Steve Sxaks' Artistic Journey: From Punk Roots to Recording Success

Alexandra Jardvall is a singer songwriter from Sweden. She and I had a wonderful discussion about her background as a musician as well as a Springsteen fan. Alexandra has been writing songs since she was 10 to help her express her feelings. She is a fierce ambassador for endometriosi, helping to raise awareness and funds for a cure. We also discussed her recent experience visiting the Springsteen holy land, New Jersey. The podcast starts with her song The Lucky One from her first album As Good as it Gets and we finish with her Christmas single, its that time. Please go check out here music and support this wonderful musician. https://www.alexandra-music.com/ https://www.facebook.com/alexandrajardvall.official/ https://www.youtube.com/user/euphorialex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Joulu 20231h 8min

Lucinda Sage-Midgorden was a child, she’s loved stories. In today's episode we discuss her love of stories, her podcast and how she beleives in the positive power of stories. Lucinda and I had a candid conversation about our experiences with religious groups and our dissatisfaction with the behavior they often exhibi and their significant lack of kindness and understanding towards those who are different or in need.  Lucinda is also the author of The Space Between Time, a novel about two women, Jenna and Morgan, linked by blood but separated by time who must rebuild their lives. Find out more about Lucinda here - https://sagewoman.life/ https://sagewoman.life/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Marras 202345min

Sarah grew up with her Mom loving John Denver, how Pop music helped Sarah cope with High School and how she is enjoying the music from Taylor Swift. Sarah talked about her recent journey in exploring Tarot Card reading. She has been moving forward with doing readings on a regular basis. She gave me a Tarot Card reading on the podcast and it was a lot of fun. You can find more about Sarah here https://www.facebook.com/LetsJourneyThroughTarot/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 Marras 202355min

Robonzo joins me from Mexico! We discuss him growing up in Fort Worth and we share memories of going to concerts at the Cotton Bowl. His love of the Rolling Stones. We also discuss his podcast The Unstarving Musician https://www.unstarvingmusician.com/about/ where he and his guests talk about marketing, business and the creative process to empower other musicians the ability to do more of what they love, make music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 Marras 202346min

Chris and Colin were excited about the game on Thanksgiving. I'm still working nights so I couldn't join them. If you feel like listening to a couple of guys talk WWE, NFL and give a little love to me (I am blushing) enjoy two friends with a 20 year relationship, play a little grab butt! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 Marras 20231h 5min

Scott Edwards joins me today to share stories from his career as a owner of a chain of successful comedy clubs, to his current role as an entrepreneur and podcaster. We talk about that without hard work, talent is never enough, how in many ways being a standup comic is even harder than being a professional musician and some behind the scenes stories from his podcast - https://standupcomedyyourhostandmc.com/ http://www.scottscomedystuff.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 Marras 202359min

If you were a fan of Community, you know about the greatness of Inspector Spacetime. You might even know about the "Untitled Web Series about a Space Traveler who can also travel through time" web series. (you can find it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVp3Mq3GR34) but do you know that man behind the red phone booth? It's actor, writer, podcaster Travis Richey. We spend a fun hour talking about his adventure in space & time (on stage) attending Doctor Who Conventions, podcasting with one of his friends (https://rss.com/podcasts/exposingourselves/) and his first novel, The Vampire's Curse. https://a.co/d/5zjxHKn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Marras 20231h 11min

Marian Jago @dr_marian_jago is the Senior Lecturer in Popular Music & Jazz Studies at The University of Edinburgh. After being on Music Talks with Terry Smith, I knew that I needed her to be on Set Lusting Bruce. Marian shares how she discovered music by taking out a Chuck Berry record from the Library. She shares her joy of learning and playing Jazz Music. She also shares her journey as a teacher and as an academic. Here is the link to her discussion with Terry - https://www.musictalkspod.com/396031/13340627-episode-89-music-talks-marian-jago-three-minute-records Photo by Margaret Gallagher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 Marras 202355min