Center Cuts host Patrick Sprehe brings in people from the Kansas City music industry who make things happen behind the scenes from music venues, record stores, music media, recording studios, music promoters, record labels, and other arenas which impact the creation of auditory art.
Center Cuts Episode 32: Station To Station 8 (Host Michelle Bacon With Jocelyn Olivia Nixin)
Please join Michelle as she welcomes Jocelyn Olivia Nixin to Station To Station. Jocelyn is the lead singer and songwriter for the band The Creepy Jingles. Jocelyn discusses what drew her to music and songwriting, her songwriting process and inspirations, her earlier musical projects, being labeled as an artist, some of the challenges facing artists in the digital age and potential solutions to support artists' creativity, and the process creating The Creepy Jingles's new record "Take Me At My Wordplay."
Station To Station goes behind the stages, venues and studios of Kansas City’s musical landscape. Musician, writer and 90.9 The Bridge Content Manager Michelle Bacon chats with fellow music professionals about their passions, careers and experiences in an ever-evolving industry. This is a production of the Center Cuts podcast.
All songs used with permission from the artists. Thank you for sharing!
The Creepy Jingles - "Throwing In The Femme Fatale"
English Major - "I Can Follow Through"
English Major - "Somebody Is Pulling Our Strings"
The Creepy Jingles - "Nicotine Mom"
The Creepy Jingles - "Trojan Horse Girl"
The Creepy Jingles - "Throwing In The Femme Fatale"
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28 Dec 2021
Center Cuts Episode 31: 2021 Retrospective
Please join hosts Patrick Sprehe and Michelle Bacon along with producer Chris Mowry as they reflect on the year that was 2021. For this retrospective episode, each of them brought one area for improvement in the Kansas City music industry to the forefront as they discussed the need for change and ways to address the issue.
Center Cuts produced 22 episodes in 2021 (the goal is 2 per month on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month) which included Michelle Bacon's Station To Station. S2S goes behind the stages, venues and studios of Kansas City's musical landscape as Michelle chats with fellow music professionals about their passions, careers and experiences in an ever-evolving industry. We have included some music from each of her guests:
Khrystal - "Her Eyes"
Julia Haile - "Revolution" from Hi-Lux
Nan Turner - "Truth Teller" from Schwervon!
Heidi Phillips - "I Did" from Frogpond
Addie Sartino - "Ada" from The Greeting Committee
Each of the Center Cut episodes was packed full of conversation and information, and here we have included the segments which focused on the guests' thoughts about areas of improvement for the Kansas City music industry:
Diana Ennis - Heartland Song Network/90.1 KKFI
Jennifer Roe - Folk Alliance International
Judy Mills - Mills Record Company/Wise Blood Booksellers
Jackie Becker - Eleven Productions/Mammoth Productions
James McGee - Mutual Musicians Foundation/American Jazz Museum
Chris Haghirian - 90.9 The Bridge/Middle Of The Map
Jenna Rae - Lost Cowgirl Records
Eddie Moore - Tribe Studios
Aaron Rhodes - Shuttlecock Music Magazine
Skylar Rochelle - 90.9 The Bridge/Manor Records
Chris Mowry - recordBar/Lemonade Park/Party Invite/Look Who's Talking Mow
Bill Sundahl - 90.1 KKFI/Crossroads Music Fest
Calvin Arsenia
Shaun Crowley - Manor Records
Amber "Flutienastiness" Underwood
Thank you to all of our beautiful guests for sharing your lives, words, and art in 2021!
Each episode will focus on the guest's life, career in the music industry, great things about the Kansas City music community, and areas of need in the KC music industry with suggested courses of action for improvement.
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7 Dec 2021
Center Cuts Episode 30: Amber "Flutienastiness" Underwood
Please join host Patrick Sprehe as he welcomes Amber Underwood to Center Cuts. Amber discusses her life growing up in Kansas City, some early family music experiences, her decision to learn the flute, informal and formal musical training, the desire to become a performing artist, her multiple degrees and becoming a band director in the public schools, and some recent developments in her music career including the 2020 release of her album "This Is Me." Amber also shares her thoughts about what makes KC special, and why Kansas City needs to get behind KC artists and promote them as brand ambassadors while including them in the conversations to develop the arts.
https://www.flutienastiness.com
Special thank you to Amber for giving us permission to use parts of her songs:
"Alter Ego"
"Warwick"
"Strobe Light"
Each episode will focus on the guest's life, career in the music industry, great things about Kansas City, and areas of need in the KC music industry with suggested courses of action for improvement.
Hope you can join us!
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