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Podcast for a Day is a series a part of the TCC Connection. The Series provides an opportunity and platform for fellow TCC students, faculty, as well as community members to host a podcast for a day. 

This episode is hosted by fellow TCC student, Josiah Salas as part of their electronic communication class.

 

Edited by Sam Levrault

Music by The Odyssey, "75 to Ramona"

Check out The TCC Connection online at http://tccconnection.com/

The TCC Connection is a student newspaper based at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Joe Tomlinson, assistant managing editor for The TCC Connection shares his Sports Zone update, a podcast dedicated to sharing recent sports news and coverage.

 

Check out The TCC Connection online at http://tccconnection.com/

The TCC Connection is a student newspaper based at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

 

Edited by Sam Levrault

TCC Connection staff members Trent, Sam, and Joe gather to discuss the rising prominence of live service games.

 

The Gaming Connection is a TCC Connection Podcast series that centers on the game and entertainment industry.

 

 

Hosted By Trent Gleason

Guests:Joe Tomlinson & Sam Levrault

 

Check out The TCC Connection online at http://tccconnection.com/

Episodes edited by Sam Levrault

Recorded on May 14, 2019 

The TCC Connection is a student newspaper based at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Podcast for a Day is a series a part of the TCC Connection. The Series provides an opportunity and platform for fellow TCC students, faculty, as well as community members to host a podcast for a day. 

This episode is hosted by fellow TCC student, Tre Horner as part of their electronic communication class.

 

Edited by Sam Levrault

Music by The Odyssey, "75 to Ramona"

Check out The TCC Connection online at http://tccconnection.com/

The TCC Connection is a student newspaper based at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Podcast Director Sam Levrault sat down with Cobey Brown from The Odyssey, a local band based in Tulsa, Oklahoma to talk about their time since Battle of the Bands, upcoming single, "Lately", as well as future shows and plans for the group.

Check out our previous interview with Cobey on our podcast as well.

The Odyssey can be found on Instagram and Facebook.

Connection Conversations is an ongoing series by the TCC Connection, TCC's student newspaper based at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Music by The Odyssey, "75 to Ramona" 

 

Episode edited by Sam Levrault 

Check out The TCC Connection online at http://tccconnection.com/

The TCC Connection is a student newspaper based at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

 

[Intro music, “Ramona to 75” by The Odyssey, fades in and continues to play in background]

 

Sam:  Welcome to Connection Conversations, a series apart of the TCC Connection podcast, I’m your host, Sam Levrault, Podcast Director, as well as associate editor for our metro campus. Today’s episode covers a recent interview with Cobey Brown, fellow TCC student, and member of local band, The Odyssey. We’re gonna talk about their new single, “Lately” coming out on May 11th, along with other future plans for the band. They are also to thank for the intro music for our podcast.

 

[Background music fades out…]

 

Hey Cobey, what’s up?

 

Cobey:       How’s it going?

 

Pretty good, pretty good…

So, it’s your second time on, welcome back. Let’s talk about the band a little bit, what’s been going on since the Battle of the Bands, what you have been working on, as well as some upcoming plans for summer.

 

For sure…

 

Since we last talked, you guys played at Norman Music Festival, right? How was that?

 

It was really cool, we had this show originally scheduled to play on the 26th at The Resonator, they block off like all of main street in Norman, and like every building they have there is a venue. But we had to switch it since we had a show at The Rino in Kansas City, the night before, but by the time we got to the Norman Music Fest we were all running on like two or three hours of sleep and we were ready to go.

 

It was a lot of fun, we played inside the Sooner Theatre and we got a surprising amount of people that actually showed up in there because most of the time the outdoor venues get all of the people. It was a super cool venue; the biggest one we’ve played in a while.

 

Cool, so you were at the Rino in KC, Kansas City, and you’ve already played in Kansas City before…

 

Yeah, and the first time we played was actually a house show I think we talked about last time. And like I said, it was straight out of a movie scene, like it was in a basement, by this guy named Isaac, and he just let, like, four bands play and it was super cool, and everyone was supportive.

 

So, this was the first time we went to play in an actual venue, and I just gotta say, like the experience I’ve had in Kansas City so far, everyone was great. Like everyone’s been super nice, the people who worked at the venue were cool, and Kid Computer, it was their EP release, they just had like the coolest fans down there, we’re starting to snatch some of them away a little bit, I think… Yeah, we’re gonna have to get them down to Tulsa soon.

 

The main reason we’re talking is you’ve got a single coming out, May 11th, we kind of teased it before, but it’s called, “Lately”, so now that you’ve gone through the process of recording it and all that, did it turn out how you wanted?

 

Yes, and it turned out different than I thought it would, and I’m really glad. Whenever I wrote the song, it’s not a pop song, but it’s less focused on just the guitar, at least until the end, but there’s a special ending.

