Bit Depth

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.

Megan Runell Wiggins is a musician, activist, and gardener/farmhand. They play (played?) music with Me Oh My. We talked about music, cultivating food, and spirituality. Get to know Megan! 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.

Anthony Parker better known as "Wordsmith" is a Baltimore-based songwriter, performer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Wordsmith makes hip-hop with a strong motivational message. His mission is to entertain and educate through a message of purpose while providing clean, quality, marketable Music for the Masses. We talked about making a living through music, Wordsmith’s creative process, t...

Anthony Parker better known as "Wordsmith" is a Baltimore-based songwriter, performer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Wordsmith makes hip-hop with a strong motivational message. His mission is to entertain and educate through a message of purpose while providing clean, quality, marketable Music for the Masses. We talked about music, philanthropy, music business, spirituality, and moralit...

Rebecca King Crews, also known by her artist name, Regina Madre, is a songwriter, singer, actress, mother, wife, manager, and mogul. You might recognize the “Crews” in her name because she’s married to actor/football player Terry Crews. On the second episode, we kept talking music - what Rebecca is listening to, what makes a song great, and her coming face to face with breast cancer. Listen to her...

Rebecca King Crews, also known by her artist name, Regina Madre, is a songwriter, singer, actress, mother, wife, manager, and mogul. You might recognize the “Crews” in her name because she’s married to actor/football player Terry Crews. We talked about music, faith, humanity, the future, and more! Listen to her newest single, “Reachin’ For The Top”, listen to Terry and Rebecca’s book, Stronger Tog...

Sun Deep is back and we talked about Bloom , the creative process, the balance of knowing music theory, gatekeepers keeping people from doing music because of certain tools or characteristics, and more. Sundeep Sharma, also known as his artist name, “Sun Deep”, is a music producer, rapper, filmmaker, and geophysicist. His music has a lot of his Indian culture within it, whether it’s up front when...

Sundeep Sharma, also known as his artist name, “Sun Deep”, is a music producer, rapper, filmmaker, and geophysicist. His music has a lot of his Indian culture within it, whether it’s up front when he’s rapping in Hindi, or if it’s inspiring his musical productions. He’s gotten to produce for a lot of other Oklahoma rappers and has worked on music videos, films, and scores. We discussed his backgro...

Joshua Marquez is back and we discussed how identity and culture shape our perceptions of ourselves and the cultures we belong in. It was a very challenging conversation for me and that’s a good thing. He pointed out ways in which my words indicate how I’ve internalized colonization, but we also discuss music, creation, and qualities in music and how they describe cultural nuance. It’s a lot. The...

Joshua Marquez is a Filipino-American composer, guitarist, and sound artist. He is a resident composer for the Saint Mary's College Summer Composition Intensive in Notre Dame, IN and has a PhD in composition from the University of Iowa. It was a pleasure to have him on and discuss music, culture, morality, and spirituality. The song that plays at the end is "standing still while my head sl...

Joseph Carrasco is a podcast host, musician, and business owner. He is the host of The Cognitive Discourse, a podcast about discussing difficult ideas and working through them. He also makes music as Among War. We talked about music, podcasting, religion, and discourse, of course. You can find his podcast on Buzzsprout here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1408003 Love never fails. It's going to be...

Joseph Arthur Clark is back and we talked about culture, the occult, specific terms within, and how the colloquial understanding of magic and the occult is far less complex than the reality of how it is practiced. One of the biggest reasons I wanted Joe on Bit Depth was to have more people understand the nature of this level of thought, to open up everyone’s minds to a different layer of viewing t...

Joseph Arthur Clark is a software programmer? Chef? Artist? Occultist? Those are four things that are seemingly unrelated but find unity within this one man that can’t be described in simple terms. Seriously, I can’t even fully describe the conversation we had. We talked about programming and lights, food and cooking, art and mathematics, the occult and spirituality, and so much more. This is one...

Doug Sands, the Anywhere Hypnotist, is back and we talked about free will, the mechanisms of hypnotism that surround the conversation of free will, and the mind! You can find all of Doug's things on his website: https://anywherehypnosis.com/ Love never fails. It's going to be okay. I might be wrong.