Where Are All My Friends | Discovering Creative Careers with Inspiring Entrepreneurs

Travie McCoy is an artist, singer, songwriter, and co-founder of Gym Class Heroes. Most importantly, he's one of my biggest influences in finding and falling in love with the golden era of Fueled by Ramen bands and the Vans Warped Tour. I have so much respect for this dude, it's crazy!

This was a truly special episode where we got to talk about the very beginning of his career, starting Gym Class Heroes, and signing to Fueled By Ramen. We then talk about his astronomical growth into becoming a full on celebrity, and the new era of music he's currently working on.

(P.s. thank you Hodge for making this one happen. You're the realest.)

If there's any episode of this podcast that I want the world to hear, it's this one! Do me a massive favor and share it with any friend you think would like it. Thank you so much!

Timestamps:  

3:34 - The Bi-racial Dilemma He Faced with Identity and Music

12:57 - How Gym Class Heroes Tapped Into Being Different

17:55 - Realizing Their Potential & Recording Music

24:27 - The Song That Connected Them to Fall Out Boy

30:06 - Cupid’s Chokehold & Opening for Fall Out Boy

34:30 - Signing with Fueled By Ramen

45:33 - Owning Being the Outcast & Being Kind

53:38 - Scrabble with Kanye West

58:40 - Going Beyond Clout

1:07:48 - Making Art for Charts

1:12:13 - The New Era of Travie McCoy

Travie McCoy: @traviemccoy

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

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Sam Morrison is the founder of Early Rising and a writer / editor at Lyrical Lemonade. In this episode we talk about a single DM changing his life and the trajectory of his career, having integrity and values over chasing current trends, how to perfectly pitch your music, and so much more!

I truly loved this one. If you do as well, do us a huge favor and share it with a friend!

1:23 -Who is Sam?

4:44 - Why He Chose Music Over Football

13:00 -  Becoming an Artist Manager

15:47 - The DM That Catapulted His Career

28:00 -  Writing at Lyrical Lemonade

33:48 - A Non-Jaded Mindset

37:06 - The Perfect Pitch 

41:10 - Leaders Birth Other Leaders

45:56 - The Birth of Early Rising

58:04 - The Rules He Lives By & His Faith

1:02:31 - Working with Johnny Minardi

1:13:17 - Music Integrity vs. What’s Trending

Sam Morrison: @sammorrison

Early Rising: @earlyrising

Lyrical Lemonade: @lyricalemonade

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast: 

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Jack Griffo is an actor and musician. He joins this week to share his story of an early age come up in acting and starring in the Nickelodeon show The Thundermans, then leaning more into his love of music which ultimately led him to start his new band, kid baron.

What stands out to me the most about Jack is how real he keeps everything and his incredible perspective matched with a level headed view on life. I definitely left this one super inspired. Hope you feel the same. If you do, share it with a friend!

Timestamps:

3:38 - Who is Jack Griffo & His Start in Acting

9:00 - Learning from the People Around You

11:10 - Education & Working on a Sitcom

14:15 - Making the Most With What You Have

15:56 - Working on Nickelodeon and The Thundermans

18:36 - Becoming a Professional Actor as a Teenager

26:32 - Being a Character vs. Being a Person

31:54 - Transitioning to Music

46:14 - Surrounding Yourself With People You Want to be Like

48:03 - Doing What You Love Because Nothing Matters

57:45 - The Future: Animated Movies, New TV Show, Touring

1:02:03 - Writing with the Band (kid baron)

1:06:26 - Never Give Up

Jack Griffo:

Instagram: @jackgriffo

kid baron:

Instagram: @kidbaronmusic

Spotify: HERE

Andrew Cramb:

Instagram: @andrew_ftw

Everything Else: https://linktr.ee/whereareallmyfriends

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

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Neal Donnelly is the Brand Marketing Manager for Young & Reckless. He's also a brilliant, well-spoken, hilarious human. In this episode we talk about how to live a genuinely meaningful life and how to find your calling, even if it takes some trial and error. We talk about when it's time to quit one thing and move onto another, and we talk about his genuine love for culture and creating. And if you liked this episode, do us a massive favor and share it with a friend!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

3:30 - Differences and similarities in jobs in creative culture

10:40 - What does a Brand Marketing Manager do?