 

Throughout the song, it’s kind of driven just by the full instrumental, the drums and the groove of the bass, and the keys, and the aura in the background instead of, like, a guitar riff, which I really like. And as I wrote the song, it was about

Hosted by Tyrus Grooms

 

This episode of Connection Conversations features special guest, Ally Shea, a fellow TCC student currently enrolled in the Theatre program based at the Southeast Campus. Topics range from her improv origin story, academic career at TCC, participation in Die Laughing, the improv troop, as well as a segment featuring her improv skills.

 

Connection Conversations is an ongoing series by the TCC Connection, TCC's student newspaper based at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

 

Edited by Sam Levrault

Music by The Odyssey, "75 to Ramona"

Check out The TCC Connection online at http://tccconnection.com/

The TCC Connection is a student newspaper based at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

 

Transcript by Sam Levrault

 

Welcome to Connection Conversations, a series apart of the TCC Connection podcast. Today’s host is Tyrus Grooms, West Editor for the TCC Connection. Today’s episode covers a recent interview with Ally Shea, a theatre student at TCC as well as a member of Die Laughing Improv Troop hosted by TCC.

 

Welcome to Connection Conversation, my name is Tyrus Grooms, and I am the West Editor.

 

I am Ally Shea, I am a student here at TCC with the theatre department, so I am a theatre major. I do various things, mostly I am involved with the improv troop here at TCC, Die Laughing, which is pretty exciting, I’ve been involved with that for a couple of years now.

 

I’ve been in productions here at TCC as well, and I graduate this semester.

 

So, when did you recognize you like/had talent in improv?

 

I was younger, I was in seventh grade and I remember it, we were doing, I went to Union for school, and we were doing this fine arts wheel, you know… you take a class for eight weeks then you switch over. I took this drama class, that eight weeks came up, and we were doing these silly improv games and I realized I can make people laugh, and I liked the feeling of making others laughed. So, I kind of always stuck with that. That’s like thirteen or so.

 

So how did your mentors/parents/teachers sort of help you with this path?

 

I really just stuck with it. It struck a chord back in seventh grade and I started getting more information on it. In eighth grade I decided to stick to drama for one full year. My freshman year I auditioned for some classes, some higher-level classes, and I got in. I just stuck with it throughout high school and then I decided I wanted to do some school for it as well.

 

So how do you feel on stage? Are you just swept up by some sort of energy or, like, what happens?

 

Oh, absolutely! It’s energy, it’s palpable, you know, you get this feeling not only from the crowd, whether its three people or seven hundred people. You get swept up by this energy, you just, and an adrenaline you can’t explain.

 

So where do you draw inspiration from?

 

From so many places, I could be having a conversation with anyone. I could be in a coffee shop and I’m like, this is funny… There’s small mannerisms that they happen to be showing that could inspire me to make a silly character later. I think I get most inspired just by sitting back and people watching.

 

I love people watching. [yeah!] It’s a great experience, right? I was at a driller’s game and just watch people…. I don’t watch the game, I watch people watch the game. [exactly!] and it’s much better that way.

 

Oh, it’s so much fun! Or, like going to the mall, it makes the most mundane chores so much more fun, just watching people in their natural habitat.

 

And you never really notice that they are very interesting…

 

All the while someone could be sitting back, watching us, watching people.

 

Inception right there…

 

Inception…. [laughs…]

 

So, how do you prepare yourself for any improvisational set?

 

When I know I have a show coming up, one thing I like to do is stay up to date with pop culture. So, what’s going on in the news, what’s trending right now, cause that’s something good you always want to have in your back pocke

Podcast for a Day is a series a part of the TCC Connection. The Series provides an opportunity and platform for fellow TCC students, faculty, as well as community members to host a podcast for a day. 

This episode is hosted by fellow TCC student, Amanda Robinson as part of their electronic communication class.

 

Edited by Sam Levrault

Check out The TCC Connection online at http://tccconnection.com/

The TCC Connection is a student newspaper based at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Joe Tomlinson, assistant managing editor for The TCC Connection shares his Sports Zone update, a podcast dedicated to sharing recent sports news and coverage.

Check out The TCC Connection online at http://tccconnection.com/

Episodes edited by Sam Levrault

 

The TCC Connection is a student newspaper based at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Podcast for a Day is a series a part of the TCC Connection. The series provides an opportunity and platform for fellow TCC students, faculty, as well as community members to host a podcast for a day. 

This episode is hosted by fellow TCC student, Anna Humphreys as part of their electronic communication class.

 

Edited by Sam Levrault

Music by The Odyssey, "75 to Ramona"

Check out The TCC Connection online at http://tccconnection.com/

The TCC Connection is a student newspaper based at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Podcast for a Day is a series a part of the TCC Connection. The Series provides an opportunity and platform for fellow TCC students, faculty, as well as community members to host a podcast for a day. 

This episode is hosted by fellow TCC student, Emily Suse as part of their electronic communication class.

 

Edited by Sam Levrault

Check out The TCC Connection online at http://tccconnection.com/

The TCC Connection is a student newspaper based at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.