The Open Mic Podcast

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got Sempel in the buidling! I was pumped for this one because it's been a long time coming! Sempel's been putting out a lot of music that has been stretching him as an artist and he is thriving in that enviroment. His newest album "I'm not having a great time" Is out everywhere and its got some heaters for your speakers folks!  There is something for everybody on this episode and on his new album. We talk about so much on this one. Life, Family, grinding out music and what it looks like to be expanding your horizon as an artist!  CHECK OUT EVERYTHING SEMPEL HERE!! LET'S GO! GET IT IN! THIS YOUR NEW FAVORITE EPISODE! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!   BUY REAL ESTATE WITH MALLORY HIRST HERE! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership and Mansfield Music Promotions and and and Brasshouse Boardroom for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!  

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have Narrow/Arrow on the podcast!  It's a rip roarin good time Y'all!  6hands, two guitars, one bass, one drum set, and a whole lotta love They have beautiful songs and beautiful souls Meet them here on this weeks episode of THE OPEN MIC PODCAST [ Reverb ] Check out Narrow/Arrow here    LET'S GO! GET IT IN! THIS YOUR NEW FAVORITE EPISODE! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!   BUY REAL ESTATE WITH MALLORY HIRST HERE! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership and Mansfield Music Promotions and and and Brasshouse Boardroom for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!  

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have Mr. Jody Odom Jr. on the Open Mic Podcast!  This dude is killing it in the modern R & B world today!  Jody was a wonderful guest and we got in deep about making the choice to stop holding back and take a leap towards what you want in Life. Lot's of content marketing ethical conundrums and strategies.  As well as all this new music he has been dropping!  It was a blast and make sure you show this one to every single person you have ever met!  CHECK OUT JODY'S INSTAGRAM HERE!!   LET'S GO! GET IT IN! THIS YOUR NEW FAVORITE EPISODE! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!   BUY REAL ESTATE WITH MALLORY HIRST HERE! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership and Mansfield Music Promotions and and and Brasshouse Boardroom for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!    

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we brought on Sarah Goff to the show!  I've known Sarah for a very long time! It was an absolute blast getting to catch up with her! We talk working with Aaron Gilespie, new music and marketing strategies!  As well as life and the various things that produce the music she has been making her whole life.  As always it was a good time catching up and talking all things music!  FOLLOW SARAH GOFF HERE LET'S GO! GET IT IN! THIS YOUR NEW FAVORITE EPISODE! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!   BUY REAL ESTATE WITH MALLORY HIRST HERE! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership and Mansfield Music Promotions and and and Brasshouse Boardroom for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week WE have THE Emily Raff on the podcast!  Emily and her airstream "DIVA" are going on another tour and we get the BTS dete's on how its all going to happen! She has new music on the horizon and more music video ideas churning up.  This is a jam packed episode for your listening enjoyment here folks, So click play and enjoy a great conversation as you go about your day!  FOLLOW EMILY RAFF HERE! LET'S GO! GET IT IN! THIS YOUR NEW FAVORITE EPISODE! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!   BUY REAL ESTATE WITH MALLORY HIRST HERE! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership and Mansfield Music Promotions and and and Brasshouse Boardroom for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got the man with the plan, Chase Banz!  He hoped on to promote everything he has been doing lately. We talk a lot of about making content on instagram and various routes to promote your brand. Buld your name up and drop more music.  It was a good time and I had fun chatting with Chase on this episode!  FOLLOW EVERYTHING CHASE DOES HERE!   LET'S GO! GET IT IN! THIS YOUR NEW FAVORITE EPISODE! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!   BUY REAL ESTATE WITH MALLORY HIRST HERE! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership and Mansfield Music Promotions and and and Brasshouse Boardroom for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!  

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we finally got the legend on the podcast for his own interview mr. Ohthat'sraww himself! Rawwade!  THis dude is a joy to chat with. He's very thought provoking and has really gone through quite the life journy this last year. It's an incredible story of learning what's really important and making the right sacrafices to get there.  We get some new music live on this one! killer three track sneak peek for you all!  Check out rob's instagram here! LET'S GO! GET IT IN! THIS YOUR NEW FAVORITE EPISODE! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!   BUY REAL ESTATE WITH MALLORY HIRST HERE! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership and Mansfield Music Promotions and and and Brasshouse Boardroom for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!    

