A Song Called Life

Aubrey Foard is the principal tubist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 2018. He also serves as lecturer of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and as Artist Faculty at the Brevard Music Center. He has performed as a guest musician with several other orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, the Ut...

https://www.hiphopdancer.com/ Lisa Kellogg is famed as a choreographer, dancer, and dance teacher. She is also the owner of 'Santa Monica Hip Hop Dance' studio. Her charismatic style, consisting of hip hop, pop, jazz and street dance has fascinated audiences in America, Europe and Japan for years.  She has worked with recording artists such as: Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown and Janet Jackson....

Xavier Banister is the owner of 'Cuttin Up' barbershop in Santa Monica, CA. Mr. Banister was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. The first time he visited California and felt that warm sunshine, he decided to stay and never looked back. Years later, Xavier has now made himself and the barbershop an essential part of the community. He joined the show to share the journey that led to his success. 'C...

Erin Baker is a professional harpist and music educator. Erin earned her BM and Performer’s Certificate from SUNY Fredonia Degree in Harp Performance from the Peabody Institute and since has continued working as a freelance harpist in the Baltimore/DC area.  Teng Chen is a New York City based audio engineer and music editor with a decade of experience in music production in a variety of music...

In this episode, I catch up with one of my favorite professors from back in the day, Dr. Hollis Robbins. We discuss why it's important for teachers to connect with their students, challenges she faced throughout her career, politics, and her book, 'Forms of Contention: Influence and the African American Sonnet Tradition.' Dr. Hollis Robbins currently serves as Dean of Humanities at the University...

Parthenon Huxley is an American musician, singer, songwriter and producer who is known for his solo albums and for his involvement in ELO Part II and The Orchestra, both of which are latter-day offshoots of the 1970s-80s symphonic rock band Electric Light Orchestra. He has also made cameo appearances in several films including Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and The Flintstones. Hux made his mark as a...

Shurmi, Jacob, and Ethan are all young musicians living in New Yawk, New Yawk. I checked in with my old friends to see what they're up to, what living in the Big Apple this past year has been like, and what they're looking forward to as the city begins to open back up. 

Jasper Marsalis, better known by his stage name Slauson Malone, is an American jazz, hip hop, and ambient producer hailing from New York City and based in Los Angeles, CA. He is also a former member of Standing on the Corner, an underground experimental jazz and hip hop group based in Brooklyn.

Napoleon W. Gladney has a diverse performance and arts management background which spans seasons and international tours with dance companies including Odyssey Dance Theatre, The Dance Cartel and Backhausdance. National Broadway Tour credits include Wicked The Musical, most recently as Dance Captain/Swing/Chistery Understudy. As an arts administrator, Napoleon has stage managed the mobile opera Ho...

Michael Mollo and Nick Bentz joined the show to talk about music, film composing, and life as a composer.  Michael Mollo is a musical native of the Pennsylvania mountains. As composer and songwriter in Santa Monica, California, his music can be heard in a number of film, television and game scores. Michael also oversees global operations for Velvet Green Music. ​ Nick Bentz (b. 1994, Charlest...

0:00-0:54 - Intro 0:55-7:57 - Introducing George Floyd and the Derek Chauvin Trial 7:58-18:29 - Introducing Roderick Demmings. Jessica, Alan, Kayin tell their reaction to death of George Floyd in 2020 18:30-32:14 - Where the trial is at the moment, what we’ve learned so far, Day 1 and 2 of the trial 32:15-48:34 - George Floyd’s drug use and its relevance to the case, discussing the defense’s argum...

0:00-0:39 - Intro 0:40-4:33 - How Osi and Jerry know each other  4:34-9:27 - Jerry shares how football came into his life and what it means to him, Osi talks about his journey with music and the similarities to Jerry’s come up   9:28-12:32 - Athleticism and the importance of working on your Mental IQ for the game   12:33-32:44 - Jerry gaining size and switching to LB, how to know wh...

0:00-0:54 - The 'We Still Don't Have a Theme Song' theme song, introducing Episode #2 0:55-34:30 - Introduce everyone, talk about our backgrounds and family 34:31-1:25:00 - Randi, Azul, and Brandon discuss the experiences that made them the artists they are today and their experiences as artists in higher education Breaking down the music 1:25:40-1:35:48 - Breaking down Randi's 'Gasoline Dreamz' 1...

0:00-0:45 - Intro music (#1 song in the country) 0:46-37:09 - Introduce everyone, what went down in 2020, 2020 albums and movies 37:10-1:28:21 - Mental health during the pandemic, figuring things out as a young artists, lessons we learned 1:28:22-1:36:23 - Hamilton, Drake and Josh, Parasite 1:36:24-2:04:22 - Riots, protests, Capital insurrection on Jan. 6th 2:04:23-2:21:44 - RIP Kobe, other celebr...