Favorite band or musician: Irma Thomas
When I grow up I want to be: An owner of a small, upscale mexican restaurant with a smoky after hours piano/listening room that only serves dark liquors
Why I am passionate about this project: What’s better than combining all elements of of what the human soul, brain, and heart wants and needs. This project and group of people working on it are a living organism that continues to feed off of itself and grows bigger, bolder and more beautiful each day. I get to watch artists grow every day into who they are supposed to be because they have real support.
Quote I live by: “If it was easy, everyone would do it.  The hard…is what makes it great.”
Hidden talent: Drinking backwards

Joe Davies: Director of Video Production

Favorite band or musician: The Strokes
When I grow up I want to be: Grown up
Why I am passionate about this project: I love music and film, and this incorporates both.
Quote I live by: “Too cute to dispute.”
Hidden talent: To instantly know how to make any room as feng shui as possible.

Joel Travis: Creative Director

Favorite band or musician: Impossible, it changes all the time.
When I grow up I want to be: Not one of those annoying people that make lemon bars to take to parties.
Why I am passionate about this project: Music makes people feel good, plain and simple, and I want every artist to have that opportunity.
Quote I live by: “Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t.”
Hidden talent: Hiding that I’m originally from Ohio.

Favorite band or musician: My current favorite band is ever-changing, but The Beatles are my all- time favorite “go to” for every mood.
When I grow up I want to be: A legend
Why I am passionate about this project: I am passionate about The Music Initiative because it is a unifying, worldwide movement that provides multi-faceted resources for musicians and motivates an international understanding and appreciation of music!
Quote I live by: “It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”
Hidden talent: I can sing with my lips closed.

Carrie Cranford: Promotions / Social Media Manager

Favorite band or musician: Widespread Panic
When I grow up I want to be: I don’t want to grow up, I’m a Toys R Us kid
Why I am passionate about this project: This project has shown me the power a group of people can have when everyone puts their heart, soul and hard work into a project. The accomplishments we’ve made and continually make keeps me motivated and thankful to be apart of this group of people. And also, I love music.
Quote I live by: “Be happy so long as breathe is within you.”
Hidden talent: Dog whisper

Favorite band or musician: Medeski, Martin and Wood
When I grow up I want to be: A producer
Why I am passionate about this project: Music is my life.
Quote I live by: “I drank what?”
Hidden talent: I can make a mean gumbo.

Favorite band or musician: Stevie Nicks
When I grow up I want to be: A singer and musician
Why I am passionate about this project: In this age of information, instant access, immediate gratification, we, as a society and human beings, have a responsibility to do and be the best we can be. Music is a universal language that reaches across borders, religions, politics, and even dimensions. Music engages your soul and touches your heart. It proves that we are all connected not separate and alone. Music changes us from within and that changes the world around us. So, the BalconyTV and Beyond Balcony series allow us to share ourselves, our goodwill, our hope through music to everyone around the globe.
Quote I live by: “Your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs are always engaging the vast field of pure potential…so, concentrate on your best life!”
Hidden talent: Self-transformation

Favorite band or musician: I See Stars
When I grow up I want to be: X-Games videographer
Why I am passionate about this project: I am passionate about this project because we as a team are opening the gateway for new music, unheard sounds and genres to emerge and be heard. I utilize my artistic abilities to capture something special, and develop it further into something meaningful.
Quote I live by: “Go big or go home.”
Hidden talent: Fine arts: painter/sculptor

Oliver Wentworth: Editor

Favorite band or musician: The Kinks
When I grow up I want to be: A filmmaker
Why I am passionate about this project: I love the local music, the people, and to get a chance to do what I wanted to do when I went to college for filmmaking.
Quote I live by: “Buy the ticket, take the ride”
Hidden talent: Writing

Favorite band or musician: Either local natives or foals, but if I have to just have one it would be local natives.
When I grow up I want to be: I want to be so happy every day of my life that people think I’ve gone crazy.
Why I am passionate about this project: I’m passionate about this project because I wake up in the morning and fall asleep at night thinking about music and I know for a fact that everything we do is making the music industry 8 million times better.
Quote I live by: “Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
Hidden talent: Professional bubblegum bubble of a stranger popper.

Favorite band or musician: Father John Misty
When I grow up I want to be: The host of my own travel show
Why I am passionate about this project: Local music never meant this much to me until I moved to Charleston. Realizing the community, spirit and motivation behind it has inspired me to become a part of the movement. It also doesn’t hurt that I LOVE live music.
Quote I live by: “The future belongs to the few of us still willing to get our hands dirty.”
Hidden talent: I’m really great at matching/combining emojis to my expression and exact emotion.

Favorite band or musician: Lady Gaga
When I grow up I want to be: A playwright & director
Why I am passionate about this project: I enjoy giving talented artists the attention they truly deserve
Quote I live by: “Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret”
Hidden talent: Painting pictures of manta rays

Favorite band or musician: Johnny Cash
When I grow up I want to be: __a writer__(fill in the blank)
Why I am passionate about this project: Because I love music and I love to write
Quote I live by: “Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
Hidden talent: Cooking

Favorite band or musician: Billy Joel, forever and always.
When I grow up I want to be: A music producer/actor
Why I am passionate about this project: I love music more than anything, and this magazine is the perfect outlet to express that. Found magazine is constantly challenging me and I’m so excited and proud to be a part of this team of people.
Quote I live by: “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
Hidden talent: I am a pro beatboxer!