Kino Alyse drops by the podcast to discuss social media marketing, community and engagement when building a presence on Twitter and Instagram. Twitter, in particular has had a boom recently with the advent of Twitter spaces. Kino has an excellent grasp of the data and analytics behind these two platforms and offers technical insights and techniques on what makes these platforms tick. Kino has a Patreon page, The Creative Industry Initiative, where you can interact with her content and guided workbooks. It’s a great source for all musicians/songwriters and music industry professionals who want to branch out and learn more in the social media space.

The Lobster is a prolific You tuber and is the host of the highly successful and insightful You Tube channel - LowEnd Lobster. LowEnd Lobster is an informative bass guitar channel specialising at reviewing and modifying bass guitars of all varieties. We delve into Lobster’s history as a musician but also the keys to building a fantastic community of which he has done in a relatively short period of time. This episode explores how he built his channel, why he built his channel and we discuss his setup, what it costs and the production behind each episode. We also discuss the metrics on offer from You Tube including his specific metrics and financials. If you’re looking to delve into the world of You Tube channels as an artist or creative this is a great episode to inform you on what, how, when and why. Lobster is also set to do an episode explicitly on ‘How To of You Tube’. Check out The Lobster’s channel and his amazing community at Discord.

On the podcast this week is Stephen May – Stephen is a world-renowned monitor engineer and is requested by some of the biggest artists and production managers on the planet. Steve talks about building relationships on stage, how he started, the emerging technology and he works with and around that technology and finishes us off with some fine food stories from around the world. Steve’s list of employers includes, Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock, Beck, Sir Paul McCartney, Tom Jones, Van Morrison, Britney Spears and Ricky Martin to name a few.

Elena Lymbery is a specialist in the practice of Sound Healing through the tuning of Tibetan crystal bowls, rattles, rain sticks and a myriad of other wildly fascinating sound sources and textures. She works closely with people in the management of stress and mental health and helps to realign energies in the human system. Elena can be found on Facebook, Instagram and works closely with the Relaxation Centre of Qld.

Nat McIver is a contemporary folk singer-songwriter with a wonderful ability to paint vivid imagery through her lyrics. We discuss attending songwriting conferences, establishing your own creative style and get an understanding of how she converted poetry into songs from an early age.

Tony McCall might be a low-key local from Brisbane, but he has played on some of the biggest stages around the world holding down the rhythm section for some big hitters in the music scene. Tony has forged himself as one of the go-to drummers for session work, touring work and now venturing into production, as he is now set up to record drums in his studio for anyone, regardless of their location. Thanks also to Federal Audio for letting us use their recording space for this episode and their fantastic Sontronics microphones.

Jeffrey Hodges is a writer, performance coach, foundational educator in NLP and an expert in mental and emotional performance management. Jeffrey gave us great advice on how and what we can do as songwriters and music production specialists that can improve the power of our thoughts and increase productivity and gives a great background on how he came to be one of the leading performance coaches in the field of NLP and mental and emotional resilience.