The Apprenticeship Diaries

First, Title credit goes to Chuck Nunn, our fabulous audio wizard. Rico and I were gonna be a lot more offensive in our title idea, and I think it's best to have some class and foresight (Thank you Chuck), and not get too hostile before the dang holiday even happens. 

Who knows, if we treat this season like a vehicle collision, and don't tense too much, maybe we can get out of this with minimal injury. :/

Host: Amy Nicholls

Co-host: Rico Illiano 

Sound Design by: (Sound Wizard) Chuck Nunn

Intro and Outro Music Created by: Brandon Carter at (Brandon Scott Carter Publishing). The name of the track is "Ink Apprentice". If you liked the music, and want to work with Brandon, you can email him at: ([email protected])

*If you liked The Apprenticeship Diaries (TAD), please follow us, rate, and review us! 

You can find us currently on:

IG: @the_apprenticeship_diaries

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If you'd like to reach out, comment, advise, or offer an interview, please email at: 

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Remember: The only difference between you and your mentors is time, and how much you want to get the fuck out of your own way!

Find Merchandise at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/theapprenticeshipdiaries

I finally got Amber everyone. I've been trying to get her to tell her tale since this podcast began. Granted, I know how hard it is to feel good about putting everything out there for others to see. However, like most things that we, at Tattooed Heart Studios, have thrown at her, Amber sucked it up, and did an amazing job. (I knew she would, just like I knew that I wanted to be the canvas of her first tattoo). 

Please listen and meet Amber Ramirez folks; She's gonna be a name to remember. IG: @theartofamberramirez Etsy:https://www.etsy.com/shop/theartofamberramirez Tattoo Website:https://www.amberramireztattoos.com

Host: Amy Nicholls

Co-host: Rico Illiano 

Sound Design by: (Sound Wizard) Chuck Nunn

Intro and Outro Music Created by: Brandon Carter at (Brandon Scott Carter Publishing). The name of the track is "Ink Apprentice". If you liked the music, and want to work with Brandon, you can email him at: ([email protected])

*If you liked The Apprenticeship Diaries (TAD), please follow us, rate, and review us! 

You can find us currently on:

IG: @the_apprenticeship_diaries

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Twitter: TheApprenticeshipDiaries

If you'd like to reach out, comment, advise, or offer an interview, please email at: 

[email protected]

Remember: The only difference between you and your mentors is time, and how much you want to get the fuck out of your own way!

Find Merchandise at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/theapprenticeshipdiaries

This is a seasonal effective response to starting something that you feel overwhelmed by (audio); This episode is Amy and Rico's first run at audio software and real equipment. Thank you to Chuck Nunn especially for this episode. He and Eric Nicholls, have guided us into the importance of good audio. Learn the irony of this realization as you listen to Amy and Rico ramble-jam this sound check. It's all about being vulnerable and sharing beginnings... This is our beginning folks.

Host: Amy Nicholls

Co-host: Rico Illiano 

Sound Design by: (Sound Wizard) Chuck Nunn

Intro and Outro Music Created by: Brandon Carter at (Brandon Scott Carter Publishing). The name of the track is "Ink Apprentice". If you liked the music, and want to work with Brandon, you can email him at: ([email protected])

*If you liked The Apprenticeship Diaries (TAD), please follow us, rate, and review us! 

You can find us currently on:

IG: @the_apprenticeship_diaries

FB: The Apprenticeship Diaries

Twitter: TheApprenticeshipDiaries

If you'd like to reach out, comment, advise, or offer an interview, please email at: 

[email protected]

Remember: The only difference between you and your mentors is time, and how much you want to get the fuck out of your own way!

Find Merchandise at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/theapprenticeshipdiaries

We are back with Lisa Doll. Pardon our posting delay... We know you've been waiting for this one. 

Follow Lisa Doll on IG: @ladylisadoll and contact her, or her studio at: www.roseredtattoomd.com

Host: Amy Nicholls

Co-host: Rico Illiano 

Sound Design by: (Sound Wizard) Chuck Nunn

Intro and Outro Music Created by: Brandon Carter at (Brandon Scott Carter Publishing). The name of the track is "Ink Apprentice". If you liked the music, and want to work with Brandon, you can email him at: ([email protected])

*If you liked The Apprenticeship Diaries (TAD), please follow us, rate, and review us! 

