Shows
Living Ageless and BoldThe Clothing Line Made For Women in Construction with Brenda "Maxx" McGeeBrenda “Maxx” McGee is a former model and longtime union carpenter who spent 27 years working in the trade show industry before launching Gott Street Blues, a workwear brand designed specifically for women in construction. Her background spans fashion, carpentry, cabinet-making, and union leadership — all of which shaped her mission to create functional clothing for women in male-dominated trades.
In this episode, Brenda sits down with Christina to discuss her unconventional path from childhood tomboy to runway model, to being the only woman carpenter on show floors, and now an entrepreneur building a clothing company at 65. She sha...
2025-11-2636 min
Sustaining Creativity PodcastThe Creative Pivot with Brenda 'Maxx' Cumby McGeeCreativity through the lens of a fashion model, retired union carpenter, founder and owner of Gott Street Blues"Being Creative is just my entire being."Meet Brenda “Maxx” Cumby McGee, Founder and Owner of GottStreet Blues. She is a lifelong fashion model and union carpenter began her journey when she was 10 - both playing dress up in her mom’s clothes, and also creating a construction site in her mother’s garden with a red Tonka truck. One of her biggest challenges as a woman in the trades? Having properly fitting, and functional work clothing. Maxx has...
2025-10-2835 min
SpeakUP! International Inc.Brenda Max Cumby-Fashioning a Path: From Red Tonka Trucks to Workwear RevolutionWhat happens when a fashion model becomes a union carpenter? She discovers there are no work clothes designed for women's bodies and decides to revolutionize the industry. Meet Brenda Max Cumby, founder of Gott Street Blues, whose remarkable journey spans fashion runways and construction sites.Brenda's story begins with childhood defiance of gender norms – stealing her brother's red Tonka truck while simultaneously developing a love for fashion by watching her mother's impeccable style. This unique combination of interests served as perfect preparation for her groundbreaking business venture decades later.At 34, Brenda entered the ca...
2025-10-0655 min
No Shrinking Violets Podcast for WomenHard Hats and High Heels: One Woman's JourneyThoughts or comments? Send us a text!Breaking through gender barriers requires both courage and proper equipment. Maxx Cumby McGee combines her unique experiences as both a fashion model and a union carpenter to address a critical gap in the trades industry: workwear designed specifically for women's bodies.• Drawn to both fashion and construction from childhood, with a mother who encouraged her to pursue diverse interests• Began her journey as a model before transitioning into carpentry through a chance connection• Navigated a male-dominated industry as one of the only women on job sites for 26...
2025-08-211h 01
Don't Be Caged By Your AgeEP 67 From Catwalk to Construction to Workwear Fashion BrandIf you think reinvention is impossible later in life - or that fashion and construction can’t possibly mix - Brenda “Maxx” Cumbie McGee is here to prove you wrong.In this uplifting and eye-opening conversation, Maxx shares her remarkable journey from professional model to union carpenter, and now to Founder of GottStreet Blues®, a fashion-forward workwear brand designed for women who build, weld, dig, create, and do.From her childhood spent toggling between Tonka trucks and dress-up heels, to decades on construction sites, to a surprise return to modeling in her 60s, Maxx’s story is...
2025-08-1453 min
Grounded in MaineSustainable Clothes for Working Women with Maxx Cumby McGee Ep 159Maxx Cumby McGee has been planning the Gott Street Blues clothing brand since the 90s when she was one of a very few women in the construction world - life just delayed it. Maxx's story is both hillarious and eye opening; how she started in modeling at 19, and got into construction by making friends with the CEO of Anheuser-Busch, and showing up on her first day with a pink toolbox and men's work clothes that nearly got her injured because there were no women's work clothes. This is a longer episode, but I'll bet it goes by quicker than...
2025-08-122h 06
Aro Benaiah ShowHow Brenda's Reinvented Workwear for Women in TradesOn this episode of The Aro Benaiah Show, Aro sits down with Brenda Maxx Cumby Mcgee, a trailblazer who broke barriers on the show floors and job sites of America. From her roots as a tomboy with a Tonka truck to becoming a professional model, union carpenter, and now the founder of God Street Blue—a workwear brand designed by and for tradeswomen—Breda’s story is a masterclass in resilience and vision.Breda reveals how she navigated decades in male-dominated construction, rose to become a union steward, and finally tackled the overlooked problem of poorly fitting workwe...
