Getting Close UP!

Oh I get so high, when I'm around you baby........................... one of my favorite songs by Toni Braxton, which is appropriate for our next guest. Meet the Canna Chemist herself Kim of Thraxx Pastry.

Kim prepares a delicacy of shrimp and grits, but her twist is effusion (not during the taping of the show). Creating delicious delectables with cannabis combined in the sauces, the rubs, the pastries, the drinks................the Ox tails??????

Kim and Danielle have fun time in the GCU! kitchen cooking up a storm, then sitting down over the meal to talk about the journey of a kid chef's journey to create her own creative menu and the up and downs along the way. Make sure you check this episode out.

You can also check out the video version on our YouTube Channel:  https://youtu.be/3DURdfwrx4o 

You know how they say you shouldn't work with family or friends, well whomever said has never met the members of Sentimental Creatures.

Sara, Lukas, Isaiah, and Caleb are the closest you come to defining thicker than blood (two of them are engaged).  Their chemistry is unmistakable, their collective talents unmatched, and their videoed antics are hilarious.

Danielle and Sentimental Creatures sit down in the purple chairs to dive into their beginnings, their songwriting and we also find out who is the most sentimental out of the Sentimental Creatures.

You can also check out the video version on our YouTube Channel:  https://youtu.be/n0apTyaFEB0 

Whether it's on a stage performing against infectious beats, or on a sound stage playing a character in a movie, our next artist in the purple chairs is charismatic as well as business minded.

Welcome Dose of T.H.A (The Hassan Assassin). Danielle and Dose dig into the business of being an artist in the social media age and how the internet critics can break some and give strength to others. You will surely learn a lot from this episode.

You can also check out the video version on our YouTube Channel:

https://youtu.be/_wf5wJ7Zba0?si=fhVE9-d6A-MQ_9_3 

Joey Marlow is one of our most interesting guest we've had in the purple chairs. With a PHD. in the dark and gruesome, stemming from a wonderful childhood of Halloween play, his creativity is beyond measure (check out his music videos).

An accomplished pianist, vocalist and lyricist, a make up artist specializing in special effects and hair stylist who owns his own salon. What doesn't this guy do?

You can also check out the video version on our YouTube channel:  https://youtu.be/Y5jb4lMayWg 

Baby you know where to go to get some tea, and so do we, welcome to the purple chairs, host of the Tea With Teash Podcast, Teash.

Teash gives it all to us, letting us sip on what it means to be an independent podcast host who started only 2 years ago. From the bitter and the sweet to the tart and the tasty, Danielle gets the tea on Teash.

Such a good interview, make sure you let us know what you think, ALL TEA!

You can also check out the video version on our YouTube channelhttps:

youtu.be/Y5jb4lMayWg  

T'S A NEW SEASON...............Season 6 is going to introduce us to a lot of great artists and creatives, but non more than our guest who is kicking off the season with an in depth introspective of self, spirituality, purpose, destiny and truth.

Welcome to the purple chairs Stephonne! Danielle and Stephonne get so deep, I couldn't help but to think I had witnessed a realization of calling manifested through song. This is one episode you surely do not want to miss.

You can check out the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/4bTs3qvF2Dk 

We've come to the end of season 5, and what a way to end it. Markus Raines, Caleb Fankhauser and Desmond Mason make up our panel of music producers. Whatever you need to know about being a music producer, you will be sure to find the answers in this episode.

You can check out the video version of this episode on our channel:

https://youtu.be/6XkjOzsvM84  

All hail the King.........King Dari that is. Danielle welcomes him to the purple chairs for the eleventh episode of season 5.

From church boy to student to writing a song that is going to change the  Kansas City landscape, Danielle and King Dari get into some deep industry conversations that will bring some awareness of things to consider in this independent artist community.

You can also see the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/loaIN38h0cg

Episode 10 features a group of childhood friends who've found commonality and creativity playing together in their band, The Blast Monkeys.

Check out this interview to find out some of the tricks of the music business trade.  Having issues with collaborating, keeping up with social media content or just figuring out how to communicate to each other .  This episode will surely give some insight into those answers and more.

You can check out the video version of this episode on our YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/yzZd5_Vtzx8?si=WHdFIOX-n-1SZbDV 

Our next guest is yet another creative who studied sound engineering in college (noticing a theme?) and is an exceptional musician! Alex Thomas has blessed us with his presence in the purple chairs.

Alex and Danielle get into his beginnings in music, his inspiration to change a major in jazz to sound engineering and his world wide exposure to different experiences that have shaped who he's becoming as a well rounded, humble talent.

You can also check out the video version of this episode on our YouTube Channel:

https://youtu.be/zaNymd-keUs