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

Bruce Wiegner is a producer, songwriter, and artist. In this episode he tells his story including some wild highs and lows, and we share a very honest back and forth of lessons we've learned while chasing our dreams.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

4:00 - Small World Moments

5:07 - Warped Tour Kid & Fitting In

8:00 - The Moment Music Became Passion

15:00 - Thoughts on Music & TikTok

18:00 - Doing what YOU want & Believing Yourself

20:28 - Social Media as an Independent Artist

25:00 - Are You Ready to Be At the Next Level?

28:22 - Slowing Down & Enjoying the Process

33:30 - Producing Pop Music

37:34 - You Have No Control of The Future & That’s Ok

44:20 - Writing for Himself & Others

Bruce Wiegner: @brucewiegner

Spotify: Here

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

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Danny Rakow is an Artist Development Specialist, Manager, and Platinum Songwriter. He manages Brakence and Peter McPoland, he’s written platinum and gold songs with Jeremy Zucker, and now has a joint venture record label with Republic Records.

What stands out to me most about him is his ability to find and develop talent so early, and his genuine passion for the craft. It’s rare to meet a manager with such a clear vision and personal connection to all of the fans and music industry alike. In this episode we reverse engineer exactly how he got to where he’s at now, to share some knowledge and help anyone else looking to have a similar career path.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:10 - Wanting to Be an Artist

7:42 - Meeting Jeremy Zucker

12:20 - Pivoting to Business

18:10 - Promoting Artist

23:53 - Becoming Jermey's Manager & Finding Talent Early On

36:14 - Reaching Out to an Artist

39:27 - A&R and Trusting Your Gut

44:08 - Managing Brakence

52:40 - Managing Peter McPoland

59:09 - Danny's Advice

Danny Rakow: @dannyrakow

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

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Max Funk is one of those people who's great at a lot of things. He's a designer, event creator, and the co-founder of Craftwerk Berlin, an incredible community garage for motorcycles.  In this episode we talk about the universal language of creativity, what it takes to teach yourself new skills, and how to elevate your attention to detail. 

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Who is Max Funk

2:10 - Graphic Design Background

5:14 - Create the Job You Want to Work

10:50 - Attention to Detail

14:00 - Skills to Take More Risks

18:00 - Teaching Yourself New Skills

20:40 - New Hobbies

Maximilian Funk: @maximilian.funk

Craftwerk Berlin: @Craftwerk.Berlin

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast: https://www.whereareallmyfriends.com

Chase Bell is an artist and songwriter who has written with some incredible artists, and is now focusing on his own artist project. In this episode we specifically discuss the differences between being an artist, performer, and songwriter and how he finds unique fulfillment in all of them in their own respects.

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Timestamps:

4:07 - Who is Chase Bell

8:36 - Starting a Band in Italy

11:40 - Writing & Getting into Sync Music

14:05 - Getting on to Lucifer

17:43 - Burn Out and Overcoming it

19:18 - Coming to LA to Make Music

21:20 - Grinding Through the Pandemic

22:43 - Honing on His Artist Project

24:37 - Songwriting and Collaborating with Big Artist

32:28 - Resilience and Handling No’s in the Industry

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Chase Bell: @chasebellmusic

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

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This short episode features three of my favorite clips from a few recent Where Are All My Friends episodes featuring Loren Wells (Music Lawyer), Caterina Nasr (A&R at Elektra & Fueled By Ramen), and Mike Koziel (Director of Photography).

Let me know what you think of the format and if you want more episodes like this!

Loren Wells: @lorenswells

Caterina Nasr: @cat3rina

Mike Koziel: @mkoziel

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast: www.whereareallmyfriends.com

Sydney Hamm is an actress, model, and host. We met while hosting Porsche Unseen together at Porsche SXSW and became instant friends! She’s got a certain energy and passion to her that translates into everything she does which I truly love. In this episode she shares her come up story and an inside look into just how much work it takes to become a successful actress!