2025-07-1847 min
Life Stories PodcastFrom Model to Maker: Maxx McGee Designs Workwear That Fits Women RightMeet Brenda “Maxx” McGee, founder of Gott Street Blues. After a career in construction, and as a model, Maxx saw a problem: workwear for women didn’t fit women. It was just men’s clothes with a smaller label. So, she decided to design gear that’s made for the female form, with function and fit in mind. In this episode, Maxx shares her journey from job sites to fashion design, and why women in trades deserve better.To find out more about Maxx and her Gott Street Blues, visit https://gottstreetblues.com.Want to be a gu...
2025-07-1434 min
The Boomer Woman’s PodcastModel and Carpenter Creates Her Own Next Chapter with Maxx McGeeBrenda Cumby McGee – aka Maxx McGee – is that fabulous dichotomy of fashion model and union carpenter. She was also a trail-blazer for women in the trades.
Today, Maxx explains:
How those two parallel careers originated
Her covid success story
How things have changed for women in the trades in the last 30 years
Women in a traditionally male environment “sisters in the brotherhood”
“The Pant”
The process of getting a clothing concept from idea to market
And, of course: Ageism!
I really appreciate M...
2025-07-031h 02
2025-05-1935 min
Sunday Scaries with Buccs McGeeFREE AGENCY is off to a BANG! Sunday Scaries with Buccs McGeeWith the pinnacle emergence of NFL free agency eclipsed, Buccs McGee & nutmeg2palmetto break down the fallout of the QB musical chairs after Sam Darnold got PAID by Seattle and Justin Fields surprisingly lands with the Jets. Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Maxx Crosby and Jaycee Horn all got majorly PAID as well to stay close to home, DK Metcalf is off to the Steel City and WHERE will Aaron Rodgers land to close out his career?Music Credit: Monty Wames"Raging Bull""New Outro, Who Dis"
2025-03-1457 min
Women Making MovesWorking Clothes for Working WomenMore women have non traditional jobs these days, and still don't have adequate clothing to wear - the men's styles are simply copied and pasted into women's "styles", which can lead to harm in the workplace as they don't fit correctly.Brenda (Maxx) Cumby McGee has come up with the solution. As a construction worker and fashion model, she has paired her unique expertise and skills to create one of the very few styles of work pants designed specifically for women. Just a few features include deeper pockets, D-rings on the band, reinforced inner thighs, and kneepads.
2024-10-0834 min
Cheap SmutEpisode 28 - Moshe: Kosher Nostra (Book One)Thanks to a great recommendation from recent guest Josh Fekete, we were lucky enough to discover Moshe: Kosher Nostra by Mirrah McGee, and boy did we ever have a blast with this funny and sexy tome!
Book Description
MosheAs the Avraham Avinu, or father of the Jewish Mafia, my shoulders bear a heavy burden. The safety of not only my family, but those that have pledged their allegiance to me, is only the tip of the iceberg. I work hard, and I play harder. My brothers, cousins and I are...
2023-09-181h 14
Maxx McGeeForrest Gump GCN Rescore ChallengeThe 7th Global Composers Network challenge: Rescoring a given scene from Forrest Gump. I only had a few hours to do it today and this is what came out of that work in a hurry.
Video on my YouTube channel: youtube.com/maxxmcgee
2017-10-1102 min
Strange BedfellowsBSCC 065 - Claudia's FriendStrap on your best learnin’ hat and get ready for a good, old-fashioned education! This week, Claudia is learning from Stacey about where apostrophes go; Tanner’s learning from Jack about something very dry and almost certainly made up out of whole cloth called “The Lexical Order,” and Jack’s learning from Tanner all about the hit 2001 supernatural horror film “13 Ghosts,” starring the great Matthew Lillard. We also learn what happened to Jackie Rodowsky in his latest dance through the infinite, and the boys learn together just what happens when they muster up all their courage and say something to their belov...
2017-05-2959 min
Strange BedfellowsBSCC 057 - Jessi's Gold MedalEver wanted to be a fly on the wall when a couple of flesh-jobs hooked on Synchro and lurking around the meatspace in the dark alleyways of Roppongi, Tokyo, burble their nonsense-talk to one another? Well, you're in luck today, and wouldn't you know it, they're talking about Baby-Sitters Club #55, "Jessi's Gold Medal"! Mostly. They also have a worrying amount to say about Boat Girls, "The Watcher," and a strange little timewalker called Jackie Rodowsky. But that's just the Synchro talking. Anyway, sorry, we were super jet-lagged for this one and it got pretty weird!
