In this week's episode, Bryan and Jason talk about the take-aways from last week's interview with Jere Shea. They also give a preview of next week's episode with New York-based, multiplatinum voice coach Claude Stein. What you will learn: If you haven't listened to Episode 16 with Jere Shea, you should. If you are curious about the connection between voice training/singing, charisma, and speaking authentically from the heart, you should check out next week's episode with multi-platinum voice coa...
Oct 23, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Jere Shea was nominated for a Tony for his lead role in Steven Sondheim’s Passion on Broadway. Jere went on to act in films and most recently was a series regular on the Showtime series City On A Hill with Kevin Bacon. What you will learn: What steps Jere took to learn the craft of acting. How he got the lead role in the Sondheim musical Passion , which earned him a Tony nomination. Why he left acting in the late 90s. Why he returned to acting after 20 years. How he landed the role of Hank Signa...
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Richard Patrick was the touring guitarist for Nine Inch Nails before founding the multi-platinum selling rock band Filter. With hits like Hey Man, Nice Shot” and “Take a Picture” Filter sold millions of albums and are about to release their 9th studio album. What you will learn: How growing up in Cleveland affected Richard’s outlook on music. How his move to Los Angeles opened up opportunities musically. The parallels between Richard's and his brother Robert Patrick's ( Terminator, True Blood ) ...
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Host Bryan Smith and editor/producer Jason Moore talk about how the podcast started, the challenges they have faced, and the direction they want to take the show. What you will learn: How DreamPath went from an idea to a reality. Why Bryan started the podcast and what he hopes to accomplish through interviews of creatives from various industries. Why Jason joined the project and where he sees the podcast going mid- and long-term. How the legacy of Bryan’s father, who passed away in 2003, has inf...
Sep 25, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 14
Hollis Wong-Wear is a Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, spoken word artist, public speaker, and creative consultant. When she’s not writing and composing her own music, she collaborates with individuals and organizations to develop their creative voices and amplify them for social change. Hollis is a member of the Seattle-based, electronic R&B trio Flavr Blue. She also works with other artists, including Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and was nominated for a Grammy with them for her songwrit...
Sep 18, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Ricardo Frazer emigrated from Costa Rica to New York as a child, but he has spent most of his career in the Pacific Northwest, where he has been a pioneer of the music and arts scene for decades. Ricardo is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Seattle Theater Group (STG), which operates multiple historic performance venues in Seattle, including the Paramount and The Moore Theaters, which have formed the backbone of the live music and theater scene in Seattle for decades. Ricardo’s...
Sep 04, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Bryan Gregory Smith is a trial attorney, musician, world traveler, promoter of the arts, and creator of DreamPath Podcast. DreamPath explores the journeys of writers, musicians, filmmakers, painters, performance artists, and others who have forged a career in a creative space. What inspired them to make the leap from their day jobs to a career in the arts? What hurdles did they overcome? What did they learn from their failures? What advice do they have for those who have not yet made the leap? T...
Aug 28, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Bettina Gilois is an award-winning screenwriter and author, whose awards and nominations include the Humanitas Prize, the Black Reelz Award, the Movieguide Award, an ESPY Award, and a nomination for an Emmy. After acquiring an art history degree from Columbia University and working at Andy Warhol’s Factory, she began her writing career with Joel Silver and Warner Brothers, and has since collaborated with such notable artists and producers as Jerry Bruckheimer, Joel Surnow, Norman Jewison, Michae...
Jul 31, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Greg Mariotti has been working in Los Angeles, California with Cameron Crowe’s production company Vinyl Films for the past four years. Prior to producing the documentary David Crosby: Remember My Name, which premieres in theaters on July 19, his most recent projects include Showtime’s Roadies and the Jerry Maguire 20th Anniversary Blu-ray and DVD. Prior to joining Vinyl Films, Greg had a prominent career at some of the leading financial institutions in Seattle, Washington. What you’ll learn abou...
Jul 17, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Seattle artist Alfredo Arreguin has exhibited his work internationally, most recently at the Museo de Cadiz in Spain (2015). He has exhibited solo shows at Linda Hodges Gallery since 2001. Arreguin has a long and distinguished list of accomplishments. In 1979 he was selected to represent the U.S. at the 11th International Festival of Painting at Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, where he won the Palm of People Award. In 1980 he received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the arts. In 1988, in a ...
Jul 03, 2019•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 8
For over 30 years, award-winning composer BJ Leiderman has enjoyed a multifaceted career as a composer, lyricist, producer, copywriter and voice talent. He is best known as the composer of the themes for Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, Car Talk, The People’s Pharmacy, Common Ground, A Moment In Time with Dan Roberts and Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! on National Public Radio and Science Friday and Marketplace on Public Radio International. As Creative Director of BJ Leiderman Music, Leiderman has ...
Jun 19, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Gerald Johnson’s professional career commenced with The Sweet Inspirations as an opening act for Elvis on The Strip in Las Vegas. A left-handed player who utilizes a righty Fender P inverted, Gerald’s soulful pocket playing, warm resonant tone, and engaging stage presence earned him a position at the top of his profession as an in-demand session player, concert performance sideman, and vocalist. Akin to such bass icons as Sir Paul, James Jamerson, and Willie Weeks – Gerald Johnson is that rare p...
Jun 05, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Roger Fisher Born in Seattle, Washington on February 14th, 1950, Roger Fisher was the founding guitarist of the rock group Heart, globally known through the sales of more than 40 million albums. Roger has played in every major city in North America many times. He has also toured Europe, Japan, Australia, Uzbekistan and Russia, and performed at massive events in the Czech Republic, Japan, Canada and the United States for more than 300,000 people at a single rock show. He has appeared on a multitu...
May 25, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Roger Fisher Born in Seattle, Washington on February 14th, 1950, Roger Fisher was the founding guitarist of the rock group Heart, globally known through the sales of more than 40 million albums. Roger has played in every major city in North America many times. He has also toured Europe, Japan, Australia, Uzbekistan and Russia, and performed at massive events in the Czech Republic, Japan, Canada and the United States for more than 300,000 people at a single rock show. He has appeared on a multitu...
May 07, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Rayka Zehtabchi is an Iranian-American film director based in Los Angeles. Her directorial debut, Madaran , is an Iranian language short film that has screened worldwide at established film festivals, winning jury awards at Hollyshorts, Urbanworld, and Cleveland International. Madaran qualified for the 89th Academy Awards in 2016. Rayka's short documentary, Period. End of Sentence., is about a group of village women in Northern India who start a sanitary pad business in an effort to improve femi...
Apr 09, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Hiba Jameel’s art serves as a way for her to process her world. Whether it is to fulfill her civic duty by criticizing the political climate or to express the sensitive sensual facets of life through painting flayed beautiful nude figures. Or painting to heal from her childhood wounds and engage others in art making via conducting interactive art events. You will see little glass cups decorated with gold in Hiba’s work, along with some mushroom clouds, gold leaf and lots of nude figures. Hiba us...
Apr 02, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 2
DreamPath is about discovering the journeys of artists, filmmakers, musicians, etc., into their career in the arts. Through in-depth interviews we attempt to demystify and thus humanize artists and their creative process. If you take the time to listen and ask questions with genuine curiosity, you will find that everyone - from a cashier at 7-11, to an executive at a software company, to a city mayor, to a stay at home mom - has an interesting story. But artists’ stories are often shrouded in en...
Mar 27, 2019•4 min•Season 1Ep. 1
