Welcome back to another episode of We All Speak In Poems. This week Chantal and I are chatting about the history of Alaskan Tapes, how I started making music, the various aliases I had, my drumming history and much more. Be sure to check back in a couple weeks for part 2.

Today I'm sitting down with the members of awakened souls, Cynthia and James Bernard to chat about the origin of awakened souls, new music, quitting alcohol, their album night songs, how they came upon their musical style, and much more! If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to the podcast and be sure to check out awakened souls music here: https://awakenedsouls.bandcamp.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Before Awakened Souls - Cyntillas 6:05 Name Origin and meaning behind writing process 10:55 Release process and creativity boost after quitting alcohol 19:35 Writing process for multiple projects 25:00 New music and why lowercase letters? 29:47 'night songs' production and instrumental history 36:11 Gear talk and the importance of always recording 43:21 Genres to explore 49:23 Fan questions! 1:01:10 Outro/bye/the end

Today I'm sitting down with Will AKA Jack In Water to chat about getting into writting music, how being a father has had an impact on his music, quitting his label to go independent, his views on short form content, writing music for films, his newest releases, and much more. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to the podcast and be sure to check out Jack In Water's music here: https://www.jackinwater.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 2:22 First Child and Impact on Writing 3:25 Management vs. Label 10:13 New Album and Visuals 17:23 Short Form Content 23:45 Vinyl For The New Record 25:50 Writing for Films 33:45 Learning to Sing, Lyric Writing, and Getting Personal 41:58 Remix EP and Reworking Tracks 47:39 Album Release Preferences 50:47 Fan Questions 55:09 Outro

Today I'm sitting down with TJ Dumser AKA Six Missing to chat about getting into ambient music, his musical influences, getting into mixing and sound design, his process of collaborating, and his new music coming up. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to the podcast and be sure to check out Six Missing's music here: https://www.sixmissing.com/hello/ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:24 Before Six Missing 05:49 Influential Music, Writing Process/Style, and Gear 26:10 Influence of Set-Up Changes(??) 30:03 "Needing" a Back-Up Plan and Making Your Own Path (??) 43:22 Getting into Mixing and Sound Design 47:50 Process Behind Co-labs and Work Flow Habits 59:36 Different DAWS (Digital Audio WorkStations) 01:07:03 What's to Come with Six Missing 01:14:03 Outro

Today I'm sitting down with Jerome Alexander aka Message To Bears, an ambient folk artist based in the UK. In this episode we're chatting about his new music, his typical work flows, where the Message To Bears moniker came from, having his music played in video games and film, and much more. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing to the podcast and be sure to check out Jerome's music here: https://messagetobears.com/

Today I'm sitting down with Chris Bartels, a songwriter, producer, and artist that releases music as Elskavon, Blurstem, Bora York, Olma, Glass Echoes, and more. In this episode we're chatting about his new album Origins which is out now under his Elskavon moniker, Writing music for live shows and live videos, Algorithmic influences vs. Influential Artists, Writing music for multiple aliases, Releasing music with labels Vs. Independently, and much more. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider following the podcast, and be sure to check out Chris and all of his music here: https://anthemfallsmusic.com/

Today I'm sitting down with award winning cinematographer, writer and photojournalist Liam Higgins to chat about music videos, commercial work vs. passion projects, inspiration, ambient music, and music he grew up with and much more. If you enjoy this episode, consider liking, following and subscribing where you can. Thanks!

Today Chantal and I are sitting down to chat about the future of the podcast, doing the video podcast, Brady's new job, new Alaskan Tapes music, and much more.  If you enjoy this episode, consider liking, following and subscribing where you can. Thanks! Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro  00:18 - New filming spot and podcast break  14:12 - Alaskan Tapes Deep Dive and future podcast episodes  16:39 - We All Speak in Poems title origin and new logo!  28:10 - Podcast vs. Music  31:06 - Brady's new job and ethics dilemma  38:53 - Finding a schedule as an artist  42:26 - Alaskan Tapes releases this year!  50:30 - Self-promoting  and send us a message 53:35 - Outro 

Today we're sitting down with Michael Lessard, a vocalist and songwriter most known for his work in the progressive metal bands The Contortionist and Last Chance To Reason, he also releases solo work under his own name which has recently put out a new track called “Dead and Gone”.    In this episode we’re chatting about writing his solo music, how he developed his voice when he was younger, becoming the frontman of the Contortionist, new Contortionist music, and much more. We Hope you enjoy it.

Today we're talking to Eli Goldberg, a musician who creates minimal ambient music as Ann Annie. Eli has recently come out with his new album By Morning which can be heard below.   In this episode we're chatting about how he made his newest album, his new band 'Johnny's Day Out', His live shows, recording his piano, collaborating with artists, and much more.   If you'd like to see more of Eli, you can listen to his music here: https://annannie.bandcamp.com/album/by-morning