Dreams Not Memes Podcast

I spoke with Brooke Forrest of Kent,OH on a Sunday tour date. Brooke booked me at The Dome a former strip club turned venue in the area. We spoke about her past experience as a radiohost and her ambitions to turn Kent to a place for local and touring bands to play music. Check out this interview to hear Brooke's grassroots mission to revitalize and cultivate a music scene in a community that does not have much music.

Today's episode is with my friend Elsa Kennedy from Cincinnati. We had an hour long conversation about recovery, mental health, songwriting and coming in to your own and knowledge of self. Please check out our conversation and follow Elsa at @elsakennedymusic. She is new to the Boston music scene and is also working on dropping a new album and has recently dropped two singles, "Cripple Punk" and "Redwoods" available on all streaming channels. Support Elsa Kennedy today!

I spoke with Julia Stelman my Couch surfing host about her dreams and ambitions to be a statistician and the analytics of music, living in Pittsburgh, traveling, and the experience of being a grad student from California. This is my first time speaking with one of my touring hosts but it was a great conversation check this episode out!

I met with Pittsburgh songwriter Carrie Collins to talk about her life -music balance and her journey in Pittsburgh. Carrie tells me her ups and downs with being a songwriter, crafting her sound, her relationship with faith and the Pittsburgh music community.

Starting of the second season of Dreams Not Memes we talk with Abby Rasheed and the Sundry Collective. They are a band from DC who played with me in Philadelphia,Richmond and DC and have been friends of mine for 3 years. Tune in to this episode to talk about their ups and downs of being a band and navigating the DC music scene.

For the last episode of season 1 of Dreams Not Memes I spoke with Erin Fox. Erin Fox is writing a song with me that will come out sometime in 2020. Erin spoke with me about her journey touring on a Megabus, being an instrumentalist , surviving brain cancer, giving back, taking on different roles as a musician and why learning is important as a musician. Check out more on this last episode of Dreams not Memes.

I went to HMart in the Koreatown area of Philadelphia and met up with Branden King. Branden King is a drummer who has played in several bands in the rock, punk, metal and jazz communities of Philadelphia. We have collaborated on his blog bkingwings on Instagram and will be working on a collab in the distant future. If you are a fan of tour advice and chicken wings check this podcast out.

I spoke with Taylor Kelly about her journey as a musician and her album Up Up and Away. Taylor played trumpet for me on an upcoming single. Stay tuned and check out our upcoming track and listen to this exciting episode of Dreams Not Memes.

I spoke with my first friend in music , Ciaran Sontag. Ciaran is a songwriter, teacher, gigging musician and producer. He resides in Jacksonville, FL and we talk about coming to terms with your responsibility as a creative to help others and be supportive. Ciaran has been like a brother to me and we plan to work on writing a song in the future. Check out this episode of Dreams not Memes today.