The Open Mic Podcast

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got Sempel in the buidling! I was pumped for this one because it's been a long time coming! Sempel's been putting out a lot of music that has been stretching him as an artist and he is thriving in that enviroment. His newest alb...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have Narrow/Arrow on the podcast!  It's a rip roarin good time Y'all!  6hands, two guitars, one bass, one drum set, and a whole lotta love They have beautiful songs and beautiful souls Meet them here on this weeks episode of THE...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have Mr. Jody Odom Jr. on the Open Mic Podcast!  This dude is killing it in the modern R & B world today!  Jody was a wonderful guest and we got in deep about making the choice to stop holding back and take a leap towards what y...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we brought on Sarah Goff to the show!  I've known Sarah for a very long time! It was an absolute blast getting to catch up with her! We talk working with Aaron Gilespie, new music and marketing strategies!  As well as life and the...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week WE have THE Emily Raff on the podcast!  Emily and her airstream "DIVA" are going on another tour and we get the BTS dete's on how its all going to happen! She has new music on the horizon and more music video ideas churning up.  Th...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got the man with the plan, Chase Banz!  He hoped on to promote everything he has been doing lately. We talk a lot of about making content on instagram and various routes to promote your brand. Buld your name up and drop more mus...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we finally got the legend on the podcast for his own interview mr. Ohthat'sraww himself! Rawwade!  THis dude is a joy to chat with. He's very thought provoking and has really gone through quite the life journy this last year. It'...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Lee! Brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week Lee is interviewing my band! Oiun! Pronounced like when, but spelled like Oiun!  It's great, you love it. Lee is awesome. I love lee from potent studios . He's a fantastic person and friend. So take a listen to him ask us questions about...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of Rest In Beats! With your host's DJ DroJack and Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! REST IN BEATS 7 YA'LL! Home of the forever beats with DJ DRO JACK keeping the vibes flowing like milk and honey in the promise land! Where we bringing you nothing but the best Hip Hop that Mansfield has to offer!  On This Weeks Epi...

HAPPY NEW YEARS FAM! IT'S 2026! IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE GETTING CRAZIER FROM HERE!  STRAP IN! Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we brought XheifXrated back on the show! crowd goes wild   He's got a new musical project that he is unveiling for you on this very episode...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This episode we have Grace McClenathan on the podcast!  She sings songs with an acousitic guitar! They are good songs!  You will love them! Listen to the episode, It will quickly become your favorite episode ever!!!  HERE IS GRACE MCCLENAT...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got DM5k of 5K products owner and founder Aaron King in the studio!  This is a sick one for sure! I've always been fascinated with the fashion world in general. Not a fashionable guy, but I think the idea's behind the psychology...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have a little bit of a different episode coming at ya! I brought on a dude named Gordon Hanners to chat with!  Some of you may know Gordon from so many different projects that he has created, from music, to media, to fashion, or...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! Man we have another awesome episode for you this week! Had the pleasure of having KA$INO KASH come through!  We talked about his influence for his music and where it came from in his upbringing. Shout out Theresia! Talked a lot about his fut...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got my good friend Damon on who Wrstles under the name NOMAD! I didnt grow up watching WWE or WWF at all so I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to talk to someone I know who has recently gotten into the Indy Pro Wrestlin...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we are back with the man 5'10JackBoy in the building!  Monster of an episode. New music, life lessons, Having kids and making a massive positve change in your life. It's a very inspirational episode, so make sure to tune in for t...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of Rest In Beats! With your host's DJ DroJack and Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! Rest in Beats Vol. 6 is here folks! Bigger, Badder, and more rapping than any other Volume yet! This was one for the books guys! It was so hardcore that blood was even shed to accomplish it!  We got,  DJ DRO JACK VAUNDOOM KID KULTU...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we brought Rugrat Chuckiee on the podcast. To add his flavor profile for your pallet to sample.  We talk all things writing process to live shows. It's a blast of an episode. Tell everyone you know!  Check out his Intagram Here You...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have a new Mansfield-ish band called MARROWEATER in the house! They play Deathcore music. The genre is coming back and it's an awesome thing. It makes me feel old. Gotta go check out their first single entitled infestation!  Che...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got DEVY KAY in this bish, and he's got a new album for us! So you know we had to talk about it of course.  Devy has been sculpting his sound nd really trying to seperate himself as a stand out artist these last few years. I thi...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got a huge Rest In Beats episode cooked up for ya!  Man oh man is it a tasty one.  DJ Dro Jack is in the building making this whole listening experiance possible. We brought back Devy kay, as well as A.P The Kidd and 5'10 Jackbo...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got the boys in AimPoint to come through and give us the scoop on their new E.P that just dropped!  You like heavy music? If not, then definitely check out AimPoint.... you're gonna love it! They play sexy-core, what's not to lo...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have back on XHEIFXRATED to sit down with a more traditional styled episode.  This episode took place on July 26, but as you'll hear when you listen to this, Xheif's laptop had just recently broke. So unfortunately he wasn't abl...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have Nathan from the band Big Bend! This dude is an absolute legend. His improve approach to writing music and pulling cohesive musical themes from that starting point is incredible!  He is putting out a new album called, last c...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we are back with Raven Starr on the podcast!  She makes industrial, techno, EBM, songs that make you feel like its the early 2000's again!  I had a blast talking to Raven on this episode. ITs a great era for that style of music t...