Obscured State of Mind

Corey Alexander is a musician, and producer for QUA Productions.  He has toured far and wide in his previous band Dead Eyes Always Dreaming as the guitar player.  Reaching to parts of Europe and all over the US.  He still plays guitar now in his band Hail of Fire and recently has taken on vocals in his newest endeavors which we get to talking about in the episode.  We hook up the green screen and as he gives us a few guitar playthroughs in this one.  Listen to those as well as the great conversation, and hilarious Obama impressions.Follow us here:DIRECT DOWNLOADYouTube (Video Version) All other socials, Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, Apple, ect.Follow him here:Instagram HOFInstagram Corey

This was previously recorded LIVE on Facebook Saturday, December 18th.  Tim and Jordan from the metal giants From Blue to Gray and Joe Hafer from the hand made metal Nagazi were in town.  We had fun, we were recording live to shenanigan's took place.  We worked out some green screen material, had serious chats and cut each other off.  A lot.  Check it out if you dare.Follow us here:YouTube (video version)All other socials Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, Apple, TikTok and moreFollow them here:Facebook - FBTGFacebook - Nagazi

Chris and Kevin are apart of the band Ritualist out of Grand Rapids, MI. They come out with fits throwing in their live shows with a banging EP to blast in your car. We start off talking about the band, but slowly warm up with each other and let the hilarity ensue! New Segment called Worst Love Story was introduced, along with voice acting, learning Spanish, photography, pizza and a whole lot more. Check it out!

 

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Alfonso Civile is the vocalist for the always ahead of their time band Heartsick, and bassist for Heart of Jordan. Its always great to be in the presence of a man who has put his life's work at the forefront, while still taking care of business at home. We had a short (compared to) amount of time so we made the most of it.  We talk about the bands name changing to Heartsick, what it really takes to make it in todays world as a musician, the differences in Judo vs Jiu Jitsu, and more great conversation.Follow us here:YouTube (Video Version)All other platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, Apple, etc)Follow Heartsick Here:WebsiteFacebookYouTube

Justin Lamerson is the guitar player for Archimime out of the Detroit area.  He also ran Diddybop Entertainment, who was someone I booked a few shows with back in my earlier playing days.  We talked about a variety of things including how the way he rights music is similar to a wrestlers entrance song.  The trying times of Covid, some classic video games like Virtual Bart, discovering new music and a whole lot more.  Tune in anywhere you like to listen to podcasts.Follow us here:YouTube (video version)Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, Apple, etcFollow his band here:ARCHIMIMEBAND

Exit Door Productions (EDP BEATS) Jason Ingersoll joined me on the podcast for a great discussion about music, his past (and future) musical endeavors, camping and big cats, marketing yourself as a brand and a whole lot more. You can follow EDP everywhere @exitdoorproductions or @edpbeatsEDP on BeatstarsEDP on YouTube@edpbeats on InstagramFollow us here:YouTube (video version)All our links (Facebook, Instagram TikTok)

Jonathan Rikelme normally is in the background running cams and looking up information on the podcast.  You can occasionally hear him busting his gut in the background.  We decided to sit down and have chat about his time in the service and being stationed over in Afghanistan.  He may not have been enlisted as "infantry" but his experiences are not any lessened.  Hear about it now!Follow us here:YouTube (video version)LinkTree to all our media

Hello everyone!Just informing everyone that we have decided to switch hosting platforms to be able to upload a higher quality audio for you.  I loved my experience using Libsyn but just can't quiet justify the extra money to invest at the moment.  With that being said we have switched to Podbean has our hosting service.  Please make sure you are subscribed on your favorite service or head over to Podbean and subscribe there!Thank you all for the listens so far on this journey.  There is so much more in store for the growth of this podcast.Kyle ArissHost of Obscured State of Mind

Darius Stowers is a comedian, and podcaster with "The Jungle Is Hell Podcast" our of Grand Rapids, MI.  He brings on all kinds of guests to his show that he runs with his co-host Di'Shun.  You can catch him at an open mic around GR and catch his podcast at least once a week.  We dive into some "Hot Takes", another piece of mail in the mailbag, we play Way Too Many Questions, and discuss life in the current state of mind. Follow us here: LinkTree (all our links) YouTube (video version) Follow The Jungle is Hell Podcast here: Spotify

Justin Chupp is a comedian from the Grand Rapids, Michigan area.  He works for Full House Comedy being the MC at a lot of area comedy events.  We dive into the local comedy scenes and discuss some of the events including his story about Eddie Griffin's cobb salad and plums.  Also we introduce a brand new segment called "Mailbag" where we had fellow comedians and random people send in videos talking shit about our guest.  You don't want to miss it. Follow us here: LinkTree YouTube (video version) Follow Justin here: Instagram Facebook