15:15 - Neal's early days of skateboarding and graffiti

23:00 - Trying a lot of things in life to find your calling

29:35 - People are afraid of becoming who they actual want to be

32:00 - When do you know that it's time to pursue something new in life?

35:00 - The secret to living a meaningful life

41:00 - Andrew finding the Short Story Long Podcast

43:45 - The golden era of Young & Reckless and how Neal helped develop the brand

46:00 - Drama's vision for Young & Reckless and Short Story Long

49:00 - How Neal produced and art directed all of the Short Story Long live events

53:58 - Embracing new challenges and learning from random failures

1:00:35 - You don't have to be good at everything

1:02:30 - Have a goal before you start

1:13:00 - Where Neal gets his knowledge and where you can find him

1:16:00 - Outro

Neal Donnelly: @maximumwild

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast: https://linktr.ee/whereareallmyfriends

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Toni Cowan-Brown is one of those people who is good at everything. She has a unique expertise in tech, politics, internet culture & motorsport. This week she joins the podcast to share how she built her own brand as a creator in the F1 space and talks about leaning into the activities and interests you love and how that can open so many doors for your career. All around a rad inspiring episode! If you like it, share it with a friend!

Timestamps:

6:07 - Who is Toni Cowan-Brown  / Discovering Who She Is

12:30 - Talking WITH People & Active Listening

17:40 - The Importance of Extracurricular Activities

25:52 - Consuming to Create / Acting on Creativity

32:31 - What Does Success Look Like

40:50 - Building Your Own Thing isn’t Selfish

45:41  - Female Fandom in Sports

53:31 - The Beauty of RAW Content / Twitch

57:03 - Why She’s Getting on Twitch

1:03:12 - Learning From the New Generation

1:07:25 - The Evolution of Consuming

Toni Cowan-Brown:

IG: @tonicowanbrown

Everything Else: HERE

Andrew Cramb:

IG: @andrew_ftw

Everything Else: HERE

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise:

IG: @deannaelxse

Website: https://www.deannaelxse.com

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

Website: https://www.whereareallmyfriends.com

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Discord: HERE

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44Blonde comes on the podcast this week to share the story of how he got signed, moved to LA and found his sound with the help of some rad friends like Lil Aaron and many others.  If you like this one, spread the word and share it with a friend!

44Blonde: @its44blonde

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Website: https://www.whereareallmyfriends.com

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Discord: HERE

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The Where Are All My Friends Podcast is the "How I Built This" of creative careers. Host Andrew Cramb discovers new creative jobs with creative entrepreneurs every week. Past guests include Alex Shelnutt & Neil Westfall (A Day To Remember), Jordan Kelsey Knight (Photographer), Savage Ga$p, Tai Verdes, Patrick CC (YouTuber), Lauren Sanderson, Lil Aaron, Alexa Villareal (Spotify), Cody Carson & Maxx Danziger (Set It Off), shinigami, Tim McTague & Aaron Gillespie (Underoath), Jameson Roper (Band Camino Manager), Johnny Minardi (Elektra / Fueled by Ramen), guardin, Taji Ameen (VICE), Finn McKenty (The Punk Rock MBA), etc. This podcast was created to share the stories of business owners, musicians, entrepreneurs, creatives and all things in between to help others succeed by sharing their stories and life lessons from the beginning, middle and current parts of their journey. If you would like to sponsor the show or submit a guest for the show please email [email protected]

Jack Cook is a Filmmaker based out of Los Angeles. For almost a year now he's been making daily TikTok vlogs which have gotten him a ton of attention and opened several new doors and brought incredible opportunities to him. He joins this week to share his story and shares all of the secrets he's learned along the way to grow a personal following and TikTok audience.