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Lee! Brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week Lee is interviewing my band! Oiun! Pronounced like when, but spelled like Oiun!  It's great, you love it. Lee is awesome. I love lee from potent studios. He's a fantastic person and friend. So take a listen to him ask us questions about our band and our new single being released on Janurary 23rd 2006!  Find the pre-save link here!  Follow Oiun on instagram here!  Follow Lee Here!    LET'S GO! GET IT IN! THIS YOUR NEW FAVORITE EPISODE! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!   BUY REAL ESTATE WITH MALLORY HIRST HERE! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership and Mansfield Music Promotions and and and Brasshouse Boardroom for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of Rest In Beats! With your host's DJ DroJack and Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! REST IN BEATS 7 YA'LL! Home of the forever beats with DJ DRO JACK keeping the vibes flowing like milk and honey in the promise land! Where we bringing you nothing but the best Hip Hop that Mansfield has to offer!  On This Weeks Episode!  DJ DRO JACK VAUNDOOM KID KULTURE DEVY KAY KENCH CLUTCH 3D RUGRAT CHUCKIEE   With beats by; TJ GOT THAT SAUCE & DEVY KAY   LET'S GO! GET IT IN! THIS YOUR NEW FAVORITE EPISODE! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!   BUY REAL ESTATE WITH MALLORY HIRST HERE! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership and Mansfield Music Promotions and and and Brasshouse Boardroom for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!                        

HAPPY NEW YEARS FAM! IT'S 2026! IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE GETTING CRAZIER FROM HERE!  STRAP IN! Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we brought XheifXrated back on the show! crowd goes wild   He's got a new musical project that he is unveiling for you on this very episode! A whole fresh new collaborative meet up that he will be implimenting, starting this month! As well as a slew of other cool business and projects he has been cooking up.  NEW YEAR WHO THIS IS? IT'S X RATED... XhEIFXRATED  LET'S GO! GET IT IN! THIS YOUR NEW FAVORITE EPISODE! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!   BUY REAL ESTATE WITH MALLORY HIRST HERE! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!  

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This episode we have Grace McClenathan on the podcast!  She sings songs with an acousitic guitar! They are good songs!  You will love them! Listen to the episode, It will quickly become your favorite episode ever!!!  HERE IS GRACE MCCLENATHAN'S INSTAGRAM! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S! Backyard Chicken Petition!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got DM5k of 5K products owner and founder Aaron King in the studio!  This is a sick one for sure! I've always been fascinated with the fashion world in general. Not a fashionable guy, but I think the idea's behind the psychology and love for that world is very interesting! Dm5k has been hustling for a minute now and he's got some really cool products and branding to show for it.  The dudes passion for this industry and his craft is inspiring. So definately check this one out and share it with the world!    DM5K BUY 5K PRODCUTS HERE   Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S! Backyard Chicken Petition!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have a little bit of a different episode coming at ya! I brought on a dude named Gordon Hanners to chat with!  Some of you may know Gordon from so many different projects that he has created, from music, to media, to fashion, or just hanging out at Relax or shows in Mansfield. Now he trvels the world as much as possible and hitch hikes for a lot of it. He has been to some pretty beautiful places and had some crazy adventures as a result of it!  You guys are going to love this episode as much as Gordon loves Mansfield!  Keep tabs on Gordon's travels HERE! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S! Backyard Chicken Petition!  

