Journey of an Artist

Send us Fan Mail "Es que la ciudad es tan vacía como dicen."  How do you know which language best fits a song? How do you keep your saddest stories from sounding too depressing? Where do you go for sonic inspiration? AMANDA tackles these questions and more as she sits down with Emmeline to discuss her brand new song, "Medio Oeste." They talk about the importance of pulling the...

Send us Fan Mail How do we stay inspired as creatives? How do we ensure that what we're producing is in line with not only our goals, but what makes us feel happy and fulfilled?  In this episode, Emmeline tackles these questions and more with Josiah Leeper! Josiah is a prolific producer and the brains behind the indie music project Indoor Swimming. Josiah is both a thoughtful, seasoned produc...

Send us Fan Mail “You need to have security and confidence enough in yourself to invite someone else into the creative process.”  How do you keep the creative process from getting stale? How can you ensure fruitful collaboration with fellow creatives? How can you preserve with a group the open mind and heart needed to write from a truly vulnerable space. How I Became A Wave tackles these questions...

Send us Fan Mail "You just have to trust the process and keep going."  Sometimes, the creative process is quick--but sometimes, it takes years to honor the creative vision you have for a project. In this episode, Emmeline sits down with Christine Hand Jones and Kenady Sean, the two brilliant minds behind  The Scarlet Letter  musical! The women share more about how the musical began, what...

Send us Fan Mail “The thing that’s going to kill you first is your ego.”  How do we balance our desire to do it all and be it all--and all of the messaging that tells us to do those things--with our knowledge that we  aren't  always the foremost expert?  In this episode, Emmeline sits down with Sean Martin of hard rock band The Quarantined to talk about how humility AND motivation can be coll...

Send us Fan Mail "I want to sing songs that sound like me."  When the whole world is telling you to follow a trend, or to cover a certain song, or to jump on the bandwagon of serious artistry, how should you respond? Mark Winters says: by being unapologetically YOU. In this episode, Emmeline sits down with Houston-based singer-songwriter Mark Winters to talk about how his positive attitu...

Send us Fan Mail "I wanted to [release my music] the right way for me."  Irish singer-songwriter Seán Feeny's musical journey has been anything but linear. This journalist-turned-recording-artist has been making music in the background for a long time while covering other bands and keeping his finger on the pulse of current events. However, as he journeyed through professional life...

Send us Fan Mail "If you have a creative desire or urge to do something, do it. Do it however it comes. Do it your own way."  How do we stay trendy as artists? How can we keep up with algorithms and technology to assure that we're always in the forefront of our audience's minds? Irish singer-songwriter and music industry veteran Ben Reel says these are the wrong questions. In t...

Send us Fan Mail "Things work for a minute, and then you adapt."  How do you maintain a steady business--and a steady income--in an industry that is continuously evolving? How do you successfully chase passion AND stability? How do you stay inspired with a demanding schedule? In this episode, Emmeline sits down with BW Bridger, an accomplished guitar player, composer, audio engineer, vid...

Send us Fan Mail "Perhaps I must pick me up/ Perhaps I must carry me home gently."  How do artists survive in a world gone mad? How can we find ways to hold space for ourselves and for others? Can our art really be a safe space for us to both fall apart and piece ourselves back together? In the first  Journey of an Artist  of 2026, Emmeline tackles these questions and more with one of DF...

Send us Fan Mail "You just have to let the magic happen."  For his brand new album, Django New Orleans II - Hors Série , legendary guitarist Stephane Wrembel stretched himself as a musician, composer, and vocalist. In this episode, Emmeline sits down with Stephane to talk about the process by which his new album came together, from his time in the studio to his time meditating on differe...

Send us Fan Mail "It has to be good vibes all the way."  How does an idea become a script? How does a script become a full, on-stage production? How does one assemble the team necessary to make that transition as seamless as possible? In this episode, Emmeline sits down with the creative team behind the brand new play,  Training Set , to answer these questions and more. The episode featu...

