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This short episode features three of my favorite clips from a few recent Where Are All My Friends episodes featuring Loren Wells (Music Lawyer), Caterina Nasr (A&R at Elektra & Fueled By Ramen), and Mike Koziel (Director of Photography). Let me know what you think of the format and if you want more episodes like this! Loren Wells: @lorenswells Caterina Nasr: @cat3rina Mike Koziel: @mkoziel Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: www.whereareallmyfriends.com

Sydney Hamm is an actress, model, and host. We met while hosting Porsche Unseen together at Porsche SXSW and became instant friends! She’s got a certain energy and passion to her that translates into everything she does which I truly love. In this episode she shares her come up story and an inside look into just how much work it takes to become a successful actress! Timestamps: 1:00 - Who is Sydney? 7:15 - Having Supportive & Artistic Parents 13:00 - Her Experience with Acting in College 18:17 - Sydney’s Diverse Career Background 21:36 - To Be an Actor, Be Ready to Get Fired 24:18 - The Uncertainty with Being Full Time Creative 28:00 - You Have to Eat, Sleep, Breathe It to Succeed 33:13 - Pivotal Moments in Her Career and Dealing with Doubting Herself 46:32 - Being Passionate Leads to Success 48:58 - Hosting at SXSW & Not Acting Like Someone You’re Not 55:34 - Humility, Understanding What You Know (and Don’t), and the Willingness to Learn More 59:40 - What’s Next for Sydney Sydney Hamm: @iamsydneyhamm Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Website: https://www.happyediting.info Where Are All My Friends Podcast: Subscribe: HERE Discord: HERE Patreon: HERE

Bisi Ezerioha is somewhere between a mad scientist, engineering wizard, and mechanical genius. He's built an incredible name for himself by creating some of the most iconic car builds of the decade and by being an overall incredible human. He's built a huge online community by consistently live streaming and answering community questions, and has built a rather successful business out of that as well. As the podcast grows I love to focus on creative unique careers within any industry, and for that reason this made for an incredible episode. Hope you like it! If you do, share it online or with a friend anywhere! Bisi Ezerioha: @bisimoto Website: https://bisimoto.com Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: Website: https://www.whereareallmyfriends.com Subscribe: HERE Discord: HERE Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/whereareallmyfriends

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. If you like this episode, please do me a massive favor and share it with a friend and subscribe to the podcast! Chapters: 0:00 - Intro  1:30- DYSN's Story and Discovering Music 7:05 - Learning How to Engineer and Produce 11:40 - Transition From Producer to Artist  17:39 - Moving to LA & Working with Blackbear 22:20 - Writing Music For Himself 24:55 -  The Journey Mindset 31:40 - Feeling Like Giving Up 34:07 - Writing IRL and Touring 38:27 - Hitting an Artist Identity Crisis 41:37 - Evolving DYSN 45:05 - The Future for Music 52:25 - Lessons Learned Now DYSN: @dysndysn Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited By - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: Website: HERE Subscribe: HERE Discord: HERE Patreon: HERE

Chris Ruediger is the founder of The 615 house, and is an artist / songwriter. Typically I've found people to be great at making music, or to be great at business - but the combination of the two is a little more rare. Chris joins the podcast this week to tell his story and share exactly what he did to become exceptional at both. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:09 - Who is Chris Ruediger 5:00 - Moving to Nashville and Finding His Passion for Music 10:46 - Grinding in Nashville to be an Artist 13:50 - Getting a Viral TikTok Video 22:20 - How 615 House was created 27:27 - Being an Artist vs Being Behind the Scenes 33:50 - Goals and Future Plans Chris Ruediger: @chris.ruediger The 615 House: @the615house Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited By - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: Website: HERE Subscribe: HERE Discord: HERE Patreon: HERE

