This conversation explores the musical journeys of the Tuesday String Band members, their diverse backgrounds, and the collaborative spirit that drives their bluegrass music and above all their focus on the importance of community.

Tuesday String Band is a bluegrass trio of young music professionals who met through the music program at Western Oregon University. They perform more than 200 shows a year, entertaining crowds with fast pickin’, witty banter, and string band versions of music from a wide variety of styles.

Gage Carter: guitar; social media manager

Ryan Hanson: mandolin; booking manager

Mason Akers: bass; community outreach

• tuesdaystringband.com
• Socials: @tuesdaystringband
• Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4RxPANEzSbSafF0ZLJdCNN?si=7IbSO3Q7R32ckesl7z4o7g

Western Oregon University music program: - - Department of Music – Enjoy a Career in Music or Music Education

Monmouth Monthly Podcast:

• https://open.spotify.com/show/5JkPlobDvVoMpRww0Z4Jnc?si=AcbgR_ADS82YKuW1mswlfw

Local bluegrass jams: Marys River Grange

Venues & Cooperative Projects:

• Gilgamesh Brewing in Independence (Tuesday standing residency)
• The Barn at Hickory Station in Albany
• Thoughts and Gifts Project (Monmouth)

Mason’s post-punk indie rock band:

• Von Mono: https://www.instagram.com/von_mono?igsh=bXo2ZXUxcDU5bzZ5
• Album drops Sept 2025

Other music pieces to check out:

• “Vespertine Formations” - marimba quartet and WOU dance performance
• “Living Room Music” by John Cage
• “Straightjacket”Mark Applebaum

Artists worth checking out:

• Hank Williams, Sr.
• Ernest Tubb
• Hank Thompson
• Jimmy Buffett
• Woody Guthrie
• Left Over Salmon
• Infamous String Dusters
• Railroad Earth
• Kitchen Dwellers

Photographer Mark Svendsen’s work has been featured in various galleries in Oregon. Check out his incredible work here … https://www.osulittlegallery.com/mark-svendsen

Hair by Evlalia: www.hairbyevlalia.com

Here’s my contact…

Email: michael@thisisemotionart.com

Socials: thisisemotionart

A beautiful conversation with Kate, our local community building friend.

Music and Audio by Buddy Anderson...

Check him out on Spotify @fromanothamista

Here's our contact...

email: michael@thisisemotionart.com

socials: @thisisemotionart

This is a conversation with Chace, husband to Laurel (episode 19). Coming of age and finding belonging as a misfit in rural Oregon. Chace! Thank you for sharing an honest and joyful perspective of our universe.

Topics:

• Finding identity beyond video games and porn.
• How to care for a spiky wallflower.

Lifemetal song: Murderer by Impending Doom

Music and Audio by Buddy Anderson...

Check him out on Spotify @fromanothamista

Here's my contact...

Email: michael@thisisemotionart

Socials: @thisisemotionart

It's time to hear from our good friend and audio guru, Buddy Anderson, The view from his window and the music in his ears are of kindness and calm. Do yourself a favor and check him out on Spotify @fromanothamista.

Here's my contact...

Email michael@thisisemotionart.com

Instagram @thisisemotionart

Music and Audio by Buddy Anderson ... check him out on Spotify @fromanothamista

Here's my contact...

Email michael@thisisemotionart.com

Instagram @thisisemotionart

Brandon’s music: Acro

Book References:

• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
• Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
• Walden by Henry David Thoreau
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Carlos Castaneda was a Peruvian-born anthropologist and writer who was considered a father of the New Age movement for his series of books based on the mystical secrets of a Yaqui Indian shaman.

QHHT: Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique, a form of regression hypnosis developed by Dolores Cannon... (So so good... 10/10 would recommend for emotional healing!)

https://sacred-texts.com

Mike Lee

Silent Running

Reiki is based on the belief that there's a vital life force energy that flows through all living things, and Reiki practitioners aim to channel this energy to promote healing and balance. (Also SO good!)

Yes Theory

Here’s my contact…

Email michael@thisisemotionart.com

Instagram @thisisemotionart

Music and Audio by Buddy Anderson … check him out on Spotify @fromanothamista

References:

• Chromatherapy: MOODVUES glasses
• Left on Wilson is a psychedelic jam/rock band out of Eugene, OR.

- bandcamp: leftonwilson.bandcamp.com

- @leftonwilson (insta & FB)

• Books by Barbara Brennan

- Light Emerging

- Hands of Light

- Core Light Healing

• “Dance of the Photons: From Einstein to Quantum Teleportation”by Anton Zeilinger
• “Universe in a Nutshell” by Stephen Hawking
• The Telepathy Tapes is a podcast and documentary series exploring the potential for telepathy in non-speaking autistic individuals.
• Erick Godsey “The Myths That Make Us”
• Nimitz Tapes refers to video recordings of encounters between US Navy fighter jets and unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), often referred to as UFOs.
• The “UFO Rabbit Hole” podcast has been rebranded as “Cosmosis” and is hosted by Kelly Chase and Jay Christopher King.

Here’s my contact…

Email michael@thisisemotionart.com

Instagram @thisisemotionart

A conversation with Theresa, my step mother. Theresa is a gypsy with a unique perspective on this crazy story of damage and healing, shared without fear.

Delicious.

Music and Audio by Buddy Anderson.... check him out on Spotify @fromanothamista

Here's my contact....

Email michael@thisisemotionart

Socials @thisisemotionart