Today’s guest is Louis Tobin aka Moontide! An artist, producer, DJ from the Northern Rivers, NSW. We chat about his upbringing, his growth, his inspirations and everything in between. A great chat about the spiritual, medicinal side of music and the real “why” behind making music.

In this episode:

• Growing up in the Northern Rivers, NSW
• Learning guitar from a guitar teacher in school year 2
• Playing in hardcore and punk bands in high school
• Having a mentor (guitar teacher), learning flamenco guitar
• Exploring DJing, electronic music and moving to Melbourne - entering the “party scene”
• Travelling overseas, finding his muse
• The impact of his environment on his creativity and his sound - Travelling South and Central America
• His experience with touring
• Stopping partying
• Integrity and social media
• Being seen
• Being apart of the “spiritual” community
• The intention behind is music - “to heal”
• “‘Medicine music”
• “The struggling artist” and victim mentality
• Feeling “success” and fulfilled with a more internal focus, staying in integrity
• The challenges of being an artist
• Creating a band/ensemble for his live shows
• Inviting slowness into our lives

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Spotify

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Today's episode guest is Tina Says! A producer, DJ and party maker out of Perth. We chat about how she discovered electro-house music, how she started DJing and about her journey with changing her perspective and the power of a healthier mindset in the music industry. Tina also just released her latest single "Dystopia" which I've linked below.

In this episode:

• Getting internet for the first time, discovering electro-house music & making mix CD’s for friends
• Getting gigs as a DJ
• Being a taste-maker & sharing her taste in music
• Her parents support for being in the music industry
• Being in the party scene and navigating boundaries & finding balance
• Having a side job at Lab Six in Perth teaching music
• Showing up to her creativity & balancing her side job whilst also prioritising herself and her wellbeing
• Getting creative with how to make income through music after reevaluating after COVID
• Doing what you love
• Rethinking success
• Importance of reframing & having a daily practice
• Helping the Perth scene
• Celebrating little milestones
• Setting her own worth
• “The Token female” - festivals & lineups “ticking boxes”
• Accepting differences as male & female and breaking any stigma
• Her advice for other artists

Follow Tina Says & listen to her latest single: Link

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Today's episode is with Elle Graham - aka Woodes. She is a singer-songwriter originally from regional Northern Queensland. We chat about growing up and discovering music to finding inspiration from TV/Film soundtracks and to where she is now - a place where she is making music for her and creating more from her authenticity. Her upcoming EP "Kingdom Come" is out June 9th.
In this episode:

• Growing up in nature in Northern regional QLD on a National Park
• Having a musical family & discovering music for herself from an early age
• Wanting to be a music supervisor for TV/Film - being inspired by soundtracks
• Her single “Forever After” and the inspiration behind it
• Turning the pain from a break up and covid into music via a collaboration with The Kite String Tangle
• Making music for her & writing new material
• How to keep going in music
• Music being healing
• How “Tornado Club” formed - her duo with The Kite String Tangle
• Her inspiration with music videos and fashion
• Sustainability in her music career
• Leaning more into her authentic style and nature
• How she has restructured her team and business
• Trusting her gut
• Her daily ritual with her housemate called “fruits”

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This episode is with the beautiful Scottish Jazz singer/songwriter Georgia Cécile. Georgia and I chat about her journey with music, from having a supportive family, to growing up in Scotland and the conditioning she picked up, to discovering her path in Jazz music, creating and funding her first album and winning ‘UK Jazz Act Of The Year’ and ‘Vocalist of the year’ at the 2022 Jazz FM awards. We also go deep into what keeps her on this path and her faith.

Georgia has also recently released her 2nd album "Sure of You", a collab with Fraser Urquhart, which you can find in the links below.

In this Episode:

• Georgia's latest awards and achievements
• Measures of “success”
• Coming from a supportive, musical home in Scotland
• Her passion for music, dance and performance as a kid
• Culture in Scotland and the societal norms and conditionings with being “too unique”
• Coming back to music after going down a “academic path”
• Studying music at Uni, learning music business, and having an encouraging teacher
• Her inspirations in Jazz music
• Finding her own path, voice, and a co-writer in Jazz music
• Creating, recording, releasing, promoting and investing in her debut album
• Working with a supportive manager
• Moving through self-doubt with self-love, faith and her spiritual practice
• Being played on BBC and having a fan be moved by her music
• The power of art and how music impacts others
• Living life taking risks and the pendulum of highs and lows of existence
• Her new collaborative project in “Flight Call” - a 3-piece band incorporating jazz, blues and soul music
• How our environment affects us and her space for creativity
• Her desires with her next steps, making new music, touring and performing more around the world and collaborating

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Apple Music

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My first episode with a guest! This episode is with the talented Sydney pop singer-songwriter, Sammi Constantine. We go into the depths of one of her lowest points in childhood; where she was in hospital for an eating disorder thinking she wasn't going to live, to then discovering songwriting and taking singing lessons. We also dive deep into her latest singles "Wannabe" and "Dopamine" and discuss her inspiration behind them, including getting off anti-depressants and becoming more herself. We also discuss a lot of things to do with being a musician in today's society, including topics to do with our value as an artist, the weird obsession with age, and all things to do with money.

In this episode:

• Being a dancer as a child
• Sammi’s childhood, being in a large family and her parents divorce
• Being in hospital due to an eating disorder to then discovering songwriting and singing
• Delving deeper into making music
• Being told to quit music and writing a song about it (her song “Wannabe”)
• The challenges of pursuing music
• The strange obsession with age and being a musician
• Getting off antidepressants and unapologetically relearning who she is
• Weeding out things and people that don’t serve her
• Her single “Dopamine”
• Being an independent artist and what that means for her
• The business of music
• Money, music and side jobs
• Valuing our music
• Her upcoming debut EP (not released yet)

Disclaimer: In this episode we discuss some pretty heavy things in regards to mental health, eating disorders, antidepressants and our issues with the medical system; please know that what is discussed is only based on our own experiences and our own beliefs. It is not intended as medical advice.

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Connect with Sammi:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sammiconstantine/ 

TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sammiconstantine?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Listen to Sammi’s music:Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0YffB1XSvRrtNRYj4998W6?si=LzoBJ82ST3m2kq1qbdrmuw

Apple Music https://music.apple.com/au/artist/sammi-constantine/1065804333

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The very first episode of the "I am... an Artist" podcast! A solo episode with host, Lisa aka Aeora, about the intention behind the podcast, as well as my own journey with music from discovering it as a child to where I am now. A journey of how my music has taken me to learn that the world is my mirror... that everything starts from within.

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In the episode:

• The intention behind the podcast - provide a platform to share different musicians journey’s and stories from childhood, discovering music to where they are now and everything in between; the challenges and the lessons learned. 
• My journey with music from childhood
• Expressing my emotions through songwriting
• Wounding starting to surface during high-school
• Body image, self-worth and developing an eating disorder
• Discovering electronic music on the dance floor and producing my own music 
• Getting a manager and my first gig as Aeora
• Stopping working with my manager and hitting rock bottom with everything in my life
• Going through heartbreak and using it as a catalyst for healing and growth
• Googling ”how to heal from childhood trauma” and experiencing a somatic release
• Discovering the path “within”
• Discovering reprogramming limiting beliefs, inner-child work and shadow work
• Working with a kinesiologist/naturopath and finding the path of embodiment & tantra

Links:

• To Be Magnetic by Lacy Phillips: https://tobemagnetic.com/
• Kerrie Louise - Tantric & Embodiment Teacher: https://www.kerrie-louise.com/