The High Note

For this swapcast episode of The High Note with Shaun Smith, I welcome Dan Udale, a counselor and the host of the podcast "Know Yourself" based in the United Kingdom. We talk about how he met Gary Vaynerchuk, who connected us, and the impact music has on mental health. We both created playlists on Spotify that we talked about in this episode.

Dan's playlist

Shaun's playlist

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David Myles is a singer-songwriter who hails from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and was a featured performer at the 57th annual Philadelphia Folk Festival. We speak before his first performance Saturday, Aug. 17, 2018 in the hospitality tent on the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township, Pennsylvania.

His tenth studio recording, "Real Love," is available now and his upcoming album "Le grand départ" will be released Sept. 14. He is @mylesdavid on Twitter and @davidmyles on Instagram.

Forgot to mention Paul in the Podcast but read all about my adventures with him during the festival at highnoteblog.com

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Christopher Kent is a singer, songwriter and musician who has been writing and performing on stage since he was a teenager. He joins Shaun Smith on The High Note to talk about what he has learned during his long musical career, the creative process and he explains some of his most popular songs. His latest album is "Earthsongs." His book is called "Staying Off The Wheel Of Misfortune," which is available as an audiobook that he narrated. Learn more about Christopher Kent at ChristopherKent.com and on Facebook.

Music by Christopher Kent included in this podcast - "Sweet Dream Bay," "Piece Of The Puzzle" and "Your Age Is None Of Your Business."

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Lisa Schaffer, photographer, DJ and overall Philadelphia-based badass joins host Shaun Smith for this episode of The High Note. We talk about the magic of the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the journey of a working photographer, DJing, vinyl and music!

Follow Lisa @LisaSchafferPhotography and @VinylChickie on Instagram and see her photos at SkylerBug.com.

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Kevin Barrett, also known as H-Pizzle, aka Blue Blur joins Shaun for this episode of The High Note podcast. We reminisce about playing in a punk band in high school, how he began playing drums, how he started creating video game music and his latest projects including recreating the music of "Sonic the Hedgehog" - Blue Blur and for the video game "Beyond Humanity." We also talk about some of the concerts we saw together and our favorite video game music. Follow him on Twitter @htothepizzle, H-Pizzle on Bandcamp and YouTube and Blue Blur on Bandcamp. Opening song - Blue Blur - "Chemical Plant Zone" Closing song - H-Pizzle - "Beat Street Brawl" Follow @HighNoteBlog anywhere you socialize online like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. See highnoteblog.com for album reviews and music news. Subscribe to The High Note podcast anywhere you subscribe to podcasts including iTunes, Stitcher, and TuneIn.

Alex and Elizabeth Sinari from _the_yearlong_revue_ join Shaun for this episode of The High Note podcast - recorded Saturday, April 21 at Ventnor Coffee. We go deep about the songwriting process and what it's like to make music using more than 700 effects pedals.

The opening song is "only hurts me longer" and the closing song is "the weight of the word," both by _the_yearlong_revue_ and both are available on Bandcamp. Learn more about _the_yearlong_revue_ on Soundcloud, Instagram and Patreon.

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Shaun talks to the members of Boycot and The Mountain Waves about the Ventnor Summer Concert Series. Recorded Saturday, April 7 at Ventnor Coffee with Boycot founders Tyler Gehringer and Ellie Dotson, and CJ Sooy, Kevin Velazquez and Sergio Ripa of The Mountain Waves. To donate to the concert series, see gofundme.com/mountain-waves-beach-concert-series.

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First, I talk about Mordecai's debut album "It's Never Enough." Read my blog for info and see Mordecai Wednesday, Aug. 30 at Holocene in Portland.

Next, I talk about the Philadelphia Folk Festival. I interview members of Baile An Salsa about their crowdfunding campaign for their second album expected by Christmas. Please consider donating at FundIt.ie.

At the end of the podcast, you'll hear "Dancing Bodhrán" from the upcoming Baile An Salsa album.

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Shaun Smith sits down with Michael Einwechter, Director of Amazing Ventnor and Music Director of Ventnor Coffee. Recorded live Thursday, May 18 at Ventnor Coffee.

For concerts in Ventnor see:

http://amazingventnor.com/

Twitter: @AmazingVentnor

Instagram for Mike: @VentnorMike

Special thanks to Ventnor Coffee, Courtney, Christine and Mike.

The High Note Episode 3 - New Music Friday And Ben Folds Review Shaun Smith talks about new music releases from Friday, April 21 and Adam Hernandez joins the podcast for a discussion about the Ben Folds concert on Friday at Borgata in Atlantic City.

Playlist: DREAMCAR - "Kill for Candy" JAZZ IS PHSH - "Foam" Robin Hitchcock - "I Prey When I'm Drunk" Sheryl Crow - "Be Myself" Damian "Jr Gong" & Steven "Ragga" Marley - "Medication"