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! Man we have another awesome episode for you this week! Had the pleasure of having KA$INO KASH come through!  We talked about his influence for his music and where it came from in his upbringing. Shout out Theresia! Talked a lot about his future releases and shows coming up. The man is busy for sure. We also find out that Kash and were practically neighbors at one point.  This is such a good episode, check it out and keep up with KA$INO KASH HERE! GO TO THE  CypherCity Hip Hop Festival 2k25  Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S! Backyard Chicken Petition!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got my good friend Damon on who Wrstles under the name NOMAD! I didnt grow up watching WWE or WWF at all so I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to talk to someone I know who has recently gotten into the Indy Pro Wrestling world.  Up until Damon started I had no idea the exstensive world of Indy Pro Wrestling tht exists in Mansfield Ohio. The community is huge and very, very devoted. It's quite awesome to see, especially from someone like myself that has no prior knowldge.  This episode was a blast, and I can't wait to do more shows with him in the future!  GO CHECK OUT NOMAD HERE!    Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S! Backyard Chicken Petition!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we are back with the man 5'10JackBoy in the building!  Monster of an episode. New music, life lessons, Having kids and making a massive positve change in your life. It's a very inspirational episode, so make sure to tune in for the whole thing.  Keep up with his music here 5'10JACKBOY Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S! Backyard Chicken Petition!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of Rest In Beats! With your host's DJ DroJack and Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! Rest in Beats Vol. 6 is here folks! Bigger, Badder, and more rapping than any other Volume yet! This was one for the books guys! It was so hardcore that blood was even shed to accomplish it!  We got,  DJ DRO JACK VAUNDOOM KID KULTURE DEVY KAY A.P THE KIDD SEMPEL KENCH YOUNG LEGEND TJ GOT THAT SAUCE OHTHATSRAW What a crew man! there's so much jam packed in this episode that ya'll are going to have to listen to it multiple times just to digest it!  Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!    

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we brought Rugrat Chuckiee on the podcast. To add his flavor profile for your pallet to sample.  We talk all things writing process to live shows. It's a blast of an episode. Tell everyone you know!  Check out his Intagram Here You're welcome in advnce.  Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have a new Mansfield-ish band called MARROWEATER in the house! They play Deathcore music. The genre is coming back and it's an awesome thing. It makes me feel old. Gotta go check out their first single entitled infestation!  Check it out here MARROWEATER   Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!  

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got DEVY KAY in this bish, and he's got a new album for us! So you know we had to talk about it of course.  Devy has been sculpting his sound nd really trying to seperate himself as a stand out artist these last few years. I think you'll hear a lot of growth on this project.  We check in with where he's been living and overall life updates.  A few tech snafoos but we landed the plane and you're going to love how it came out!  DEVY KAY   Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and and The Mothership and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!    

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got a huge Rest In Beats episode cooked up for ya!  Man oh man is it a tasty one.  DJ Dro Jack is in the building making this whole listening experiance possible. We brought back Devy kay, as well as A.P The Kidd and 5'10 Jackboy. Plus a bonus Sempel in the building ya'll!  We only bring you bangers. No fluff, Just all of the good stuff!  So hit play and listen to some fire tickle'n your eardrums.  DJ DRO JACK DEVY KAY A.P THE KIDD 5'10JACKBOY SEMPEL Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got the boys in AimPoint to come through and give us the scoop on their new E.P that just dropped!  You like heavy music? If not, then definitely check out AimPoint.... you're gonna love it! They play sexy-core, what's not to love?  Of course we talk the release, how writing and recording it went. Orgin stories, and member aditions. But we also talk sports! so theres that too.  Check it out, you're going to love it, there's a lot of laughs. Live, Laugh, Love.  CHECK OUT AIMPOINT'S MUSIC RIGHT HERE Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have back on XHEIFXRATED to sit down with a more traditional styled episode.  This episode took place on July 26, but as you'll hear when you listen to this, Xheif's laptop had just recently broke. So unfortunately he wasn't able to get me the tracks for this episode until he got a new one. But ladies and gentleman we are here with it for all of your istening pleasure!  There is a ton in this episode! Xheif loves to get onto deeper topics and so we talked a lot about where he gets the inspiration for his music. As well as family life and the fabric of human existence in the universe. He gives an interesting response on the classic genre question.  It's definately a good one, so make sure to show your cousins and office acquantinces!  CHECK OUT XHEIFXRATED'S IG PAGE HERE! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!    