You can find us currently on:

IG: @the_apprenticeship_diaries

FB: The Apprenticeship Diaries

Twitter: TheApprenticeshipDiaries

If you'd like to reach out, comment, advise, or offer an interview, please email at: 

[email protected]

Remember: The only difference between you and your mentors is time, and how much you want to get the fuck out of your own way!

Find Merchandise at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/theapprenticeshipdiaries

We are happy to introduce the lovely Lisa Doll to all of you in this episode. Lisa is the owner and operator of Rose Red Tattoo (@roseredtattoo) in Ellicott City, MD. Our studio has worked along side Lisa and Rose Red for a bit now, collaborating with art events and good will. I was super excited to get to know this lady more, as I only knew her from afar. Her story is sooooo interesting and compelling; Coincidentally, her tattoo story starts very close to mine in the timeline, but with many other twists and turns. Please tune in to learn Lisa's story, and perhaps some other things you never knew about our industry. Follow Lisa Doll on IG: @ladylisadoll and contact her, or her studio at: www.roseredtattoomd.com

Host: Amy Nicholls

Co-host: Rico Illiano 

Sound Design by: (Sound Wizard) Chuck Nunn

Intro and Outro Music Created by: Brandon Carter at (Brandon Scott Carter Publishing). The name of the track is "Ink Apprentice". If you liked the music, and want to work with Brandon, you can email him at: ([email protected])

*If you liked The Apprenticeship Diaries (TAD), please follow us, rate, and review us! 

You can find us currently on:

IG: @the_apprenticeship_diaries

FB: The Apprenticeship Diaries

Twitter: TheApprenticeshipDiaries

If you'd like to reach out, comment, advise, or offer an interview, please email at: 

[email protected]

Remember: The only difference between you and your mentors is time, and how much you want to get the fuck out of your own way!

Find Merchandise at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/theapprenticeshipdiaries

Faze two with Jake and Breah! Here the rest of our visit to Rapture Tattoo Emporium. @rapturetattooemporium 

@the_inferius

@the_obscurus

Host: Amy Nicholls

Co-host: Rico Illiano 

Sound Design by: (Sound Wizard) Chuck Nunn

Intro and Outro Music Created by: Brandon Carter at (Brandon Scott Carter Publishing). The name of the track is "Ink Apprentice". If you liked the music, and want to work with Brandon, you can email him at: ([email protected])

*If you liked The Apprenticeship Diaries (TAD), please follow us, rate, and review us! 

You can find us currently on:

IG: @the_apprenticeship_diaries

FB: The Apprenticeship Diaries

Twitter: TheApprenticeshipDiaries

If you'd like to reach out, comment, advise, or offer an interview, please email at: 

[email protected]

Remember: The only difference between you and your mentors is time, and how much you want to get the fuck out of your own way!

Find Merchandise at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/theapprenticeshipdiaries

So happy to get together with these two. Jake Kirk is the owner and operator of Rapture Tattoo Emporium, and it was only three years ago that he hired a new artist, and found love in the amazingly talented, Breah Beshore. I have a personal spot in my heart, and on my chest for Rapture, and it's crew of awesomeness. Join Rico and I as we grill our friends about what life was like when they had a lot less figured out. 

Host: Amy Nicholls

Co-host: Rico Illiano 

Sound Design by: (Sound Wizard) Chuck Nunn

Intro and Outro Music Created by: Brandon Carter at (Brandon Scott Carter Publishing). The name of the track is "Ink Apprentice". If you liked the music, and want to work with Brandon, you can email him at: ([email protected])

*If you liked The Apprenticeship Diaries (TAD), please follow us, rate, and review us! 

You can find us currently on:

IG: @the_apprenticeship_diaries

FB: The Apprenticeship Diaries

Twitter: TheApprenticeshipDiaries

If you'd like to reach out, comment, advise, or offer an interview, please email at: 

[email protected]

Remember: The only difference between you and your mentors is time, and how much you want to get the fuck out of your own way!

