From The Depths of Darkness to The Light of Success

In this episode of the show, I sit down with Hamilton, Ontario native Daniel "Borse" Borsellino! He is an upcoming and emerging artist in the underground hip hop scene in Hamilton and beyond!  We dive deep into some great topics, I especially love how he embraces living with Tourette's Syndrome. He is definitely paving his own lane in the rap game. Make sure you listen closely as he spits some bars in this episode.  He also gets real and raw in this episode talking about his struggles growing up in a hostile environment at home, being bullied as a child for the way he acted out with Tourettes Syndrome. He talks about going into some dark places. He is so grateful for the outlet he has with his passion for the music he creates. Listen up this young man has a story to tell.  Make sure you go and check out his new album over on Spotify or any streaming platform you listen to your music on, "Tourette's Rage" out now across all platforms. Go follow him on IG @borsemusic and check out his page and show him some love!  The intro is provided by my good friend John Maksym, its a clip from his new single blame go follow him on Instagram @johnmaksymmusic   If you would like to be apart of the show follow it on IG @depthsofdarkside for all updates and upcoming guests or email us directly at [email protected]

In episode 51 I sit down with Travis Brown from Aurora, Illinois! He is the creator of this amazing app that I enjoy using called Pod Decks! 

This app brings so much value to anyone who is into podcasting, it is an app that has many decks of cards in different categories, and you will never have a dull moment on your show again. 

Travis, dives deep into what it was like touring with his band Split Habits, especially when they made the Warped Tour line up which was a major accomplishment for him. He also talks about what it was like touring as a band all over the place. 

Travis, decided that it was time to get sober a couple years ago, he had had enough of the drinking and needed to make some serious changes in his life. Travis adds value to any podcast he comes onto, himself being in the podcast industry for over 10 years himself! 

We dive into his struggles with mental health and substance abuse issues. He gives many great pointers in this episode whether it be how to handle yourself on your show, how to get your podcast up and running! 

The app he created can be found by heading to the app store on your phone and search Pod Decks or you can give him a follow on Instagram @poddecks 

I hope you all enjoy this jam packed episode! 

In this episode which is a milestone one, because it is the 50th episode of the show! I sit down and chat with podcast host Liana Rhapsody from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is the host of the show, "The Virgin and the Whore" and stay tuned as she has another show coming out soon! 

Liana originally comes from the former USSR, she immigrated to Canada in the late 80's, it was a total switch she says coming from a communist country to western civilization. We get right down to business talking about what it was like growing up in the 90's in Toronto.

Liana was apart of the Todd Shapiro Show on Sirius XM radio, where she was the GM and assistant to Todd Shapiro. She was once a creative assistant for a night club in Toronto, enjoying the night life scene in Toronto. She is very passionate in believing that you should find your passion in what you love to do and go out and do it. 

We dive into what was the game changer when she had her daughter and that changed her life forever, she says it helped with her depression and anxiety and enjoys every minute of motherhood! 

Please follow my sponsor Compass 9 Media @compassninemedia on IG

The intro is brought to you by recording artist John Maksym, its a clip from his single "Blame"

Please leave the show a rating and review please or leave a voice message! You can also follow the show on IG @depthsofdarkside or email the show at [email protected]

In episode 49 I sit down with mental health advocate and author of the book "You're Not Alone", Zach Westerbeck! He is a professional keynote speaker, speaking to college students and corporations all across the USA! His book came out in October 2020. He is a huge mental health advocate, which he started doing in 2018. He was a former economics major at Purdue University, where he started battling his demons with mental health, which is where he also started his journey on finding out why he was getting sever bouts with anxiety. He then decided to write a book after doing lots of research of why he was the way he was. I hope you all enjoy his story! 

You can follow Zach and his journey over on his IG page @zach_westerbeck or head to his website to pick up a copy of his book today www.zachwesterbeck.com 

Please follow my sponsor Compass 9 Media @compassninemedia on IG

The intro is brought to you by recording artist John Maksym, its a clip from his single "Blame"

Please leave the show a rating and review please or leave a voice message! You can also follow the show on IG @depthsofdarkside or email the show at [email protected]

In episode 48 I have musician Sarah Smith who is originally from London, Ontario! This is the first episode that I have a co host on and it is with former guest Nick Johnson! 

We talk to Sarah about what it was like doing 300+ shows a year, to doing none all of a sudden because of the pandemic that happened! 

Sarah opens up about her struggles with mental health and addictions! She openly talks about her parents struggles with mental health and her dads attempt at taking his own life and the pain that caused her. 

We dive into the importance of live performances and how she was coping without being able to do them! She breaks down what it was like for the first time in her life being able to actually spend time at home enjoying the simple things like doing house work, and cooking in her own home. 

