Looking For Artists

Our guest this week on Looking For Artists is musician and producer Brian Fender. Michael and Brian met in acting school several years ago and discuss their love of storytelling through music, feeding the drive behind your creative ideas, and striving to make your parents proud. Brian’s new album called Florida Man is out now. Visit @briantfender on Instagram for more infor

This week, Michael sits down with Get Rich Kids. Get Rich Kids (GRK) is a collective of 3 artists (Hollywood, Highclass, & Jay Howard) from the Bronx, New York. On this episode, they jump into freestyle, some written verses, and Michael may or may not spit some bars… you’ll have to listen to hear! Their debut album No Love is available everywhere now!

Looking For Artists is thrilled to have Atlanta based musician and photographer Ethan Payne on the show this week. It was exciting to get Ethan in the studio as he passed through NYC on tour with his band Easter Island. These two talk about their upbringing and love for the Southeast and how memories of childhood impact their music making today. Listen and hear more about Easter Island’s highly anticipated new album - Take All The Time You Think You Need.

Monica Jones Diaz joins Michael this week on Looking For Artists. Monica is an actor, director, producer, teaching artist, and more! She shares about her recent experience directing Girl Bully at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A favorite moment in this episode is when Monica shares her version of the classic game 2 Truths and a Lie. Also listen for a special surprise towards the end!

Violinist Adrianne Munden Dixon joins Looking for Artists this episode. The conversation is so effortless and fascinating, you will certainly enjoy! Adrianne and Michael discuss artistic determination, competitive surfing, and much more. Make sure you get to the end for maybe the best question of the day/answer to date.

Music Director and Songwriter Andrew Sotomayor joins Looking For Artists this week and shares some of his career highlights with Michael - the two them get into detail on the preciousness of working on a project from conception to completion. This episode is a reminder to keep a lookout for the waves of momentum in your career, ride that momentum when it comes along and trust yourself!

DRESPEAKS joins Michael this week and shares his powerful story as a dancer, yogi, and speaker. Growing up in Queens, dance found Dre at a young age and he witnessed firsthand how powerful and impactful dance was an art form, an outreach, and a language. This conversation is a beautiful reminder to approach all things with humility and an encouragement to trust the process of your artistic journey.

This week we have two Michaels, two Cancers, two Artists. Photographer, Actor, and lover of all things Broadway, Michael Kushner joins Looking For Artists for an endlessly interesting conversation about artists’s intentions and experiences. This episode is challenging, deeply encouraging, and artists of all disciplines will enjoy!

This week writer and performer Chris McDonald sits down on LFA to talk shop. From 1980's “bad boys” to combat sports, no stone is left unturned. Join Michael and Chris as they explore topics such as finding your voice as an artist, trusting that voice, and then doing work that is fulfilling.

Join Michael with artist Marisol Demonte this week on Looking For Artists. Marisol and Michael discuss an array of topics including: the importance of daily discipline, experience working with a mortician, Africa versus India, and how the search for creating art across multiple mediums is a powerful drive in our day to day lives. Here is a huge take away from this week: is procrastination a help or a hindrance to artists? Tune in to hear more!