The Freewrite

Alexis Jaimes is a southern california poet. He's here today to share about his process of writing poetry, his first book, "The Seeds We Sow", hosting open mic nights, the upcoming OC Book Fair, and more! Hope you check out his work and hope you come to the OC Book Fair this weekend! Alexis will be featured on the Third Street Stage at 11:15am. See you there!

Julianna and Travis sit down for a great conversation on songwriting slowly, groove, clowns, haters, chasing rabbits and more. Really excited for you to hear this one and please check out Julianna's album released on New Year's Day, Dreamer Dreamer.

This week Travis trades seats and is interviewed by his partner Dominique to share about his own writing process, his recent music releases, and more

We were only interrupted a few times by our cats but we hope you enjoy this new format this week recording together from our home.

Now I just want to talk about music with Jay every day. A super musical and creative dude, Jay has an awesome substack - jayodebunmi.substack.com - and will make you a playlist at jayodebunmi.com - I couldn't recommend them both enough. Jay and I had a great conversation about music, playlist curation, some favorite artists, and more. I think you'll really enjoy this episode, thanks for being here.

Richard Guinta and I had a great conversation on his first album, Learning to Fly, the process of writing it, the visuals for it, and more. I'm excited for you to hear this episode and even more excited for you to hear his music if you haven't yet.

I'm super excited for you to hear this episode with Chance Espinoza. He's a super creative guy - creative in all of the ways we define in the show - and has so much good stuff to share on the creative process. If you're not aware of his many projects yet, I'm excited for you, you have lots of good new music on the horizon. And if you're already a fan, I'm sure you'll enjoy hearing more about his process. Enjoy :)

Girl Parallel is here to talk about her new album, Internet Asylum! She has so much good stuff to share on songwriting in the age of the internet, producing from her iPhone, and more. If you're in the Seattle area, you gotta check her out at an upcoming live show, and if you haven't yet, make sure to listen to Internet Asylum. Hope you enjoy this conversation with Girl Parallel.

Andie Zuzarte is an artist bringing something new to the indie music scene. Her performances show the true art of singing live and that connection between the artist and fan hasn't been lost in the digital age. She has so much good stuff to share on making music amid living a busy life, quantity vs. quality, playing new songs live, and so much more, and I'm excited for you to hear it.

Aly Rowell is an indie-folk artist based in Southern California. We have a great conversation about songwriting, inspiration, creativity, and so much more. Please check out Aly's music if you haven't yet, it is the loveliest of folk.

It's Claire Letrondo!! A phenominal songwriter that I'm excited for you to hear from. She's releasing new music soon and very soon and I can't wait to hear it. Hope you enjoy this episode and the insights Claire gives.