Sounds of Encouragement
Encouragement from Musicians, Music Educators & Creatives for Creatives. Interesting interviews with music teachers, creatives, and musicians along with calming and topical encouragement as you face the challenges of everyday life. Find out what sounds and songs encourage other creatives and what keeps them hopeful, moving forward, and creative.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 62
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Interview with Michael Faire, Bass Trombonist and Music Business Professional
Michael Faire is a semi-active musician in North Georgia. A freelance collegiate trombonist turned music business professional, Michael now serves as the Instruments, Sales and Rentals …
Interview with Donna Hughes, Singer & Songwriter
Donna Hughes has written north of 500 songs. She has released 6 albums, containing mostly original material. Nominated for Songwriter of the Year in 2024 & 2025, for the SPBGMA Awards,…
Special Episode with Singer Songwriter Donna Hughes
Donna Hughes has written north of 500 songs. She has released 6 albums, containing mostly original material. Nominated for Songwriter of the Year in 2024 & 2025, for the SPBGMA Awards,…
Interview with Adam Cole, Performance & Confidence Coach
As a Performance and Confidence Coach, Adam Cole wants to transform the world, one person at a time.
Adam writes about the central issues keeping us from moving: fear, doubt, lack of awa…
Interview with Sarah Boyd, MM, Early Childhood Music Specialist
Sarah Boyd, MM is a piano teacher, early childhood music specialist, and all-things music education enthusiast. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Grove City College and a Ma…
Interview with Merlin Thompson, Music Educator
Award-winning music educator Merlin B. Thompson (PhD, MA, BMus) is the Creator and Founder of Teach Music 21C - a music teacher professional development program that highlights 21st cen…
Interview with Celeste Watson, Music Educator
Celeste Watson (MM, MS, NCTM) helps musicians achieve artistry through well-coordinated use of the body. She holds credentials in performing arts medicine, piano performance, and music …
Interview with David Lane, Composer, Musician, Teacher
David Lane is an award-winning composer and arranger for film, concert, and musical theatre. He is the host of two podcasts: LIFE IN THE PIT (which is devoted to telling the stories of …
Interview with Andrea Grody, Music Director, Arranger, Composer
ANDREA GRODY is an Olivier and Drama Desk Award-nominated music director, arranger, and composer with a focus on developing new work. She is the Music Director & Music Supervisor of the…
Interview with Gurmehar Singh, Artist
Artist Gurm was born in India, grew up in China and currently resides in Thailand. Having grown up and been schooled in an international environment, immersed throughout in a multi-cult…
Interview with Lauren Best, Poet, Musician, Composer/Creator Part II
Lauren Best lives where the Pottawatomi River meets Georgian Bay, on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (now known as Owen Sound, Ontario). She is an interdisciplinary creative…
Interview with Lauren Best, Poet, Musician, Composer/Creator Part I
Lauren Best lives where the Pottawatomi River meets Georgian Bay, on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (now known as Owen Sound, Ontario). She is an interdisciplinary creative…
Interview with Chris Rugowski, Photojournalist & Recording Artist
Chris Rugowski is the man, or chicken as he is known to many, behind Chicken or The Egg Photography. He is a photojournalist who captures your authentic story. As of 2023, he’s been in …
Interview with Pam Asberry, Pianist, Music Educator, Composer
Pam Asberry, M.M., has over forty years of professional experience as a music educator, adjudicator, performer, recording artist, speaker, author, composer and arranger. A BMI artist, s…
Interview with Asher Laub, Violinist & Entertainer
Asher began classical violin training at the tender age of
2 and had already performed with the Buffalo
philharmonic by age 13.
Asher’s expertise in improvisation across multiple genres
has…
Interview with Katie Dahl, Songwriter & Playwright
Katie Dahl is a songwriter and playwright whose work is as expansive as Lake Michigan and as deeply rooted as its rocky coastal bluffs. A small-town celebrity on the Wisconsin peninsula…
Interview with Linda Kennedy, NCTM, Performer, Arranger, Music Educator
Owner/Instructor at the Linda Kennedy School of Piano and Voice, Linda began as an educator, arranger and performer at the age of 14.
Mrs. Kennedy is both a degreed and Nationally Certi…
Interview with Amy Rood Miller, Musician and Music Therapist
Amy Rood Miller is an accomplished private music instructor, music therapist, and performer. She has sung numerous roles and performances in and around the NYC and Washington, D.C. metr…
Interview with Peter Ciesla, Textile Artist, Part 2
For Peter's bio, see the show notes for Part 1 of the interview.
Visit Peter's website at
https://www.bazylistudio.com/bazyli-studio-wearable-art-gallery
Inspirational Art/Artists
1) La Sa…
Interview with Peter Ciesla, Textile Artist Part 1
Peter Ciesla is a self-taught textile artist born in Wroclaw, Poland in 1961. Growing up surrounded by theater, visual art and music, he developed a love for textiles and fashion. Peter…