright terminations. He has represented recording artists, songwriters and record producers, film producers, book authors and illustrators, magazine publishers, photographers and models, clothing and fashion designers, cartoonists, fine artists and art galleries, and website designers and start-up tech companies. Laura met Wallace at Winter Music Conference where he was speaking on a panel about legal matters. You can learn more about Wallace at www.wallacecollins.com. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at: www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Wallace Collins is an entertainment lawyer based in New York city handling entertainment law, copyright, trademark and related intellectual property law matters in the music, film, television, book and fine arts areas as well as in the general communications and technology fields. He has represented clients in contract disputes, negotiations and business entity formation and he is representing several high profile clients on copyright terminations. He has represented recording artists, songwriters and record producers, film producers, book authors and illustrators, magazine publishers, photographers and models, clothing and fashion designers, cartoonists, fine artists and art galleries, and website designers and start-up tech companies. Laura met Wallace at Winter Music Conference where he was speaking on a panel about legal matters. You can learn more about Wallace at www.wallacecollins.com. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at: www.laurapowers.net. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Eric Tingstad (born December 16, 1954) is an American Grammy Award-winning multi-genre record producer, musician and songwriter / composer. He was born and raised in Seattle, WA where he currently resides. Best known as a fingerstyle guitarist, Tingstad has performed, recorded, and produced Alternative Country, Blues, Americana, Rock, Smooth Jazz and Ambient / New Age music. Tingstad won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 2003 as artist, engineer, and producer of Tingstad and Rumbel’s, Acoustic Garden. In 2007 Tingstad recorded Southwest, an instrumental album inspired by the landscapes of the American Southwest region featuring compositions in the style of what he considers “Ambient-Americana”. Tingstad received a Grammy nomination for Southwest’s recording. In 2012 Tingstad released his instrumental Americana recording Badlands,deriving influence from Native American music, along with country and roots genres. In 2015 Mississippi was released as the follow up CD to Southwest and Badlands. And like the previous recordings, Mississippi is his musical expression of how we are inspired by and relate to, our American landscape. Impressions of the region that has come to be known as the Cradle of American Music - centered in the Mississippi delta, and expanding to include the Americana Music Triangle. You can learn more about Eric at his website http://www.erictingstad.com/bio and follow him on facebook at@erictingstadguitar, and on twitter @erictingstad. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at: www.laurapowers.net. You can find this and other great Podcasts regarding the music industry by searching Behind the Music with Laura Powers on Facebook. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Eric Tingstad (born December 16, 1954) is an American Grammy Award-winning multi-genre record producer, musician and songwriter / composer. He was born and raised in Seattle, WA where he currently resides. Best known as a fingerstyle guitarist, Tingstad has performed, recorded, and produced Alternative Country, Blues, Americana, Rock, Smooth Jazz and Ambient / New Age music. Tingstad won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 2003 as artist, engineer, and producer of Tingstad and Rumbel’s, Acoustic Garden. In 2007 Tingstad recorded Southwest, an instrumental album inspired by the landscapes of the American Southwest region featuring compositions in the style of what he considers “Ambient-Americana”. Tingstad received a Grammy nomination for Southwest’s recording. In 2012 Tingstad released his instrumental Americana recording Badlands,deriving influence from Native American music, along with country and roots genres. In 2015 Mississippi was released as the follow up CD to Southwest and Badlands. And like the previous recordings, Mississippi is his musical expression of how we are inspired by and relate to, our American landscape. Impressions of the region that has come to be known as the Cradle of American Music - centered in the Mississippi delta, and expanding to include the Americana Music Triangle. You can learn more about Eric at his website http://www.erictingstad.com/bio and follow him on facebook at@erictingstadguitar, and on twitter @erictingstad. To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at: www.laurapowers.net. You can find this and other great Podcasts regarding the music industry by searching Behind the Music with Laura Powers on Facebook. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Laura talked about her experience at Winter Music Conference and in South Beach. Stay tuned for more interviews with people she met at WMC. Laura talked with Forealism Tribe live at WMC. Forealismtribe is comprised the characters Star Power and Soul Force, a DJ and Performance Art Duo that appear in this reality from Another Dimension bringing positive energy and vibrations to the world. You can learn more about Forealismtribe on their website http://www.forealismtribe.com. You can also on facebook https://www.facebook.com/ForealismTribe/, on soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/forealism-tribe, on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/forealismtribe/ and on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/malottp. For more information on Laura Powers and her work you can go to her website www.laurapowers.net and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers or follow her on instagram at laurapowers44.

