Join KCSU's assistant music director, Stevie, as she gets an inside look at a modern monster's music taste. Interviewed audience members include the Headless Horsemen, a long-dead vampire and more! Tune in to see who likes to listen to Grimes and who wants the Grim Reaper to produce their own album. Which Halloween creature's music taste best matches your own? 

Welcome back to the "KCSU Music" podcast by KCSUFM! Join music director Lindsay Johnson in an interview with musician Shelley Thomas. 

Thomas has a rich musical background that incorporates elements from Balkan, Arab, Hindustani, African, classical and pop styles to create her own unique genre: world chamber pop. She's a talented vocalist and oud player and recently took her craft a step further by not only composing but performing, producing, mixing and mastering her own work. The result is her most recent release, Free: a pop and R&B-style EP that captures her moving vocals and powerful musical ability. 

Thomas has a winding and dedicated back story that's sure to inspire you to stay close to your own creative endeavors. She can be found at shelleythomasmusic.com. 

 On this episode of the "KCSU Music Podcast," music director Lindsay Johnson brings you out to a night at The Aggie Theater, with reviews of performances by local indie rock bands Slow Caves and Wildermiss, as well as Denver-based Latin pop artist, Miguel Aviña. She gives you behind the scenes details like which snacks are in Wildermiss's green room, what annoys a sound engineer working a show and why you should give your local bands some love. Make sure you've got Spotify open nearby so you can jam out to these great bands after you tune in to this episode of the "KCSU Music Podcast"! 

In this episode, Marie Tanksley interviews Texas music artist, Dustin Massey. 

Known for her work with bands like Panic! at the Disco, Dua Lipa and Fall Out Boy, Suzy Shinn is an established talent in the world of pop- and alt-rock song production. Her most recent project has been producing Weezer’s latest metal-inspired album, "Van Weezer." She discusses her favorite parts of working in music, what’s in the room for a great recording session and her own influences and inspiration. She also talks about being a woman in the industry and how she recently joined legendary mastering engineer Emily Lazar’s new nonprofit, We Are Moving The Needle, an organization designed to increase the number of women in the audio producing and engineering fields — which is currently about 2% of those professionals. Shinn is genuine, hard-working and a creative powerhouse, and we’re so fortunate to hear what she has to say about what it takes to be a successful producer. 

Do you want to incorporate music into your career, despite being unable to sing or play any instruments like a one-in-a-million rock star? Music director Lindsay Johnson is bringing you some ideas so that you can be a part of the scene anyway. 

You could be a jack-of-all-trades roadie, a tech-savvy studio songwriter, a music therapist and more. There are tons of ways to surround yourself with this powerful force and hopefully pay some bills too. There is so much more that goes into the expression of music beyond singing and instrumentals — but hey, if all else fails, don't forget to check out the job postings for your local radio station!

Join music director Lindsay Johnson as she discusses tricks on how to write songs and create music, taking advice from some of the most popular songwriters out there, like Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift. In this episode, Johnson covers how artists build off of their ideas to carry out a vision for a new project, what it means to write a pop song and how the mundane moments in life can hit the hardest — it could be as simple as a scarf in a drawer. If you want to know how to turn your daily life experiences into music, make sure you tune in!