South of Scruffy with Ben Fields

As the Social Distancing Era lingers on, Derek outlines his comprehensive guide to staying creative during quarantine. Derek lends some positive unique perspective to these times of uncertainty - while helping us all feel like somehow we're going to get through this.

Jack and Ben sit down and try to ignore the elephant in the room. A pandemic virus has affected the world and the global marketplace. Jack and Ben have a chat that acknowledges the crisis at hand, while trying to help us all forget about that crisis for just a few minutes.

Oslo prognosticates with Ben about the future on the Music and Entertainment Industries. A long time music industry consultant and business strategist, Oslo fills Ben in on working on artist contracts for music festivals like Bonnaroo, and Forecastle. Oslo and Ben candidly engage for the first time about how a near business partnership between them was the turning point in their prospective career...

Utility entertainer and brewery tour guide Zack Roskop fills Ben in on how he leveraged his unique combination of skill sets to build the most well known brewery guide service in East Tennessee. After growing up with restaurant industry parents, then living on the road with a fringe Christian Rock band, Zack ultimately created Knox Brew Tours-capitilizing on his unique mosaic of seemingly unrelate...

Bill stops by the shop and unpacks his storied photo career. Bill and Ben also dig into why Big Ears Music Festival is so culturally important to Knoxville, TN and the Avant Garde music scene worldwide. Bill also sheds some unique insight on the current state of the news media and how impactful media bias in politics can be.

Four time Grammy award winning recording engineer Sam Thomas sits down with Ben to play-by-play his path through his recording career. Sam gives the run down of how he rose up in the Atlanta recording industry, and then parlayed that into a “second act" in the film and television industry.

Charity Honeycutt darkens the door of Ben's shop to unload an epic story of hustle and grit. Charity has built a styling and design company that serves the film, photo, events, and real estate industries. A natural entrepreneur, Charity opens up about how she pushed past uncertainty and ambiguity to occupy the part of the design marketplace that she was meant to have.

William Wright stops by the shop to talk life, art, despair, and some first-look details about his upcoming orchestral premier, "Childhood is the Kingdom Where Nobody Dies". William opens up about up a a lot: The real story behind the rocket ship trajectory of LiL iFFy; the emotional release he still gets from his rock and roll outfit Senryu; and the new breath that his electronic pop duo Peak Phy...

Mike and Ben's chat starts off hot as they recount their interwoven paths through their music and film careers. Mike's career as a bluegrass/country musician, and a variety show host is a true story of grit and tenacity. Whatever he's doing...it's workin'!

Cinematographer Cody Walters brings Ben up to speed on the brave world of digital cinema. An avid bowhunter, Cody explains his circuitous path from wrangling cattle in Utah, to filming extreme sports videos, to lensing national TV commercial campaigns; all before the age of 30.

Peter gives Ben a solid oral history of the life and legend of Peter Moore. Peter's uncanny creative chops coupled with a sizeable chip on his shoulder kept Peter moving up the cable TV ladder for 35 years. Now semi-retired, Peter has a unique perspective on the state of the television industry, how we got here, and where he thinks we are going.

Art director, interior designer, and entrepeneur Rebecca Ridner has spent the last year of her life on a bonafide spiritual journey. Rebecca and Ben talk through Rebecca's past and what motivated her to make a u-turn on her best laid plans. From joining cults and visiting shamans, to getting catfished into a group glamping trip; this conversation turns into an emotional rollercoaster of vulnerabil...

Matt Honkonen stops by the shop for a comprehensive run down of his journey through the music industry. While touring with Electronic Pop Duo "Peak Physique", Matt has continued his work as a producer and composer for film and television.