The Sounds The Stories Podcast

A live recording of our educational podcast The Sounds, The Stories with Erin Murphy.

Erin Murphy is a fresh face in the music scene with a natural and sweet tone that goes hand-in-hand with her alternative pop singer/songwriter background. Getting involved in the music industry at a young age has boosted her career, writing and releasing her own single at the age of 15. Since then, Erin has released a second single while working alongside other artists, and last year independently released her debut EP titled "Real Life," which is a collection of songs based on her personal journey. It's just the beginning for Erin, who has plenty of collabs and songs currently in the works.

The Sounds The Stories is an eclectic music series featuring live performances and entertaining discussions with emerging and established artists. This program is filmed and edited into a short documentary compilation with the audio from each episode recorded and archived as a free educational podcast. Produced in collaboration with our partners at Brew Sessions Live.

Producer: 1888
Producer and Audio: Brew Sessions Live
Guest: Erin Murphy

A live recording of our educational podcast The Sounds, The Stories with Jake Bernard.

Breaking down the walls of his cubicle, Jake Bernard traded in his 9-5 for a chance to make light of the daily grind through music. Having the perspective of the other side of his life, Jake connects the experience of paving his own way, to sound waves. His beach-pop sound has been described as "intoxicating" by skilled Huffington Post penman James Gadsden, as it meshes the more colorful sides of Jason Mraz and John Mayer. This, combined with the incredible impact living in Philadelphia had on him, led to his November 2016 release of tribute "City of Love" - a critically acclaimed anthem for, and love letter to, the community.

The Sounds The Stories is an eclectic music series featuring live performances and entertaining discussions with emerging and established artists. This program is filmed and edited into a short documentary compilation with the audio from each episode recorded and archived as a free educational podcast. Produced in collaboration with our partners at Brew Sessions Live.

Producer: 1888
Producer and Audio: Brew Sessions Live
Guest: Jake Bernard

A live recording of The Sounds, The Stories with Rocky Kuner.

Rocky Kuner is a 20 year old singer songwriter from Orange County. She graduated from the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana and studied Commercial Music and Music & Theater. She plays mulitiple instruments including guitar, dulcimer, bass, drums, cajón and piano. She is currently in a Rush Tribute band called YYNOT as the lead vocalist and has already traveled to play in Florida with them. They play originals and covers and their online fans are so kind and supportive. She plays her own music locally throughout OC and LA including The Troubador, The Mint, OC Fair’s Hangar stage, The Gaslamp, and many others. She plans to keep writing and recording and tour with YYNOT this year.  

  The Sounds The Stories is an eclectic music series featuring live performances and entertaining discussions with emerging and established artists. This program is filmed and edited into a short documentary compilation with the audio from each episode recorded and archived as a free educational podcast. Produced in collaboration with our partners at Brew Sessions Live. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Producer and Audio: Brew Sessions Live Manager: Sarah Becker Guest: Rocky Kuner

A live recording of The Sounds, The Stories with Bright Is My Sun.

Driven by their love of music Bright Is My Sun formed a group that would be inspirational and positive. As a collective, they have many different influences and use their experience and tastes as a tool for success in making music. Bright Is My Sun has the ambition and talent to settle into the industry just nicely… especially with their message of positivity, considering everything else is about drugs and violence. They have set out on a mission for a Hip Hop Intervention. “Dope inside, cant no one change it”. We truly love our fans and they are our Rays of Hope and inspiration to be better!  

  The Sounds The Stories is an eclectic music series featuring live performances and entertaining discussions with emerging and established artists. This program is filmed and edited into a short documentary compilation with the audio from each episode recorded and archived as a free educational podcast. Produced in collaboration with our partners at Brew Sessions Live. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Producer and Audio: Brew Sessions Live Manager: Sarah Becker Guest: Bright Is My Sun

A live recording of The Sounds, The Stories with Dréa and Robert L. Smith.

Dréa is a singer, songwriter, classical pianist, poet and spoken word artist. Her songs tell the story of a life lived thus far, encompassing a wide range of emotion and conviction. Robert is an Oscar & Grammy winning, Emmy nominated Producer/Engineer/Mixer and owner of Defy Recordings. Recent clients of note include Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, U2, Chaka Khan, Placido Domingo, Ingrid Michelson, Christina Aguilera, Alice Cooper and Duran Duran. "When Dréa reached out to me", describes Robert, "I was taken with the quality of her compositions and depth of her writing. She is mining subjects that most artists fear to embrace, and the courage she brings to her songs is such that I have only seen, rarely. Her music is not Pop music. Its music for those that want to feel something outside of the usual. It will make you think. It will make you remember. It might make you uncomfortable. Her songs did all of that for me. In the best way. The best art makes you feel something, and everything. Which is why I just had to work with her. I hope you connect to her album as much as I have". The "Prelude" album, available January 15 on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and GooglePlay, is the first collaboration of new artist Dréa and producer Robert L. Smith.  

  The Sounds The Stories is an eclectic music series featuring live performances and entertaining discussions with emerging and established artists. This program is filmed and edited into a short documentary compilation with the audio from each episode recorded and archived as a free educational podcast. Produced in collaboration with our partners at Brew Sessions Live. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Producer and Audio: Brew Sessions Live Manager: Sarah Becker Guest: Dréa and Robert L. Smith

A live recording of The Sounds, The Stories with Krista Marina.

