S2E18 - Ignite - October '23

Ignite - October '23 In this episode, Scott is joined by Diomer, Eves, and first-time guest Jason Weatherbe to talk about the Ignite Youth Conference hosted by NJUMC in Wildwood, NJ from September 29th to October 1st, 2023.  The conference featured Ripe Artists Diomer, Eves, and Aable for the event’s Friday night concert. Jason served as the team’s drummer alongside DJ Ant G who served as the team’s MD. Ant also served as the DJ while Scott joined as the emcee for the rest of the conference weekend as well.  The episode begins with giving the backstory of how Ripe was booked for the gig and how each of the folks featured on the podcast felt going into the experience. The team shares quite a bit about what it was like arriving at Wildwood’s convention center and seeing the production level of the conference.  Towards the second half of the episode, we talk mostly about the first night’s concert and the ways we navigated some of the challenges of the overlapping-set design.  There’s a whole lot of shoutouts and conversation about overcoming different hurdles throughout the first night and what some of the key moments created for the students who were there.  As we wrap up the episode the squad shares about getting the opportunity to do a second set on Saturday and why we focus so much on engaging students off the stage at these kinds of events. We hope you enjoy the episode!  To receive text notifications for each release of this podcast text "Time is Ripe" to: 215-273-3540 and click the link to save your contact.  To Support Ripe Creatives and all that we do, including this podcast, visit https://www.ripecreatives.com/ Song: "Pina Colada" by Diomer