Kenny Aronoff was #1 Pop/Rock Drummer and #1 Studio Drummer by Modern Drummer, and one of the "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time" by Rolling Stone. Throughout his career of nearly four decades, he has recorded and performed with the biggest stars in every genre of music, including John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Melissa Etheridge, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Legend, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Garth Brooks, Bruno Mars, Willie Nelson, Santana, Keith Urban, Stevie Wonder, the Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan, to name a very few. We talked about what it takes to be successful and why working hard and holding the vision of yourself you want in your life is so important. You can follow Kenny on social media: Twitter: @AronoffOfficial and Instagram: @KennyAronoff.
To find out more about Laura and her work please visit her website at: www.laurapowers.net. You can find this and other great Podcasts regarding the music industry by searching Behind the Music with Laura Powers on Facebook. You can also find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers and on instagram at laurapowers44.

Scott Little is the Producer of Electric Heart, LifeFlip’s first FilmEDM Experience, a silent narrative feature film accompanied by an Electric Dance Music mix (28 individually wrapped music videos with the same story consistently through all 28). With a running time of 73 minutes, Electric Heart features music by Armin van Buuren, Dash Berlin, Chuckie, Gabriel & Dresden, and many others. Scott's experience includes years spent with Vello Virkhaus of V Squared Labs assisting with visuals at Ultra Music Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, and Coachella. He has worked in Post-Production for numerous television shows in Los Angeles including Mad Men, Idiotsitter, Zoo, and @midnight. He is a graduate of the American Film Institute. Scott is currently in Pre-Production on two additional FilmEDM Experiences, Drastic Love and The Dream Catcher. Matt Ciociolo has been involved in acting since he was a young kid. After performing in plays and musicals throughout elementary and high school he began performing at the Boston Actors Theatre while attending Business School at Northeastern University. He was able to play Giles, the lead in Agatha Christys "The Mousetrap" as well as a very funny lead role as Theo in Steve Martins adaptation of "The Underpants" by Carl Sternheim. Once moving out to Los Angeles Matt has been involved in films throughout the past 10 years since moving out here. He has also appeared in national commercials such as Samsung and Mariott as just a few of his many acting projects he has been involved in. He looks to bring something new to every role and be as unpredictable as possible (especially to himself). For more information on the film www.LifeFlipMedia.com/ElectricHeart and you can learn more about Matt at www.MattActor.com.

For more information on Laura Powers and her work you can go to her website www.laurapowers.net and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers or follow her on instagram at laurapowers44.

Scott Little is the Producer of Electric Heart, LifeFlip’s first FilmEDM Experience, a silent narrative feature film accompanied by an Electric Dance Music mix (28 individually wrapped music videos with the same story consistently through all 28). With a running time of 73 minutes, Electric Heart features music by Armin van Buuren, Dash Berlin, Chuckie, Gabriel & Dresden, and many others. Scott's experience includes years spent with Vello Virkhaus of V Squared Labs assisting with visuals at Ultra Music Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, and Coachella. He has worked in Post-Production for numerous television shows in Los Angeles including Mad Men, Idiotsitter, Zoo, and @midnight. He is a graduate of the American Film Institute. Scott is currently in Pre-Production on two additional FilmEDM Experiences, Drastic Love and The Dream Catcher. Matt Ciociolo has been involved in acting since he was a young kid. After performing in plays and musicals throughout elementary and high school he began performing at the Boston Actors Theatre while attending Business School at Northeastern University. He was able to play Giles, the lead in Agatha Christys "The Mousetrap" as well as a very funny lead role as Theo in Steve Martins adaptation of "The Underpants" by Carl Sternheim. Once moving out to Los Angeles Matt has been involved in films throughout the past 10 years since moving out here. He has also appeared in national commercials such as Samsung and Mariott as just a few of his many acting projects he has been involved in. He looks to bring something new to every role and be as unpredictable as possible (especially to himself). For more information on the film www.LifeFlipMedia.com/ElectricHeart and you can learn more about Matt at www.MattActor.com.
For more information on Laura Powers and her work you can go to her website www.laurapowers.net and you can find Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers or follow her on instagram at laurapowers44.

Cassie Shankman is an Austin-based composer/orchestrator, pianist and DJ (Cass&Ra). As a composer and orchestrator, she has been recognized for her work with film, visual artists, chamber groups, wind ensembles, apps, musicals, and music therapy technology. As a performer and DJ, she's played with legendary musicians such as jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, and DEVO's frontman Mark Mothersbaugh, and has DJ'd for audiences of 500+ people. She will be DJing Spredfast's SXSW Social Suite 3-Day House. You can find more about her upcoming shows on her facebook page DJ Cass&Ra. She is also an active committee member for the Grammy Foundation's education board. Cassie is Managing Director/Lead Producer for the non-profit Golden Hornet, a music composition laboratory for commissioning and producing new and original works, co-founded by composer Graham Reynolds. Her current focus is creating compositions utilizing brain-based music technology in collaboration with Austin's Center for Music Therapy. She'll be speaking at SXSW 2017 on this topic, "Movement Tracks: Where Biotech and Music Converge." For more information on Cassie Shankman please visit: www.cassieshankman.com or @cassieshankman for social media handles. For more information on Laura please visit her website at: www.laurapowers.net. You can also follow Laura on twitter @thatlaurapowers and on instagram @laurapowers44.