Solo episode of the pod where I'll be sharing one of my favourite artists BOYSLASHFRIEND. To find out who he is, which songs I like (because obvi you care), and where BOYSLASHFRIEND is, have a listen. 

Please note I thought about not putting this out, and might make this a limited edition release so get into it sooner rather than later. Happy Christmas in advance to you all - and stay tuned (for more?).

Listen to BOYSLASHFRIEND on:

SoundCloud

Youtube

BOYSLASHFRIEND is also on Apple Music and Spotify. 

(Or is it Ironic and Iconic?)

Dolly Parton famous?

Anderson Paak famous?

To close out the season Eric and I tackle the fame monster, something that seems to go hand in hand with success as an artist in this modern age (ha!).

I know that we often chat about other people's fame, and our own work being in progress. But we've never discussed how famous we want to be.

Other topics include Eric's 2024 plans, Instagram close friends and our end of year feels.

Happy New Year!

Mentioned in this episode:

• Forever Giftshop

This episode is a little vibe less and that's okay. We have a new podcast cover full of vibes!

Cover Design - Eugene Masakhwe

Almost titled this episode 'Hopefully It's Not A Flop'.

We're just shooting the shit whilst a bit tired. We do go over whether the creative scene in Toronto is giving segregation.

Happy Holidays! One more episode until our season finale.

Things we mentioned in this episode:

Absolutely Fabrics - https://absolutelyfabrics.com/

KITH - https://kith.com/blogs/kith/kith-toronto-flagship

ANNMS - https://annmsshop.com/

Today we chat Inspo, musical rollouts, how Eric got into Hiphop, GRATITUDE and yes I forgot to switch on my dishwasher.

Back for the usual, Eric and I chat about Tinashe and something mildly gross I witnessed this week.

Join us as we meet the Gate between my (Akoyi's) gatekeeping and Eric's openness with our second interview of the season - Gabe of Wandering Wit.

We dive into Gabe's journey towards design, his current philosophies and more!

Find Wandering Wit on their Website and Instagram.

Today we have a chat with Good Information; they're a jazz focused band from Edmonton. We go over their origins, why they're Good Information and learn about how each member of the band approaches being in a band.

Thank you for listening; to listen to Good Information visit their:

Website | Instagram

So Eric and I haven't been on speaking terms, but the pod is back!

In this episode we talk about what we've been up to since the last podcast ended, allude to why we haven't been keeping up with each other and discuss making money from your art.

We are so grateful to be back and have so much in store for you. More soon!

We’ve talked about growing pains and only saw fit to close out the season with a guest - Jane (lead designer of the recently launched app by SSENSE): we chat about her experience with the app design process: we launch multiple perspectives on compromising creativity for mainstream success and we share out resolutions for the new year. 

Until next time. 

Mentioned in this cast

SSENSE - https://www.ssense.com/en-ca

Janes Medium Articles

Part I - Designing With Ambiguity, Part I: Establishing An Experience And Design PrinciplesIn the face of ambiguity, we stopped using our gut to make decisions…

Part II - 

Designing With Ambiguity, Part II: Design Doing, Not ThinkingPrototyping often (aka. think by doing).

Selling Out Is Usually A Matter of Buying In - https://medium.com/by-33cc77/selling-out-is-usually-more-a-matter-of-buying-in-2c483b490908

Where to find us on the wide wide interwebs

Akoyi Socials: 

Instagram - https://instagram.com/akoyi?igshid=18nnx2ddvqf28

Twitter - https://twitter.com/hearakoyinow

SoundCloud - https://m.soundcloud.com/akoyi

Dangerhan Socials:

Instagram - https://instagram.com/dangerhan?igshid=ip7rnancob4p

You can find my Twitter. 

Jane’s Socials:

Instagram - https://instagram.com/jjanelee?igshid=1j377xlf8eybr

LinkedIn - 

In this episode you’ll wonder if you’ve ever heard me talk so much.  @dangerhan cons me into talking about:  my journey into music thus far: my fav places to shop in  The Notorious YEG and as always our weekly favs.

Kendrick Element photographer references: https://www.thefader.com/2017/06/27/kendrick-lamar-element-video-gordon-parks-photos

The Gordon Parks Foundation: http://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/

ANNMS : https://annmsshop.com/

Nowhere Fast : https://shop.nowherefaststudio.com/

Foosh : https://www.foosh.ca/