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have Nathan from the band Big Bend! This dude is an absolute legend. His improve approach to writing music and pulling cohesive musical themes from that starting point is incredible!  He is putting out a new album called, last circle in a slowdown, and we discuss that at length. Its a beautiful work of music and It is very deserving of taking a listen!  We get into a lot of good conversations about everything from the writing process to life in general. Writing music is fascinating in the way it allows for everyone to approach it in a personal fashion. To me what makes music truly great is when you're able to take your personal approach and relate it to as many people as possible. I think Nathan is on the path to doing just that with this album.  Check Out BIG BEND HEREEEE! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!    

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we are back with Raven Starr on the podcast!  She makes industrial, techno, EBM, songs that make you feel like its the early 2000's again!  I had a blast talking to Raven on this episode. ITs a great era for that style of music that is very nostalgic for me.  We nerd out about gaming and talk about how awesome playing shows is. You're going to love it.  Check out Raven Starr Here!  Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we bringing it back with Vol. 4 of Rest In Beats!  With DJ Dro Jack keeping things moving in the building. We brought in Devy Kay and Xheifxrated to hang out for this one. Its a banger for sure and we had a great time on this episode. If you like cheeseburgers you'll most certainly love this one. Check out what everyone is up to down in those links! DJ DRO JACK DEVY KAY XhEIFXRATED Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   It's that time of the year again and we've got another great renditions album for us to check out live! Councilman Chico's Brother and Henrietta from The Foster Kids join us to get the scoop on this years 419 Renditions!  I've gotta say, I was not sure what to expect from the line up but it was a smashing year! Mike Dasher's cover is still stuck in my head. Definately need to check out this album, it's a great showcase for how creatively expressive this city collab has gotten.  Click HERE for 419 Renditions Vol. VI   Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!    

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we got the next installment of our segment Rest in Beats Vol. 2! With my co-host, DJ Dro Jack spinning some new beats from Devy Kay, and DeafNote Records! We brought Deimos and Henry Rich from Deafnote, as well as Devy Kay to hang out for another episode of good vibes, great beats and lots of word play.  It's some freestyle, some local beats and some live Dj'ing. All mixed with a lot of good conversation.  Click here for: DJ DRO JACK DEVY KAY DEIMOS HENRY RICH Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we got the next installment of our new segment Rest in Beats Vol. 2! With my co-host, DJ Dro Jack spinning some new beats from Devy Kay, Noah and A.P The Kidd. We got Kench, A.P. The Kidd, 510 JackBoy, and KT Spazz in the studio to hop on the mic and do they're thing.  Another episode of good vibes, great beats and lots of word play.  It's some freestyle, some local beats and some live Dj'ing. All mixed with some good conversation.  Click here for: DJ DRO JACK DEVY KAY 510JACKBOY KENCH A.P. THE KIDD Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!    

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we have The head of Potent Studios himself on Thee Mr. Lee EMM CEE. His band released a music video called algebra and They are about to release the sequal to that called, Algebra 2. I got Lee on here to talk about it from the perspective of this being his brain child and releasing it from his production company.  He is having the premeire live viewing party at Relax It's Just Coffee next friday the 9th.  You definatly need to be there for this one. I talk it up in this episode and I genuinley believe that I am not over selling it.  So give this episode a spin and get pumped for next weekend!  CHECK OUT THE TRAILER ON POTENT STUDIOS IG HERE   Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we brought on Jake and Jill Henry, as well as Andrew kleiman, owner of AK Hair Collective to talk about the shows they have been putting on in the Salon's basement.  Like the one tonight, 1/26/24! They've been putting together a lot of thought and craft behind this show series they have been doing for the last year now.  All four of us go way back, so it's mostly a massive nostalgia fest with lots of stories from when we were in highschool running shows in downtown Mansfield.  Check out AK HAIR COLLECTIVE here Check out HENRY SCREEN PRINTING here Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This episode we are trying a new segment! A Cypher Segment. We tested out our own version of one, with Kid Kulture while my co-host for this segment, DJ Dro Jack, spins some beats by Devy Kay! I'm pretty pumped with how it turned out, so It's going to be a recurring segment from now on!  All three of these dudes are very talented and I think it shows through the effortless chemestry that occured in the studio. We talk about artistry, life, pizza and Kid Kulture's self produced album that he has in the works.  It was a blast, so let me know what you think and if you' be interested on being on Volume two! Also any producers out there that would be interested in providing the beats for volume two to get some extra promotion for their beats.  Thank you to Kid Kulture and Dj Dro Jack for being down to through an idea at the wall with me and see what sticks. As well to Devy Kay for cookin up some tasty beats for Kid Kulture to "sight unseen" rap to live.  It's some freestyle, some pre-written, some local beats and some live Dj'ing. All mixed with some good conversation.  Click here for: DJ DRO JACK DEVY KAY KID KULTURE Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week Im hopping on solo to give some local happenings in downtown. Scheduling conflicts but we'll get em next week. Shoutout to Devy Kay  for generiously offering to make some intro's and outro's for the podcast! Let me know what you think of them and go check out his music! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we brought DOOMSDAYVE onto the show! Another local young gun with whatever musical genre he feels like aiming for that day in his sights.  He has recently released a massive album that has been a labor of love and very personal undertaking for him.  For his young age he has a ton of musical experiance already under his belt. He's ambitious and very musically active. Check out all of his music HERE! Follow his instagram HERE!   Shoutout to Devy Kay  for generiously offering to make some intro's and outro's for the podcast! Let me know what you think of them and go check out his music! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have on A.P. The Kidd! An alternative artist from North Carolina turned Mansfield local!  We talk all things making music and his very open ended, day to day writing process. He doesn't like to be confined to any sort of genre box and flows with his sound craft depending on his mood.  There's a lot of collabing going on locally, especially in the hip hop community, and A.P. is in the middle of it.  Check out his music HERE!   Shoutout to Devy Kay  for generiously offering to make some intro's and outro's for the podcast! Let me know what you think of them and go check out his music! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!    

