P.O.P. PRESENTS

P.O.P. PRESENTS

By Walter P.o.p. Matthews IVMusicMusic Commentary
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P.O.P. PRESENTS episodes

  • A Voice Evolved ( No Music)
    A poem about overcoming my self consciousness about my speaking voice. This is the poem without music
    A Voice Evolved
    A voice of self-consciousness
    A voice of doubt
    A child trapped in a dark
    room
    Wanting to go forth
    In the remote wilderness but
    No one can hear my scream
    They don’t hear the real me
    I often wasn’t seen
    They see what they want to see
    They listen to what they want to hear
    I begin to hear their distorted audio
    Of my vocals
    So begins the fear
    People thought silenced
    me
    I became stagnant and stuck
    Until one day, I stopped giving a…
    You know what
    Exactly. You filled it in right.
    The voice of many waters
    Broke through
    My self-critical dam
    Flooding
    I spoke life into
    who I am
    A voice that is born
    A voice that’s me
    A voice that has now evolved
    P.O.P. is free.
    2 min
  • The Evolved Voice
    I randomly recorded a mindful message and I stopped for a moment to realize how far I've come in being confident with my speaking voice. It's been a journey and I'm proud of myself. I captured the thought and I added a poem of my journey.
    Walter P.o.p. Matthews IV
    3 min
  • Episode 5: The Ethically Immoral Interview
    In episode five, I go back four years to December 2020, when I reunited with a long-time friend and collaborator, Mike Payne, host of The Ethically Immoral Podcast. This is part 3 of 4 of the P.O.P. PRESENTS interview series. We met right at the birth of social media as we know it.
    Yes, it was the dawn of it because Facebook was born in 2004, and we met on a website called Hi 5 in 2005. This website housed a chat forum called AAP ( African American Poetry), which developed my poetry skills.
    Then, in 2006, Mike recognized my growing popularity as a poet and suggested I create my writing forum. I knew I didn't have the discipline to keep up and maintain a writing forum, but I saw the administrative gifts in him, so we put our brains together and created The Mecca Lounge writing community.
    I inspired the conception, but Mike's diligence and hard work executed, built, and maintained a fantastic platform that gave us a home to write, read, support, and hone our skills. The community of writers thrived. Our platform was the Medium of 2006, founded in 2012, and I joined as a reader and writer in 2020.
    Mike Payne was also a trailblazer in the podcast movement with a show on blog talk radio in 2007 in which he had me on as a producer. In this, we cover the span of my artistry from 2004 to the present.
    We had known each other for 15 years at the time of this interview, so Mike saw my creative pivots, changes, and evolution as a writer, rapper, music producer, and photographer.
    We cover many topics in 90 minutes, the closest thing I have to an audiobook memoir. So take a 3-mile walk or a long scenic drive and dive into Episode 5: The Ethically Immoral Inner View, hosted by Mike Payne and featuring.
    Walter P.o.p. Matthews IV
    1 hr 33 min
  • Episode 4: Reintroducing Walter P.o.p. Matthews IV

    Episode 4 occurred in the summer of 2020 when I appeared on my first Instagram live interview with Ashley Collins. I've been hiding behind my written work and music production for so long, and this was the first time social media had heard and seen me. My speaking has improved in the last four years since this aired. I feel confident. My prologue/intro was recorded in 2024. I wanted to publish as a thank you for Ashley being such a pivotal and supportive person in my life. I wouldn't be here without this interview.

    35 min
  • Episode 3-Heal with Shay Feat P.O.P. -Sleep 4 Creative People

    This was one of four interviews I did from 2020 to 2021. I began coming out of the shadows and exiting my comfortable shell. I inspired the podcast Heal with Shay, and I didn't even realize it would be the seed that would lead me to the P.O.P. PRESENTS podcast. Shay and I would have creative brainstorming sessions where we shared many ideas, and they would bear much good fruit. I produced a new 2024 intro with original music to give you all the backstory behind this interview. Let me know what you think in the comment section.

    Walter P.o.p. Matthews IV

    21 min
  • Episode 2: A Voice is Born
    This episode explores when I leaped into the audio/video world to record my first vocal /video experience. On December 18, 2021, after a cold morning walk, I decided to emerge from the shadows of a written writer/producer and reveal myself to the world. I had been self-conscious of my voice for most of my life, but after I recorded this never-released 19-minute monologue, there was no turning back. Self-doubt had died so my confidence could live. A Voice was born.
    24 min
  • Episode 1 : Press Record and See What Happens
    This is the first episode of my first podcast, and I wanted the recording of the concept to be organic and spontaneous. I did most of the recording in one take. Sometimes, overthinking will keep you stagnant. There's a time to be still, and there's a time to move. I leaped!
    6 min
  • The Beautiful Unknown
    This is the first time I've recorded for Podcast and this monumental. I was sitting in my car and just went for it. So here's my trailer. A podcast is born.
    1 min

About P.O.P. PRESENTS

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P.o.p. Presents is a podcast that will explore all of the genres of art that I've been a part of to inspire a whole new generation of creatives. I will explore my personal history, accomplishments,…