Once you write a song about a baby mermaid and condoms in the ocean, you’re probably going to be haunted by this for life. At least, I’m probably never going to not think of mermaids when I hear the name “Emily McVicker”. This delightful human is a beatbox machine and she spit some beats (and probably some spit) into my new Aston microphone inside the purple Halo vocal booth in my studio! I found a bunch of water and ocean sounds (it’s bizarre what sounds you find when you search for ‘mermaid’) and Emily and I talked about raves (why she doesn’t go), making Christmas songs (or not) based on our past religious experiences and current spirituality, how promoting other people really helps promote yourself and how building a community is the best thing you can do for your music career, and of course, Harry Potter…if we were teachers at Hogwarts…what would we teach? Emily McVicker: http://www.emilymcvicker.com/

Heather's funky fingers are on my drum pad in this episode. In between making beats, we discussed her plan to fall in love with Elon Musk, part of her larger plan to get to the moon and play drums in space. ;) We researched the Golden Record out there in space and brainstormed what kind of music we would sing on the moon (since the entire world will be watching that show). Heather gives us a lesson on the different parts of a drum set and how they’re used to create different genres of music. We get all excited about how awesome Ableton is (better than other DAWS, yes!?), and of course (because it’s Heather Thomas) we discuss the importance of facing your fears, journaling and challenging yourself to grow. Plus we get to hear about Heather's big adventure; she's dropping everything and heading around the country on a DIY music tour in 2020. Every month she’s in a different city, for the entire month - performing, teaching, building a band, recording. Dope. Heather Thomas: https://www.heatherthomasmusic.com/

Santa’s Elves just dropped acid in the toy shop and now they’re raving at the North Pole. Here’s a naughty new single, “Sparkles on My Face.” Merry Christmas! In this podcast episode we're making this song from scratch using sound samples of toys, elves, jingle bells, magical wind and all the sounds that remind you of Christmas. I never thought I would make a Christmas song but here we go! I surprised myself. By facing this challenge, I remembered how it's all about doing things with your own twist. I had zero interest in producing a traditional religious Christmas song. I felt blocked and uninspired until I really tapped into what I have fun doing in the holidays. What makes a grinch love Christmas? I threw the judgement out the window and had fun being naughty, spicy and playful about Christmas. I wrote a Christmas song about fucking around on Christmas and not following the rules. I imagined myself dancing around naked, wearing sparkles, flirting with people at holiday parties, and dropping "magical substances" in people's drinks to liven up the party. Long story short, I wrote a song about elves dropping acid in the toy shop at the North Pole and throwing a rave. ha! Enjoy :)

The finished song "Sparkles on My Face" is at the end of this episode and you can also listen to it on my website. chawilde.com/music

Welcome to The Cha Wilde Show, formerly known as the Wilde Musicians podcast! We're heading in a new direction, into the music studio to make songs together from scratch. Here's the first episode that kicked off this whole revolution. I had no idea what I was creating (or even that the podcast was about to change) when I clicked record. I just walked into the studio one afternoon and had a fun idea to record myself talking through the production process start to finish. The words "Welcome to the Cha Wilde Show" jumped out of my mouth with no planning and so here we are. Going with the flow. This first episode resulted in a new song called "Like a Bird I've Flown Away". This song is available for download at https://chawilde.com/ and you can also buy the "Like a Bird I've Flown Away" painting (every song is illustrated as a painting!) here: https://chawilde.com/paintings

Enjoy!

LOVE cha

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Gaby was on vacation in Spain when she got rushed to Spanish hospital to have a mysterious piece of metal removed from her stomach. When she woke up from surgery, nobody was there to take care of her. She was neglected in the hospital and she returned to America with PTSD. Not surprising. Two months later, she’s on the podcast opening up for the first time about the physical ailments she’s been living and creating music with since she was a teenager. She has POTS and chronic pain. That means she is experiencing pain in her body pretty much all the time. She was in pain during our podcast conversation but I couldn’t even tell. Gaby wants you to know that even with pain you can create music. You may have to slow down and you may feel rushed to keep up with everyone else in the music industry. You may feel worried that nobody will want to work with you if you’re not 100% healthy but that’s not true. She wants you to keep growing and improving yourself and she would really appreciate it if you would start liking her awesome Instagram photos of beautiful landscapes…not just the sexy ones of her face. haha On that note, we dig into the stress of social media and how all of our followers are guys who just want to see sexy photos of us. We talk about moving to LA and how different the music crowd is down there.