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we have Jordon Baker in the studio! An all american folk singer songwriter form the geatest city in the continental US!  He came on to talk about the music he's been working on and his overall songwriting journey that he has found himself embarked upon.  With a catalogue of deeply thought out, heart felt tracks under his belt, he's got his eyes set towards his sophmore release.  Check out Jordan's Music in his bio HERE!   Shoutout to Devy Kay  for generiously offering to make some intro's and outro's for the podcast! Let me know what you think of them and go check out his music! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we have NeweraCam in the building! A member of the sadhour hiphop duo that is back focusing his attention fully on his solo work.  He has his first solo EP coming out January 5th, so of course I had to have him on to talk about it.  Cam's been grinding out his abilities as a writer and producer for quite some time now, and that's going to come accross with this new release. So check this one out and go to his instagram and click the link to pre-save his EP immediatly after!  NeweraCam's instagram!   Shoutout to Devy Kay  for generiously offering to make some intro's and outro's for the podcast! Let me know what you think of them and go check out his music! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!    

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we have Mr. Noah Sgambellone in the studio!  Noah has been in a treehouse, turned temporary studio recording his first rlease. Thats a pretty cool place to record an acoustic singer songwriter type album if you ask me. I don't think there is really much more that you need to know to peak your interest in listening to this episode.  So click on the episode and find out if Noah's music sounds as nice as you'd think a person that records their music in a treehouse, would sound like. Noah's Instagram   Shoutout to Devy Kay  for generiously offering to make some intro's and outro's for the podcast! Let me know what you think of them and go check out his music! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we got the party starter himself, Ryan Carver from the band Cruze Campo! They've been making a splace in the Mansfield music scene as of recently, so I had to have him on to tell us all about their new music they're putting out.  With a recent music video release and a game plan set on releasing sinlges, they have been hitting the social media world pretty hard. If you haven't seen them in your feed, i'd be surprised!  So quit sleeping on them, listen to the episode and follow them online to find more of what they have been up to. CRUZE CAMPO   Shoutout to Devy Kay  for generiously offering to make some intro's and outro's for the podcast! Let me know what you think of them and go check out his music! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have the political league of friends dubbed "The Breakfast Club" in the studio! With Mayor Jody, 5th ward City Counselman Aurelio, Mansfield City Board member Jen and Commissioner Tony on to talk about the new DIY Skatepark called LIberty DIY. They came together with The Committee to get a space to replace their previous DIY Skate spot, that had to be demolished with the removol of the westinghouse buildings this past year.  This is a really important episode in my opinion, due to it highlighting the way Government works best to help it's citezens. Facilitate an opportunity and then get out of the way to watch it grow!  It was a blast as usual chatting with them, so please share this one with everyone you know and lets continue making Mansfield an awesome place to live!  Check out Lberty DIY HERE!   Shoutout to Devy Kay  for generiously offering to make some intro's and outro's for the podcast! Let me know what you think of them and go check out his music! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours!   This week we had Devy Kay in the studio to talk all things music!  We get the behind the scenes on his process, and journey as an artist. As well as his future and current projects.  