Hosted by Andrew Fisher · EN · 23 episodes
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The Backstage Lounge is hosted by Andrew Fisher — vocalist, bandleader, and music educator based in Southwest Michigan. Honest conversations about music, creativity, and the working artist life andrewfishermusic.substack.com
Andrew Fisher hosts The Backstage Lounge, a arts show with 23 episodes published.
The Backstage Lounge sits down with the musicians, educators, creators, and artists making things happen in Southwest Michigan and beyond. Not just musicians. Anyone who creates, performs, or builds something and means i
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Andrew continues his conversation with dancer and choreographer Lari Lawrence-Gist. They discuss their current project, The Citadel Holiday Spectacular, and how Andrew will be portraying Santa Claus. Speaking to aspects
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Host, Andrew sits down with dancer and choreographer Lari Lawrence-Gist. Lari is the Director of Dance at The Citadel Dance and Music Center and has been involved in a vast array of events and productions throughout Sout
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Andrew continues his conversation with Sound Engineer Paul Klimson. They talk about their hope for an artistic Renaissance. Also, discuss Paul's time on Late Night TV working with The Roots. They bring up the importance
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Andrew has a chat with Sound Engineer Paul Klimson. Having been in the music industry for decades, Paul has been on tour with Justin Timberlake and John Legend. Also was the monitoring engineer for Jimmy Fallon's Late Ni
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Andrew continues the conversation with Singer/Songwriter Dena Woods. They discuss the aftermath of the The Pool. Also bring up the difficult but needed conversation about her perspective of being a woman in the music sce
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Singer/Songwriter, Dena Woods, is based out of South Bend, Indiana. She performs as a solo artists and also heads her own group, "The Dena Woods Project". She also in involved in healing outside of the music world being
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Continuing with Sound Engineer Krystal Davis. I ask her to share her perspective on what it's like to be a female engineer in a predominant male field. We discuss how Covid has changes the landscape in the world of music
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Krystal Davis is a Sound Engineer at Sweetwater Sound in Fort Wayne, Indiana and is also the Lead Vocalist and songwriter for the band, "Our Name is Taken". In this episode we talk about her journey to becoming a sound e
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Andrew and Nicolina continue their conversation around the craft of photography. They go into Journalism photography and how things like social media and Photoshop have changed photography in a modern age. They discuss p
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Andrew is joined by photographer Nicolina Holt. She is an award-winning fine arts photographer educator. Having a tenure of over ten years as a photographer instructor, she also has her own photographer business - Nicoli
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Andrew and Isabella are back at it again! Since Andrew hasn't seen Hamilton, he asks Isabella for the "Unfiltered Pitch" which leads to a deep dive into the musical itself. Also reflecting on how it's an inspiration to s
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Andrew talks with dancer, choreographer, and instructor Isabella Schmidt. They discuss Isabella's experiences as a dancer from her earlier years in competitions to now being a dance instructor. They go in deep into their
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Andrew and Michael continue their conversation. Discussing Michael's journey through dance and being one of the only black dancer in the company and then being able to perform "Black" stories. They discuss Michael's Ted
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Andrew sits down with dancer Michael Blake. Michael is currently the Assistant Professor of Modern Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory. His professional dancing career spans over three decades to
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Andrew and Joshua continue their conversation on photography. Joshua flips the scrip and asks Andrew about his music career and also speaks on the times that he took photos of Andrew during his concerts and performances.
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Host Andrew Fisher sits down with photographer Joshua Nowicki as they talk about the art behind the camera lens. They bring up Josh's exploits as he ventures out on Lake Michigan during the winter months to photograph Wi
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Host Andrew Fisher continues his conversation with Choral Director David Carew. In this episode, Andrew asks David to talk about his process for programming a concert and finds out just how artistic it actually is. Also,
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For this episode, host Andrew Fisher sits down with his good friend and Choir Director David Carew. They discuss how choir directors are just as artistic as regular stage performers and how directors express their artist
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Andrew and Eric continue their conversation by diving deeper into their experiences as bandmates and musicians. Talking about their journey in playing the music of Stevie Wonder and their tribute concert to him and how t
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