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

Brad Frey is The Band Camino's tour manager and the founder of a brand called All Is Well. He joins this week to talk about how he got his start in touring, and breaks down what a Tour Manager really does. He also shares incredible advice to those who are trying to work in the touring industry and the advice that has helped him the most along the way in his career.

If you get value out of this episode, do us a huge favor and share it with a friend and subscribe to the channel!

Timestamps:

2:00 - Who is Brad Frey

3:25 - What a Tour Manager really does

9:00 - Deciding to Go All In on Music

18:25 - Transitioning into Selling Merch

23:10 - Putting Your Eggs in One Basket Makes a Nice Omelet

28:08 - “Work Hard Be Nice”

31:39 - Having a Balance of Fun, Health, and Rest on Tour

35:51 - The Struggles Are the Fondest Memories

46:56 - Brad's brand - All Is Well

Brad Frey: @_brad_brains

All Is Well: @the.alliswell.shop

Website: www.thealliswellshop.com

The Band Camino: @thebandcamino

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited By - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

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

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Discord: Here

Aaron Gillespie returns to the podcast to talk specifically about his personal experiences and favorite moments of writing and recording Underoath's brand new album, Voyeurist. This ended up being an extremely personal interview in the best possible way. He shared such an honest perspective of what it was like to write this album with the rest of the band completely from his view. 

In addition we also talk about the pursuit to make honest art, our thoughts on overcoming doubt with creativity and some really great stories from the very beginning of Underoath.

If you like this episode, please do me a HUGE favor and share it with a friend!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

3:10 - Taking stock of where you’re at in your life as a creative

4:00 - The ebb and flow of doubting your creative abilities

8:25 - Why Aaron doesn’t like writing goals

10:55 - The pursuit to make honest art

11:40 - The 4 things that Aaron truly values

13:10 - The story of Underoath’s first show back in years

16:05 - The Bathtub Skunk House

19:10 - Aaron’s favorite parts of the come up of Underoath.

22:40 - How emotional Aaron got when he heard Tim’s episode on the Labeled Podcast

23:50 - Reminiscing on the good ole days of Underoath

25:25 - Aaron’s biggest priority with Underoath

27:50 - Aaron’s personal experience and feelings going into recording Voyeurist

30:15 - The moment Underoath started to get back together

39:00 - Self-producing Voyeurist

44:20 - Resolving a vocal power struggle between Aaron and Spencer

58:50 - Voyeurist is the realest album Underoath has ever made

1:01:10 - Why it’s the hardest to have the internal confidence to do things for yourself

1:05:10 - At the end of the entire process, what did you learn?

Aaron Gillespie: @aaronrgillespie

Underoath: @underoathband

Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Bonus Patreon Aaron Episode: Here

Guardin was one of the first ever guests I had on the podcast, and now after two years and what feels like a lifetime of events happening in between, he returns to the podcast to look back at everything and catch up on what he's been up to since then. Including signing to a record label, then going back to being independent, how he stayed sane during lockdown, and writing an entire new wave of music including the story of writing the 'things could be worse' EP.

Nick is genuinely one of my favorite people I've ever met, so this is a really one. If you like it, it'd mean the world if you share it with a friend 🖤

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

0:55 - Reminiscing on our first podcast episode

3:10 - Coming out of your shell, accepting yourself, and being comfortable with that

7:25 - Going on tour together for the first time

7:55 - What’s changed in the past two years since we did the first podcast

8:55 - The pandemic hitting and it cancelling tour

15:45 - How much we love Dylan Sosa (Guardin’s manager)

18:55 - Adjusting to life at home and no touring during quarantine

20:55 - Making “so that’s it, huh?” and other new music

23:55 - Going from being signed to a label, back to being independent

26:55 - How Guardin first got signed

28:55 - How to decide if signing to a label is right for you

33:45 - How to measure REAL success as an artist

40:05 - What are you up to currently?

40:55 - Guardin’s notebook of all projects he’s ever done

41:40 - Biggest show you’ve ever played to date?

43:55 - What is your proudest achievement to date?