Krista Marina is an alternative pop singer/songwriter whose music displays jazz, blues, and sometimes folk, influences. Her interest in songwriting sparked from the various music genres she explored growing up. Although artists like Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys and Hozier inspire her, Krista has a niche style that is evident in her music.  

  The Sounds The Stories is an eclectic music series featuring live performances and entertaining discussions with emerging and established artists. This program is filmed and edited into a short documentary compilation with the audio from each episode recorded and archived as a free educational podcast. Produced in collaboration with our partners at Brew Sessions Live. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Producer and Audio: Brew Sessions Live Manager: Sarah Becker Guest: Krista Marina

A live recording of The Sounds, The Stories with Apollo Bebop.

Apollo Bebop, named after the Greek God of music and the intricately harmonic style of jazz, is a West Coast based band that formed in the summer of 2015 in Santa Ana, California. From the start, the group has aimed to revitalize the appreciation of Jazz music by incorporating the musicality of jazz with classic, yet contemporary, hip hop back beats. The quintet consists of drummer Donovan Cruz, bass and guitarist roles that alternate between Christopher Trimmer and Dominick Cruz, DeAndre Grover on tenor sax, and Brian “Brian to Earth” Gomez as the front man and Emcee.  

  The Sounds The Stories is an eclectic music series featuring live performances and entertaining discussions with emerging and established artists. This program is filmed and edited into a short documentary compilation with the audio from each episode recorded and archived as a free educational podcast. Produced in collaboration with our partners at Brew Sessions Live. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Producer and Audio: Brew Sessions Live Manager: Sarah Becker Guest: Apollo Bebop

A live recording of The Sounds, The Stories with James Spaite + JR Bishop.

James Spaite has been performing internationally since the age of 18 having toured in Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Hungary, and the US. While majoring in Psychology in college and working full time, Spaite would tour during the summers and play local San Diego shows on the weekends.He is preparing for the recording and release of his second album, “Outside” projected to release this coming February/March. JR Bishop is a composer, producer and arranger based out of Los Angeles. He believes in the power of music to bring people together and works to achieve that end with his music. His upcoming release “We Go Together” is a full-length album written and recorded entirely on his 1330-mile hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.  

  The Sounds The Stories is an eclectic music series featuring live performances and entertaining discussions with emerging and established artists. This program is filmed and edited into a short documentary compilation with the audio from each episode recorded and archived as a free educational podcast. Produced in collaboration with our partners at Brew Sessions Live. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Producer and Audio: Brew Sessions Live Manager: Sarah Becker Guest: James Spaite + JR Bishop

A live recording of The Sounds, The Stories with Nasi Nassiri.

Nasi is a singer-songwriter of Iranian descent, born and raised in Germany. Fusing sounds of neo-soul, pop, R&B, and jazz, Nasi’s sound is all her own. With a strong presence in the Los Angeles and Orange County music scenes, she has performed at venues across Southern California, including The Mint, Bar Lubitsch, and has opened for artists like the Grammy-nominated Hot 8 Brass Band and Latin-Soul artist Alex Cuba. In July 2017 Nasi wrote and performed on a track with the legendary rapper Bizzy Bone from the Grammy Award Winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The single is set to be released by December 2017. In 2015, she also wrote and performed on the track “Endlessly” by renowned producer Excel Beats (Ne-Yo, Usher, Lady Gaga, Bone Thugs). She was additionally featured on Excel Beats’ track “All Mine.” Both songs were featured in promos for the Kendall + Kylie clothing line for Pac Sun by Kendall and Kylie Jenner. With a soulful voice, poetic lyrics, and stirring melodies, Nasi delivers a sound reminiscent of artists like Adele, Lana Del Rey, and Celine Dion. Her first single “Runaway” was released June 9th, 2017.  

  The Sounds The Stories is an eclectic music series featuring live performances and entertaining discussions with emerging and established artists. This program is filmed and edited into a short documentary compilation with the audio from each episode recorded and archived as a free educational podcast. Produced in collaboration with our partners at Brew Sessions Live. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Producer and Audio: Brew Sessions Live Manager: Sarah Becker Guest: Bossa Zuzu

A live recording of The Sounds, The Stories with Bossa Zuzu. 

Bossa Zuzu is a neo-Bossa Nova group from Los Angeles that is reviving the classic Bossa Nova sound for the 21st Century. They seamlessly blend the aesthetic of Getz/Gilberto with influences of other Brazilian music such as forró, Afoxé and Brazilian popular music as well as American jazz and pop music. Bossa Zuzu’s 2nd album “Under Leaves Under Sky” is produced by multi-GRAMMY winning jazz legend Peter Erskine. Bossa Zuzu was formed in 2011 when Dan Reckard (sax, piano) returned from Bahia, Brazil and teamed up with Capital (guitar, vocals) to lead a group of some of LA’s brightest emerging jazz talent. They have since toured the U.S., Japan and Brazil to acclaim, including opening three tours for American Idol’s Crystal Bowersox, and have performed all over Southern California.  

  The Sounds The Stories is an eclectic music series featuring live performances and entertaining discussions with emerging and established artists. This program is filmed and edited into a short documentary compilation with the audio from each episode recorded and archived as a free educational podcast. Produced in collaboration with our partners at Brew Sessions Live. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Producer and Audio: Brew Sessions Live Manager: Sarah Becker Guest: Bossa Zuzu