Brews, Beards, & Shipwrecks

World’s Okayest Episode: Jamey discusses songwriting and the creative process on the Jiggy Jaguar Show

Whaddup good people?! Hope the new year has been good for you so far. After a little time away to recharge and refresh, we're back with the first episode of 2023!

On this episode we bring you and interview Chunjay did on a radio show called "The Jiggy Jaguar Show" on iHeart Radio. He discusses with them the meaning on some songs from "World's Okayest Rapper" EP (produced by CookBook), and shares some stories about the recording process and lyrical content.

It's pretty much like audio liner notes, so you'll get some idea of how Jamey gets creative, and learn some more details on the recording of the EP. There are shipwrecks behind the lyrics, and he gets to discuss it on radio. Tune in and turn it up!

The new Royal Ruckus record Come On and Wake Up! comes out January 21, 2023!

Nomadik Vagabond

Nicole Roccas on Time, Trauma, Creativity, and Healing

Just like that we're back with a super fresh baked episode hot from the oven!

On this episode we get to sit down with author, trauma-informed coach, and fellow podcaster Nicole Roccas. She takes the time to share with us how she got interested in the theme of time, how vast a subject it is, and how it affects our lives. We deep dive with the concept of time and how the idea of what time is has changed through the years.

This leads us into her experience with trauma and how she started her journey as a trauma-informed coach helping other people through some of the difficult things in life. She shares how trauma has  effected creatives and artists and what she does to speak into their lives with "trauma-informed creative coaching."

This truly was a special conversation and we hope it helps you.

To learn more about what Nicole does and her works visit her website :

http://nicoleroccas.com and her IG @nicoleroccas

and of course hit us up on IG:

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Peace!!!!

Nomadik Vagabond

 

 

 

Pastor Mike Landsman on Helping the Hurting through Chaplaincy, Church Relations, and Pastoral Care

Once again, Nomadik Vagabond here!!! What up beautiful people of the global sphere!!! We hope y'all had a great time giving thanks!!

We got the pleasure of chopping it up with Mike Landsman, a pastor, hospital chaplain, and husband & father. He gives a glimpse into his daily routine as a hospital chaplain and shares with us the joys and challenges he faces dealing with people who are often terminally ill.

After jumping right into the heavy stuff we discuss his upbringing as a pastor's kid, his time in the Word Faith Movement (https://www.equip.org/perspectives/word-faith-whats-wrong-with-the-word-faith-movement/)and how he was introduced to the early church fathers and the impact their teaching has had on his life. 

He is also co-host of The Areopagus podcast on Ancient Faith Radio with Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick. He shares his experience being a non-Orthodox Christian on an Orthodox Christian platform.

This leads us into how Orthodox Christianity and the early Church Fathers have impacted him, how he has implemented some practices from early Christianity to enrich the worship life of his own church, and what it's been like to touch "multiple Christianities."

Lastly Pastor Mike shares what his pastoral role is like being "the new guy" at an established church with over 200 years of history—and the challenges and joys that come with it.

Thank you all for tuning in! Remember to share and subscribe we want as many people to hear these shows! And of course you can follow us on IG

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@nomadikvagabond

@royalruckusofficial

and if your nice you might be able to follow Pastor Mike on IG @landspersona

and if you wasn't to hear any of his sermons or contact him go to zionstoneucc.com

And as a treat we play the new Royal Ruckus song "Recording In Progress" produced by DJ Sean P!!

Check out the new music video here: https://youtu.be/2dwsH2_nloo

Also hit up http://buymeacoffe.com/royalruckus to support the album!!

Peace and all the Love!

- Nomadik Vagabond

Everyday Orthodox pt.2: Jamey joins Elissa Bjeletich Davis to discuss, marriage, fatherhood, ”Bad Books Of The Bible”, and a deep dive into his faith journey.

What's up wonderful people, we hope y'all are well, happy and healthy! 

Did you dig the last episode? We hope so, because this episode is almost like part 2 of the last one. You know how sometimes you hear an episode of something and it leaves you wanting more? Well we got you covered. Back in December of 2021 Jamey sat down (again) with Elissa Bjeletich Davis on her podcast Everyday Orthodox (see last episodes show notes to see what the show is about) and catch up and discuss recent developments in his life.

 

They kick it off by talking about the backstory of how Jamey met his wife. He shares the incredible story of his wife's journey into her faith and how they met and how they are bringing two cultures together to make something beautiful. One of those beautiful things is their son. Jamey gives a glimpse into how he transitioned from a single man to a husband and father.

 

Next they discuss his other podcast "Bad Books Of The Bible" where Elissa and Jamey have wonderful dialogue about the origins of the show, the content, co-host (shouts to Joel Miller!) and the purpose of the show.

Everyday Orthodox is a live call in show so you get to hear Jamey getting put on the spot by a few callers. Definitely worth there listen.

 

Be sure to look out for the new Royal Ruckus single "Recording In Progress". Video dropping November 19th! 