If you like this one, do us a massive favor and share it online or with a friend!

Chapters:  

2:40 - Introduction

5:20 - Consistency on Platforms Matter

10:15 - Making Content You Love

11:50 - Early Days of Filmmaking

16:54 - Moving to LA To Pursue Filmmaking

20:20 - Solo Filmmaking vs Big Productions

25:10 - Editing Podcasts as a Side Hustle

31:48 - Choosing NOT to Vlog on YouTube

34:45 - Short-form Content is the Future of Social

39:56 - Chasing TikTok Trends & Knowing Your Audience

41:48.- Why Passion Projects Matter

48:59 - Shooting Your Shot

50:27 - Storytelling is KEY

55:12 - How Jack Makes Daily Vlogs

Jack Cook:

IG: @_hjcook

TikTok: @.jackcook

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

Website: https://www.whereareallmyfriends.com

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Discord: HERE

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Dee Kei is the host of the Mixing Music Podcast, the owner of In The Mix Studios, a father, a children's book author, and so much more! Basically, he's one of those people who's great at a ton of things that I respect a whole lot.

I've been listening to Dee Kei's podcast and keeping up with his career for a little while now, so it was a genuine honor to be able to sit down and have him on the show. Not only does he share a ton of career secrets that will help anyone succeed faster in life, he also shares a ton of very personal life learnings beyond just work. Overall this was one of those episodes that hit me hard and truly inspired me. If it did the same for you, please do us a favor and share it!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

3:20 - His Roots & Discovering Music

7:30 - Visual Impact for Discovering Music

10:20 - Who is Dee Kai

12:20 - Not Being the Main Character

14:00 - Self Awareness and Understanding Confidence

18:16 - Discovering His First Passion

21:23 - How to Know If Your Passion is Worth a Career

23:37 - Thoughts on Money and Success

32:32 - Ignorance is Bliss or Is Knowledge Power?

46:18 - A Conversation on Love

51:40 - The Business with Passion Mindset

59:00 - No Fear of Failure

1:03:07 - Getting Better As an Artist

1:07:29 - The Purpose of Life

1:10:51 - His Worst Failure

1:24:14 - Get Better at Fucking Up

Dee Kei: @deekeimixes

Mixing Music Podcast: @mixingmusicpodcast

In The Mix Studios: @inthemix.studios

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

Website: https://www.whereareallmyfriends.com

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Fish is quite possibly the nicest human being I've met. He's also the host of Gone Fishkin on idobi radio and a rad DJ! He's normally the one interviewing all of the artists, so it was a rare fun chance to turn the tables and hear his story.

Chapters:

1:58 - Intro

4:15 - Learning How to Treat People

11:37 - Building Confidence and Overcoming the Social Anxiety

15:26 - Finding His Lane

19:58 - Starting a Show in College

22:56 - Meeting the idobi Team

27:26 - Gratitude and Integrity

34:16 - Being the Quiet Guy in the Room

36:00 - Accidentally Building A Network

44:40 - Staying Busy With a Smile

50:17 - How Learning From His Friends Helped His Work Ethic

53:53 - Thoughts on Calling It Quits

55:09 - Checking His Ego for Young Fish

57:34 -  The Options of Others

1:03:13 - Starting From the Bottom & Success

1:06:08 - DJing & Hosting

1:13:48 - Live Outro

Fish:

Twitter: @gonefishkin

Instagram: @mikefishkin

Gone Fishkin - Live Thursday nights at 9PM ET: idobi.com

Andrew Cramb:

Instagram: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise:

Instagram: @deannaelxse

Website: www.deannaelxse.com

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

Website: www.whereareallmyfriends.com

Subscribe: HERE

Discord: HERE

Patreon: HERE