47:55 - Current goal that you’re chasing right now?

49:40 - What advice would you give to a past version of yourself?

Guardin: @guardin

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - @deannaelxse

Bonus Guardin Extended Cut Episode: https://www.patreon.com/whereareallmyfriends

Discord: Here

Christine Osazuwa is the Strategy Director of Pollen, and the Founder of Measure of Music. What stands out to me most, is her genuine love for building community. In this episode she shares her come up story in music, along with some incredibly inspiring stories that will remind anyone that if you truly love something, you can find a way to work in it!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:30 - Humble Beginnings

7:33 - Running a Music Magazine

9:25 - Anybody Can Work in the Music Industry

11:25 - You Have to LOVE the Industry to be a Part of It

14:35 - The 2022 Approach to Get in the Industry

18:03 - The Music Industry Doesn’t Want to Hear Your Excuses

20:49 - Use Your Disadvantage as Your Advantage

23:50 -Do the Work Over Unpaid Internships

28:14 - Leaving the Country & Moving to Sweden

37:33 - Find Something You Are Uniquely Qualified to Do

41:50 -  Working at Warner in London

46:20 - Measure of Music

Christine Osazuwa:

LinkedIn: Here

Measure of Music:

Website: Here

Instagram: @measureofmusic

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

Bonus Patreon Content: Here

Discord: Here

Website: www.whereareallmyfriends.com

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Moritz Grub is the founder and creative director of Amsterdam Berlin, an international creative agency. In this episode we break down exactly what a creative agency does, and what it takes to start a company like his.

We also talk about the drive to break corporate rules in pursuit of creating meaningful work, even if that means quitting high paying jobs with massive status and moving around the world to do so.

I’m extremely inspired by Moritz and his story. I hope you get the same feeling after listening to this. And if you do, share it with a friend who also will <3

Timestamps:

5:33 - Moritz and His Early Days 

17:12 - Path to Working for an Ad Agency 

24:40 - Bringing Something New to Old School Ways 

30:27 - Starting Amsterdam Berlin 

34:38 - Is Working For Yourself Better Than an Agency

37:50 - Doing Something You Love = Success 

39:30 - Make Good Shit and People Will Give You Your Time

41:27 - Simple Ideas are Great Ideas 

47:13 - You Can’t Do It Alone 

51:22 -  Sell People On Your Ideas 

59:00 - Goals for the Future

Moritz Grub: @moritzgrub

Amsterdam Berlin: @amsterdamberlin

Race Service: @race.service

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

Bonus Patreon Content: patreon.com/whereareallmyfriends

Brand New Discord! https://discord.gg/BCTZhsyR

Welcome to The Second Annual Where Are All My Friends Holiday Cop Out Update Episode 🎄 

I'm always trying to improve the podcast and love hearing from every single listener. Sometimes it's nice to take a second to record an episode to say exactly that, and ask YOU what you want to hear more of!

So let me know! And I hope you have a rad holiday season ⛄ 

Me: @andrew_ftw

My Rad Producer & Editor - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/whereareallmyfriends

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Ky Vöss is a producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. This week she joins the podcast to tell her story and talk about overcoming some insane obstacles in life to get to the point of making a career out of being an independent artist. Her song Masochism was my Spotify 2021 top song, so it was truly an honor to have her on this week!

If you like the podcast, share this episode online and tell a friend about it. It truly helps so much!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Who is Ky Vöss

2:45 - The moment she found music

4:00 - Layering sounds and learning to record

5:15 - Joining her first band and how that shaped her as a young adult

9:15 - Overcoming substance abuse and making huge changes in life

12:40 - Living out of her car and starting the Ky Vöss project

14:05 - What kept her going at the lowest lows

16:55 - Gaining the confidence to make pop / electronic music for the first time

19:30 - Being a self taught artist and learning how to record from YouTube

25:00 - Having the internal drive and motivation as an artist to keep going

26:20 - When did things start looking up as an artist?

