Episode #36

For me, this conversation felt extremely informative and gave me more than enough to think about. I want to strive to educate my conscience to what honors God. Thank you so much for listening, and I hope you enjoy listening to Matt and I'd conversation!

CHAPTERS

0:00-Intro / mutual history

1:00-Background

2:40-What a music philosophy isn't / separating music and worship

8:45-Revering God

10:00-Worship affecting lifestyle / pride

14:50-Everything comes back to the cross

16:50-Separating sacred and secular / honoring God or not

20:10-Association debate / appealing to the conscience

24:20-Going back to the source

25:50-To reach a healthy music philosophy... (recovering extremist)

28:02-Personal testimony of music philosophy evolution

30:00-Educate your conscience (referee illustration)

35:00-On a sered conscience

36:55-Fear in educating the conscience

41:40-Putting the Bible first

43:20-Jesus is our example for giving things up

47:00-Tangled cord illustration for debates and conflict

50:27-People listen to respond, not understand / Jesus asking questions

54:30-God's children are free

57:40-The hardest conversations to have

58:40-What music is and how it operates

1:03:40-Our music fitting into the body of Christ / sanctification

1:06:38-On Owl City

1:10:08-Outro

Episode #35

Joy is the lead singer for Catapult City, an Indie band based in Central Virginia. Hearing how the band came together and her role in it was such an honor to hear directly from her, and I'm so glad it could be captured in this conversation. I'm also thankful to her for the opportunity to be able to share pieces of my own story and share pieces of wisdom I've learned on my own journey. Check out their website at this link: https://catapultcity.framer.website or look them up on Instagram! Thank you!

CHAPTERS

0:00-Intro

1:22-Balancing day-job and music / getting into the band

3:50-Collaborative spirit / branding on band name

6:33-Meeting / doing something about your dreams

10:25-On live performing and improvement

12:50-Highlight moments performing

15:16-Experience, skill, and assumed assets

16:20-Growth in musicianship

18:08-Not giving credence to some feedback / band vs. solo

21:23-Bragging on the band

30:49-Prepping for tour

35:30-I've always known I'd do music / my story

38:36-The heartbreaking journey of business school

40:48-First memory of wanting to be on stage

42:20-Goal of podcast

42:50-My first live show

44:35-Enjoying the process

47:18-We're in the good ol' days / Echosmith / Hey Ocean

49:30-Industry trends in engineering details

51:40-Engineering rant

55:45-Benefits of being the lead singer

1:01:00-Fitting in as the right piece of the puzzle

1:03:30-Band branding

1:07:00-Outro / final thoughts

Episode #34

Hey! Check out created.creators on Instagram! This was an awesome conversation with Christina on starting new ventures we known we're called to. I hope it was as much a blessing to you as much as it was to me.

CHAPTERS

0:00-Intro / her podcast

3:50-Her intro to art

8:15-Specializing vs. dreaming / God's plan

13:30-Critical commentators / know your lane

15:30-Why she started her podcast / ideas

19:10-Overcoming fear in doing something new

22:10-Failing to succeed

26:30-Being a creative control freak

28:06-Class project leading to the podcast

38:00-Christians online

43:40-On podcasts / building a legacy

46:50-Iron Man 1 as an example of failing to succeed

50:00-This podcast as an example of failing to succeed

52:50-People who give up too fast

54:00-Accumulation of skills (an example)

57:40-Mark Baral and the Creative Community Podcast

1:02:00-What I've known about my potential (burdens / regrets)

1:07:00-Music as an escape

1:08:50-Enjoying your craft (handling the burden)

1:11:00-Long term thinking

1:16:45-To my future kids / of my dad

1:21:00-My brother's encouragement

1:22:20-What people said to her on her future

1:26:30-Putting God in a box / the fear of man

1:29:25-How I feel about my future / Abraham

1:31:50-Prioritize God / reading the Bible / no filter

1:36:33-Scripture on investing

1:38:20-Do what you want, after...

1:40:00-On making the wrong decision

1:43:00-How God will speak to us and use our decisions

1:44:50-God's ultimate control and providence

1:47:43-Outro / final thoughts / encouragement to younger self

Episode #33

Daniel is a powerhouse multi-instrumentalist composer and it was a fantastic episode of him giving valuable tips and advice to music students looking to network and market their music. I hope you enjoy this episode!

