EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS //

+ Main differences between the bay area and LA

+ Chasing spirit pulling you versus ego pulling you

+ Getting paid to simply be who God put you here to be

+ Giving more brings you more abundance

+ Money helps our soul fully express itself in the world

+ The importance of being honest about our bad days

+ Her mission with her platform MindfulFee

+ Growth can be scary even what its positive and how to navigate it

+ Making room for new things to enter our life and discarding the old

Tim Storey is an acclaimed author, speaker and life coach, well known for inspiring and motivating people of all walks of life, from entertainment executives, celebrities and athletes to adults and children in the most deprived neighborhoods in the country. He has coached Kanye West, Robert Downey Jr., Stevie Wonder among many others… Tim has travelled to over 75 countries and spoken to millions of people. He often meets privately to counsel high-profile leaders in various industries. Tim helps people create the future they desire. He has inspired people from all walks of life, from entertainment legends to professional athletes. From executives to deprived children in third world countries. Using seasoned foundational principles and humor to get honest with people so they can overcome the obstacles that are holding them back.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS //

+ What did you observe first hand working with Kanye West?

+ My affinity for Kanye encouraging us all to be our authentic selves

+ Tim’s thoughts and observations working with Robert Downey Jr.

+ Tim’s vote of confidence in me and why he’s a fan

+ Tim’s background growing up in poverty in Compton with 7 people in a single apartment

+ Me discovering Tim’s book at my lowest rock bottom point in life living with my Uncle

+ Tim being with Kanye in the studio when he was writing “Everything I’m Not Made Me Everything I Am”

+ Society wants everyone to walk in one straight line or cadence together and those who step away from that get judged at first and later on become praised

+ Not getting offended by those who did not understand you on your way up

+ Protecting our dreams like they are a petri dish in a sterile lab

+ Check out Tim’s new book “Miracle Mentality” available everywhere

Evan Berger is a viral TikTok Star with over 2.3 Million Followers as well as a Breathwork Teacher. He gained notoriety for his incredible Trump and Obama parody videos which you can find on TikTok @heyberg. His videos have been featured on BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and many other outlets. He also does product design for big tech companies, starting this journey working for Facebook. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS //

+ How we both discovered Transcendental Meditation and how impactful it has been for us both

+ How he got into the practice of breathwork after a soul crushing break up

+ Some of the best people he knows have been through horrifically painful experiences

+ His many false starts with getting traction for his Trump & Obama impersonations

+ Getting a job in tech makes the world your oyster

+ Creating a daily excel spreadsheet checklist to stay grounded and constantly expand

+ Chasing fame & money is a never ending rabbit hole

Wax is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and comedian. He became a YouTube sensation after uploading several videos of himself rapping and singing. Wax was signed to Def Jam Recordings by then president L.A. Reid, however, they would eventually part ways before releasing an album. Upon getting dropped, Wax released his hit song “Rosana” independently, which topped Billboard charts globally. The music video for “Rosana” has amassed over 45 million views to date. Wax recently relocated from Los Angeles to San Diego, California, where his twin brother Herbal-T also resides. Wax is also the 1st ever artist I managed during my music career and we take a trip down memory lane!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS //

+ More money = more problems

+ During the time when he had most money he was never more suicidally depressed

+ Coming up with Anderson Paak (who played drums for him on tours) and getting to witness his ascent to super stardom first hand

+ How we can’t all be Michael Jordan but society gives us messages we can

+ His perspective on giving up alcohol and the difference it’s made

+ Our parting of the ways after getting the Def Jam deal

+ Blowing most of his record deal advance money on lawyers fighting me after our split

+ Wax’s advice to new artists… don’t ever have two managers!

+ How most up and coming artists end up firing managers they come up with

+ Being able to come super hard from the heart & the brain when writing songs

+ How the record labels are racing to be 2nd not 1st! Just copying what’s already popular

Wax is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and comedian. He became a YouTube sensation after uploading several videos of himself rapping and singing. Wax was signed to Def Jam Recordings by then president L.A. Reid, however, they would eventually part ways before releasing an album. Upon getting dropped, Wax released his hit song “Rosana” independently, which topped Billboard charts globally. The music video for “Rosana” has amassed over 45 million views to date. Wax recently relocated from Los Angeles to San Diego, California, where his twin brother Herbal-T also resides. Wax is also the 1st ever artist I managed during my music career and we take a trip down memory lane!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS //

+ The genesis of his shows, chain reaction and snacks with wax

+ How he hates getting credit for making leap to LA

+ How his ex-girlfriend leaving him pushed him to get his act together

+ Seeing his neighbor, a road worker in a dead end spiral, and how it inspired him not to want to end up like that

+ Life at audio engineering school

+ Our meeting with the guy who signed Lady Gaga and how excited I was afterwards (not so much wax lol)

+ Shitty day job experiences

+ Lawyers finding sneaky ways to overcharge people

+ Record labels vision for you vs. your vision for you

Kyle Nicolaides led the Led Zeppelin influenced garage punk band Beware of Darkness, before releasing his own rousing indie rock as a solo artist beginning in 2018. He signed to Warner Music / Bright Antenna Records and his debut album was produced by Grammy Winning producer Dave Sardy (Killers, Rage Against the Machine) and he has toured around the world opening for huge acts such as Smashing Pumpkins and The 1975 etc. Recently, Kyle relocated back to his hometown of Santa Barbara, California and is working on a book about depression, hoping to shine a light for others along their own journey’s through anxiety & depression.

