Mikey Ojeda⁠ is the founder of ⁠Bleach Design Werks⁠ but much more importantly is one of my closest friends and a constant inspiration. This episode is beyond special to me because we captured such a magical moment of inspiration in a time of our lives with so much growth and excitement. The lessons we share are timeless and hopefully inspire many others who listen. If they do, share this with another friend who could use the motivation as well.

In this episode, we sit down with ⁠Haiden⁠, a talented musician and songwriter, to discuss his journey as an artist and how he has learned to focus his creative energy.

Haiden opens up about his journey, starting from growing up in a small town to moving to Los Angeles where he initially had to live out of his car. He shares the moment when everything clicked, and he knew that music was his calling. We also explore his success on TikTok with his first viral song "Can't Hurt Me" and the importance of authenticity despite the pressure to sell out. Haiden reflects on what he learned from touring and what's next for him on his journey as an artist.

n this episode, we chat with artist and designer Hanna Schönwald about her journey to becoming a successful artist. Hanna shares how she found her artistic style and built a foundation for her work.

In addition, she shares the story of how she took a risk to work with Porsche, and the business of being an artist. Finally, Hanna talks about where her work is headed, and why she believes there is no right path in pursuing your dreams.

The first ever Ellise podcast is here! I'm so impressed by Ellise's story. She started her musical career at an extremely young age and ever since has had a laser focused vision of her goals as an artist. In this episode she shares her entire story up until now along with her mindset that has helped her throughout the entire journey as well as her views on keeping her artistic integrity at a time where so many values are thrown away just for viral songs.

Tatiana DeMaria brings together music, tech, NFTs and mental health all from first hand experience. For that reason I'm extremely excited to have her on the podcast this week. We talk about her origin story, having early success in music, the importance of mental health, and how she's fully embracing the future and incorporating tech and NFTs into music in a very unique way.

Chad Tepper is an artist with one of the craziest stories I've ever heard. He joins the podcast this week to share it all. He's lived a TON of life including going pro skateboarding, growing a huge following on YouTube, having a show on MTV, and now signing to Epitaph.

Travie McCoy is an artist, singer, songwriter, and co-founder of Gym Class Heroes. Most importantly, he's one of my biggest influences in finding and falling in love with the golden era of Fueled by Ramen bands and the Vans Warped Tour. I have so much respect for this dude, it's crazy!

This was a truly special episode where we got to talk about the very beginning of his career, starting Gym Class Heroes, and signing to Fueled By Ramen. We then talk about his astronomical growth into becoming a full on celebrity, and the new era of music he's currently working on.

Chase Bell is an artist and songwriter who has written with some incredible artists, and is now focusing on his own artist project. In this episode we specifically discuss the differences between being an artist, performer, and songwriter and how he finds unique fulfillment in all of them in their own respects.

DYSN is an artist that I've followed for several years now and we finally got to do a podcast together! He shares his story of humble beginnings growing up in Texas and learning how to record in a home studio, all the way to the point of making it out to LA, connecting with some exceptional friends, and being pushed to pursue is own artist career.

Alex Garcia is the guitar player for Mayday Parade and an overall rad person! We've been friends for quite some time, but this was the first time I got to properly sit down with him and truly learn his story starting from the very beginning all the way up to now. We also discuss the current state of music and what he and Mayday Parade are up to in 2022.