The Freio Music Podcast Episode 007 - Diggin Dirt Overview Description Links Overview The featured artist in this episode of the Freio Music Podcast is Diggin Dirt. Diggin Dirt band is an eight-piece band who is reviving the funk, blues, and soul music. This interview features three of the eight musicians including the lead vocalist Zach and two horn players Adam & Tyler. Description The featured artists in this episode of the Freio Music Podcast are three members of the band Diggin Dirt. Diggin Dirt is an eight piece band who is reviving the funk, blues, and soul music. This interview features three of the eight musicians including the lead vocalist Zach and two horn players Adam & Tyler. In this interview the three artists share insights into how to have a great stage presence and how to overcome obsticals that inevitably arise when touring. We discuss gigs from hell where the sound system cuts out, and the inspiration behind one of their tracks from their newest EP entitled "BedRock" Links Diggin Dirt's Links: DigginDirtBand.com Listen to Diggin Dirt on BandCamp Listen to Diggin Dirt on SoundCloud Diggin Dirt on Facebook Listen Full Transcription & Show Notes HÄANA Podcast Transcription Start out by introducing yourself My name is Haana Thiem, I go by HÄANA on stage. I am very particular about my brand because it is recognizable, and what people read, see and hear. I live in L.A. now. I used to live in New York and the east coast for about 10 years, before New York was Boston. I am kind of a nomadic individual. I love the question “where have you been?” rather than “where do you live?” or “where were you born?” because that doesn’t say a lot about a person, I think. In that light then, where are some of the highlights of where you have been? (HÄANA Laughter) Well some of the most special places, I lived in Germany for a year. I lived in Spain for almost a year. I lived in Granada . I lived on an island in the Mediterranean called Formentera, which is just south of Ibiza. Then I traveled through Greece. I was studying Greek and I was going to move to Crete, but instead I moved to Boston somehow. They are kinda parallel, kinda not. I studied German, studied Spanish. I have had opportunities to play in a whole bunch of different places but, for a moment I realized that, all the traveling was kind of confusing me. But what I wanted to do instead, was hone my art, and my craft, and my offering and then travel. Which is how it has turned out. Great, so where were you honing your craft? Was it in the Mediterranean? It kinda started there. The really interesting turn of events. Should we get into it? Sure. Ya, lets get into it. That’s why we are here. Well, lately i have been posting old photos of me from when I was 21 living in Formentera and living in Spain. It is a really Inspiring story. I think it is important to share the back story. I feel like people want to know about that. I tend to shroud myself in a bit of mystery. I want to let more people in, so thank you for the opportunity. I was living in Granada, Spain and at that point I wasn’t performing on violin that much. I started playing Violin when I was three but I was studying languages in college. So, I bought a violin while in Spain and started playing casually on the street. It wasn’t until, this was the turning point of my whole career, somebody stole my wallet. I had no money. So, I decided that I would go put on a costume with a beautiful shirt and shall or something. I don’t know, It wasn’t really a costume, but something to make me feel different and embolden me. Then I went to this restaurant, near where I lived in the old Arab district,
