{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F80541601-a9ee-4ad0-8942-490231afd44f","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 102: Music of Your Soul\u2026Coming Out & Being Gay \u2013 Matt Consola","description":"Some call it your soul speaking to you. Others say it\u2019s your calling. And then there are those who say we simply dance to our own beat. Yup it\u2019s the music of our lives\u2026our gay lives that help us finally sing and dance in our own gay skin. You might even call it the ultimate \u201cre-mix\u201d when you feel yourself stepping into yourself for the very first time. So let\u2019s drop some tracks and get master remixer Matt Consola to help us find our song, our beat, the high notes of being LGBTQ in a world who tries to tell us we can\u2019t sing!\r\nShow Highlights\r\n\r\n* Find your song, your beat, the high note of your LGBTQ life\r\n* People that make gay kids feel bad about themselves are now in the minority\r\n* In a gay club, you can just lose yourself on the dance floor \u2013 you don\u2019t need anyone else!\r\n* Music has allowed this guest to express himself in ways he never could have before\r\n* We all live in closets, but we need to step out\u00a0though the doorways\r\n\r\nConnect with\u00a0Matt Consola\r\nAs a Remix producer as part of several teams,\u00a0Matt Consola has officially remixed for Gwen Stafani, Lady Gaga, Cher, Enrique Iglesias, Jess Glynne, Paris Hilton and Carmen Electra, to list a few.\r\nHe\u00a0is\u00a0a Billboard #1 remixer and producer, with official remixes that have topped of the US, Canadian, UK &\u00a0European, Latin American and Oceanian Club Charts. America\u2019s hottest clubs and circuit events have depended on\u00a0Consola\u00a0as their resident or headlining DJ. In 2015, Matt is currently a\u00a0resident DJ with America\u2019s largest international traveling Bear Party called\u00a0Bearracuda, that as of Aug 2015, is in 50\u00a0cities in 5 countries and still expanding (www.bearracudasf.com).\u00a0\r\nMatt has headlined America\u2019s largest Pride and Street Fairs in the world, performing to crowds of over 200,000.In addition to a very successful iTunes hosted Podcast called Adapter, which averages 30,000 downloads & streams a week, and a Saturday night, hour-long radio mix-show called Swishcraft Radio,\u00a0Consola\u00a0launched Swishcraft Music in late 2010 (www.swishcraftmusic.com) dedicated to vocal house tracks rich with vocals and melody, a style near and dear to his heart. By 2015, Swishcraft Music has released 52\u00a0singles and 2 compilations and growing.\r\nWebsite\r\nFacebook\r\nTwitter\r\n\u00a0\r\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4b9b6c41-474a-4fd0-a374-cbb2a7aa23a4/1400x1400_uncloseted_artwork-01-573.jpg"}