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Creator to Creators With Meosha Bean

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  • Creator to Creators S7 Ep 46 SIFUENTES

    Creator to Creators S7 Ep 46 SIFUENTES
    Jun 27 2025
    Amazon Music SpotifyMore about artist BioBack in the mid-’80s, James Sifuentes began writing and recording some pretty goodpop rock. He and Bill, his brother and bandmate, dreamed of getting the songs re-recorded professionally, but life, other interests and careers intervened.Then came more life: age 50, cancer, Hodgkins’s lymphoma. He beat that. Ten yearslater, July 2023, turmoil at the hospital where he had been an executive for 19 yearsresulted in his firing. A few months after that, January 2024, he suffered a heart attackwhile interviewing for his current regional manager position with the Chicago ParkDistrict.He didn’t know about the heart attack until he went to urgent care after the interview.At this point, he tells himself that if he’s going to put out his music, he ought to do it, andby March, he persuades himself to get it done.Then, January 2025, disaster for the second January in a row. He is diagnosed withstage 4 pancreatic cancer, but now he is seriously committed to putting out his music.And the result, a year later, is “Summertime,” the single, a jazzy pop-rock anthem to theseason, and Summertime, a 12-track album of some pretty good pop rock transformedinto seriously good pop rock.It’s all under the name Sifuentes. It features Jim, his brother Bill on guitar, and MattRiggen, a multi-talented colleague from the park district, on drums, brass and piano.“Overall, it’s pop rock, but there’s some stuff that fits in different genres.”The single features the rocking guitar and beat you would expect from someoneinfluenced by the Beatles, especially John Lennon and Paul McCartney, funkadelic,(Parliament) and R&;B.And it also has some swinging brass work too.“The ’60s, I was only a little kid,” said Sifuentes. “My dad actually bought Beatlesalbums, and we were just listening to them and, yeah, they became it.”Growing up, living and working in Chicago, “Summertime,” to him, means the end of theice, snow and cold of winter and the “beauty, the energy when people get to go out,wear shorts, barbecue, head to the beach and enjoy a different feeling.”“It’s just trying to capture that feeling and make people feel good when they listen to thesong.”He has been writing, composing, playing and recording music ever since he and hisbrother were teens. At one time, he wanted to do that full time.“We just didn’t pull the trigger, my brother and I. We wanted to get into the studio torecord these songs. We wanted to hear what they would have sounded likeprofessionally.”After the heart attack last year, “I said, ‘I’m gonna get these songs done.’ In March oflast year, I said I’m gonna put out an album, so I set the goal.”But doubts set in: already 60, health not good, and though the music he had written andrecorded was good, he hadn’t been playing much, or singing.Somewhere in here, his daughter Amanda says to him about “Summertime,” which hewrote in his 40s, “I love that song, Dad. You should finish it.”“And I said, ‘You know what? I’m going to do this album. I will release it aroundsummertime, so, I want that to be the title.”He began work, getting back into musical shape, working over his songs, and byNovember, he was back in the studio.Then January, and this time it’s pancreatic cancer. But, “I’m always one to finish a goal.”Now it’s June, and the album is out.“And I celebrated yesterday,” he said. “My staff here at the park district, we held alistening, they called it a listening event, and they played the album. My brother, Mattand I did some of the songs, five of them, just acoustic versions, but it was really nice.”And that’s the story, he said. The love of music, the talent, the gift, has always beenthere, waiting to be unveiled.That’s what he calls it, an unveiling.“People know I play guitar, kind of, but didn’t know this other part of me, that I couldsing, or I can record, and I compose songs. It’s an unveiling of another part of Jim thatpeople might not know.”He wrote most of the songs when he was 18-25. “The Memory” is about where he grewup, “walking around the park, going to school.” “Searching for Another Day” he wrotewhen he was 18.“Life,” coming more than 30 years later, after the first bout with cancer, “kind ofcomplements that song, saying, like, ‘After your search, this is where you’re at.’”“Will You Be Mine” is R&B, “kind of a stepper.” “Loving You Dear,” “a catchy little clubsong.” The last song, “Yes, It’s Me,” started out as a love song to a woman namedOrquídea, orchid in English. It features a Latin flavor and Sifuentes on guitar.“But it became in many ways more about me, showing everyone that it’s me singing,recording, unveiling parts of me that were hidden, and still living fully.”He wrote other songs for people like him and his brother, people who grew up duringthe same period and listened to The Beatles, Elton John, The...
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  • Creator to Creators S7 Ep 45 BamsterG

