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Almost A Music PodcastEp8 - Finding Purpose Through Music with Jed BrewerIn this episode, Channa, Meg, and Jed have a conversation on music, faith, spirituality, service, and a shared vision. Jed shares how he sees the value of empathy and messaging through music to influence his life and creative expression. His experience with the underserved community was an invitation for him to find more depth and purpose in music. He hosts a radio show — The Bridge Chicago and is currently leading Good Loud Media, a nonprofit organization that creates music and movies to help meet the needs of at-risk people. Its mission is focused on violence prevention, mental hea...2022-03-051h 00
Almost A Music PodcastEp7 - Trailblazing Your Path with Izzy MatiasIn this episode, Channa and Meg sat down for a chat with Izzy, a writer, and creative entrepreneur as she shares how music influences her creativity through her blog, self-published book, and business. Our 7th episode covered stories as music fans, musings on life transitions, and navigating pivots while trailblazing the path towards one’s alignment. Izzy shares her journey of starting a music and photography blog while being a contributing writer for an online media outlet, Philippine Concerts. She has grown it to become a creative business to help content creators monetize their blogs. Coming into the...2021-12-2859 min
Almost A Music PodcastEp7 - Trailblazing Your Path with Izzy MatiasIn this episode, Channa and Meg sat down for a chat with Izzy, a writer, and creative entrepreneur as she shares how music influences her creativity through her blog, self-published book, and business. Our 7th episode covered stories as music fans, musings on life transitions, and navigating pivots while trailblazing the path towards one’s alignment. Izzy shares her journey of starting a music and photography blog while being a contributing writer for an online media outlet, Philippine Concerts. She has grown it to become a creative business to help content creators monetize their blogs. Coming into the...2021-12-241h 19
Almost A Music PodcastEp6 - Channeling Creativity : On Clubhouse, Music and Spirituality with Nikki JamesIn this episode, Channa and Meg are joined by Nikki James, a friend whom they met on Clubhouse earlier this year. The three explored topics around creative expression, Clubhouse as a platform to practice active listening and speaking. Nikki shared the impact of music and spirituality complementing each other; being in a constant state of wanting to evolve ourselves and grow. She describes how the heart of creativity is evolution.The conversation also covered the art of communication — how it is a gift and a practice of values like courteousness, compassion, emotional intelligence and other behavioral aspects. Be...2021-11-261h 05
Almost A Music PodcastEp5 - The Catch UpChanna and Meggy are back from a mini break and catch up on the changes, reflections and transitions happening in real time. Channa shared about how he was feeling stuck and his birthday reflections. Both explored how their definition of happiness, fulfillment and wealth have evolved through time, the greatest equalizer. Cafe culture, the search for the best flat white, energetic climate in Los Angeles and Meggy’s intuitive pull to take a 5 month creative exploration in California.They also shared as co-hosts how they felt drifting off and the uncertainty of continuing the podcast. Channa shared tha...2021-11-071h 03
Almost A Music PodcastEp4 - Do You Miss Concerts?This is an episode Channa, and Meg wanted to have. They share their first concert experiences and the early signs and symptoms of being a concert junkie. They touch on the subtle impressions and elements of a live concert experience. The energetic exchange between the band and the crowd in fortifying the sense of community in concerts. They tackle the shift and lens that technology brings to a show. Going to a concert is a great example of living in the present moment and being intentional with what we do with our time and experience. Talking about t...2021-08-1945 min
Almost A Music PodcastEp3 - Deep Dive The MaineIn this episode, Channa and Meg talk about journey of witnessing The Maine from their humble free mall shows to major music festivals to sold-out solo shows in the Philippines. It was quite funny when Channa and Meg realized they have been going to same shows but never actually had the chance to meet in person. They also talked about their evolution as fans and concert goer to the shows from getting the barricade spot to watching from the sidelines and our pre-show rituals, post-concert processing to making lifelong friends in the 8123 community.The hosts d...2021-07-1448 min
Almost A Music PodcastEp2 - Musings Over CoffeeIn this episode, coffeeholics Channa and Meggy talk about visiting cafés and the experience they curate for themselves. Importance of music in the whole café experience, from playlists which are perfectly curated and how they would end up Shazam-ing songs on each visit. How coffee and it’s tasting notes are invitations to deeper consciousness and presence.Meggy shares how her vision of “Constant Conversations” manifested and aligned to take shape as Almost A Music Podcast and Channa comparing difference from his other podcast Channa3x where AAMP is more intimate and personal. Channa and Meggy...2021-06-2340 min
Almost A Music PodcastEp1 - Spirituality In MusicIn this episode, Channa and Meg talk about how they see Spirituality in Music. Where does music and spirituality intersect? How are they intricately related? Can music transform our spiritual practices? and vice versa? How music traces back to our indigenous roots to eastern and western practices of worshipping nature, gods & deities. What if the world was a one big concert? Spiritual influences of The Beatles and how worship is big part of Johnny Cash, Kanye West and their own creative expression. Music as an anchor to a meditative state and how words, vibrations, hertz affec...2021-06-1246 min