 

And as always be sure to share, subscribe, and tell a friend!!!

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Be sure to check out the "Everyday Orthodox" podcast on Ancient Faith Radio-https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/everydayorthodox

or the Ancient Faith radio app.

Give Elissa a follow in Instagram :

@elissabjelitichdavis

And last but not least, don't forget to hit up buymeacoffee.com/royalruckus to support the new Royal Ruckus EPs!!

Peace, Love, and Blessings!

 

 

 

Everyday Orthodox: Jamey joins Elissa Bjeletich Davis to discuss his journey to Orthodoxy, the Unexpected Joy EP, and faith & art

Greetings family! We hope y'all are living good!! 

On this episode we run an interview Jamey did on Everyday Orthodox, hosted by Elissa Bjeletich Davis, a show about regular people and their journey into the Orthodox Christian faith. Some are creatives, some are clergy, and many are regular people sharing their story.

Jamey was in Austin at this time for the release party of Unexpected Joy and was able to swing by her studio and discuss Jamey's journey to Orthodox Christianity from evangelical Christianity, as well as his family's background in Mormonism—and how church history played a part in his journey.

They also get into Jamey's experience in the recording industry, specifically the "Christian" music scene. They delve into the identity crisis of Christian musicians and getting pigeonholed.

The last part of the show is the two of them discussing the Unexpected Joy EP, what the creative process was like and the inspiration for the songs. As is typical on the show this episode is deep, yet fun at the same time. Hope y'all dig it!! 

Peace!!

Be sure to check out the "EveryDay Orthodox" podcast on Ancient Faith Radio - https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/everydayorthodox - or the Ancient Faith radio app.

Give her a follow on Instagram @elissabjelitichdavis

and of course hit us up on IG:

@brewsbeards

@nomadikvagabond

@royalruckusofficial

Don't forget to hit up buymeacoffee.com/royalruckus to support the new Royal Ruckus album!!!!

The songs in this episode are from "Unexpected Joy" and"Royal Check" by Royal Ruckus

1. There Is No God

2. Christos Anesti

3. He Spread His Arms

4. You Know Who I Am

 

 

CookBook and Jamey: ”Oh Fiddlesticks, God Bless It!”

Yo, yo!

What's up good people of planet earth!? We got another RARE conversation episode, and this one is super fresh. Before Cookbook started Felipes Garage with Murs and the newest iteration with King, E. Green, Adonis, and Nesto, and the short lived reintroduction of the reformed Really Tho!?! podcast, he had a show called Stereo-Types—named after the first Cook & Uno album.

Well this was an episode where Cook invited Jamey (aka Chunjay, aka Mr. Royal Ruckus) to talk about cussing in hip-hop songs. They discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of the "clean version" of a song.

Cook and Jamey share stories about growing up and navigating being young Hip-Hop heads, trying to listen to their music in Christian households, and how they maintained their love for the art and did what they had to do to listen to those raps! Tune in and turn it up!

Peep the IG accounts:

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@nomadikvagabond

And hit up

www.royalruckus.com 

www.buymeacoffee.com/royalruckus  and www.royalruckus.bandcamp.com

brewsbeards.com

Peace!

 

Nomadik Vagabond: Illect Mixtape Volume 2

What's up good people!  On this episode we are just going to play some music. Hopefully y'all are acquainted with Illect recordings, if not you're going to be after this episode! This was my first endeavor into digital DJing. There are a few mistakes here and there, but overall I'm pretty proud of it. If y'all dig this one, let us know and maybe we'll some more all music episodes. You'll notice at the beginning of the mix, I say DJ Rootsounds, that's just my DJ alias I came up with but it is me Nomadik. Anyway the track list is below and hope y'all dig it!

 

1.Rootsounds Intro

2.Sivion - Here We Go (Trucker Hats & PBR remix)

3.Sintax The Terrific & DJ Kurfu - The Shining Wire (ft. Manchild)

4JustMe - Holster

5.Sivion, Sintax,MuzOne, & JustMe - Raw

6.MuzeOne - Father Time

7.Sareem Poems - Bless The Child

8.Sivion - Older Now (I Made It mashup)

9.JustMe - Tell Your Crew

10.Page One & DJ Because - Crazy Leg Sweep

11.Sintax The Terrific & DJ Kurfu - Of Venison Meat

12.Scribbling Idiots - Told You So (ft. Masta Ace)

13.Sev Statik - Illectricity

14.Caramel Skillington - Legends Of The Fall

15.The Battery - Break

16.Sivion - For President (Of The Year mashup)

17 Imperial & Kinetik - Zone Out

 

Hope y'all dig it and if you like what you hear hit up illiect.com or illect.bandcamp.com to cop some CD's, Vinyl, Tapes, and downloads.

You can follow them on IG @illect

and of course be sure to give us a follow on IG:

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@nomadikvagabond

And last but not least! be sure to hit up buymeacoffee.com/royalruckus and support the new Royal Ruckus works inspired by the life of Fred Rogers. You can donate anything from $5 to $250 and there are a variety of perks. All this money goes to help pay for studio time, hotel rentals, car rentals, etc. 

