Decisive Podcast Series · Season 2 · Episode 12

CHRISTINA WHEELER
Vocalist · Composer · Multi-Instrumental Electronic Musician

Christina Wheeler joins Roberto Ingram and co-host Zoe for a Spotlight Edition exploring the relationship between sound, identity, improvisation and creativity.

A recipient of the German Jazz Prize in the Vocal category, Christina works across voice, electronic instruments, composition and experimental performance.

Her creative practice includes electric mbira, electric autoharp, theremin, Q-Chord, sampling and live electronic effects.

This conversation opens a window into the creative processes, influences, challenges and realities behind her multidisciplinary work.

Explore Christina's music:
https://christinawheeler.bandcamp.com/

German Jazz Prize:
https://www.deutscher-jazzpreis.de/preistraeger-innen/christina_wheeler/

Decisive Podcast Series explores how music influences us through creativity, culture and multidisciplinary processes.

CREATIVITY · PROCESSES · STRUGGLES · SUCCESSES

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Photo credit: Shervin Lainez.

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The Decisive Podcast – Special Edition In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, Roberto Ingram sits down with singer-songwriter, reggae artist, and creative voice Zoe Mazah for an honest, unfiltered interview.

This episode goes far beyond the surface. Together, we explore the realities of being an independent artist, the emotional depth of songwriting, and the intention behind creating meaningful music.

Zoe Mazah also shares insights from her journey as the host of “Insights of an Artist,” her recent projects, and why community is essential for growth, healing, and artistic evolution.
If you are passionate about music, creativity, and authentic storytelling, this conversation will resonate with you.

Topics covered:
• Songwriting process and creative inspiration
• The journey of an independent reggae artist
• Building a personal brand through music and content
• The role of vulnerability in art • Creative discipline and consistency
• The importance of community in the music industry About Zoe Mazah:
Zoe Mazah is a reggae and soul artist, songwriter, and content creator based in Berlin.
Through her music, poetry, and video series “Insights of an Artist,” she explores creativity, identity, and emotional truth. Connect with Zoe Mazah:
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YouTube: https://www.instagram.com/zoemazahmusic
Substack: https://zoemazah.substack.com
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0:00 Welcome
1:00 Guest Story
3:00 Topic Framing Creativity in the World of AI
6:00 Backstory Why He Left Decisive Podcast Series | Premieres July 19, 18:00 CET

Real conversations about creative decisions.
Steven Puri built visual effects for 14 films the Independence Day VFX team won an Academy Award.
He sold his effects company, Centropolis, at 28.

Then ran the studio side: VP at 20th Century Fox (Die Hard, Wolverine), EVP at DreamWorks K/O (Star Trek, Transformers). Then he left it. Built Sukha instead a focus app built on real research, for people who live with distraction instead of pretending it isn't there.

His belief: it's not a focus problem. It's a purpose problem.

In this episode: what a Hollywood VFX and studio career actually teaches you about building a company, why he walked away from the industry that made him, and his answer to the question every creative is quietly asking what does AI leave for us to do.

Steven Puri / The Sukha Company: thesukha.co
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LEANDER — SEEKING SEDATION THROUGH MUSIC

Some people listen to music.

Leander chases it.

The next record.
The next rush.
That one unexpected sound that hits the brain before you even know what happened.

His obsession started at 16, digging through his uncle’s record collection and discovering that records weren’t just music they carried stories, memories, energy and identity.

Today, that obsession runs through collecting, digging and his work with Riviera Records.

For Leander, the search never really stops. Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/wleanderw

Find the record. Feel the kick. Stay sedated.

🎚️ LEANDER
📍 Munich
🎶 Riviera Records

Here‘s the Tracklist:

Xao Sheffque- Punk Supermarkt

Jay Denham- Trash Can

The Advent- Link

Soulwatcher- Trichloride

Jay Denham- Black Nites

Carl Cox- Want A Life

Roberto Q. Ingram- Parallel Worlds

A. Flattner- Wet And Hard

Samuel L. Session- It Used To Swing

Jay Denham- Hold

T.P.H.- Hide + Creep

Vice- Voices

Claude Young- Scarred (Regis Remix)

Chester Beatty & DJ Shufflemaster- Beat Boxx (Surgeon Remix)

Clemens Neufeld- Untot

Tim Taylor & DJ Slip- Fear Of Music 3 (untitled)

Jay Denham- It‘s Time Again

Bandulu- Weak Heart

James Ruskin- Coda

Hygenia- untitled (Progress Report)

Oliver Way- Electronic Sockets Part. I

Soulwatcher- The Thing

While cleaning up my drive and revisiting years of work connected to artists who inspired me, this episode resurfaced.

I created this mix in 2020 shortly after the passing of Mike Huckaby as a personal tribute to someone whose music, knowledge, and spirit meant so much to me and many others around the world.

Rest in Peace Mike Huckaby
24.04.2020

Legendary Detroit DJ, producer, label head, sound designer, educator, humanitarian, and mentor.

My deepest condolences to his family, friends, and loved ones. His legacy and inspiration will never be forgotten.

Roberto Q. Ingram

Decisive Podcast Series, Spotlight Edition. Myles named himself the reclusive perfectionist.
We asked what that actually costs him. Donnell's records read like a diary, not tracks.
Meditation, the mind, the universe, pressed to wax. Independent is the hardest game in this music.
Own the label, press the records, book the rooms yourself. Nobody hands you any of it.
What does it cost to stay in this for decades? Season 2, Episode 5: Myles Sergé and D-KNOX.

The work never lies.

We try to drop new episodes every other Sunday.
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Guests: Myles Sergé — https://www.instagram.com/mylesserge_official/
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What does staying cost you?
Real answer only, I'm reading every one.
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New episodes in development.
Conversations about the courage it takes to create honestly and the knowledge that only comes from doing it for real.

The diversity of the people. Different backgrounds, countries, disciplines.

Wherever you are in the world if you speak the language of creativity, you belong in this conversation.

If your story belongs here reach out.

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Anyone can start. Staying is the work.
Host Roberto Ingram and co-host Zoe Mazah sit down with Genji Yoshida for an honest conversation about building a creative life and staying in it.
Genji Yoshida is our guest this episode. More than 25 years across music, fashion, design, motion, and art direction.
Co-founder of Studio Genergy, art director for SUPER in Munich, and more than 550 days into a clearer, sharper chapter of the work.
In this episode: Creativity as an infinite game. You do not win it, you stay in it. AI as a tool, not a replacement for the hand that makes the work. Two cultures in one hand, his German and Japanese roots. The music.
What it really takes to stay. Decisive Podcast Series is honest long-form conversation with creative minds from around the world.
Music, art, creative process, and the real story behind the work. Hosted by Roberto Ingram.
Produced, recorded, and edited in Munich. Premieres Sunday June 14, 18:00 CET. Set your reminder and watch with us.
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Chapters: 00:00 Cold open [time] Welcome and frame [time] Creativity as an infinite game [time] AI as a tool, not a replacement [time] Two cultures in one hand [time] The music [time] What it really takes to stay [time]
The work never lies.
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