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Caleb Gray and I went in deep for more music conversation! We talked about making music, sharing it with others, marketing, performing, the amount of data we produce as a culture, the cost of music equipment, the minute details we put into our music that no one will hear, and being willing to hand your creation to someone else to finalize it. It was a lot of fun! You can find Caleb on Instagram he...

Caleb Gray is a musician and audio engineer. He’s a member of Kodos, an alternative pop band in Oklahoma City. We talked about how he got into music, making music from the audio engineer’s point of view, spirituality and religion, values, and more! Get to know Caleb! You can find Caleb on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/calebegray https://instagram.com/kodosband The song at the end of the po...

Musician and journalist Anna Littlejohn joins me once again and I start the conversation on black Christianity, from which we go on to discuss colonization, cultural assimilation, code switching, decolonizing ourselves, choosing parts of our culture to adopt, Afrofuturism, the relationship people of color have with rules, and more! You can find Anna on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/floricur...

Anna Littlejohn is a self-described “volatile organic compound”, with which I agree as respectfully as possible. They play keys with Burl, played keys with The Street Carnations, and produce their own electronic stuff for themselves (for now). Anna is also the Assistant Chief Editor for The Black Times Oklahoma News, which is a “Black & Queer Digital News Company bringing Oklahoma activism thr...

Nia Moné returns and we talk about developing skills, time investments, the Oklahoma City metro, bar and club culture, having had COVID-19, Astroworld, concert culture, dancing around people, Tik Tok, social media algorithms, social engagement requests, the many jobs expected of musicians, using one’s strengths as artists, putting out music, and more! You can find Nia on Instagram: https://instagr...

Nia Moné is a singer/songwriter born in North Dakota, based in OKC. Her vocal styles include that of LoFi, Jazz, and R&B. We talked about music, art, stage design, travel, spirituality, free will, being kind, and cheesecake. Get to know Nia! You can find her and her things on Instagram: https://instagram.com/niaxmone Podcast: https://santiagoramones.com/podcast Music: https://santiagoramones.c...

This is an update to a previous episode. The new audio is at the end. I came to Oklahoma from Venezuela in 2001 on my 6th birthday. This has been my experience as an undocumented immigrant in America. The  transcript for this podcast is on my website, so if you want to follow along and click on links and citations, go to https://santiagoramones.com/immigrationupdate All the music you hear in the b...

Katie Chonacas is an actor, voice over artist, podcaster, author, musician, life and industry coach, speaker, and artist in general. She’s been in films, television, and video games. She has a book of poetry. She recently put out her debut solo electronic album as Saint Kyriaki, Kyriaki being her birth name. We talked about her and her journey in entertainment and as an artist, how she keeps it al...

Singer-songwriter Bannister Chaava is here to grace your ears again with wisdom regarding the annexing of information into our brain in the same way Western culture has colonized the continent and the world. We also talk about video games, film, horror, Indigenous cultures, and more! You can find Bannister’s stuff here: https://linktr.ee/notBannister The song at the end is “ Supergüd II ” by Banni...

Bannister Chaava is a singer and songwriter “from” Virginia, but he currently resides in Lawton, OK, so the Oklahoma community can consider him a fellow local musician. His music is really good. We talked about music, God, anime, Hideo Kojima, and more. Get to know Bannister! You can find him and his things here: https://linktr.ee/notBannister The song playing at the end is “ The Forces ” by Banni...

Lindsey Cox is the lead singer, guitarist, and manager of stepmom . She’s also the box office manager and talent booker for Factory Obscura . We talked about music, the creative process, university, spirituality, and more! Get to know Lindsey! You can find her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/lindseydawn93/ The track that plays at the end is the most recent single from Lindsey’s band,...

Original Flow is a hip hop artist, poet, producer, photographer and videographer. His music combines old and new styles of hip hop while still having the freedom to speak his own truth in his own vulnerable and Original way. We talked about the many hurdles and complexities involving the music business, how music affects culture and behavior, education in the US, and even more about society in gen...