If you like that modern early 2000s style hip hop, definately keep your eyes on Devy. He's been putting a lot of time and effort into his music and I see him reaping the benefits already.  The hip hop community is flourishing in Mansfield currently and Devy Kay has been right in the middle working to network and collab within it.  To support Devy Kay's music check him out HERE! Also shoutout to Devy Kay  for generiously offering to make some intro's and outro's for the podcast! Let me know what you think of them! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week, we are back baby!  I brought myself on to kickstart the new season of the open mic podcast with a Life update and local music and arts summer happenings recap.  It's been a great back half of 2023 so far! This summer was fantastic and the fall has been beautiful and quite the eventful few months. So we are going to get this winter season started off right and give you something to enjoy the warm indoors with going into 2024! Thanks to everyone who listens to the podcast and continues to support it over this long hiatus! We got a lot of great shows for you coming up, so stray tuned! Shoutout to Devy Kay  for generiously offering to make some intro's and outro's for the podcast! Let me know what you think of them and go check out his music! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have Mansfield Music Fest 2023 currator, organizer, and the no longer doing everything by himself, guy.... Austin Moore! Another summer has come once again and that means its time to finally have fun! You can't spell summer fun with out the letters M M F. That means its almost time for another Mansfield Music Fest Ladies and Gentelman, and this year has a killer line up!  Not only are the bands great, but this fest just had to loosen a notch on its belt, becasue its getting fatter! Moving into a more all encompassing arena with the arts and food truck expansions, Austin is starting to refine his bigger picture goals this year for MMF 23.  This is going to be a really good year for Mansfield Music Fest, so listen to us talk all about it on this episode of.... The Open Mic Podcast Check everything you need to keep up with MMF23 FB page (HERE) The Instagram here! BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have Zac Hiser on the podcast! The man behind the Newsroom after hours curtain, pulling all of the strings!  It's the start of the next season of shows for the Newsroom After Hours crew. I had Zac on to discuss this years awesome lineup and what all he has planned for this season.  This year there is a bigger bang for your buck mentality, With the focus being on less shows with more bands on each bill. The shows are still free with free food and free Beer, But more of an emphasis on putting on well rounded genre specific shows to deliver the best experiance for everyone involved and attending the show!  We also discuss the history of Newsroom After Hours for those unfamiliar and Zac's vision of what the future holds for it!  I had a lot of fun talking to Zac and I think you will enjoy listening!  Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have Mr. VaunDoom himself in the studio!  This guy is a powerhouse of a rapper with years of experiance under his belt and more albums than he can remeber the names of. As well as curently in the process of releasing a new record, The curse of man, which drops March 17th.  We dig deep into VaunDoom's back story, from not really liking hip hop at a younger age, to cannonballing in and making waves. His writing/recording process, and the skill building journey of the business/promoting side of being an artist.  I genuinly enjoyed this one, we have a lot of similar interests and I know you're all going to appreciate this episode! He has a listening party for his album coming up March 16th, 7pm-10pm, 88 N Diamond st, studio one Mansfield Ohio.. Above Hursh Drugs. Stop on out and check his new alnum out!    VaunDoom's bandcamp VaunDoom's FB       Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!  