Part 2 of the Cody Carson (Set It Off) podcast is here! In this episode we talk about the growth and evolution of Set It Off, Cody's personal milestones and memories, and the most important lessons he's learned along the way. Him and I celebrated episode 100 of the podcast by talking about our early days and how both of our careers got started together. We got so deep in the stories that we didn't get talk much about the growth and progression of Set It Off. In this episode Cody came back onto the podcast to talk about exactly that! If you like this episode, please do us a massive favor and share it anywhere online or tell a friend about it! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:15 - Set It Off Finding Their Roles 3:18 - Evolving Album Cycles 8:00 - Set It Off's First Tour 15:20 - The Ups and Downs of Recording Their First EP 23:48 - The Milestone Moments of Set It Off 31:12 - Internal and External Pressures 36:20 - Not Comparing Success Journeys 39:39 - Andrew’s Departure and Setting Goals 46:50 - Touring Milestones 51:58 - Elsewhere Tour 55:20 - The New Album and Tour with Simple Plan and Sum41 1:03:42 - Getting Better at Being a Performer Cody Carson: @codysio Set It Off: @setitoff Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: Website: HERE Subscribe: HERE Discord: HERE Patreon: HERE

Loren Wells is a music lawyer with an understanding and passion for the entertainment business unlike anyone I've ever met. He's also an owner and partner at Wells & Kappel, an entertainment and I.P. law firm with a focus on musical talent. Having a good lawyer in entertainment can be the single biggest piece of getting signed, and getting the best record deal possible. In this episode we come back to that exact topic and discuss how much has changed since the last time we spoke in 2020, then Loren breaks down the new step by step process of exactly how to get signed in 2022. In addition we talk about some much bigger topics like how to find and follow purpose in life, how to find the right team as an artist in the music industry, and the importance of finding your own momentum and playing the long game in life. If you found this episode helpful - send us a message and let us know! If you want to go above and beyond - share this podcast and subscribe wherever you listen. It genuinely helps so much! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:05 - Being a Likeminded Talent Lawyer 7:00 - Be Polite, Be Patient, and Trust Your Leverage 9:00 - His Prior Self into His Present Self 16:00 - No One Can Tell You You’re Step One - Follow Your Momentum & Play the Long Game 22:44 - Reading the Tea Leaves / Predicting the Future 27:04 - We Are in a Time in Music History That Has NEVER Before Existed 35:30 - The Ideal Deal is Different for Everyone 40:00 - Negotiating Deals & Knowing Your Value 47:20 - There’s a Difference Between an Artist and Musician 55:36 - The Future for Loren Loren Wells: Email: If you listened to the end, you'll know :p Instagram: @lorenswells Wells & Kappel: Website: wellskappel.com LinkedIn: HERE Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited By - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: Website: whereareallmyfriends.com Subscribe: HERE Discord: HERE Patreon: HERE (this podcast would be nothing without you, thank you for listening <3)

Maria Gironas has had an insane life! She was signed at 11 years old as an artist, worked in publicity, then at YouTube, and now is at Reddit as the Senior Media Partnerships Manager for Talent. In this episode she shares some extremely quotable wisdom on how to grow in your professional career, but more importantly as a person. She's been through some insane highs and lows in life and shares all of those experiences and the lessons she's learned through all of it. If you like this episode, please do me a massive favor and share it with someone else you think would enjoy it! Word of mouth is the single biggest way this podcast grows. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:20 - Who is Maria 3:30 - Her role at Reddit 7:50 - Reddit Best Practices 10:50 - The Non-Binary Gray Area 13:00 - Being signed at 11 and Growing Up as a child of immigrants 19:30 - Getting into Publicity 22:00 - Working for Google/YouTube 26:00 - Get Out of Your Own Way 28:58 - How to Work at Google 33:40 - The Good and Evil of Tech 36:34 - Living in Ambition and Gratitude at the Same Time 40:10 - What Maria is Up To Now 44:00 - Sitting in Discomfort 45:25 - The Growth in the Lows 49:49 - Taking Care of Herself 54:02 - Adding Value and Knowing What You Want Maria Gironas: @mariagironas Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited By - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: Website: HERE Subscribe: HERE Discord: HERE Patreon: HERE

