Today’s episode is a quickie. I was at the opening party of the Social Media Week in New York City and met Sally Slater, she is the author of the book Paladin. As I’m in the process of writing a book, I thought it would be great to ask a published author some questions on…
The first annual Et Cultura Festival , a three day annual festival of music, art and film was held in downtown St. Petersburg a few weeks ago. I’m just loving the fact that they’re doing more art and music related festivals in our town. I saw that The Hip Abduction was the headlining act for the event. I wasn’t…
Meet Dyrol Randall (A/K/A Chops). He’s an internationally recognized drummer who has recorded and performed with headliners such as Sister Carol, Mykal Rose, The Original Wailers, Judy Mowatt, and more. He currently performs with Reggae band Jahfari. A few weeks ago, I finally had the chance to visit this cool place called Skipper’s Smokehouse which…
Today’s show we’re going to dive into ways to promote your brand or music and learn ways to get more ears and eyes on you. Louie La Vella, the guest on today’s episode is the king of promoting festivals, concerts and working in the “shark infested waters” of the nightlife and music industry as…
Today’s episode I speak with Cory Caruso, the drummer of Rusted Root. Rusted Root wasn’t a band I was familiar with in the late 90’s until, that is, a co-worker I once worked with turned me on them. As soon as I first listened to their album, I immediately fell in love with it and couldn’t believe the harmonies and the sounds…
Meet with Katie Krimitsos, Co-Owner and Chief Operating Officer of the Tampa Bay Business Owners http://www.tbbo.org/ a very special community of business owners the sole purpose of bringing together great business owners who are passionate about growing their companies and helping others do the same! She is also the founder of the Biz Women Rock podcast…
I met Kana in a very kismet kind of way. One of the things I do to earn a living is event planning. I was creating a holiday event in 2015 for an amazing IT company with about 250 attendees and was in need of a photographer. I put an ad up on Craigslist and…
A couple of months ago, I was trying to find a contact for for Snoop Dog. He was coming to Tampa to do a show and I wanted to catch up with him (I used to give him licenses when he first came out while I was handling Sampling licensing for MCA) and wanted to get…
A few weeks ago I had access to shoot the Slightly Stoopid band at the Vinoy Park in Downtown St. Petersburg. It was an outdoor concert on the water and there couldn’t have been a better place to catch such a cool and amazing sounding band. I was so excited to see them live (as I’ve been a fan…
Today’s guest is Jim Koeppel. Jim is a Blues guitarist from Tarrytown NY. His rhythmic blues will get your toes tapping and your fingers snapping. Jim is the founder of blues and country combination. He led his own band in the New York area during the 80’s and 90’s opening for artists like Taj Mahal,…