The Mad Truth Podcast ep 14: Jay Umpriz

The Mad Truth Podcast ep 14: Jay Umpriz

Jay Umpriz is a writer, poet, musician and one of the founders of The Loft music studio.  This is a really genuine beautiful conversation covering all sorts of topics including counterculture, racism, Jay's experiences with psychedelics and how that changed his life, masculinity and the relationship between creative expression and enlightenment and so much more. I'm humbled to be able to have conversations like these, I feel like if everyone was this open and this honest about their perspectives of the world and where they stand in it this planet would be better place. I've put links below to the black lives matter, and to the Samaritans also(being that the podcast is largely about mental health it makes sense) if you can donate anything to either of these two causes please do, there's a lot of suffering in the world right now but the best way to combat negativity is with positivity, kindness and love.  https://blacklives.help/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjJef_JHv6QIVRbDtCh08WwC7EAAYASAAEgLFJ_D_BwE [https://blacklives.help/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjJef_JHv6QIVRbDtCh08WwC7EAAYASAAEgLFJ_D_BwE] https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3pXb0pLv6QIVw7TtCh0-nAk2EAAYASAAEgI-nvD_BwE [https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3pXb0pLv6QIVw7TtCh0-nAk2EAAYASAAEgI-nvD_BwE] https://www.facebook.com/madtruthproductions/ [https://www.facebook.com/madtruthproductions/]

The Mad Truth Podcast ep 13: Dan Egan (Live from quarantine)

Dan Egan and I talk about slowly going mad in self-isolation, the power and beauty of people coming together during a difficult time, through "virtual gigs" and loads of other stuff. Aesthetics of music, why people rip apart top-40 pop music and if that's valid or not. Emotion, feeling and the opportunity for people to realise their creative potential because of having not much else to do. Check out Dan's website here: http://deganmusic.co.uk/ [http://deganmusic.co.uk/] https://www.facebook.com/deganmusic/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARAvpveAOjRRzpAp9RN2boEvFBXhezG5_YzAJuk7FHK21t1Clnrk_ZYKr_Xzmbfpk8KPK2IzXjyj4sMz&hc_ref=ARQj6tQIA0sQTPJB-eS0mau-IZ43K3VCBXow2KXWhd-CVw7ov3YDu14D8azFOlBhYZ4&fref=nf [https://www.facebook.com/deganmusic/?__tn__=kC-R&eid=ARAvpveAOjRRzpAp9RN2boEvFBXhezG5_YzAJuk7FHK21t1Clnrk_ZYKr_Xzmbfpk8KPK2IzXjyj4sMz&hc_ref=ARQj6tQIA0sQTPJB-eS0mau-IZ43K3VCBXow2KXWhd-CVw7ov3YDu14D8azFOlBhYZ4&fref=nf]

The Mad Truth Podcast ep 11: Wilted Flower

Wilted Flower is a band fronted by poet, lyricist and song-writer Micki Woods, I met Micki through Dan Egan who was kind enough to let us record in his space at Degan Music which is incredible by the way. I've been excited to have Micki on for a while because not only is she a really talented artist but she's got this beautiful way of turning her past experiences with her mental health into art, which is something I strive for myself. So joined by Dan we talk about her mental health and how it relates to her work, truth,  healing,  positivity vs negativity, growth and making sense of things and so much more. Honestly this one is so deep and there's so much wisdom packed into an hour and twenty minutes it's amazing. Some parts of the conversation are a bit difficult to listen to just because of the reality of the situations but one of the things Micki said that really struck a chord with me was the importance of being raw, honest and authentic. And thats brave and courageous and the world needs more of that.  https://open.spotify.com/artist/0lPEl2oXjSBkmzAvzhb587 [https://open.spotify.com/artist/0lPEl2oXjSBkmzAvzhb587] https://www.facebook.com/wiltedflowermusic/ [https://www.facebook.com/wiltedflowermusic/]

The Mad Truth Podcast ep 10: EX.In(Joe Langley)

EX.In is a solo music project created by singer-songwriter Joe Langley. We talk about what inspires his music,  the hidden meaning behind the name of the project, mental health and the search for perfection and lots more including ghosts and aliens, listen to this one, it's dead good. https://www.facebook.com/EXIN-335656040373100/ [https://www.facebook.com/EXIN-335656040373100/]  https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fOyTdPfhvdgZEmO0UpzZJ [https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fOyTdPfhvdgZEmO0UpzZJ]

The Mad Truth podcast ep 9: Adam Zareba

Adam Zareba is a singer-songwriter based in Nottingham., We talk about politics, emotion as it relates to creativity, spirituality, how to get a crowd on your side and loads of other stuff. He brought his guitar along, which I really appreciated and would use it to demonstrate and exemplify his points. Adam's a very genuine and talented guy and I really enjoyed speaking to him. https://open.spotify.com/artist/69aqvIh81vHVkVCrOqnWz4 [https://open.spotify.com/artist/69aqvIh81vHVkVCrOqnWz4] https://www.facebook.com/AdamZarebaMusic/ [https://www.facebook.com/AdamZarebaMusic/]