#liveandcreate

Meet Chad, a husband and father of three, who wears many hats as the Co-owner of Big Time Grain Company, owner of Generation Relevant Entertainment, and a Music Business Coach. Chad's life revolves around his passion for playing guitar, recording music, and empowering artists to establish sustainable music careers. Chad returns as a repeat guest on our show. If you missed his first appearance,...

Once a month I will be bringing one of the band members on to help you get to know them a bit along this journey.  Today we have Matt Muckethaler our Bass Player. We talk about what it’s been like for him since he joined the band a year and a half ago and what he’s learned along the way. Follow Matt  https://www.instagram.com/matthewmuckenthaler/ _____ Listen to the full song On Your Own from Migu...

Mica-Elgin Vi a first generation Filipino American. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist and head songwriter for Modern Day Fitzgerald. He grabs influences from musicians like The White Stripes, Weezer, Beastie Boys and Childish Gambino. In the band Modern Day Fitzgerald, they released two E.Ps, and one live album since 2016. Performed in the same festival with acts like Clairo and Beabadoobee, perf...

Ryan Lynch - Singer, songwriter, and owner of The Champagne. One of Kansas City’s finest party bands. A great convo centered around songwriting, living in the cover band and original music world, and the power of educating oneself in their craft. We ended with focusing on finding peace and joy as you pursue big dreams.  Listen and connect with Ryan here: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheChampa...

107 L. David Hesler (Author, Illustrator, Musician) L. David Hesler is an author, illustrator, and musician who publishes picture books for children, as well as horror, fantasy, and science fiction for teen and adult readers. He co-founded the virtual heavy metal band “DeepSkyTraveler” as a guitarist, and currently creates electronic music under the moniker, “Loadscreen.” Check out L. David Hesler...

Ben Wendt is a musician and writer who co-owns and operates The RINO in addition to playing in the Kansas City, based bands The Way Way Back, and Land Lion. He loves hockey, Star Wars, and making people smile.  This episode was from the live #liveandcreate event that happened back in April at Kinship Cafe in Kansas City, KS.  Ben and I talk about the power of practicing entrepreneurship and art in...

TJ Roberts is a social entrepreneur with a for-profit business who uses coffee as a conduit for good in the inner city of Kansas City, Kansas.. His upbringing and experiences in life have given him many takeaways from growing up with a deformity and being the only black kid in an all-white community AND household. His harsh “reality check” card was dealt with the day he was born but his talents an...

Originally from TN, Jeff Stocks has performed or recorded with artists ranging from gospel legend BeBe Winans to jazz musician Matt Otto to country musician Travis Marvin.  He currently resides in Kansas City, MO. He remains active on the local and regional scene across all genres of music, while also serving as music director at Graceway Church in Raytown, MO.   In this episode, Jeff shares his j...

Mitch Gray Mitch Gray has combined over two decades of experience as a former pastor, life coach, entrepreneur, community developer, and creator to develop a brand of leadership that is at its deepest level- human.  Having worked with over 10,000 leaders and individuals across the world, Mitch empowers people to build teams based on alignment, design culture based on empowerment, and lead from the...

Troy McMahon is the lead pastor of Restore Community Church ( www.restorecc.org ), a reproducing multisite church in Kansas City, MO.  In 2007, Troy's family and about 20 friends relocated to Kansas City, Missouri to start this new church in partnership with the NewThing Network and Stadia Church Planting. Over the past fifteen years, Restore has launched additional locations and churches in K...

Kansas City-based singer, songwriter, and musician Deann Kinsch can be found actively performing throughout the KC metro area. With a quick rise in the local KC music scene, Deann performs in multiple cover bands/tribute and works in the planning and booking of bands/events. Whether she is creating, performing, or booking events, her focus is always on the goal of making a genuine connection with...

Artist Vania Soto is Kansas City-based artist, muralist, and art instructor. A Full-time artist and graduate of Tennessee University majoring in business administration and Arts.  She has focused her career on storytelling by creating murals and commission pieces.  She has been an art instructor for 7 years in Kansas City, Kansas for students ages 10-16. That started off as a community After Schoo...