Music credits:
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2017-03-271h 04
Maxx McGeeThe Arcane Ritual (cinematic hybrid orchestra)Part of the Terra Music album "Consolidation" which is available on all digital stores!
You can listen and download the whole album on Bandcamp:
https://terra-music.bandcamp.com/releases
Official video:
https://youtu.be/UjOTFgi1HeM
The story behind:
When I was playing around with the Balinese Gamelan from NI, the sounds created the impression of a mesmerizing ritual in my head. I started making Gamelan ostinatos and build a song around it. I added an African Bolon, choir and vocals, drums, strings and guitar which I recorded myself.
2016-11-0103 min
Maxx McGeeLand of Honor (emotional epic orchestra)Part of the Terra Music album "Consolidation" which is available on all digital stores!
You can listen and download the whole album on Bandcamp:
https://terra-music.bandcamp.com/releases
Official Video:
https://youtu.be/T-qWYZH797U
The story behind:
Testing out "Masterbrass" by Auddict I found especially the octohorns to sound really authentic and heroic. Then I played with the dynamics and I really loved the sound when they play gently. The samples include a lot of other noises from the recording, you can hear that at the beginning of the track.
2016-11-0103 min
Maxx McGeeThoughts Get Lost (Cinematic, Dramatic)Building up suspense is the goal of this hybrid orchestral track.
Official Video:
https://youtu.be/OZq7UawiPwk
2016-10-2703 min
Maxx McGeeMy Grand Farewell (sad, emotional piano)This is an emotional song for two pianos with a lot of improvised parts and a bit of "Ave Maria" in it dedicated to my former piano teacher who passed away one year ago.
2016-09-1705 min
Maxx McGeeStrike The Barrels || "Mad Max: Fury Road" Fan Soundtrack (tribute to Junkie XL)Just heavy drums and guitar make this song happen. I was inspired by the great soundtrack of "Mad Max" by Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg). So I took the drums (no loops) from Native Instruments "Action Strikes" and my stratocaster and created this epic track.
Hope you enjoy it!
You can grab this song on impactstudios.bandcamp.com and support me!
Music video on YouTube: ---
For licensing please contact me: maxxmcgee.impactstudios@gmail.com
Thank you!
2016-04-1703 min
Maxx McGeeBeat and Bell || ilmpressions 2016A short track I produced for a "Making Of" video showing the work on the Startnext trailer for our movie project.
Music video: https://youtu.be/oibEI9KXLhs
100 free downloads are available!
2016-03-2701 min
Maxx McGeeShort Halloween Thriller (better quality) *Free Download*This is a reupload because the last one was in mono by accident.
Music Video here: youtu.be/EvtA8GePHy0
This track was composed several years ago, but it is perfect for a very short Halloween moment!
Free download with CC-BY-NC-SA licence available.
Hope you enjoy it anyway!
2015-11-1500 min
Maxx McGeeUpon A Ben [Free Download] (CC-BY-NC-SA)This project began in september 2014, but now it's finally finished after several recording and mixing processes. I used a real darbuka and tambourine for additional drum sounds and my stratocaster.
Hope you enjoy!
Video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/K1gHAVjp2Gs
Das Projekt habe ich zwar schon 2014 angefangen, aber nach weiteren Aufnahmen und sehr viel Mixing ist es jetzt ist es endlich fertig. Dabei habe ich Aufnahmen mit einer Darbuka, einem Tamburin und meiner E-Gitarre gemacht.
Ich hoffe es gefällt!
You can download and use it(noncommercial) for free! Just credit my name and give a link to t...
2015-07-0602 min
Talking Toys With Taylor and JeffRoboForce MiniComic SpecialIt’s a surprise for all our loyal listeners! Taylor and Jeff do a dramatic reading of a RoboForce minicomic that was included with Maxx Steele! I never said it was a PLEASANT surprise. Just listen, you might enjoy it 🙂
2013-06-2404 minTalking Toys With Taylor and JeffEpisode 13 – RoboForce (aka Maxx Steele and RoboForce!)Suction cups always make for great toys, don’t they? Especially when they don’t actually stick very well? If you agree, you’re going to LOVE the toy line Taylor and Jeff discuss on this edition! The guys plug in to the … Continue reading →
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