Episode Highlights //

+ Being a vessel for channeling songs

+ When coming from ego nothing works, when coming from spirit

everything works

+ How the tortured artist making better music is actually bullshit

+ Intentions of doing something and that being essential regardless

of how it looks on paper

+ Kyle writing a book on depression now

+ Kyle’s personal favorite books and takeaways

+ Being told to kill himself by team members when he went to then to

say he was depressed and nearly suicidal

+ The magic of chemistry on teams & how to put together the right

team

+ Exploring our subconscious relationships with money

+ How I experience Kyle’s energy today vs back in the day and how he

experiences my energy today vs back in the day

Kyle Nicolaides led the Led Zeppelin influenced garage punk band Beware of Darkness, before releasing his own rousing indie rock as a solo artist beginning in 2018. He signed to Warner Music / Bright Antenna Records and his debut album was produced by Grammy Winning producer Dave Sardy (Killers, Rage Against the Machine) and he has toured around the world opening for huge acts such as Smashing Pumpkins and The 1975 etc. Recently, Kyle relocated back to his hometown of Santa Barbara, California and is working on a book about depression, hoping to shine a light for others along their own journey’s through anxiety & depression.

Episode Highlights //

+ A healing and clearing of the air from Kyle firing me soon after I secured a

record deal and team

+ Ego and depression haunting Kyle when we met and me having no idea how

dark it was for him when we met

+ People in his immediate circle telling him to kill himself when he opened up

to them about his deep depression

+ A phenomenal Abraham Twerski quote / excerpt

+ Discussing the ending of his band and moving back home to Santa Barbara,

California

+ Bottoming out after moving back home and having thoughts of suicide daily

+ The pandemic hitting and Kyle feeling like now the world knows what his

daily life was like for so long in constant anxiety and depression

+ Discovering Yoga & Ayahuasca - both helping him turn the corner to healing

+ Kyle's amazing point about humans being treated like computers when

really we are like flowers each blooming in our own time

Zalma Bour is an artist, singer, creator, Reiki practitioner and host of the online platform, "Safe Space" (titled after her last album)where she leads heart centered conversations with other open souls. She is originally from Cleveland, Ohio. In 2011, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career in music. Since then she has received both critical acclaim for her solo work and has written songs for several chart topping artists.

+ Leaving Ohio for LA and right when she arrived, getting a eerie phone call from her doctor about a new diagnosis

+ Not letting others change or rob you of what your soul is here to do

+ A legendary music producer, who produced Michael Jackson reaching out but them having different creative visions

+ The gifts that can come to you as a result of health challenges

+ The drug prednisone having awful effects on her and healing with Chinese medicine

+ Being a bow & arrow, pulling back to gain clarity to see where you are supposed to go next

+ Losing her father and relationship very close together and having a new song she created as medicine to get through

+ Check out her music, follow her page on IG: https://www.instagram.com/zalmabour

Tony Ferguson is from the U.K. and one of the very first hires at Interscope Records before the label even existed. He's also a consummate musician, music producer and all around good human. He was also my mentor when i worked in the music business. He signed and discovered Gwen Stefani / No Doubt and fought to keep them on the label when the label wanted to drop them(Gwen and No Doubt would go onto sell 50+ million copies worldwide).

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS //

+ Interscope wanting to drop Gwen Stefani & No Doubt

+ Jimmy wanting to make Gwen a solo artist and ex the band

+ Discovering Alanis Morrissette and coming so close to signing her

+ Finding a back door through Trauma Records under Interscope to get No Doubt more love

+The idea of nothing personal just biz being bullshit

+ Things got harder, and tony began to think he made a mistake signing the band

+ Chance meeting with Kevin Wetherly who runs KROQ LA

+ Gwen and the band becoming upset with Tony

+ Gwen’s wedding at Jimmy’s house and a funny moment w/Brad Pitt

+ How Tony managed to stay so grounded even after huge success

+ Tony’s thoughts on the underhanded nature of the music biz

+ How Tony secretly holds the world record for longest A&R guy position in the biz

+ An INCREDIBLE story about a swarm of cops, a new rap group barging into Interscope’s office and Suge Knight going crazy!

+ Jimmy’s different style of doing business

+ Fame actually NOT changing Gwen or band after success

+ A heartfelt thank you to Tony for opening up so many opportunities for me

+ What Tony saw in me that made him want to be my mentor

Tony Ferguson is from the U.K. and one of the very first hires at Interscope Records before the label even existed. He's also a consummate musician, music producer and all around good human. He was also my mentor when i worked in the music business. He signed and discovered Gwen Stefani / No Doubt and fought to keep them on the label when the label wanted to drop them(Gwen and No Doubt would go onto sell 50+ million copies worldwide).

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS //

+ Growing up playing in bands in London

+ Touring with ZZ Top and going through the racist south as a Brit

+ Where he was when he heard the john Lennon had been killed

+ Touring post riot Detroit

+ Getting the unexpected / fateful phone call from Jimmy Iovine

+ Managing bands with Jimmy Iovine

+ Ted Fields wealthy financier comes in to back Interscope

+ The very first hit Interscope had.. a cheesy Latin hip hop song

+ Signing Gwen Stefani & No Doubt, Jimmy wanting to break up the band

+ How Tony was harshly judged by his peers for signing No Doubt

+ How Tony ended up discovering No Doubt and how ZERO Producers wanted

to work with Gwen and the band at first