Christopher Acoff, known for his artist name, Original Flow, is a hip hop artist, poet, producer, photographer and videographer. His music combines old and new styles of hip hop while still having the freedom to speak his own truth in his own vulnerable and Original way. We talked about his journey as a musician and photographer, spirituality, and unity. Get to know OGFlow! You can find Original F...

Jesus Ramones, my oldest brother, Muditious, helped me fill the empty space where I’m bad at scheduling interviews. We’ve been feeling the effects of the “grind” - the constant pushing towards our goals outside of our money-making jobs. We also frame this analysis of the grind with Kanye West’s The College Dropout , the effects of Kanye’s own grind. We also discuss ideas around selling out, separa...

Penny Pitchlynn, also known as her artist name, LABRYS, joins me once again and we talked about what makes one’s own music “real” music in sound, feel, and how to feel like one is making music that is true to oneself. We also talked about more spirituality, free will, and more! The song at the end of the podcast is “Under A Spell” by LABRYS. You can get it on Bandcamp: https://labrys.bandcamp.com/...

Penny Pitchlynn is a musician, songwriter, composer, and producer in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her solo project, LABRYS, has hundreds of thousands of listens on Spotify, and she plays bass with BRONCHO, another Oklahoma band. We talked about how Penny got her start in music, how important music is in her life, her spiritual views, the future, contentment, and much more. Get to know Penny! The song...

Stephanie Peñate joins me yet again again because I am not done  discussing US immigration. Even though we talked a while, mostly me  ranting, I feel like there’s still so much more to discuss regarding the  US immigration system, so be prepared to hear more about it in the  future. What we did talk about: Steph’s experience as a child of  immigrants, the challenges migrants face when trying to le...

I'm undocumented. I came to Oklahoma from Venezuela in 2001 on my 6th birthday. This has been my experience as an undocumented immigrant in America. The transcript for this podcast is on my website, so if you want to follow along and click on links and citations, go to https://santiagoramones.com/podcast/immigration All the music you hear in the background is by me and can be streamed or bough...

Bailey Gilbert and I get into deep topics and embrace the chaos of conversation. We discuss secular spirituality in contrast with religion and cognitive dissonance, free will and moral philosophy and their place in shaping society, the balance between musical/artistic creation and patron control, music business in general, monetary success in relation to empathy, the economy in general, and Bo Bur...

Bailey Gilbert is a singer-songwriter based in Norman, Oklahoma that moonlights as a Content Strategist. She's been playing music for 10 years. We talked about music, spirituality, atheism, and more! She also played an awesome song called "Premeditated". Get to know Bailey! You can find her on Instagram and you can listen to her music on SoundCloud: https://www.instagram.com/baileygil/...

Austin Scott, also known as his artist name, King Scott, returns and we discuss the Internet, Black culture, the evolution of memes, conspiracies and conspiracy theories, truth and reality, empathizing with Jeff Bezos, the apocalypse, and much, much more! You can find Austin’s stuff on his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealaustinpowers/ https://www.instagram.com/digitalcowboys/ Love neve...

Austin Scott, also known as his artist name, King Scott, is a beat producer, DJ and film crew. He and I talked about going to college, producer influences, Kanye West, eating the rich, and spirituality. Get to know Austin! https://www.instagram.com/therealaustinpowers/ https://www.instagram.com/digitalcowboys/ Love never fails. It's going to be okay. I might be wrong.

Chris Lashley is a guitarist, vocalist, producer, live sound engineer, cat dad, and access control technician. We talked about a lot of things - the Oklahoma City music scene, video games, making music, serialism, and more! You can find Chris on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chris.lashley.3/ Love never fails. It's going to be okay. I might be wrong.

Chris Lashley is a guitarist, vocalist, producer, live sound engineer, cat dad, and access control technician. It was a blast having Chris on to talk about his musical upbringing, music stories, religion, spirituality, and more! It was much more conversational even on the interview episode, which shows just how much fun we were having. You can find Chris on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chr...

Megan Runell Wiggins is a musician, activist, and gardener/farmhand. They play (played?) music with Me Oh My. In this episode we talked about communism, activism, nuance, and more!  You can find what Megan's stuff on their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veggie_casanova/ Love never fails. It's going to be okay. I might be wrong.