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Decisive Podcast Series is a platform for Multidisciplinary Creativity, Music & Creativity Stories, and Global Sounds — featuring Artist Series interviews, Creative Process insights, and authentic voices from across music, art, design, dance, and performance.For more than a decade, host Roberto Ingram has been on a journey to understand the creative landscape. What started with a passion for dance choreography, developed through DJing, and grew into podcasting, has become a living archive of creative experiences. Built with persistence — even when there was no money to fund the idea — the Decisive Podcast Series shows that doing what you love is possible with courag...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Decisive Podcast Series connects artist stories with practical accounts of production choices, independent careers and the persistence required to keep creating.
Roberto Ingram treats an interview as a search for the decisions behind creative work. Decisive Podcast Series moves easily between club culture, independent labels, songwriting and the business pressures surrounding a musical life, with guests given room to trace how their work…
A song can have too many horns; Roberto Ingram gives your inner producer the argument for cutting them.
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A candid talk about making, aging, and staying useful when the game changes.
Roberto Q. Ingram frames Miles Sergei as both a friend and an unsung hero, then lets the conversation drift through the practical side of making work while life keeps changing.
A conversational look at album craft, sequencing, and the work behind turning tracks into a whole.
Roberto and Ivan keep the focus on how an album takes shape as a finished body of work, rather than a loose stack of tracks. The best passage comes when they dig into sequencing, the role of gear and technology, and the difference between a compilation and something that can…
A conversational techno interview about growth, gear, and the road from Michigan to Warsaw.
Donnell Knox and Roberto frame the conversation as a New Year reset, with a clear respect for a pioneer in Detroit techno. It moves from Michigan to Warsaw, Poland, then into the practical side of the craft, where Knox traces the sound becoming more polished, cleaner, and a bit…
A vinyl-first conversation about taste, trust, and standing by the records you play.
The episode turns on a simple but sturdy idea: play what feels right, trust the room, and stand behind the records chosen. The guest comes across as more interested in the selector role than in technical mixing, and that preference gives the conversation its center.
A practical talk about future funk, rehearsal, and the discipline behind Water Seed's sound.
Water Seed's Decisive Podcast keeps the focus on the band's working life, not a neat label. Roberto Ingram brings back Lou Hill, Sinise Love, and Gentleman Sharp to talk about the New Orleans base and the mix of funk, hip-hop, and jazz they call future funk.
A candid artist conversation where music, pain, and identity stay closely linked.
Gabriela Vergilov's appearance on Decisive Podcast Series keeps its focus on music, pain, and the personal cost of creative work. Introduced as a DJ, producer, singer, songwriter, and label owner, she speaks plainly about intrusive thoughts, mental health, and injustices she has…
A warm, loose talk about singing, shyness, and stage presence.
Melanie Maliki's conversation centers on the cost of singing honestly and the way a musician lives with that exposure. It moves from playing piano since age four to feeling shy about singing, then into stage life, where each night can feel different and still matter.
A relaxed Dec. 29 interview presents AOC as a high energy, genre spanning band with strong chemistry and feel.
A December 29 Decisive Podcast interview with AOC, the Absence of Color, presents the group as a high energy band with a wide range and a clear feel for the room.
Joe Wong interviews drummers and musicians about craft, history, and the working musician's life.
Lij Shaw interviews producers and engineers about mic technique, mixing, and studio business.
Ian Shepherd and working mastering engineers dig into Atmos, loudness wars, and vinyl cutting.
Co-hosts Ed Thorne and Paul Third dissect mixing, mastering, and studio gear with working engineers.
Roberto Ingram welcomes AOC to the Decisive Podcast series for a December 29 interview.
Gabriela Vergilov joins Decisive Podcast Series for a long, open conversation with Roberto Ingram.
Roberto Ingram welcomes Water Seed back and frames the conversation around their New Orleans roots and future funk sound.
Claire Granlund explains why she is being booked for the Johnny Blood ADE event, describing herself as a “connector,” a Finnish creative, and a DJ who began in 2013 after modeling travel led her to clubs and record stores.
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Roberto Ingram opens a more-than-an-hour interview with Tobi Neumann from Apollo Studio Berlin.
I was 5 years old when I first heard my cousin's heart-banging kick drums from upstairs, and I got curious.
Roberto Ingram and Zoe Mazhar open a live conversation with Loran Lajos and Hans Schmidt.
Electronic music artist Myles Serge traces his journey from hearing Jeff Mills' Wizard mixtapes in Flint, Michigan as a kid to becoming a techno producer, detailing the interconnected Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Detroit underground music network of the late 80s and 90s.
Everything I create is a product of hip-hop because I am hip-hop
Roberto Ingram welcomes Ivan Komlinovic to discuss Hit The Gate.
The show opens live, a little behind schedule.
Dylan Berry joins Roberto Ingram for a wide-ranging conversation about AI, music, industry, and voice work.
Roberto and Zoe interview Christian Prommer, a renowned German DJ and producer, about his musical journey and philosophy on creativity.
Roberto Ingram interviews Lou Hill of New Orleans future funk band Waterseed about their album Digital Fantasy and the immersive world they've built around it, including comic books, animation, and live shows.
Kered joins Roberto Ingram for a look back at 90s rave culture and Loot Recordings turning 10.
Roberto opens the year by welcoming Donnell Knox, a respected figure in electronic music and Detroit techno.
Roberto Ingram sits down with Sand2 for a conversation about musicianship, touring, songwriting, and the pull of live performance.
Roberto Ingram and Zoe Massa open the show with a warm welcome for Melanie Maliki and Young Kinchel.
Host Roberto Ingram interviews artist Eric Douglas Porter about creativity, music, and the struggles of maintaining artistic integrity.
Host Roberto Ingram introduces the podcast and discusses the importance of music, life struggles, and maintaining artistic freedom for honest artists.
Host Roberto Ingram introduces a guest mix and interview with DJ Hakeem Murphy, discussing his work and promoting the show's social media and streaming events.
Host Roberto Ingram interviews DJ and producer Hakeem Murphy about his background and music career.
Host Roberto Ingram interviews musician and DJ Miles Sergey about his work, creative process, and personal anecdotes.
A bi-monthly DJ mix and interview series featuring Amsterdam-based producer Claire Granloons, hosted by Roberto Ingram.
Host Roberto Ingram interviews house music pioneer K.