Episode 257 features the words and music of Ahli, a pop singer/songwriter from Nashville, TN. In this episode, Ahli talks about what it was like growing up in a conservative town while discovering their identity plus advice for those who are currently living in more conservative areas.
The songs featured in this episode: “Ghost” and “Past Life”
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Full transcription of Ahli’s story:
Same ground, different sound. You’re on Homoground. This is Ali from Stockton, New Jersey. I identify as a pansexual gender-neutral. I grew up in Stockton, New Jersey. It’s a really small rural town on the Delaware River. It’s biggest claim to fame is that we’re pretty close to where Washington crossed. I grew up in a more divided area. People would go to Pride in Pennsylvania, but there would also be people who fly the Confederate flag where I went to high school.. In high school, it wasn’t the best place to come out for a lot of reasons. One of them was there weren’t a lot of people who were out. I probably knew like definitely finger counting the amount of people who were LGBT and all of them were in the closet and not really outspoken about it. I think everybody was kind of in that zone like it’s kind of a toss up. We’re not really sure what to do. And it just kind of spread to me. I was like, OK, like, I definitely like girls, but I’m gonna hold off on that.
I waited till my senior year when I had transferred out and gone to boarding school. I was 200 miles away from my parents before I told them. I was like, hey, I am pansexual.
You can read the full transcript of Ahli’s story on our patreon.
CREDITS
This episode was produced and hosted by Lynn Casper.
Intro Jingle by data.data.data
Transcription was made possible by Queer Public Podcast who let us use their transcription software.
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Trumpet Wom – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Episode #268]
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Trumpet Wom is a Philadelphia-based musician who combines trumpet, keys, & singing into original and badass music.
In this episode, Trumpet Wom speaks with musician and Homoground Producer Maia Macdonald about music process, inspiration, living in a capitalist regime, our responsibility to understand and heal our ancestral trauma, and of course… trumpet!
Songs featured in this episode: Smooches, Your Fool, TY FY, Protons and Electrons
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CREDITS
This interview was recorded and produced by Maia Macdonald
Executive Producer: Lynn Casper
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Sinzere – Calgary, Alberta, Canada [Episode #254]
Tune in to episode #254 to learn more about Afro-Canadian hip hop artist Sinzere as she talks about very personal and intimate life experiences including what its been like growing up with abuse in Calgary as a queer Black woman, the importance of transparency, and how music was always there for her. We go behind the music learning more about the inspiration for the songs featured as well as the music video for her song “Posers” off her latest album “Ghetto Gabby”.
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Transcription of Sinzere’s story:
My artist name is Sinzere, obviously derives from the word sincere. What I did is I just switched the letter of “C” with the letter “Z” just to kind of give it its own identity, as a cool way to represent everything that I am. I’m very sincere to my artistry. It made a lot of sense, in that aspect. I go by the name of Sinzere. Music has kind of been with me since I was a young girl. I remember at a very young age, like around five, four or five, it was kind of like a way to escape the things that I was going through at that time. It’s always kind of been there, through my story when I really got into music and started recording records and working on production. I would say about 2012, it was self-start, it was DIY. In the beginning it was a notepad and ideas and a beat from a stereo. As I progressed and as I learned more and started taking it a little more seriously, I graduated from that to a friend’s basement, to a computer with computer headphones that had a microphone attached, super amateur, and I graduated from that to a friend’s bathroom. It started growing where, you know, we had maybe an apple tower, and a professional microphone and more things to work with. We used programs like Logic, and finally graduating to a state of the art studio. It started with just a notepad and a beat.
You can read the full transcript of Sinzere’s story on our patreon.
CREDITS
This episode was recorded and produced by Erin McGregor of Queer Public.
Executive Production and end credits hosted by Lynn Casper.
Intro Jingle by data.data.data
Interview transcription by Major Davis.
Transcriptions made possible by Queer Public Podcast who let us use their transcription software.
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Southern Queeries Interview with Rigel Gemini [Episode #265]
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In this episode the Southern Queeries podcast talks with Rigel Gemini, all around creative, tech. professional, creative artist, and queer influencer. They discuss his journey to the south, what keeps him motivated, and the next steps in his journey.
To keep up with him you can find his music on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and other music platforms. For social media, just search for Rigel Gemini on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. His music videos are available on YouTube, including the lyric video for his latest single, Snapped. Some of his other visually stunning videos include Gorgeois, I Can’t, and Day & Night.
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