The Zen Perry Project

Send us Fan Mail Zen Perry sits down with Soul/indie/latin band The Altons before their show at Moes Alley in Santa Cruz. Support the show Introspective interviews with artistic individuals - an ongoing audiovisual journal of Zen Perry. Behold a wall of periodically updated webpages! Official Website: https://www.zenperryproject.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/breakingnorth Instagram: @https...

Send us Fan Mail In this live taped episode of Breaking North frontman Daniel Nemire of King Tide sits down with Zen to talk their upcoming show, couches and so much more. Follow Breaking North everywhere, anywhere, and nowhere: . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/breakingnorth Instagram: @breakingnorthshow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breakingnorthpodcast Twitter: @BreakingNorth Twitch: http...

Send us Fan Mail Zen Perry and Jake Takeo sit down to talk about what it is like to be in Barrio Logan. The culture, food, coffee and great people. Follow Breaking North everywhere, anywhere, and nowhere: . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/breakingnorth Instagram: @breakingnorthshow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breakingnorthpodcast Twitter: @BreakingNorth Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/breaki...

Send us Fan Mail The first thing I've heard in a while that actually sounded a little hopeful was Tim Ferriss's interview with Jane McGonigal about her new book Imaginable. It's basically the guide for anyone who is pessimistic to actually see life in a new way and get much needed optimism.  Here's me talking about my journal entry from the future, the next pandemic and giving ...

Send us Fan Mail Zen  Perry here, I recently bought the book Daily Rituals - How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration and Get To Work  by Mason Currey I wasn't expecting these daily habits and rituals to be so weird so I thought I would share a few with you. Here are the people I talked about on the episode: Benjamin Franklin Poet W.H. Auden American Novelist Thomas Wolfe Patricia Highsmit...

Send us Fan Mail Psychologist and Breaking North Producer tells what I consider the craziest story about one of his clients escaping. Without giving too much away take a listen. for the full 1:50 episode subscribe to our Twitch at  https://www.twitch.tv/breakingnorthpodcast Support the show Introspective interviews with artistic individuals - an ongoing audiovisual journal of Zen Perry. Behold a w...

Send us Fan Mail Zen gets into one of his favorite concepts from the book Atomic Habits by James Clear where sticking to a routine or striving for a goal are about just continuing to become 1% better. He also brings up Bipolar disorder and where the direction of the show is going including a future trip to Miami. Follow us on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Twitch Support the show Introspective int...

Send us Fan Mail Today on Breaking North: Zen gets to sit down with a Human Shaped Animal aka Rachel Barnes. She's a multi-talented muralist who has perfecting the artistic vagabond life. She lives for work trade in places like the Amazon, Mojave and upstate New York. When she's not traveling she resides in Santa Cruz CA in her community art and performance studio _trellus_  Rachel has s...

Send us Fan Mail In the small rural coastal town of Davenport CA, Courtney Rene Scruggs casts, molds and pounds away at metalic works of art for commissions, jewelry and sculptures in her What Knot Studios. https://whatknotstudios.com/ Inspired with the nautical themes Courtney works through the ideas life and death through her art. One of her displayed pieces is based on the greek story of Scylla...

Send us Fan Mail Jordan Manzanares (@manzandesigns on socials) is a designer who had his humble beginnings in playing with legos and deconstructing electronics around the house. Fast forward to the 2020: Jordan used his stimulus money to buy a 3d printer. Him and his brother decided that attempting to print nerf guns would be the perfect thing to cure their boredom during lockdown. Once finished,...

Send us Fan Mail If you take take pictures, want to make those pictures mean something or love photography then this is the episode for you. He's worked with Tiffany and Co. Anderson .Paak, Beyonce and Jay Z, Maxwell Schiono is more than humble but a modern day phenomenon in the photography world and we were so lucky to have him on the show to tell his story and give advice for aspiring photo...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Breaking North, Zen and Jake Takeo complete the podcast’s first episode recorded out of California with Marella! In addition to discussing her work that’s been featured in magazines, on murals, and even includes a Clash-song-inspired comic; the trio also discuss topics ranging from efforts to grow plants, the best episode of the Sopranos, the worst job experiences, an...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s episode, Caroline Harrison takes us into her world of unforgettable imagery that she creates for metal albums and clothing. Caroline also touches on topics including the process of reclaiming self image through portraiture, about the challenges of navigating and networking in a tight knit scene, about how she helped organize the effort to save a beloved Brooklyn ven...