31:00 - Not every artist needs to play live shows or tour to grow

36:20 - The next chapter of Ky Vöss (Writing her third album)

41:45 - Not giving up creative integrity for the sake of social media

44:45 - The new upcoming Ky Vöss album

49:00 - It’s been decided. Albums can be 8 songs. Deal with it.

52:00 - What’s your advice to someone who relates to your story?

Ky Vöss: @Ky.Voss

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited By - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

Bonus Patreon Content: https://www.patreon.com/whereareallmyfriends

Website: https://www.whereareallmyfriends.com

Subscribe: HERE

Sho Mitsui is a dear friend of mine with a very cool story. He's from Japan and works as a Japanese to English translator for a lot of streetwear brands. In addition, he was in a band called Alternative Medicine, and now has a brand of his own called Plastic Lab, where they do really cool custom one-off vehicles and plastic figures.

To add to the full circle moment, he's close friends with Ryan Scott Graham, who was also on the podcast and is in State Champs.

Overall, he's an incredibly kind, excited dude always doing things from a place of passion. For all those reasons it was an honor to have him on. Let's get into it!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - How Andrew Met Sho

6:34 - Who is Sho

12:41 - Music Growing Up In Japan

14:57 - Alternative-Medicine

16:04 - Meeting Ryan Scott Graham

24:16 - Fashion & Streetwear

29:52 - Discovering Alt-Meds Potential

34:55 - Plastic Lab & Working with Tyler the Creator

Sho Mitsui: @sho_altmed

Plastic Lab: @plastic_lab_tokyo

Alternative Medicine: https://youtu.be/aiiG8xa8I_M

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

Bonus Patreon Content: https://www.patreon.com/whereareallmyfriends

Website: www.whereareallmyfriends.com

Moody Jones is the SVP of Digital and Creative at EMPIRE. He’s been able to work with some incredible artists like Iggy Azalea, XXXtentacion, Tyga, Snoop Dogg and many more.

In this episode we talk a lot about understanding rules, then breaking them, and breaking them for the reason of pushing culture and music forward. He’s extremely good at thinking of how to promote music differently and outside of the box, in which he shares some very helpful tips for anyone to use and apply.

Lastly, if you like this episode, do me a favor and share it online or tell a friend in person!

Timestamps:

1:40 - Who Is Moody

2:50 - Finding the Love for Music

9:58 - Path to Marketing

12:50 - Starting at a Music Marketing Agency

18:35 - EMPIRE

21:09 - Rules Are For Average People

24:37 - Measuring Success

27:17 - Tik Tok Famous

29:46 - How Opinions Affect Artist

33:15 - Attention vs Art

39:23 - The Art to Delivering Your Art

43:10 - How to Stay Creative With Campaigns

49:56 - Becoming an Artist to Understand the Artist He Works With

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Moody Jones: @moodyjones

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

Bonus Patreon Content: https://www.patreon.com/whereareallmyfriends

Jim Rota, has had a very successful career in both music and film and production. His band Fireball Ministry got signed back in 1999. They toured way before GPS and social media. Hearing him explain what it was like to get signed back then and how it all happened was awesome.

In addition, he's had a super successful career in film and production! He's worked with Dave Grohl in therapy studios on Sonic Highway and Sound City, plus a a ton of other rad projects.

Overall, a great episode. If you enjoy it, share it with a friend or online!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

3:21 - College & Pop Up Video

5:50 - Moving to LA to Pursue Music

8:25 - Motivation From Discouragement

9:07 - Touring & Band Life

12:58 - Artists The Band’s Toured With

13:48 - Starting His Career in Filmmaking

17:24 - Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

20:01 -  Meeting Dave Grohl & SoundCity

25:27 - BlackMagic Design

39:39 - Embracing the Future & Being Inspired

42:24 - Do Awesome Shit

45:13 - Leaving a Legacy

Jim Rota: @fireballjim 

Fireball Ministry: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1DxzRP7aTnXlXtASWkWi9i?si=U2cAeOjrSRy7rJiHIMDAqA

Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Where Are All My Friends Podcast:

Bonus Patreon Content: https://www.patreon.com/whereareallmyfriends

Website: https://www.whereareallmyfriends.com