→ blog post: chawilde.com/blog/35-chronic-pain-wont-stop-you-from-making-music-with-gaby-despain

→ watch on YOUTUBE:

GABY DESPAIN

→ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabydespain/

→ spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7EAvegHPeevA856cGkwuAs?autoplay=true&v=A

→ instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabydespain/?hl=en

Prove to yourself that you’re not a little bitch, express your anger, frustration and anxiety through your music instead of confronting people directly, work 40 hours a week in a warehouse to save up money to go on tour with your sister and break even, smile pretty as everyone tells you you’re like Norah Jones (but you’re totally not), learn how to do everything yourself so you can be self-sufficient but outsource to people who are better than you (unless you’re designing a poster for Andrew Bird), get on the self-awareness train so you understand why you love the music you love.

follow: Lady Dan

Website: https://www.ladydanmusic.com/

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LadyDanTheMan/

instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unclebeercan/

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5FflDIlGvj2Mqrptpa1dHF

❤ more CHA WILDE:

WEBSITE: https://chawilde.com

INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/chawilde

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/chawilde/

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zwsrpWYJ7ZFraivcuPHv1

ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/cha-wilde/1445766935

YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/dashboard?o=U

Create music to survive your existential crises, start setting life goals at age seven (starting with learning how to play Rhapsody in Blue), study music at McGill University in Montreal, fill your house with broken instruments and weird experimental sounds, perform your instrumental music sitting on the floor as you tour across Japan via train, write albums about your dad and do your best to not be killed by mountain goats.

follow Nikki Barron:

Website: http://www.kittenteethcoaching.com/

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kittenteethmarketing/

instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_kittenteeth/

❤ more CHA WILDE:

WEBSITE: https://chawilde.com

INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/chawilde

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/chawilde/

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zwsrpWYJ7ZFraivcuPHv1

ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/cha-wilde/1445766935

YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/dashboard?o=U

I SAW A FACEBOOK POST ABOUT WOMEN BEING TOLD THEY’RE TOO OLD TO BE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. see below.

THERE WERE 91 COMMENTS. I INVITED THE WOMEN TO COME TALK ABOUT IT IN PERSON.

THIS IS THE FIRST PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE WILDE MUSICIANS PODCAST.

The post that inspired it all:“Hey ladies. I had a guy say something to me about how I’m “older” after my gig yesterday. He seemed a bit off so I know I shouldn’t take it personally but his comment really just wiggled into my brain and has been bugging me ever since.

I’ve been singing my whole life, in choirs then singing backing vocals in a band starting in 2009, but I didn’t really start throwing myself into writing songs and making my own music until 2013 when I was 31.

So much of what we see in movies, on tv and in pop culture are geared toward perfection, flawlessness and youth, particularly in entertainment. I honestly don’t know of that many women musicians, aside from Sharon Jones, who were successful at an older age.

What I’m looking for with this post are for your recommendations of Womxn artists that you all as a creative mind hive can recommend to look to as inspirational and motivating heroes. I’m looking for role models. This creative and musical journey is challenging enough without having the “you’re too old” factor thrown in your face. Who are some of your pioneering women musical heroes?” — Post from Tekla Waterfield in the Womxn in Music Private Facebook Group on Sept 12, 2019

PANEL MEMBERS

Cha Wilde: https://chawilde.com

Tekla Waterfield: https://www.teklawaterfield.com/

Katrina Kope: https://www.katrinakope.com/

Jen Ayers: https://www.jenayersmusic.com/

Julia Francis: https://www.facebook.com/juliafrancismusic/

Sue Quigley: http://www.suequigley.com/

Aimee Zoe: https://www.aimeezoe.com/

Jennifer Richardson: https://www.facebook.com/wishmission/

Kristin Chambers: https://www.kristinchambers.com/

Michelle Searle: https://www.facebook.com/michellesearlesings

❤ more CHA WILDE:

WEBSITE: https://chawilde.com

INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/chawilde

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/chawilde/

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zwsrpWYJ7ZFraivcuPHv1

ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/cha-wilde/1445766935

YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/dashboard?o=U

Create music to survive your existential crises, start setting life goals at age seven (starting with learning how to play Rhapsody in Blue), study music at McGill University in Montreal, fill your house with broken instruments and weird experimental sounds, perform your instrumental music sitting on the floor as you tour across Japan via train, write albums about your dad and do your best to not be killed by mountain goats.

Follow Antoine Martel:

Website: https://www.souschefmusic.com/

facebook: https://m.facebook.com/souschefmusic

instagram: https://www.instagram.com/souschefmusic/?hl=en

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ftCOGFpPisj53kHeju790?si=pGkGo6nDRvWYgo3HGh-XXg

❤ more CHA WILDE:

WEBSITE: https://chawilde.com

INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/chawilde

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/chawilde/

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zwsrpWYJ7ZFraivcuPHv1

ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/cha-wilde/1445766935

YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/dashboard?o=U

Go on a national music tour with your best friends, have no idea what city you’re waking up in, climb mountains in between shows, drink the worst coffee in the world, don’t have girlfriends unless they can handle the long distance relationships, buy tickets to other artists’ shows instead of asking to be on the guest list, if you a venue give touring artists free meals instead of free drinks, FaceTime your mom from stage, be proud about the fact you listen to Lincoln Park and create the lifestyle you dream of as a musician.

follow Los Elk:

Website: https://www.loselkband.com/listen

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loselk/

instagram: http://instagram.com/loselkband

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/123070680

❤ more CHA WILDE:

WEBSITE: https://chawilde.com

INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/chawilde

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/chawilde/

SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zwsrpWYJ7ZFraivcuPHv1

ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/cha-wilde/1445766935

YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/dashboard?o=U