What’s up Culture Keepers! This is You Are A Culture Keeper Podcast with your host Deborah Axé. We’re in for a ride today with Garrett Shider aka Starchild Jr. Funk guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, producer and podcaster of Stuffs and Thangs Podcast. Personally recruited as a teenager as the guitarist for George Clinton, and Funkadelic,
Son of P-Funk frontman, Garry Shider aka Diaper Man. Garrett, tours worldwide and has 3 recent funk albums out: Pandemic, Regurgitated Youth and Hand Me Down Diapers. I’m so excited to have you listen in on our conversation.
We dip into the importance of self care as artists, especially when we have fast paced schedules or are on tour. We talk about the compromises we sometimes face as commercial versus independent artists. We acknowledge stigmas around mental health in the African American communities. We share some next level tips around self care, including not meditating or journalling when you’re upset, but instead moving your body in the gym, or on the dance floor.)
We give some shout outs to the following musicians as well in this episode: Norwood Fisher of Fishbone, Beebs Money$, NIKO IS, Talib Kweli and of course, George Clinton.
Wanna stay in touch with our guest, Garrett Shider aka Starchild Jr?
https://www.instagram.com/starchildjr/ (https://www.instagram.com/starchildjr/)
https://www.facebook.com/gshider (https://www.facebook.com/gshider)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5EjTDc5yAnl82ic_qWtixw (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5EjTDc5yAnl82ic_qWtixw)
Stuffs n Thangs Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNzJs2FVjPE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNzJs2FVjPE)
Garrett Shider's Music: My personal Fave: Live "I'm A Funkadelic" by Garrett Shider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ga4gCGl4tQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ga4gCGl4tQ)
Cabin Fever Video by Garrett Shider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gNdhIdlvHs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gNdhIdlvHs)
Fly Video by Garrett Shider. Hilarious! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gNdhIdlvHs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gNdhIdlvHs)
Special Thanks to our Sound Guru: Paul Lamb Studios in Cotati, CA
And Web Support and Media Rockstar: Wendy Garcia! wendygarcia.net
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Special Thanks to our Sound Guru: Paul Lamb NoodlePaul12@hotmail.com
At Rue Henry Studio in Cotati, CA.
And Web Support and Media Rockstar: Wendy Garcia! https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/podcast/wendygarcia.net (wendygarcia.net)
Original Episode Music by Deborah Axé. Track: Eventually
