This week, Naptown rapper Trajik comes on the show to talk about his unique journey in the entertainment business, from getting signed to a label at a young age, doing open mics with Travis Porter and Migos, becoming an actor, his new album Welcome to Traptown all while educating us on the lessons he learned through it! --------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW TRAJIK ON INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/big_trajik/ SUBSCRIBE TO TRAJIKS YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/TrajikWorld FOLLOW OUR COLLABORATIVE INDEPENDENT PLAYLIST ON SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5pcmpbXdEbf0ev32kFHnCD FOLLOW US ON SM https://www.instagram.com/thedistrictspotlight/ SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW INTERVIEWS WEEKLY

On the first episode, Bobby Donnelly shares his independent music career and mindset behind it. He takes us back to his roots in classical violin to stretching his talents in a band and putting out successful solo music. Bobby's thoughts on music being a time-capsule, his influences, motivations, and more are thoughtful and light-hearted glimpses into his perspective. Check out his album and lookout for new music releasing soon! ----------------------- FOLLOW BOBBY ON IG: https://www.instagram.com/bobby.donnelly/ FOLLOW OUR NEW INDEPENDENT PLAYLIST ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5pcmpbXdEbf0ev32kFHnCD SUBSCRIBE for new interviews weekly: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs-tUu9YpB4dp1BvAFU0tzQ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: https://www.instagram.com/thedistrictspotlight/

Jacob Lafever, a passionate and soulful musician comes on the show to share his inspiring journey throughout his music career. He talks about moving to Miami, taking 6 months off to focus only on his craft, and how music has always been a dream of his. What's your favorite part of the interview?? Let us know below! ------------------------------------------------------ FOLLOW JACOB LAFEVER: https://www.jlafevermusic.com/ https://www.instagram.com/lafevaloca/ NEWEST SONG: https://linktr.ee/lafevaloca FOLLOW US: https://www.instagram.com/thedistrictspotlight/ FOLLOW OUR COLLABORATIVE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5pcmpbXdEbf0ev32kFHnCD NEW EPISODES EACH WEEK ------------------------------------------------------ YOUR PREMIER PLATFORM FOR INDEPENDENT MUSIC

Embry Isaac, an ambitious and young musician comes into the scene strong with his debut project. He breaks down his meaning of the recent drop, "Bildungrosman" which is inspired by his coming of age story and how he's found his passion of music again. ---------------------- BILDUNGROSMAN: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5e6UvF9RFYAvExdIKcyZnt YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHyOgcOZ6t4BEKWL5cTCBA INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/embryisaac_/ OUR SM: https://www.instagram.com/thedistrictspotlight/ CHECK OUT OUR SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5pcmpbXdEbf0ev32kFHnCD --------------------- YOUR PREMIER PLATFORM FOR INDEPENDENT MUSIC

August Elliott, deeply insightful and extremely talented musician came onto the show and shared his experiences of fighting out of the dirt early on in his career, his take on the hip-hop scene, finding personal fulfillment in music and how he's motivated to give a voice for the underdogs. ------------------------- FOLLOW AUGUST ELLIOTT: https://www.augustelly.com/ https://www.instagram.com/augustelly/ AUGUST'S LATEST TRACK: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wRCQcHkasIBNknM8PurEg FOLLOW US: https://www.instagram.com/thedistrictspotlight/ FOLLOW OUR COLLABORATIVE PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5pcmpbXdEbf0ev32kFHnCD NEW EPISODES EACH WEEK!! ----------------------------- YOUR PREMIER PLATFORM FOR INDEPENDENT MUSIC

For our 10th episode we sat down with the passionate and dedicated Corey Gossett with the opportunity to hear one of the most incredible and inspiring stories of never giving up and pursuing his passions even through obstacles that could've been career ending. He opens up about how he re-found himself, becoming a better artist out of it, how him connecting with a group of motivating and talented individuals impacted his music, and his goals moving forward with his career. ------------------------------- FOLLOW COREY GOSSETT: https://www.instagram.com/kidwhocameback/?hl=en COREY GOSSET'S LATEST SONG: https://music.apple.com/us/album/good-for-you-feat-jvtree/1500869627?i=1500869633 FOLLOW US: https://www.instagram.com/thedistrictspotlight/?hl=en FOLLOW OUR COLLABORATIVE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5pcmpbXdEbf0ev32kFHnCD NEW EPISODE EACH WEEK!

For the final episode of season 1, we reveal the interview with our very own producer of the show, Bram Epstein! Bram is one of the most hard-working down to earth people we've met and gotten the opportunity to work with. Bram has been a musician most his life and fell in love shredding guitar at a young age and since then, he’s been developing a broad and unique expertise. While playing and touring with bands, Bram did most of the digital art work and tells the story of how he ended up running a successful visual media production company and actually making it his career. We took a twist on the traditional interviews we've done this season and not only do we get to hear Bram's impressive story, but he also opens us up to sharing some of our own. We talk about how we all met, the beginning of The District Spotlight and our personal experiences of the show. Since this is the last episode of season 1, we will be taking a short break from releasing interviews. Thank everyone so much for supporting us and the guests we have on. When we first had the idea of this whole thing, we didn't know where it was going to lead to, we just knew we wanted to be apart of growing and building the independent music scene. Season 1 has been awesome. Thank you all for the amazing support and feedback thus far and keep an eye out because we have big plans for Season 2 along with the guests we bring to you guys. ---------------------------------- FOLLOW BRAM EPSTEIN: https://www.instagram.com/40ficreations/ https://www.instagram.com/bramepstein/ https://www.40ficreations.com/ FOLLOW AND HEAR HIS BAND "IN THE A.M."! https://www.instagram.com/intheamband/ https://music.apple.com/us/album/my-sins/1461695107?i=1461695111 FOLLOW US FOR UPDATES: https://www.instagram.com/thedistrictspotlight/ FOLLOW OUR COLLABORATIVE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5pcmpbXdEbf0ev32kFHnCD ------------------------------ YOUR PREMIER PLATFORM FOR INDEPENDENT MUSIC

We had the opportunity to sit down with Lucas Lex who has a passionate and quickly growing fan base. In this episode, we get behind the mind of his creative genius and talk about his early music influences, his unique talents, and thoughts on his progress and direction. ----------------------------------------- INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/xx_lcslx9_xx/ TIKTOK: bencantread CHECK OUT HIS LATEST VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMlGVIchoKE FOLLOW OUR INDIE PLAYLIST ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5pcmpbXdEbf0ev32kFHnCD FOLLOW US ON SM: https://www.instagram.com/thedistrictspotlight/

Check out Episode 4 with Loc and Reckless, the Rhymacide Duo as they talk about the old-school hip-hop culture of Indianapolis compared to new-school culture artists experience today. They share their passion growing the community, developing good content, building a brand, supporting independents, all while killing them lyrically! ---------------------------------------------- FOLLOW RHYMACIDE! RECKLESS - https://www.instagram.com/rhymacidal/ LOC - https://www.instagram.com/locrhymacide/ TO FIND NEW HITS FOLLOW OUR INDEPENDENT SPOTIFY PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5pcmpbXdEbf0ev32kFHnCD FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL https://www.instagram.com/thedistrictspotlight/ SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW INTERVIEWS WEEKLY 'YOUR PREMIER PLATFORM FOR INDEPENDENT MUSIC'