Soundstripe Sessions

Noam Kroll is an LA-based filmmaker, director, and cinematographer who runs one of the most popular filmmaking blogs and podcasts on the internet at noamkroll.com. He talks about the slow build of a filmmaking career, working in a way that fits how he's wired as an introvert, and picking ideas worth committing to.

Dr. Erika Siegel is a naturopathic physician, acupuncturist, and founder of Nourish Me Clinic in Portland, Oregon. She and Jeff cover blending Western and Chinese medicine, the foundations of health, GLP-1 drugs, sauna and cold therapy, the link between wellness and creativity, and self-care as responsibility.

Nicole Shapiro is a Toronto-based cinematographer who runs N-SHAPS Production, shooting commercial and music video work for clients like Mazda, Adidas, and the Toronto Raptors. She came to filmmaking through an unexpected door: a kinesiology degree and a pivot to shooting basketball highlights in 2019. She and Jeff talk about building a DP career without film school and using spec work to land paid gigs.

Eric Sheinkop founded Music Dealers at 16 and scaled it into a licensing platform that placed independent artists inside campaigns for Coca-Cola, the FIFA World Cup, and the Olympics. Jeff and Eric talk through what dyslexia taught him about spotting patterns in broken industries, the PE deal that eventually cost him the company, and what he's building now at The Desire Company, connecting brands with verified subject matter experts.

Jonah Feingold is an independent filmmaker and entrepreneur based in New York who has made five feature films and over a hundred shorts. In this conversation, Jonah talks about his origin story, influenced by Hook at age two, his approach to creative work, and the business challenges of funding films in 2026.

Brooke MacLean is the CEO of Marketwake, an Atlanta based agency she bootstrapped to nearly 80 people over eight years and named one of the best places to work in the city. Her agency helps brands tell better stories, which leads to better results for their business. She joins Jeff to talk about what that actually looks like in practice, why culture became her competitive advantage, and why she thinks brands that lean too hard on AI are quietly breaking an agreement they didn't know they had with their customers.

Soundstripe staff composer Matt Wigton on his journey from Memphis baseball prospect to touring jazz bassist to prolific music library composer — over 1,000 songs, a Bridgerton placement, and his recent string quartet EP.

In the very first episode of the Soundstripe podcast, host Jeff Perkins sits down with all three co-founders — Micah Sannan, Travis Terrell, and Trevor Hinesley — to celebrate 10 years of Soundstripe and tell the full origin story.

The space between inspiration and execution, that’s where the real story lives. We sit down with world-class creators and storytellers to unpack the craft, creative decisions, the roadblocks, and the breakthroughs that shaped their best work.