Caterina Nasr is the Senior Manager, A&R at Elektra Music Group and Fueled by Ramen. She sets such a great example of being passionate about what she does, matched with hard work, and the success that it can bring! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:20 -  Who is Caterina 3:20 - Hard Work is Part of her Family Roots 7:30 -  Fandom 13:05 - Fans are an Asset in the Industry 17:06 - Can Artist Create “Fan Mania” 21:30 - The Path to a Career in Music 28:50 - Don’t Chase Higher Ups. Just Make Friends. 31:05 - Realizing Her Gift 36:56 - “You are an A&R” 41:16 - Getting a Meeting with the Head of Elektra 46:40 - Knowing and Owning What You Want 54:10 - Opportunities Come from Passion 57:09 - Chloe Moriondo 1:02:16 - Modern A&R Means Uplifting Community Caterina Nasr: @cat3rina Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: Website: www.whereareallmyfriends.com Subscribe: HERE Discord: HERE Patreon: www.patreon.com/whereareallmyfriends

Mike Koziel is an incredible Director of Photography, a co-founder of Last Good Film Lab and ERA Studio in Los Angeles, and more importantly - an overall rad human being! Personally, I'm very inspired by his passion for perfecting his craft and constantly pushing himself to level up creatively. I hope you listen to this and feel the same way! And hey, if you do - share it with a friend or on social media. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:50 - Who Is Mike Koziel 4:34 - Creating LAST GOOD FILM LAB 13:10 - Roots of Filmmaking 16:30 - Struggling on Being Present 18:49 - Working with a Team to Make Better Work 20:52 - Developing a Career Around Filmmaking 24:58 - Passion and the DSLR Revolution 32:32 - Moving to LA and starting the Dream 35:03 - First Impressions and Networking 39:35 - Path to Success is Different for Everyone 46:18 - “Making It” 48:04 - His Goal as a Filmmaker 51:04 - Take a Break 1:00:02 -  Good Vibes = More Work 1:04:20 - Koziel’s Advice to Lil’ Koziel Mike Koziel: @mkoziel Last Good Film Lab: @lastgoodfilmlab ERA Studios @erastudiola Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: www.whereareallmyfriends.com

Olivia Rudensky is the Co-Founder & CEO of FANMADE. She got a very early start into the music industry in a very cool way. She started by making a Miley Cirus fanpage, which ultimately led to her working directly with Miley. We talk about how being a genuine fan can make you the most qualified person to work in a role, and how we need to embrace that more in music! In addition to that, she shares a ton of actionable advice for anyone looking to get started in a career in music and the steps and lessons she personally learned. If you like this one, do us a massive favor and share it with a friend, or anywhere on online! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 8:10 - Who is Olivia 11:09 - Diving into the World of Entertainment 16:00 - Idea vs Execution 21:20 - Miley Cyrus sliding in the DM’s 25:18 - Working with Miley and Dropping out of College 27:52 -  Building on Community Helped Her in Her Career 31:35 - The Music Industry Doesn’t Know What Fans Know 35:20 -  You Don’t Need to Know Everything About Social Media 35:57 - Know What You Know and Know What You Don’t 37:11 - Why She Started Her Company 42:02 - Activating an Audience and Fanbase 45:20 - New Chapters of Life 49:40 - Feeling Unqualified 52:56 - Not Wishing For It, Just Doing It 55:20 -  How to Understand Your Worth and Skill Olivia Rudensky: @oliviarudensky FANMADE: @fanmadeinc Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited By - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: Website: HERE Subscribe: HERE Discord: HERE

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.  If you're new here, please share this with a friend and make sure to subscribe! It helps the podcast a ton. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 3:39 - Early Days: Learning Guitar to Look Cool 9:40 -  Bands Before Mayday 14:40 -  Forming Mayday Parade & Local Band Beef 18:10 -  Understanding the Band as a Business 33:50 -  Mayday Being an Example to Many Younger Bands 36:20 - Imposter Syndrome 43:20 - The Pressures of Social Media 1:00:24 - The Anniversary Tour and Album Alex Garcia: @maydayalex Mayday Parade: @maydayparade Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited By - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast:  Website: Here Subscribe: Here Discord: Here Patreon: Here