Send us Fan Mail Sara Birns, plainly put, oil paints figures that make the viewer uncomfortable. Her figures are often an exaggerated versions of reality with the ugly sides of humans and animals alike. Yet, there is something so refreshingly human about being exposed to and confronting these normally over-looked sides of life in such a beautiful, detailed oil painting. Sara  talks her past galler...

Send us Fan Mail Musician Daniel Nemire AKA Large Vanilla and Zen Perry sit down over a few glasses of absinthe to talk about their recently formed friendship, musical partnership, how to make a podcast, Anderson .Paak, Live vs album version, Zen's intro to music, Funk, pricing your art, and live streaming. Support the show Introspective interviews with artistic individuals - an ongoing audio...

Send us Fan Mail Lance Ebert, affectionately known to Santa Cruz locals as “Bread Boy” recounts his beginnings of selling baked goods off a dilapidated Vespa, gets honest about the lows of a crushing setback, and shares his appreciation for how a community brought his pop up baking business back from the brink and now on the rise faster than his famous focaccia.  Support the show Introspective int...

Send us Fan Mail In this interview of Breaking North: Tim Baltes and Zen Perry go deep on some of Tim's favorite drum companies, some Kenosha food spots,  staying creative, what happened to the drum troll, recording drums for major companies and for Instagram.  Support the show Introspective interviews with artistic individuals - an ongoing audiovisual journal of Zen Perry. Behold a wall of p...

Send us Fan Mail This is not financial advice, disclaimer below Here is the Acorns affiliate link to start investing   I make 23-28% back on my money without doing an ounce of research or work. You can do it too without doing anything different in your daily life. I just teach drum lessons through zendrumming.com and do odd jobs for extra cash. I use the app Acorns it automatically rounds up your...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show, become a patron on Patreon For online drum lessons with or without a drum kit go to zendrumming.com I had the chance to sit down with the owner and sole employee of Upcycled Skate Art, Alex Wong. He seems to be infinitely chill but spends countless hours in his shop every week creating these sometimes massive pieces of art out of up-cycled skate boards and wood. ...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show, get early access to to ad-free episodes and exclusive interviews on Patreon Sign up for the Breaking North newsletter to hear about upcoming episodes and artists we dig.   Photographer Sean Mundy was one of the main reasons I started this podcast, I needed a reason to be able to pick his brain about art. I really enjoyed talking to him about his style and the pla...

Send us Fan Mail In this season finale, Zen sits down with photographer and longtime friend Jake Takeo. After reminiscing on a myriad of topics and relatable shared experiences, Jake dives into how his mindset has taken him around the world... Lucky for us, he’s more than willing to bring a camera along to capture and share the introspective moments and people he has a knack for finding.   . Break...

Send us Fan Mail How often is a baseball bat part of your artistic process? New Episode out today with Ceramic Artist Olivia Roe!!! Link in bio and available where you get your podcasts. On the podcast we talked with Olivia about her journey to establishing herself as a studio potter at Floasis Studios in Santa Cruz, CA.  . Olivia’s unrelenting efforts to find her passion are familiar to everyone...

Send us Fan Mail Please like, subscribe and follow! . Breaking North - Ep. 5 - LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE - Sean McGowan . Support the show! https://www.patreon.com/breakingnorth . In this episode of Breaking North Zen has a candid chat Sean Mcgowan. He’s an  artist, facilitator and activist based in the Bay Area of Califonia we talked about about his LED work with Jim Cambell, the collective he helped...

Send us Fan Mail Breaking North - Ep. 4 - POETRY OF THE DEAD - Gabriel Kittle-Cervine . Support the show! https://www.patreon.com/breakingnorth . In this episode of Breaking North Zen has a candid chat with poet, musician and writer Gabriel Kittle-Cervine. Gabe turned Zen on to the website poetsandwriters.com. They talked drifting off into nothingness, sports, his album Betray Whiteness, your pers...

Send us Fan Mail Breaking North - Ep. 3 - THE ROLLING BLUESMAN - Reverend Stephan Sams . Support the show! https://www.patreon.com/breakingnorth . In this episode of Breaking North Zen has a candid chat with musician and songwriter Stephan Sams. Formerly frontman of The Redlight District, and currently in his solo project Reverend Stephan Sams and duo punk band Oedipus And The Motherfuckers.  . We...