Shut Up and Dad Tim Bryant

This week we talk to Angel. He and his wife are both teachers trying to navigate the current crisis, teach their classes and raise a child. Angel runs a YouTube channel called MELEE Media which you can find by visiting: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC3LLP5_ixKeJH4vIlJSZoA

Tim and Chris have a conversation with touring musician Jesse Krakow. Find out what parenting is like as a touring musician and how both of those roles have changed with the introduction of COVID-19. You can also find Jesse's music by visiting https://jessekrakow.bandcamp.com/.

This week Tim and Chris talk with Jeffrey Everett of rockets-are-red.com.

Jeffrey Everett is a successful designer, illustrator, and author working outside of Washington, DC. Jeffrey has had the pleasure of designing and illustrating for a wide variety of entertainment, corporate, and non-profit clients. Jeffrey has created designs for such bands as Jason Mraz, Social Distortion, Foo Fighters, The Decemberists, Flight of the Conchords, Gaslight Anthem, Lou Reed, The Bouncing Souls, and A Day to Remember. He has created work for companies such as RedBull, Simon and Schuster, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washingtonian, Variety, Universal Records, LiveNation, Dreamworks, and more.

Jeff’s work has been published in numerous books such as "New Vintage Type" and "Design Entrepreneur," and seen in major magazines including Print, Rolling Stone, Rock Sound, Alternative Press, HOW, and Step Inside Design. He has his MFA in Graphic Design from The School of Visual Arts in New York City, NY.

He is the recipient of gold and silver awards from The Art Directors Club and “best-in-categories” from the AdClub (Addys), and is included in multiple AIGA Fifty Show. His work has been stapled on walls of acclaimed rock clubs, inked into brave people’s skin, and framed in high-end galleries around the world. Jeff is the author, curator, and designer of “1,000 Garment Graphics” for Rockport Press, and has taught and lectured for American University, University of Baltimore, Maryland Institute College of Art, and the AIGA. His work has sold in galleries in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, DC.

Select Clients include:
Dreamworks, Universal Records, National Public Radio (NPR), Redbull, Washington Post, New York Times, Simon and Schuster, The Washingtonian, Politico, The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), LiveNation, SideOneDummy Records, Rise Records, Mercury Records, The Fillmore, Wilco, Lou Reed, Flight of the Conchords, Foo Fighters, Jason Mraz, A Day to Remember, The Gaslight Anthem, The Decemberists, The National, Wilco, Lou Reed, Phish, Placebo, and many more.

In this episode we dive in with a New York City small business owner to find out how COVID-10 is affecting both his business and his life as a parent.

In 2013 Eric Steffen traded finance for fashion when he created FITTED Underground, a custom jeans brand in Brooklyn, NY. He learned the trade from the ground up teaching himself pattern making, sewing and design. Today he's a one man brand making some of the finest jeans in the world - and building his company to maximize stakeholder rather than shareholder value. Check out his website at http://fitted.nyc and Instagram at @fitted.underground.

Hosted by Tim Bryant and Chris Migliaccio.