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Jon Herrera returns this week to specifically talk about the power of imagination and how to accomplish your goals faster! This was an epic one. Enjoy! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:30 - The short version of Jon’s backstory 4:00 - The power of using your imagination and having FUN while setting goals! 9:30 - The easiest way to achieve your goals 12:25 - Writing the script to your life 16:20 - Not get...

Mark Arcenal may be best known for starting two massive brands, Fatlace and Illest . However, he’s done quite a lot more than that and continues to build and create. He joins us this week to tell his story of going from working at Nike, to starting his own brands, scaling like crazy, and constantly chasing what he’s passionate about. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 5:45 - The short version of Mark’s come...

Casey Cavaliere from The Wonder Years joins us this week to tell his story, share some of his favorite memories from the band, and talk about what he’s currently been up to as a producer! I really enjoyed how candid this conversation was. Casey kept it so real and shared so much detailed information about the growth of The Wonder Years and his genuine passion for producing music. Timestamps: 0:00...

This is part two of an amazing conversation with Neil Westfall from A Day To Remember . We talk about what he’s learned from being in the band, and how he’s applied that knowledge to everything in life and business. We talk specifically about doing what you love and finding ways to make that sustainable. I truly think anyone watching or listening will get a TON out of this one! If you do, make sur...

Neil Westfall is the guitar player of A Day To Remember . He joins this week to share the come up story of A Day To Remember and all of his favorite memories and stories along the way. This conversation we had was so good, that it ended up being almost two hours long so we split it into two parts. This first part is all about A Day To Remember’s early days, then the second will be all about the cu...

Donovan Melero joins me to talk about Hail The Sun's new music, Kill Iconic,  and everything else I listed in the timestamps. Do y'all use the timestamps? I hope so. They take a long time to write out. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro - Who Donovan is and what he does. 6:03 - Balancing different projects at once and doing it well. 8:10 - How to develop projects out of natural core talents. 11:26 - Do...

Cory Keen joins us this week to share the lessons he’s learned in building and scaling a company from nothing to a massive success. We focused on talking about the middle part of that journey and how to overcome the challenges that come with the success of a growing business, while also still keeping things light and fun. This was a super insightful one that I think everyone will get a ton out of!...

Bryce Carr is the Director of Artist Marketing at Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. He joins us this week to share some tips and tricks on working with brands in the musical instrument space and to share some thoughts on brand partnerships. In addition we talk about Fender as a brand and some of the incredible things they’ve been focused on lately. Bryce provided so much value in this one! I...

Josh Epple (Hopeless Records) and Ben Farber (Warner Music) are back by popular demand for a Q&A episode! We ripped some jokes, had some laughs and covered some great questions. Let’s get to it! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 5:30 - If you’re a brand new artist and you’re about to release music, should you release your best song first? 10:50 - How much planning and strategy should you put into a son...

Silver Sphere is 100% my favorite artist right now! She’s Incredibly talented with a rad story. It was an honor to do a podcast with her. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:35 - Creating music as the character Silver Sphere 7:50 - Touring with Omar Apollo and her love for tour 11:15 - What artists are you most inspired by? 14:30 - Constantly evolving her son...

Taji Ameen is the host of One Star Reviews on VICE as well as a producer and videographer. This is his story! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:17 - Who you are and what you do 4:25 - An internship at VICE leading to so much more 10:05 - Going from skateboarding to getting into filming video and other interests 15:07 - Moving from New York to California, then coming back to NY 20:00 - Becoming a full tim...

Nick Nukem is the co-host of The Plug Radio on Apple Music. He joins us this week to tell his story, talk about never giving up on a career in music, and shares what it's like to finally have his own radio show!  Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 4:15 - Who you are and what you do 6:06 - The early days and getting fired from his first radio job 13:45 - Meeting PJ Butta and getting into music journalis...

John Herrera is brand building entrepreneur who works with streetwear brands such as Fatlace, illest, and many others with a focus on e-commerce and licensing.  Outside of his work, his passion is teaching people how to become successful in life.  His early roots are in music, where he was a massively successful DJ and club promoter selling out 20,000+ venues and throwing some of the cra...

