Get to the Roots Extras
Get to the Roots Extras was created to archive interviews conducted by Stef Hinton for Get to the Roots on Radio St Pete 96.7 FM WLMX-LP St. Petersburg, as they're unable to archived at the radio station. Stef uploaded these interviews online in order to continue to support and promote the local musicians and community members who took the time to speak on air.
Get to the Roots Extras has expanded to include episodes containing light commentary, encouragement and motivational speech for fellow artists, and radio/podcaster based humor, as well as a behind the scenes look at some of the aspects of maintaining Get to the Roots.
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Episodes
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Charlie Pace is a singer-songwriter from Everglades City, FL. She appeared on the Florida Folk Show and RadioStPete.com in 2023 and has performed in the Everglades City Music Festival for five years and counting! She will be performing at this year's festival on November 2, 2024 at the Historic Rod and Gun Club in Everglades City, FL. Charlie Pace is studying to be a sound engineer and has a new album to be released in 2025.
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
An introduction to Get to the Roots Extras! This podcast archives the interviews performed for my radio show, Get to the Roots on RadioStPete.com and Sunshine 96.7FM. I wanted a place to store and archive all the fun conversations with the amazing guests who have been able to come onto Get to the Roots, without the music used in the official broadcasts. This has been approved by the Station Manager and Owner of RadioStPete.com.
I hiked in loafers!
Anyway, this used to start out with: "HOWDY!" and that's not an accurate representation of Stef Hinton.
Hello.
Stef Hinton does a lot of random stuff online, including a volunteer radio show that has led to this podcast. I created the Get to the Roots Extras podcast to archive interviews from my radio show, Get to the Roots, on RadioStPete.com.
I wanted more listeners to be able to hear my guests speak, as I feel every conversation I’ve had has been both meaningful and entertaining. I was also worried someone would feel slighted if they only appeared on the radio a few times and that experience just went “poof!” and was unable to be shared in the future. As artists and community members, we all need forms of promoting our work. Unfortunately, popularity and resumes are stacked up by the coins we can count, meaning: in order to compete with the attention of others, they must first need to know we exist.
Considering the internet is a relatively new invention, and radio has persisted 140 years, while at most, the internet has been around a maximum of 57 years, it seems counterintuitive that radio is temporary, but the internet is forever. Scientists tell us radio waves escape our atmosphere and travel the cosmos. I found out from the internet. The internet exists, where? On a few servers on this finite chunk of rock? Data centers? Will the internet ever bleed out from behind the clouds and travel beyond our galaxy?
Anyway.
I also upload solo episodes. In each episode I end up ranting about how if you're an artist, in any capacity, you should practice. Why? Because I wish someone drilled that into my sooner -- I mean people tried, but I didn’t understand it. In addition, my rants always encourage you post your work online / share it with others for free, as you build your audience in order to one day live from your work.
Our biggest hurdle is ourselves.
Our haters are our first fans.
Don't be one of those people who say "I want to do [THING]," but never stick with it long term. I am one of those people too. I had lofty goals and little skill. Now, I have slow moving goals and I’m trying to show skills worth sharing with others. I never followed through with anything for very long. I was highly inconsistent and I needed the motivation to actually try to fulfill the daydream.
So, anyway, thanks for checking out Get to the Roots Extras online. Please go give my guests some love on their social medias or if they are a musician, please go listen to their songs.