    Creator to Creators S7 Ep 45 BamsterG
    Jun 27 2025
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    BioSouthern positive rapper BamsterG’s latest single, “Dummy Thick,” is a banger intended to bring
    good summer vibes to all the men and ladies in the club — but especially the ladies.
    Thick, of course, is a slang term used as a compliment for curvy women. The addition of dummy
    adds a superlative, in tribute to the women with even more of that something special.
    “I wanted to make a song to the touch hearts of all the good-lookin’ ladies who feel like they got
    that big ‘ba-donkey-donk,’” BamsterG laughs. “It’s a fun track, but it’s also player. It’s cool, calm,
    confident.” The beats were produced by Atlanta-based producers Mercy Beatz and K-Rab (the
    originator of snap music), giving the track an upbeat, club-ready bounce.
    BamsterG wants his music to celebrate the positive aspects of life, and he calls his music
    motivational hip hop. “I try to motivate people to do better and to be happy,” he says. “It’s no
    point in being sad, man, we only live once. It’s time to get out of that heartbreak, get out of this
    predicament, and try to turn that negativity into positivity.”
    The artist’s roots play a role in his music. While he now lives in the city of Chattanooga, his
    hometown is Sweetwater, Tennessee, a place that he says is “very country.” From Sweetwater
    to Chattanooga, to collaborations with producers in Atlanta, a southern flavor is woven into his
    sound and style.
    The name “BamsterG” itself is a family affair. “My dad has called me Bam Bam since I was a
    toddler, cause I bammed on everything like Bam-Bam in The Flintstones,” he explains. “Then it
    became Bamster from all the sports I played: football, basketball, wrestling. The G is from my
    last name, Goodlow.”
    Additionally, he credits his father, a musician known as John Wayne (real name Stacy
    Goodlow), for initially inspiring him to begin creating music. “He had a home studio, and I was
    always around it,” BamsterG says. “He’s a big part of why I do this.” Other influences include
    Future, Rylo Rodriguez, NoCap, Young Thug and many more.
    In terms of creative process, sometimes BamsterG starts by writing lines of lyrics, while other
    times he is inspired by a beat and begins freestyling. And sometimes, the process is more
    collaborative, involving several members of his creative team.
    In addition to his father, that team includes Drew Madden, a Chattanooga-based producer he’s
    been working with since 2019. His cousin, Atlanta rapper LDB Justo, is a close collaborator, part
    of the Lavish Dope Boyz Entertainment label. “You’ve got to have a team,” he says. “If you don’t
    have a team behind you, it’s really hard to get up.”
    With his team behind him, consistency is the plan moving forward for BamsterG. He has more
    singles on the way, including a follow-up single next month and live performances coming soon.
    “We’re releasing singles one after the other,” he says. “I’ve got a vault ready. Not just for this
    year, but years to come.”
    His ultimate hope? “To make people feel good about themselves. Ladies, men, everybody. And
    to make a way for my family.”

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    41 min
  • Creator to Creators S7 Ep 44 ORCHID IN THE IVY

    Creator to Creators S7 Ep 44 ORCHID IN THE IVY
    Jun 27 2025
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    BioNORTHERN KENTUCKY – Orchid in the Ivy, the hard-hitting alternative rock trio
    fronted by Brett Scharf, is turning heads with the re-release of their fiery, pop-punk
    rendition of “Beds Are Burning.” Originally recorded some time ago, the band recently
    remixed and relaunched the track to pave the way for their upcoming five-song
    EP—proving that rock is far from dead and Scharf’s creative fire is still blazing.
    “We did a new mix,” says Scharf of the Midnight Oil classic. “We kinda did it a while
    ago, and we basically did a whole remix... people will maybe recognize it a little bit and
    then kinda get your feet wet again with it—and then go with the five song EP after that.”
    The result? A faster, sharper, and more aggressive version of the politically charged
    anthem—reborn through Orchid in the Ivy’s melodic punk-rock lens. “I always thought it
    had a great groove to it,” Scharf explains. “I was messing around with it one day and
    just thought, ‘God, if we sped this up, this would be more like almost a punk rock tune.’ I
    don't think they realized how kind of heavy and punk rock that song could actually be.”
    For Scharf, who once toured alongside now-household names like Fall Out Boy and
    Motion City Soundtrack in his early band Spindle, Orchid in the Ivy represents a rebirth.
    After years of navigating the ups and downs of multiple projects, including Rosemary
    Device, Scharf stepped into the role of lead singer “more out of necessity than anything
    else.” That unplanned shift uncovered a sound—and voice—that finally felt right.
    “I put some vocals down on a couple songs and asked my drummer what he thought.
    He liked it, and we just kept going forward that way,” says Scharf.
    Since forming in 2013, Orchid in the Ivy has remained fiercely self-sufficient. The band
    records everything at Scharf’s own studio, allowing them the space to experiment and
    evolve. “We were trying to really find out our sound,” Scharf says. “I think in the last five
    or six years, we really found our voice.”
    That voice blends the emotional punch of Brand New’s The Devil and God Are Raging
    Inside Me with the melodic grit of Alkaline Trio’s Crimson and the urgency of Rise
    Against. The upcoming EP, while not including “Beds Are Burning,” follows hot on its
    heels, with singles set to roll out every six to eight weeks.
    “There’s a little more emotion involved in this one,” Scharf notes of the new material.
    “The stuff I’ve been writing for this EP—and even the next one—is just a little more
    personal. With everything going on in the world, it just seems like a chaotic time.”
    Though Scharf’s journey has spanned decades and many stages, his passion has
    never faded. “The older I got, the better the writing got,” he says. “There’s always been
    that inspiration of finding new music, being creative. That’s always been a passion of
    mine.”
    And for fans of raw, heartfelt rock music, the message is clear. “Rock’s not dead,”
    Scharf insists. “I hope we can burst through the scene and break some barriers again.
    There’s still a huge audience out there—and just because major labels aren’t signing it,
    doesn’t mean they’re not there. That’s what rock has always been about: breaking down
    barriers.”



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