CHAPTERS

0:00-Intro / tips / networking

5:00-Relationships leading to opportunities

6:15-To students figuring out their niche/brand

10:40-Networking well

16:00-Premiering music

27:30-Passion for music/instruments

29:24-Expressing yourself / Jacob Collier

34:50-Go-to instruments

37:50-Jeff Henderson shoutout

39:50-Simplicity, branding, individuality

46:00-Charles Cornell

48:42-Fulfilling your purpose

50:20-A story of humility before God with music

55:00-Biblical examples of God's power and plan

1:02:45-Continued tips for networking for music students

1:13:55-Outro / final thoughts

Episode #32

Alyssa's story of trusting God with her shoulder and carrying on with violin is absolutely incredible, and I hope you're as inspired as I was. Also I go into a rare condition I have, which I've never shared publicly. Please enjoy this episode!

CHAPTERS

0:00-Intro

0:43-Getting into music

3:33-Violin over piano

4:13-Career trajectory

6:20-Challenges with violin

9:10-Performing variations

12:00-Group performance dynamic

15:00-Shoulder injury/story

22:50-Discussing spiritual nuances throughout

26:27-Big picture thinking / Job as an example

28:16-My medical condition / Lymphangiomatosis

34:30-Spiritual application / dealing with the fallout

36:52-Her music goals

42:00-Outro

Episode #31

Thank you so much for listening to this episode with Keith! I've enjoyed mixing his music, and I hope that you can glean some good insights out of this episode. Thanks!

CHAPTERS

0:00-Intro / his testimony

7:10-Involvement of Scripture

8:15-My personal salvation testimony

11:42-How he got into music

15:02-"Flirting" with Christianity

16:40-Summer at Ellerslie

18:50-My Grandpa Murray's testimony

21:35-Parable of the workers / Prodigal son

24:35-AI in electronic music / tipping point

27:35-Humanity driven by narratives

30:40-The Christian life under the blood

35:15-Trusting God's plan / relating to Peter

39:00-We can all fall to pride

41:00-Derek Prince

44:00-Outro / final thoughts

Episode #30

Mark is an amazing friend and musician, and connecting with him over electronic music has been nothing but a blessing. Especially in the second half of this video, we wrangle with the tension between the possibilities of EDM and the tradition of Conservative Christian music philosophy. I've felt the tension of the debate and I hope that this episode is yet another step in the right direction.

CHAPTERS

0:00-Intro

1:13-Story of growth in God and music

4:45-Taking initiative / intro to electronic music

8:50-Curation of family music standards

15:40-Functionality of electronic music

20:35-Stigma of electronic music being oversimplified

23:43-The potential of the DAW / AI in the DAW

28:50-The place for AI / human attention span / Epic

39:50-Human need for stories / God's image in us / Ecclesiastes

46:20-Electronic music vs. conservative Christian values (an intro)

50:15-Romans 14 / association / loving your fellow Christian

55:20-On separating worldly and unworldly / defining worldly

1:05:12-James 3 / music relating to contexts of Scripture

1:11:30-Music is like food

1:14:11-Every genre has strengths and weaknesses / EDM / CCM

1:18:20-"Beats are wrong" "The beat is too loud"

1:23:35-In context of worship in the church

1:28:44-Releasing music / philosophy / my approach to electronic music

1:33:50-On other people's conscience and offending others

1:37:15-Theological bottom line

1:42:00-Outro / podcast goal / debate bottom line

Episode #28

Isaiah is a young, powerhouse, prolific violinist and composer who has high standards and deep thoughts. This was a lengthy episode, so for your context, the first hour breaks down his work, and the second hour dives into some broader philosophy, so you can do with that what you will. Please enjoy!

CHAPTERS

0:00-Intro

1:23-Since the last episode (concerts/opportunities)

2:33-Composer symposium in Austin, TX

9:40-"I don't like most of what I do" / writing peaks

13:10-Writing music using expectations / prolificacy

17:55-Reminiscence / Evening With the Composers

1:00:40-Book of Job / love / brokenness / sacrifice

1:05:45-On Job's friends / spiritual warfare

1:09:10-Connecting Job's story to music

1:14:00-God using opportunities / outcomes / motivations

1:20:00-God's omniscience / The Gospel

1:28:20-Connection to musicianship / modern music industry / prayer

1:33:45-Writing "new" music / conveying beauty / contrast

1:37:40-True beauty / interestingness

1:44:27-No one will say your message like you

1:49:25-A rebuttal of only beautiful music matters

1:54:40-Truth, beauty, "good music", benefits of genres

1:58:33-Isaiah's example

2:03:33-Outro