DJ/Producer Episodes

In this episode, we're diving into the career of Johnny 5, a DJ, Promoter, and producer who's been shaking up San Francisco's music scene. We talk about his transition from his Chicago-based Hip Hop routes to the Bay Area to pursue his passion and the influence his formal education had in propelling him to new heights. After moving to San Francisco in 2005, Johnny's sound quickly evolved, blending grimy bass and house elements, and he became a force in the city's bass music scene, hosting a prom...

Marieme is a Senegalese-American artist whose music focuses on themes of Self Love, Revolution, and Empowerment. Being uprooted by war at 6 months old and her upbringing have shaped Marieme into a messenger of Love. Speaking through music, fashion, and cutting-edge tech, Marieme has been making a case for her message with her voice being used for film and television. The podcast opens with her recent hit song "Built For Greatness" which was placed on the Michelle Obama and Oprah Netflix special ...

Rob Garza: The Secrets to Building a 30 Year Career in Music

Bending Genres with the West Psy Sound, Goa Gil, Fractal Cowboys, Dome Of Doom Records, and touring the World

Collaborating as a Trio, Running an Indie Label, Dolby Atmos, and The importance of Meta Data

Psy Trance, Psychedelic Research with MAPS and Finding Inspiration from your Work and Culture

From Live 365 Internet Radio to Avid Protools architect, The Ambient Mafia, The Unison Collective and beyond!

Heather Christie & Greg Gordon discuss "music-preneurship", remixing songs for more reach, the negative effects of American Idol, and the Hero's Journey in music. Heather shares her range of artistic experiences in dancing, acting, producing, and performing, as well as her transition from musical theatre to singing and songwriting. Heather talks about her influences from Latin American culture, her travels to Mexico, Ecuador, and Guatemala, and writing songs in Spanish. She then reflects on her experience on American Idol, and how that sparked her to learn music business and take control of her own career. Heather talks about practicing, performing and producing music with her husband and partner, multi-instrumentalist Vir McCoy and using the stems of many differents world instruments from many of his recordings to create new and exciting dance music geared towards the ecstatic dance community. Opening and closing music is Space Between, by Heather Christie. Book a Mentorship se…

Shawn Mercado, aka SHDWS, producer, DJ, engineer, and sound designer. A Bay Area native and Pyramind Alum. Shawn shares his experiences with DJing and promoting for iconic San Francisco clubs like EPR, Ruby Skye, and City Nights. He’s produced music previously as M3RC, and spent years honing his craft and discovering his signature style, leading into rebranding and releasing a polished sound under the SHDWS. He’s released music for Night Bass and Divided Souls, and has collaborated recently with Blossom. Shawn talks about his experience with Wax Motif’s Park ’N Rave Livestream, and what it was like performing for a socially distant audience and tens of thousands of viewers on Insomniac’s Twitch and YouTube streams. And Shawn breaks down his debut release with Divided Souls, Vixen.

Excerpts from different episodes of the Mentor My Mix Podcast, hosted by Greg Gordon. Brought to you by Pyramind, America's premier Music Production School.

OG Bass Head to OG Funksta breaking down Skunked

Bioharmonic Technologies and Primal Resonance: Producing Music for Wellness

The journey from Frost Raven to K Theory to Social Kid

In this episode Greg and DJ Celeste discuss the transition of the current live music industry from venues and festivals to online live-streaming, Twitch and VR parties, including the use of Tiltbrush and Blender as a stage building tool for visual artist in collaboration with musicians and venues in the online space.  Collaborating with cello Joe in Oakland. Filming a music video pre-covid. The amount of musicians and producers in our orbit. Producing and releasing music during quarantine. Making vibrant music with Ableton for ecstatic dance parties. The Boutique Electronique label in Germany. Producing Hip-hop. Livestreams with costumes. The financial impact of Covid-19 on the artist community. Learning to adapt to the new normal. Social media marketing. Wanting to believe in the arts and the good of people. The cutting edge of music technology and its effect on the perspective of art imitating life and life imitating art. Making VR art with Tiltbrush for events in Second Life. Us…

From necessity to opportunity, Coaxing out your soul song and holding the bitterness and sweetness together in relationship to fully experience life.

From lemons to lemonade: Taking a year off Raves for the first time ever, Breaking down a brand new release & giving people a touch of heaven.

Life In Berlin, Performing with Ableton Live, Experimental and Techno Music, RTFM, and how to know what you don't know!