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we brought on the CEO and founding member of Bonfire Nation LTD, Cody Nicholas!  Bonfire Nation LTD is a not label, label, media conglomorate, Merchandise retailer, production studio, former degenerate, degenerate punk house, hostlle and website! Among other things... I've known cody since we were 18 years old, and haven't been as close as we once were, over the past few years. Life changes a lot as you get older, and draws your attention down various different paths. Even if your hopes and aspirations are still in similar areas. When those paths get to cross again over ocasions like this, it can bring great joy to the heart. I'd like to believe that this episode really reflects that.  We talk about a lot of things and share plenty of laughs. Including a shared immigrants love of the amazing city of Mansfield. I hope you enjoy this conversation I had the pleasure of having with an old friend.  BONFIRENATIONLTD.com     Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. and Bonfire NAtion LTD and The Electric Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!  

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have Ryan Citrino - Nick Bottom and Leah Gesouras - Beatrice Bottom (Nick's Wife), two members from the cast of Something Rotten! The next great production being performed at Mansfield's own legendary Renaissance Theatre!  Something Rotten! Opened on broadway in 2015 and was nominated for 10 Tony-awards. It's been described as if "Mel Brooks wrote Hamilton" The Story: Something Rotten takes place in 1595 London, England. The Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel are trying to find success by writing plays, but are outshined by the rock-star playwright of the Renaissance, William Shakespeare. Desperate to find success Nick gets help from a soothsayer for the next big hit when he prophesies a musical. The Bottom brothers get to work creating the first musical, complete with song and dance. I had a blast chatting with Ryan and Leah! They have both had quite the fascinating life in theatre, with lots of incredibly colorful experiences along the way! This episode was a real treat for me because I know nothing about the musical play/theatre world. I got the chance to ask a lot of questions that I've always wanted to inquire about that world. There are a lot of interesting similarities between the theatre world and the traditional band world that I exist in normally. As well as a lot of things that I had never considered that they have to think about on a regular basis while preparing for the roles that they will be preforming as.  It sounds to me that this musical will be right up my alley, heavy comedic emphasis with some tugging on your heart strings, down on their luck, under-dog character moments. I'm excited to go see it and I hope you all will too!  Musicals are cool, I don't care what you think. If you disagree you're wrong.  Something Rotten! Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 8:00 PM Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 2:30 PM Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 8:00 PM Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2:30 PM Check out all platforms for the Ren, as well as ticket purchase options for this performance here!!!  Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!  

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got Ill Will in the building! A Mansfield hardcore/beat down band the dropped their first release last march.  It was a real pleasure getting to talk music with these guys. They have been focusing on sculpting their sound recently and have seen great results coming out of the work they have been putting in!  We dive in on their up and coming new record they are finishing up in the studio currently. As well as some current events and conspiracies. You don't want to miss it or sleep on this band at all because this next album is sounding like its going to be colossal!  check out Ill Will  IG Here FB Here Spotify Here   Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!  

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have the incredibly talented and one of the most hard working musicians in Mansfield, Ricky Mitchell! He has this new album coming out and guess what? We talk about it. And wouldn't you know it, the album is wonderful! To me it has this very distinct nostalgic early 2000's alternative rock/pop feel, with some country overtones. With lots of re-playability from the catchy melodies that bore their way into my brain after just one listen.  This is a very important album for Ricky, as it marks the begining of a new direction in life for him. Will this be a period in the sentance of his life leading up to this moment, or mearly a comma? Moving him on to the next stage of his musical career. There is a ton of depth to this album, with enough introspection that will make even the most self unaware person pause and reflect on their own life. Ricky is a joy to talk to and even more of a joy to listen to. Please be on the look out for when this album drops and for the album release show that we are planning for to be held at Relax It's Just Coffee Keep a look out for Ricky's album here! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee and Two Cousins Pizza Co. for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we got The Gerds! We dive deep into their burning passion for creating music. We really dig into what makes these guys tick. If you like friendship, and you like heartwarming tales of comradery, this is your episode! Just some good friends doing good friend things, having fun together making music. This quite possibly could be our most thought provoking, moving episode yet! Check out The Gerds Instagram here! Check out their music here! Please make sure to like, share, and give us that much appreciated 5 star rating, that I'm sure you will agree, is well deserved! Also if you have Instagram, check us out: @openmicpdcast Check out The Richland Source and The Newsroom After Hours for all things happening in the great and beautiful Mansfield, Ohio! Also Check out The Mothership and Relax It's Just Coffee for local shows! Mansfield, Ohio is the greatest city in the continental U.S!