Jake Posner is a manager to various artists, songwriters, and producers. He manages the band A R I Z O N A and is the founder of The Culture Theory. More so than that he's a brilliant dude who I'm extremely inspired by. We talked specifically about his come up and the massive amount of work it took him to finally find his place in music, along with his outlook on a topic that I think is very important "THE GREAT FOLLOWER DISCONNECT"   Hope you enjoy, and if you do please share it! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:04 - Who is Jake Posner 6:56 - Producing Music 11:15 - Finding His Path & Arizona 22:00 - Imposter Syndrome 34:00  - Luck is Preparation Meeting Opportunity 36:00 - Culture Theory and Music Management Business 39:20 - Show Up and  “Figure It Out” 42:08 - The Great Follower Disconnect 1:03:52 - Creating a Creator Middle Class Jake Posner: @posner The Culture Theory: Website The Great Follower Disconnect Discussion (All Links): change.org/musicindustry Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends: Website | Discord | Subscribe

This short episode features three of my favorite clips from a few recent Where Are All My Friends episodes featuring Aaron Gillespie from Underoath, Guardin, and Christine Osazuwa (Measure of Music). Let me know what you think of the format and if you want more episodes like this! Aaron Gillespie: @aaronrgillespie Guardin: @guardin Christine Osazuwa: @christineosazuwa Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: www.whereareallmyfriends.com

Myrone or Pat Lukens is an artist, producer, and band member. And has had great success (and failures) in each of those lanes. He joins the podcast this week to talk about each step of his career and share some extremely valuable lessons he's learned each step of the way. Something that really stands out to me about Pat is his extreme honesty and self awareness. Each step of his career has come with so much personal growth which he articulates and shares so well on this podcast. If you get value out of this episode, please do us both a massive favor and share it with a friend! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:42 - Friendship & Banter 6:25 - Finding Music in Forums 10:30 - Early Days of Music 14:10 -  Making Music with SZA 22:09 - Firstborne 29:01 - Career Almosts 35:25 -  Checking His Ego 40:07 -  The Future for Myrone 49:14 - Connection to Myrone and His Love for Cars 55:11 - Advice to Younger Self 57:21 - Looking Forward to Losing Myrone: @myroneofficial Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: Website: www.whereareallmyfriends.com Subscribe: Here WAAMF Discord: Here

Drew De Leon is the founder of The Digilogue which is a community that focuses on education, artist discovery and careers in music. If you know me, you know those are three things I love a lot, so you can guess, this was a great episode! We talk about all of those topics, and specifically dig into jobs in music and how to find your place in the industry. If you like this episode, share it with a friend! Drew De Leon: @drewcurator The Digilogue: @thedigilogue Website: https://www.thedigilogue.com/ Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse

Brad Frey is The Band Camino's tour manager and the founder of a brand called All Is Well. He joins this week to talk about how he got his start in touring, and breaks down what a Tour Manager really does. He also shares incredible advice to those who are trying to work in the touring industry and the advice that has helped him the most along the way in his career. If you get value out of this episode, do us a huge favor and share it with a friend and subscribe to the channel! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Who is Brad Frey 3:25 - What a Tour Manager really does 9:00 - Deciding to Go All In on Music 18:25 - Transitioning into Selling Merch 23:10 - Putting Your Eggs in One Basket Makes a Nice Omelet 28:08 - “Work Hard Be Nice” 31:39 - Having a Balance of Fun, Health, and Rest on Tour 35:51 - The Struggles Are the Fondest Memories 46:56 - Brad's brand - All Is Well Brad Frey: @_brad_brains All Is Well: @the.alliswell.shop Website: www.thealliswellshop.com The Band Camino: @thebandcamino Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited By - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: www.whereareallmyfriends.com Subscribe: Here Discord: Here