Send us Fan Mail "I like to keep things a little spicy..."  In this episode, Emmeline sits down with Suede Lacy--a Dallas native and an alum of Season 26 of The Voice. Suede Lacy graduated from the prestigious Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and is in the process of finishing an album of music that’s at once fresh and vintage--but the journey towards a...

Send us Fan Mail "I should be enough for what it is that I want." - Buddy Red How do you make your own path as an artist when everyone is telling you to be something you're not? Buddy Red has answers. The son of famed rapper T.I. is paving his own way in the music industry as a rock-infused blues guitarist with soulful riffs and visceral vocals. His music is both an ode to his heroe...

Send us Fan Mail "It's about really being 100% present."  How do you reconcile the hustle of creative professionalism with the presence of mind creativity requires? Irish musician and rock/blues guitarist Paul Sherry might have an answer. In this episode, Emmeline sits down with prolific guitarist and songwriter Paul Sherry to talk about his journey towards mindfulness, his deep res...

Send us Fan Mail The music industry can be hard to navigate, and harder to stomach. Sometimes, the industry seems to magnify all of your biggest insecurities, and the Imposter Syndrome is real. BUT electro-pop artist Robbie Wabi Sabi says that we artists have to stick together, and that you have to be your own biggest fan. You also have to connect meaningfully with your audience. In this episode,...

Send us Fan Mail Struggling with depression or anxiety? Looking for support in your recovery, but don't know where to turn? Living the life of a creative professional, but feeling like you're barely holding it together? Amplified Minds--which offers FREE mental healthcare--was created for YOU. In this episode, Emmeline sits down with Lauren O'Connor, the president of Amplified Minds...

Send us Fan Mail How does an idea become a musical? How do you write both a play and a musical soundtrack at the same time? How does a musical that you've finally written wind up on a real stage with real actors? Kaylee Killingsworth and Kenady Sean have answers. In this episode, Emmeline sits down with two-thirds of the creative team behind Beyond Perfection , a new musical about our human d...

Send us Fan Mail "Music has always been more than just a hobby."  You know you're a creative person. You know you're meant to do more than a repetitive 9 to 5 job in this life. You're pretty sure you have something special inside of you that needs to come out. The problem? You have a lot of passions, and you're not sure how they align. Rob Case understands your journe...

Send us Fan Mail “Learning how to say your truth as yourself is really, really hard to do—especially at first.”  In a world increasingly geared toward disposable art, how do we make something that matters? How can we stay true to our inner artist AND work with the algorithm? Is it even worth the compromise? With the release of his four-part album,  Triptychs,  Court Hoang set out to answer these q...

Send us Fan Mail Kollin Kennedy did not grow up thinking that he'd be a poet, but he did grow up with a profound love of language. In this episode, Emmeline sits down with Instagram-famous poet and University of North Texas graduate Kollin Kennedy to talk about his journey into the world of poetry and his love for the written word. Kollin also shares how he was inspired to start writing verse...

Send us Fan Mail "I have been living an authentic and wildly courageous life ever since."  How do you step most honestly into your true self? How do you combat social messaging that tells you to be someone other than who you are?  In this deeply vulnerable episode, Emmeline sits down with nonbinary author, identity coach, keynote speaker, photographer, and multi-passionate creative Don M...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Emmeline sits down with Jonathan and Christian from The Creatives Factory, a Dallas-based development company that provides marketing and recording services to independent musicians. In this episode, Jonathan and Christian talk about becoming partners, building a business, and making intentional decisions about which projects to join. They also share how their childhood...

Send us Fan Mail "You have to live your life to write about life."  For this special Valentine's Day episode of  Journey of an Artist , Emmeline sits down with Jojo Garza of Los Lonely Boys to talk about the band's incredible longevity. Jojo shares some wisdom about the need for breaks in the creative process, the endless benefits of having creativity as part of family life, an...

Send us Fan Mail "Creativity is healing." How do we tackle life's biggest questions? How do we reconcile our own childhood experiences? How do we navigate trauma, and how can we use our own knowledge and experiences to help others? In this episode, Emmeline sits down with the prolific playwright Serena Norr to talk about the ways in which art gives us agency. Serena shares how her c...