Harlym Nazeer is only 17 years old and has built an incredible artist project with the help of her super creative family. She writes all of her music and her sister (Abeni Nazeer) films all of her videos. She joins us this week to tell her story and talk about all of the current projects she's up to.  Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:50 - Early days and moving all over the country 10:15 - Where do...

A "Best Of" round up with my favorite clips from 3 of the latest episodes featuring: Gavin Chops (Chelsea Culter / Pack Records), Chris Ruff (Fueled By Ramn) and Jack Gallagher (Mt. Joy / C3 Management). I've noticed that longer episodes do poorly around the holidays, so what better time to take the "Best Of" episode concept for a walk? Let's rip! 1:05 - Gavin Chops: Goals mean nothing if you don’...

Gavin Chops is a rare breed of musician and business man all in one. Not only is he the drummer for Chelsea Cutler, he's also the founder of Pack Records and Bear & Owl Management. He joins us this week to share his come up story, and explains how he manages so many projects while maintaining passion and attention to detail in all of them. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:20 - Who you are and what y...

Chris Ruff from Fueled By Ramen & Elektra Music Group joins us this week to share his incredible story. We talk about his early days living in the UK and discovering music, then taking some serious risks to get to the US and work for several legendary record labels including Sub Pop, Atlantic, and now Fueled By Ramen and Elektra.  A common theme in his life is thinking outside the box and...

Mt. Joy’s manager, Jack Gallagher joins us this week to talk about a specific subject. How he and Mt. Joy made the best of 2020 and stayed proactive even when they were thrown every curveball you can imagine. They had an album coming out, they had festivals lined up, they were on tour with the Lumineers and it all fell apart . But! Every time a new obstacle came up they stayed positive and proacti...

I wanted to do something a little different this week and give you a podcast update! So here we are, a short check-in with your pal Andrew.  On the update list:  1) YouTube. Let me know what you want to see more of. I've been thinking some best of clips would be cool.  2) Because I've been doing the podcast over Zoom lately, it's opened it up for me to talk to people outside of LA....

NOVUL is an independent female pop artist with a super fun take on her branding and sound. I really like what she’s doing and figured she’d have a great story behind it all. Turns out, she did!  She talks about her early days of growing up in a super small town in Canada, working with Poet Name Life of The Black Eyed Peas, how she’s used TikTok and YouTube to market her project and much much...

Johnny Minardi is the VP of A&R at Elektra Music Group, Fueled By Ramen and Roadrunner Records. He came on the podcast last year and had one of the most popular episodes to date! This is a “Best Of” version of that episode filled with his craziest stories, and most inspirational quotes. If you aren’t familiar with his work, he’s signed Tones and I, grandson, nothing, nowhere., The Band CAMINO,...

This week Andrew Doyle joins the podcast to teach you everything you need to know about making high quality merch for your artist project.  We get into all of the essentials like: estimating quantities, understanding different garments, what it should cost to get merch made, getting designs, different payment terms, and different fulfillment options, and how to make extremely custom clothing....

Lee Shaner is the host and creator of the Kinda Neat YouTube channel and podcast.  In addition he raps under the name of Intuition. He's been involved with the the underground hip hop scene for the the better part of two decades. He's also grown several music podcasts and YouTube channels including SkullCandy's "You Feel Me Podcast" and KnockSteady's "KnockSteady Live".  He joins us this...

Mazie is an independent artist with a rad story. She came up in Baltimore with a close circle of friends in music and continued to grow from there. She’s proof that you don’t need to conform to the typical path or standards of the music industry to have success. Stories like hers are truly my favorite and she joins us this week to tell it in detail and share some great advice as well! Timestamps:...

Part 2 of the epic tale of Chris Georggin and Blink-182 is here! The first episode tells the story of how his friendship with the band and how that grew to him working with them and Rick DeVoe. Him experiencing the band blowing up in real time with Enema of the State coming out, and a ton of stories about these incredible pranks the band would play on him. This episode we get into the next chapter...