Timestamps:

1:00 - Who is Sydney?

7:15 - Having Supportive & Artistic Parents

13:00 - Her Experience with Acting in College

18:17 - Sydney’s Diverse Career Background

21:36 - To Be an Actor, Be Ready to Get Fired

24:18 - The Uncertainty with Being Full Time Creative

28:00 - You Have to Eat, Sleep, Breathe It to Succeed

33:13 - Pivotal Moments in Her Career and Dealing with Doubting Herself

46:32 - Being Passionate Leads to Success

48:58 - Hosting at SXSW & Not Acting Like Someone You’re Not

55:34 - Humility, Understanding What You Know (and Don’t), and the Willingness to Learn More

59:40 - What’s Next for Sydney

Sydney Hamm: @iamsydneyhamm

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Website: https://www.happyediting.info

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Bisi Ezerioha is somewhere between a mad scientist, engineering wizard, and mechanical genius. He's built an incredible name for himself by creating some of the most iconic car builds of the decade and by being an overall incredible human. He's built a huge online community by consistently live streaming and answering community questions, and has built a rather successful business out of that as well.

As the podcast grows I love to focus on creative unique careers within any industry, and for that reason this made for an incredible episode. Hope you like it! If you do, share it online or with a friend anywhere!

Bisi Ezerioha: @bisimoto

Website: https://bisimoto.com

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

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DYSN is an artist that I've followed for several years now and we finally got to do a podcast together! He shares his story of humble beginnings growing up in Texas and learning how to record in a home studio, all the way to the point of making it out to LA, connecting with some exceptional friends, and being pushed to pursue is own artist career.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Intro 

1:30- DYSN's Story and Discovering Music

7:05 - Learning How to Engineer and Produce

11:40 - Transition From Producer to Artist 

17:39 - Moving to LA & Working with Blackbear

22:20 - Writing Music For Himself

24:55 -  The Journey Mindset

31:40 - Feeling Like Giving Up

34:07 - Writing IRL and Touring

38:27 - Hitting an Artist Identity Crisis

41:37 - Evolving DYSN

45:05 - The Future for Music

52:25 - Lessons Learned Now

DYSN: @dysndysn

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited By - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

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Chris Ruediger is the founder of The 615 house, and is an artist / songwriter. Typically I've found people to be great at making music, or to be great at business - but the combination of the two is a little more rare. Chris joins the podcast this week to tell his story and share exactly what he did to become exceptional at both.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

1:09 - Who is Chris Ruediger

5:00 - Moving to Nashville and Finding His Passion for Music

10:46 - Grinding in Nashville to be an Artist

13:50 - Getting a Viral TikTok Video

22:20 - How 615 House was created

27:27 - Being an Artist vs Being Behind the Scenes

33:50 - Goals and Future Plans

Chris Ruediger: @chris.ruediger

The 615 House: @the615house

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited By - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

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Part 2 of the Cody Carson (Set It Off) podcast is here! In this episode we talk about the growth and evolution of Set It Off, Cody's personal milestones and memories, and the most important lessons he's learned along the way.

Him and I celebrated episode 100 of the podcast by talking about our early days and how both of our careers got started together. We got so deep in the stories that we didn't get talk much about the growth and progression of Set It Off. In this episode Cody came back onto the podcast to talk about exactly that!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:15 - Set It Off Finding Their Roles

3:18 - Evolving Album Cycles

8:00 - Set It Off's First Tour

15:20 - The Ups and Downs of Recording Their First EP

23:48 - The Milestone Moments of Set It Off

31:12 - Internal and External Pressures

36:20 - Not Comparing Success Journeys

39:39 - Andrew’s Departure and Setting Goals

46:50 - Touring Milestones

51:58 - Elsewhere Tour

55:20 - The New Album and Tour with Simple Plan and Sum41

1:03:42 - Getting Better at Being a Performer

Cody Carson: @codysio

Set It Off: @setitoff

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

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