Innovating Music Podcast

Innovating Music Podcast

Innovating Music explores the brilliant, surprising, and often disruptive ways people are reshaping the future of music, technology, and creativity. Hosted by Dr. Gigi Johnson, each episode dives into candid conversations with artists, innovators, founders, researchers, and industry leaders who are pushing boundaries across live performance, music tech, community building, media platforms, education, and beyond.

 

From indie creators and music startups to VR pioneers and global disruptors, Innovating Music shares real-world insights on how bold ideas and human stories are transforming the sonic landscape.

 

Tune in for deep dives into experimentation, equity, digital shifts, and the power of music to change how we connect and create.

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Creative Innovators Episodes

New Markets, Bold Choices with Miki Agrawal,

New Markets, Bold Choices with Miki Agrawal,

Some guests have a LOT of gumption and energy to create new. Miki is releasing her first album now. But over time, she has launched new companies and created new spaces. Some of the road has been bumpy and some has developed whole new categories that help people's...

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Seek Out Creative Opportunities with Mark Harper

Seek Out Creative Opportunities with Mark Harper

"I had no idea what I was doing." Mark Harper shares his story of going from ROTC to Combat Camera (leading teams of combat photographers) to Technicolor to high-end headphones to joining a startup military channel. He talked about each time where he sought out...

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Bonus: Postcard Moments with Gigi Johnson

Bonus: Postcard Moments with Gigi Johnson

We are in post-production on new episodes, so our host, Gigi Johnson, shared a story about "Postcards" and Postcard Moments that has come up in prior episodes and in many recent conversations. She shares how a single postcard created a pivot that changed her direction...

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Simplifying Complexity for Indie Labels with Bruno Guez

Simplifying Complexity for Indie Labels with Bruno Guez

Bruno shares his saga from playing the drums and enjoying international music, mixing songs and culture from Tunisia, France, and LA. Those facets led to studying at UCLA Ethnomusicology, becoming a DJ at KCRW, and building a record label in his living room. He shared...

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Educated Luck and Building Digital Bridges with Dick Huey

Educated Luck and Building Digital Bridges with Dick Huey

[Enjoy our podcast this week that we share with our sister Maremel Network podcast, Innovating Music, that has just launched its fifth year.] Dick Huey claims that his career jumps have been "educated luck." "Because they they are luck. And I'm, I'm I don't ever...

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Architecture, Mars, and VR with Alfredo Munoz

Architecture, Mars, and VR with Alfredo Munoz

Questions: How do we design for extreme conditions and resource challenges? Is that for Mars or Earth?Guest: Alfredo Muñoz, Architect; Founder; Onteco; Founder, ABIBOO Studio; Chair for Memberships of the Technical Committee of Space Architecture at the American...

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Out on a Limb with Darryl Hurs

Out on a Limb with Darryl Hurs

Question: How can you build a rich creative life based on referrals and going out on a limb? Guest: Darryl Hurs, Owner/CEO, Indie Week; Managing Director, Downtown Canada; Director, Market Development, Canada, CD Baby; Educator, Harris InstituteIn this episode, Darryl...

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