 

Thank You all for tuning in, sharing, subscribing!

 

Nomadik Vagabond

Rick Lee James on chaplaincy, music, and loving people like Mister Rogers did

Welcome good people we hope you're doing well! We're back atcha with a beautiful conversation with Rick Lee James. He's a worship music leader, singer, and songwriter, with his first album coming out in 1997. He's also a speaker, author, and host of the podcasts "Voices in My Head" and "Welcome to the Neighborhood: A Mr. Rogers Tribute Podcast," and most recently—a hospital chaplain.

"It's how I make sense of the world."

Rick discusses with us the impact of music on his life and shares with us the beginnings of him playing music, the plethora of instruments he plays, and how his faith impacts his songwriting process.

"We should have music about divorce and drug abuse. Sometimes Christian Music feels so inauthentic."

We discuss the crossroads of faith and music, and the tension of being real and sharing your faith in the world and not sounding cliché.

Lastly we move into some of his newer projects, including recording an unreleased Rich Mullins song, how he started the Mr. Rogers Say twitter account, as well as his latest song "As I Walk These Halls."

"You're here to witness to these people."

We discuss the lyrical inspiration of his latest single and how being a hospital chaplain has effected him.

And of course we finish up the convo with a discussion about Mister Rogers, his impact on our lives, and the world. Rick shares with us how Mr. Rogers helped him in a dark time in his life as well as his chaplaincy and life.

Thank you all for tuning in!!

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Closing song: Rick Lee James " As I Walk These Halls"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEVtjB2KVrU 

Check out Rick at:

http://rickleejames.com

http://rickleejames.bandcamp.com (He's got vinyl!!)

and @rickleejames on IG and other socials. And be sure to check out his podcasts as mentioned above. 

Be sure to check out https://www.buymeacoffee.com/royalruckus to help support the new Royal Ruckus music campaign.

Also: http://royalruckus.com

http://mrrogersoftherapgame.com

And of course you can us on IG:

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@nomadikvagabond

Peace, Love, & Infinite Blessings!!

Nomadik Vagabond

Sojourn: Mics, Drums, & Beat Machines

Hello good people!!

We’ve got a hot one for you !! On this episode we’ve got the multitalented MC, drummer, and producer….Sojourn! For those who know and don’t know he came up in the mid 90’s with The Tunnel Rats and of course his group Future Shock. We discuss what it was like being in a massive crew and also the moves Future Shock made. We also discuss his journey as a solo artist and his beginnings and career as a drummer. We get to discuss drumming and how it fostered his love of many genres of music. He talks about what it’s like playing in different bands with different vibes and how it stretches him. He shares about how the creative process of working with the Tunnel Rats and linking up with Braille on His label HipHopIsMusic to eventually release his Sojournslism record. We talk about his collab with Ras Kass and how that came about, and then move into how faith plays a role in his music and what the holistic route is.

 

Be sure to check out

www.sojournalistmedia.con to get the all the latest releases from him and also illect.bandcamp.com and illect.com to get his latest ep “The Dark Room.”

Also to hear his drum works, stream and download or buy PHYSICAL copies of works by the bands he’s in:

Hazmat

The Sully Band

Burt Brianne Band

Tunnel Rats

Future Shock

Footsoldiers

 

Be sure to like share and subscribe to the podcast wherever you listen and hit us up on IG 

@brewsbeards

@royalruckusofficial

@nomadikvagabond

and Sojourn @sojournalist

 

And be on the lookout for the new Royal Ruckus album "Mr. Rogers Of The Rap Game" featuring Sojourn and other surprise guests!

 

 

Nomadik and Chunjay discuss Brews, Beards, and well.....Shipwrecks

Nomadik and Chunjay get together to chat about Ukraine, life, baptisms, cussing, and a whole lot more.

On this episode we have a “just the two of us” episode. Jamey and Nomadik take some time to catch up, check in and talk about some things that have been in our minds and hearts. 

We each brought a few things to the table to discuss and took some time to go deeper into those subjects with each other. As always, we discuss what we’re sipping and Nomadik kicks it off talking about the recent collaboration he was blessed to do with Mestizo Coffee and Dudley Perkins.

Jamey discusses the Ukraine crisis and the direct effect it’s having on his life personally. Bouncing off that Nomadik shared the importance of gratitude and how it can shape your thoughts and actions. Jamey brings us into the recent baptism of his son and the beauty of it. 
To riff off that Nomadik brings up Mister Rogers and the importance of joy and how it can spread and even in the tough times we can share kindness.

Lastly we move into beard care and some of the different techniques we’ve been implementing in our daily routines. We finish it up with a little discussion about integrating different aspects of life.

And to bring it all home we play an EXCLUSIVE world premier of a song Jamey wrote for an insurance conference called “Expert Opinions”....it's a lot of fun, and you don't want to miss it.

Nomadik

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