Sarah also chats about what it was like moving from one side of the country to the other in the middle of a pandemic! 

You can follow Sarah over on Instagram @sarahsmithmusic or www.sarahsmithmusic.com

Please follow my sponsor Compass 9 Media @compassninemedia on IG

The intro is brought to you by recording artist John Maksym, its a clip from his single "Blame"

Please leave the show a rating and review please or leave a voice message! You can also follow the show on IG @depthsofdarkside or email the show at [email protected] 

This story starts a long time ago in Eastern Ontario in the City of Kingston! AR Muzik aka Arron Reed, and myself met some 15 years ago almost. AR is a multi instrumentalist, beat making machine, producing banger after banger! He has worked with some pretty heavy hitters including Bizz Loc! 

AR tells it the way it is in this episode, we dive into meeting Gavin Rossdale on a couple of occasions, to being a travelling musician, playing in a couple well known bands here in Canada! He talks about what its like to be apart of brotherhood while being in a band. 

You can follow him over on Instagram @ar.muzik

At the end of the day I believe everyones story is valuable! Would you like to have yours told? Please reach out to me by email [email protected] or follow me on Instagram @depthsofdarkside

This episode is brought to you by my sponsor Compass 9 Media.

The intro is provided by recording artist John Maksym it is a clip from his single "Blame"

TRIGGER WARNINGS!!!

In this episode I sit down with community advocate for Voices Against Bullying Emerson Edwards! 

We chat about how he was bullied starting at a young age and happened for many years afterwards. He is now a voice for others in the fight against bullying! He tells his story about surviving a suicide attempt while trying to jump of the edge of the escarpment. He struggles with mental health related issues like many others, but the one thing that he does do is talk about what is going on. Please do not think you're alone, cause you are not. It's ok to not be ok! 

At the end of the day I believe everyones story is valuable! Would you like to have yours told? Please reach out to me by email [email protected] or follow me on Instagram @depthsofdarkside

This episode is brought to you by my sponsor Compass 9 Media.

The intro is provided by recording artist John Maksym it is a clip from his single "Blame"

In this episode Natalie chat about her childhood and being brought up as an only child, to polish immigrants to America. She started her journey into this world in New Jersey, a little later in life she made the trek and move to Florida where she resides today. 

We talk about her abusive past with relationships with men, her substance abuse struggles. She then found Jesus a while back and has been on a huge transformation ever since and never looking back on the life she once led. She is a woman of many skills and talents. I hope you all enjoy her story. If you could follow the podcast to hear everyones story that would be great! 

At the end of the day I believe everyones story is valuable! Would you like to have yours told? Please reach out to me by email [email protected] or follow me on Instagram @depthsofdarkside 

This episode is brought to you by my sponsor Compass 9 Media. 

The intro is provided by recording artist John Maksym it is a clip from his single "Blame"

In this episode I have a good chat with Da Big Pig, no one actually knows this gentleman's real name! All he is known by is Da Big Pig! He hails from down under in Australia, from around the Adelaide area! 

He is the front man for metal band Full Frontal Lobotamy! He has been musician since the young age of 13, playing the pubs in his early years! To being apart of many big name tours that have touched down in Australia! He has been on the turntables for Canadian legend Merkules, when he touched through down under for a tour! 

We touch on some good tour stories, stuff that you would not hear otherwise, its always nice to get a behind the scenes perspective sometimes! 

This episode is brought to you by my sponsor Compass 9 Media, you can follow them over on IG @compassninemedia

The intro is proudly brought to you by recording artist John Maksym, you can follow his journey on IG @johnmaksymmusic! 

If you would like to follow the show, please checkout the IG page for all updates, @depthofdarkside or send us a email [email protected]. 

In this episode we sit down with Ace Piva, he is from the Hamilton area of Ontario! He has been the tour manager for many bands over the course of his career, and also played in many band as well over the years! 

He then decided to turn his life in a different direction after personally witnessing many artists struggle with mental health and substance abuse issues. This is when he decided to switch careers and become an addictions counsellor. 

Never suffering himself from any of the above substance abuse issues, he did have an addiction to sex which we dive in to on this episode! 

Along the way he started up the Over The Bridge foundation which is a not for profit organization that helps musicians struggling with mental health issues! 

We need to all stick together and stay united to win this war! Lets end this stigma around mental health and addictions! 

This episode is brought to you by Compass 9 Media please give them a follow on all social medias! 

The intro is brought to you by John Maksym, make sure you go and check out his new single "Bones I'm In"

You can also follow the show on IG @depthsofdarkside or email us if you have any questions or would like to be a guest on the show! Come share your story! At the end of the day I believe everyones story is valuable. 

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