Dream Loud Podcast

Fresh off of their latest tour, I (Ben) sat down with Ryan Hayes, Justin Olmstead and Riley Haynie of the band Righteous Vendetta to talk about how they met each other, the journey, joys and struggles of playing in a touring band and how they keep a great attitude while on the road so much. Listen in as they go into depth about the importance of balancing confidence with humility in pursuit of your dreams. These guys are the real deal: great musicians, great performers and true friends! We hope you get a lot out of this episode from these incredible humans!

Righteous Vendetta - a New Wave Metalcore band based out of Cody, Wyoming - has just finished up a six-week US tour as the opening band on the Unstoppable Screams tour featuring Red and Lacey Sturm (whom I played bass for). They are currently working on new music, but you can check out their current album "Cursed" on all the streaming platforms, iTunes or wherever good music is sold!

Today on the Dream Loud Podcast we have a special guest; the owner of FineLine - Weddings & Studio: Fred Findley. Listen in to hear about his experience in starting a photography business - how he saw a need and created a business to serve his community around him. Fred talks about how the role of a business owner is to solve problems everyday. When you have a problem you have an opportunity to contain it or permanently solve it. Problems are opportunities to make your business better. Fred's mindset is contagious and he talks in depth about how mindset is key to changing your outlook on life. AKA: your words write your story. You have to realize that negativity will be the largest hindrance to being successful. You must surround yourself with people that have your best interest in mind and silence the voices that doubt you and only talk about the negative things that could come from pursuing your dream! A final warning from Fred is that pleasure can replace the desire to achieve a goal. Our daily entertainment can actually be keeping you from achieving success! We hope that your life is energized by this conversation with Fred!

On the Podcast today, we have special guest Amber Audia (pastor at City Reach Westmoreland along with her husband Frank) to discuss her journey in founding a new church and the leap of faith it took to become a church-planter. Join us as we ask Amber what it looks like to found something bigger than yourself or what you think is possible and the struggles and victories that came from taking a huge leap of faith!

Today it's just me (Ben) and my dear friend Josh Doran as our special guest on the podcast. Josh is a friend that I make way back when I was a sophomore in college; playing in our school Jazz band. Josh is a computer software engineer and a very talented musician who I have worked with on a number of projects. Join us in our conversation as we discuss topics of science, art, overcoming our most daunting mistakes and our attempt to leave a legacy in this world that is worth being remembered!

Josh Sturm, guitarst for and husband to Lacey Sturm, is on the podcast today! Together we discuss the pros, cons and challenges of being your own boss in a creative field - as Josh has lots of years of experience doing that exact thing!

Zak Lee, drummer of Lacey Sturm, and I sit down to talk about getting started in audio production. From the stages of music production to the gear you need to get quality results; we lay out the information you need to start making music!

Zak and I reminisce about the adventures we had in Oslo, Norway when we played at the Festival of Hope with Lacey Sturm. Through a lot of craziness in traveling there and back, our faith was tested to the max in numerous ways and it was amazing to look back and see how it all worked out in the end!

For our second top-5 episode ever, we decided to talk about the top-5 favorite concerts we have ever seen and why they left such an impact on us.

Matthew Fordyce joins us again on the podcast were we sit down to discuss how and why we should be striving to become the best version of ourselves as possible. We also touch on some times in our life where we didn't feel motivated to be our best and what got us back on track.

Dan and I sit down for a fun conversation with our returning guest Matthew Fordyce for a chat about what inspires us. We explore what types of media gives us inspiration and helps motivate us to be creative in our daily lives!