The Poet & The People
The Poet & The People is a space for influential artists, creatives, activists and community advocates and people on the edge of Saint Louis culture. The Poet & The People podcast will bring about intimate conversation around creativity, art, social issues and authenticity with people who make Saint Louis culture what it is today. Hosted by Gregory Maurice, poet and creative, he will take you through a series of interviews with people that he has come across in some capacity of the arts or community.
The Poet & The People
Julian Keaton: Music business + Tech + Social Activism
Entrepreneur, Music business coach and creative Julian Keaton sits down with Gregory Maurice for a conversation that spans what downtown Saint Louis needs to do to make office space more vibrant and diverse to going back into the archive to speak on his first music collab project “Rise”. Julian shared a story of how he was influenced by Nas “One Love” and the storytelling of it made him realize it would be a craft he wanted to participate in. The conversation touched on multiple points of his career from being a poet to starting a radio college station to managing some of the dopest Saint Louis artists to starting a tech startup. Julian talks about his journey of social change in the community and how music could be a catalyst to impact change. Give some tips for artists to market themselves to the audience they are targeting.
Audio Clip Played: https://www.stlpr.org/economy-business/2023-11-03/why-downtown-st-louis-needs-more-than-just-office-space-to-bounce-back-from-the-pandemic