Find Merchandise at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/theapprenticeshipdiaries

Meet more of the Tattooed Heart Crew in this Episode; We sit down and share a lunch with Kinsey (Branch) Roehm. Here, we shares laughs, insights, and make sure to respect boundaries, as we talk about the whirl wind journey of how Kinsey went from the world of Art Dealership to eating hearts, and indecent exposure. "Is this Pineapple?" See how Kinsey uses her ability to go with the flow to not only do amazing tattoo work, but sit and laugh at the trials of her apprenticeship, now that they are in the past. 

Thank you so much Chuck (Amy and Rico love you!)

Host: Amy Nicholls

Co-host: Rico Illiano  

Sound Design by: (Sound Wizard) Chuck Nunn

Intro and Outro Music Created by: Brandon Carter at (Brandon Scott Carter Publishing). The name of the track is "Ink Apprentice". If you liked the music, and want to work with Brandon, you can email him at: ([email protected])

*If you liked The Apprenticeship Diaries (TAD), please follow us, rate, and review us! 

You can find us currently on:

IG: @the_apprenticeship_diaries

FB: The Apprenticeship Diaries

Twitter: TheApprenticeshipDiaries

If you'd like to reach out, comment, advise, or offer an interview, please email at: 

[email protected]

Remember: The only difference between you and your mentors is time, and how much you want to get the fuck out of your own way!

Find Merchandise at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/theapprenticeshipdiaries

Meet Nicole, and her tales from the tattoo seat. In this episode, Nicole agreed to have us record part of her tattoo session. In this session, we learn how Nicole went from a novice tattoo client to a pro-collector. Find out what her attraction is to tattooing, Tattooed Heart Studios, and why we love her back just as much! 

This whole recording happened with the buzz of the machine in the background, and with Nicole face down, ass up, willing to get real with all of us. Let us know if you like this client sneak peak, and if you'd like to hear more. You can find the tattoo we did while recording on IG (@anichollstattoos). It's a dolphin named Maximus! 

Host: Amy Nicholls

Co-host: Rico Illiano 

Sound Design by: (Sound Wizard) Chuck Nunn

Intro and Outro Music Created by: Brandon Carter at (Brandon Scott Carter Publishing). The name of the track is "Ink Apprentice". If you liked the music, and want to work with Brandon, you can email him at: ([email protected])

*If you liked The Apprenticeship Diaries (TAD), please follow us, rate, and review us! 

You can find us currently on:

IG: @the_apprenticeship_diaries

FB: The Apprenticeship Diaries

Twitter: TheApprenticeshipDiaries

If you'd like to reach out, comment, advise, or offer an interview, please email at: 

[email protected]

Remember: The only difference between you and your mentors is time, and how much you want to get the fuck out of your own way!

Find Merchandise at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/theapprenticeshipdiaries

Rico and I had our lovely friend and seasoned tattoo artist, Anastasia (Annie to those familiar), over for drinks and dinner. We asked Annie about her journey to tattooing over stew and wine. 

Find Anastasia at Mount Vernon Body Arts 

Follow her on IG: @anastasiaxart

Host: Amy Nicholls

Co-host: Rico Illiano 

Sound Design by: (Sound Wizard) Chuck Nunn

Intro and Outro Music Created by: Brandon Carter at (Brandon Scott Carter Publishing). The name of the track is "Ink Apprentice". If you liked the music, and want to work with Brandon, you can email him at: ([email protected])

*If you liked The Apprenticeship Diaries (TAD), please follow us, rate, and review us! 

You can find us currently on:

IG: @the_apprenticeship_diaries

FB: The Apprenticeship Diaries

Twitter: TheApprenticeshipDiaries

If you'd like to reach out, comment, advise, or offer an interview, please email at: 

[email protected]

Remember: The only difference between you and your mentors is time, and how much you want to get the fuck out of your own way!

Find Merchandise at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/theapprenticeshipdiaries