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Sunday Hunter swings by the show to discuss song writing, influences and building her own skills and confidence as a producer. Sunday has just released five recent singles and is about to drop number 6 this month. Sunday talks about her approach, being in a state of flow and has some great intuition on when something’s completed. We get into recent collaborations and co-writes as well her aspirations to build a record label with her husband. Sunday can be found on all the major streaming sites as Sunday Hunter and on Instagram as SundayHunterx.

Toby Loveland has played just over five thousand shows and gigs and is one of the highest regarded sessional guitarists and is known to be calm, causal, precise and reliable which is what gets employed time and time again. We discus how Toby got his start but more importantly how he’s kept stayed employed the past 10 years

Michael Drew is a Brisbane film composer who is steadily gaining a collection of composing awards including best score and best sound track in the independent fields. Michael is in the middle of relocating to LA after spending the past to years in Bulgaria working with the national Bulgarian orchestra honing his skills and living and breathing orchestration and composition. We discus living in Bulgaria, how it is working with a national orchestra and what’s on his list of must haves for composing as in your own studio. Catch him at Music by Michael Drew , http://musicbymichaeldrew.com/

Kino Alyse drops by the podcast to discuss social media marketing, community and engagement when building a presence on Twitter and Instagram. Twitter, in particular has had a boom recently with the advent of Twitter spaces. Kino has an excellent grasp of the data and analytics behind these two platforms and offers technical insights and techniques on what makes these platforms tick. Kino has a Patreon page, The Creative Industry Initiative, where you can interact with her content and guided workbooks. It’s a great source for all musicians/songwriters and music industry professionals who want to branch out and learn more in the social media space.

The Lobster is a prolific You tuber and is the host of the highly successful and insightful You Tube channel - LowEnd Lobster. LowEnd Lobster is an informative bass guitar channel specialising at reviewing and modifying bass guitars of all varieties. We delve into Lobster’s history as a musician but also the keys to building a fantastic community of which he has done in a relatively short period of time. This episode explores how he built his channel, why he built his channel and we discuss his setup, what it costs and the production behind each episode. We also discuss the metrics on offer from You Tube including his specific metrics and financials. If you’re looking to delve into the world of You Tube channels as an artist or creative this is a great episode to inform you on what, how, when and why. Lobster is also set to do an episode explicitly on ‘How To of You Tube’. Check out The Lobster’s channel and his amazing community at Discord.

On the podcast this week is Stephen May – Stephen is a world-renowned monitor engineer and is requested by some of the biggest artists and production managers on the planet. Steve talks about building relationships on stage, how he started, the emerging technology and he works with and around that technology and finishes us off with some fine food stories from around the world. Steve’s list of employers includes, Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock, Beck, Sir Paul McCartney, Tom Jones, Van Morrison, Britney Spears and Ricky Martin to name a few.