100 Ryan Sorrell (Founder KC Defender) “Ryan Sorrell is the founder of The Kansas City Defender . Is a Black nonprofit community media platform employing innovative digital and community-building strategies to engage Gen Z and Millennials across the midwest. Their primary focus areas are education, justice, business, arts & culture, and technology. Reaching over 10 million people and growing t...

Craig Moore II is an Ecosystem Builder, Culture Guardian, and Talent Curator. Founder of the organization called Black Excellence and Director of Development at Venture for America. Craig’s professional career has been a trial by fire. He cut his entrepreneurial teeth in the concert promotional world and eventually found himself working at Strange Music in Kansas City, MO. From there he stepped in...

Musicbyskippy is the entertainment project of Luke "Skippy" Harbur. Dubbed "the meeting point of multi-instrumentalism, hip hop, and Broadway," the project has two albums of original music, collaborates with 20+ organizations, shares stages with 30+ individual performing artists, and is for all ages. Harbur’s passion for musicbyskippy roots in receiving a life-saving liver transplant at the age of...

This is a live event from the past summer that took place during the Boulevardia festival. It features Sylvia and Veronica from the clothing company ParaMi and Enrique the lead singer of the internationally touring band Making Movies. It was also hosted by the talented Hartzel host of Sporting KC. The guests share their stories of creativity and entrepreneurship and then we take a deep dive into l...

Laura Shkouratoff is the bassist and singer/songwriter for Outer Shapes, a band she created with her partner that seeks to create a new space for queer music. Based in Brooklyn, she also illustrates her band's album covers and teaches elementary school by day. She is passionate about environmental and education activism. From California to her new home in NYC she shares her story of embracing her...

Devon Teran plays the sweet and dusty sounds of America’s Crossroad Kansas City. On pedal steel and guitar, he is equally layered and melodic, as likely to compose sparse layers as walls of screaming noise. Devon Teran is a founding member of Timbers. He also supports several artists including Marty Bush, AM Merker, Kristin Hamilton, David Luther and others. . In Today’s episode, Devon breaks down...

David A. Parrilla has been involved in music all his life. He became intrigued with music around the 3rd grade. In high school leading up to college, he played trumpet with the CSYO and has played for many Cleveland State Commencements. Alongside those years he also sang in the Cincinnati Boychoir (toured Chicago and California) and then the Cincinnati Children’s Choir (toured New York, China, &am...

Clarence Copridge is a pianist, multi-instrumentalist, and audio engineer. Working with artists and companies around the city, he works to create an experience for the audience and the people he’s working with. Clarence shares his story of falling in love with music through the mentoring of his father and how that sent him on a journey to learn every instrument out there. And now that love and det...

092 Evan Maxon (Chaos Coordinator, Entrepreneur) This is Evan's second appearance on the show. Evan Maxon is a professional chaos coordinator. By day, he oversees operations and technology for a non-profit small business lender. In his spare time, he’s an aspiring entrepreneur that loves to talk about the mistakes he’s made along the way. Evan and I decided to do some semi-regular installments whe...

Ryan is the co-owner and director of operations at Robot Logic Marketing. He believes in the power of a coherent story, whether told through traditional outbound marketing or internally to bring teams together for a common purpose. He knows people don’t just follow ideas or even leaders, they follow someone who can tell them a compelling story that speaks to their needs. Ryan shares how the idea o...

Trent Puckett is a musician from southwest Missouri. He has played with bands The Darters and 501B. He will be playing guitar and lap steel with the Darters on tour this summer. In today’s episode, Trent shares his story of obtaining his degree in business and how it is applied in multiple ways as he steps into his first touring band. We also talk tips on balancing the day job and the artistry and...

Casi has been performing music since the age of 5, and professionally since the age of 10. She began her career touring the midwest Opry Circuit, until she was spotted and signed by Radio Disney. KC native Casi Joy hasn't left the stage since. in 2015 Casi took her talents to Nashville to continue her growth as an artist. Casi’s hard work and dedication paid off when she got the call to be on a mu...

Kris Angelis has toured with her folk/americana music in Europe and in all 50 states (in just 6 months!) She has won several songwriting competitions and her albums have reached #1 on the singer/songwriter charts as well as landing on Billboard and radio charts. She's putting out a new album "Damn Shame Waste" on Sept 9th which you can pre-order starting June 17th! In today’s episode, we dive into...