Aaron Gillespie returns to the podcast to talk specifically about his personal experiences and favorite moments of writing and recording Underoath's brand new album, Voyeurist. This ended up being an extremely personal interview in the best possible way. He shared such an honest perspective of what it was like to write this album with the rest of the band completely from his view.  In addition we also talk about the pursuit to make honest art, our thoughts on overcoming doubt with creativity and some really great stories from the very beginning of Underoath. If you like this episode, please do me a HUGE favor and share it with a friend! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 3:10 - Taking stock of where you’re at in your life as a creative 4:00 - The ebb and flow of doubting your creative abilities 8:25 - Why Aaron doesn’t like writing goals 10:55 - The pursuit to make honest art 11:40 - The 4 things that Aaron truly values 13:10 - The story of Underoath’s first show back in years 16:05 - The Bathtub Skunk House 19:10 - Aaron’s favorite parts of the come up of Underoath. 22:40 - How emotional Aaron got when he heard Tim’s episode on the Labeled Podcast 23:50 - Reminiscing on the good ole days of Underoath 25:25 - Aaron’s biggest priority with Underoath 27:50 - Aaron’s personal experience and feelings going into recording Voyeurist 30:15 - The moment Underoath started to get back together 39:00 - Self-producing Voyeurist 44:20 - Resolving a vocal power struggle between Aaron and Spencer 58:50 - Voyeurist is the realest album Underoath has ever made 1:01:10 - Why it’s the hardest to have the internal confidence to do things for yourself 1:05:10 - At the end of the entire process, what did you learn? Aaron Gillespie: @aaronrgillespie Underoath: @underoathband Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Bonus Patreon Aaron Episode: Here

Guardin was one of the first ever guests I had on the podcast, and now after two years and what feels like a lifetime of events happening in between, he returns to the podcast to look back at everything and catch up on what he's been up to since then. Including signing to a record label, then going back to being independent, how he stayed sane during lockdown, and writing an entire new wave of music including the story of writing the 'things could be worse' EP. Nick is genuinely one of my favorite people I've ever met, so this is a really one. If you like it, it'd mean the world if you share it with a friend 🖤 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:55 - Reminiscing on our first podcast episode 3:10 - Coming out of your shell, accepting yourself, and being comfortable with that 7:25 - Going on tour together for the first time 7:55 - What’s changed in the past two years since we did the first podcast 8:55 - The pandemic hitting and it cancelling tour 15:45 - How much we love Dylan Sosa (Guardin’s manager) 18:55 - Adjusting to life at home and no touring during quarantine 20:55 - Making “so that’s it, huh?” and other new music 23:55 - Going from being signed to a label, back to being independent 26:55 - How Guardin first got signed 28:55 - How to decide if signing to a label is right for you 33:45 - How to measure REAL success as an artist 40:05 - What are you up to currently? 40:55 - Guardin’s notebook of all projects he’s ever done 41:40 - Biggest show you’ve ever played to date? 43:55 - What is your proudest achievement to date? 47:55 - Current goal that you’re chasing right now? 49:40 - What advice would you give to a past version of yourself? Guardin: @guardin Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited by - @deannaelxse Bonus Guardin Extended Cut Episode: https://www.patreon.com/whereareallmyfriends Discord: Here

Christine Osazuwa is the Strategy Director of Pollen, and the Founder of Measure of Music. What stands out to me most, is her genuine love for building community. In this episode she shares her come up story in music, along with some incredibly inspiring stories that will remind anyone that if you truly love something, you can find a way to work in it! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:30 - Humble Beginnings 7:33 - Running a Music Magazine 9:25 - Anybody Can Work in the Music Industry 11:25 - You Have to LOVE the Industry to be a Part of It 14:35 - The 2022 Approach to Get in the Industry 18:03 - The Music Industry Doesn’t Want to Hear Your Excuses 20:49 - Use Your Disadvantage as Your Advantage 23:50 -Do the Work Over Unpaid Internships 28:14 - Leaving the Country & Moving to Sweden 37:33 - Find Something You Are Uniquely Qualified to Do 41:50 -  Working at Warner in London 46:20 - Measure of Music Christine Osazuwa: LinkedIn: Here Measure of Music: Website: Here Instagram: @measureofmusic Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw Produced & Edited by - Deanna Elise: @deannaelxse Where Are All My Friends Podcast: Bonus Patreon Content: Here Discord: Here Website: www.whereareallmyfriends.com Subscribe: Here