Podcast appearances and mentions of curtis stewart

Curtis Stewart returns to TRILLOQUY to chat about his life since becoming Artistic Director of the American Composers Orchestra, his engagements with the Gateways Music Festival, and his newest work, "Seasons of Change". Loki speaks to what he thinks people should think about as it relates to current TV shows and movies that deal with group resistance. **Support for TRILLOQUY comes from WDAV-FM!Curtis Stewart"Krishna" (from Curtis Stewart's "of Love.")LOVE SHARK, by Curtis StewartGrassroots Organizing Wisdom Will Be Crucial With a Fascist in the White HouseThe Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance ★ Support this podcast ★

A highly entertaining and informative conversation with 6 time GRAMMY-nominated violinist & composerCurtis Stewart. In the episode, Curtis talks about tearing down the facade of "classical violinist" and his constant pursuit of his musical authenticity, treating art as a battery for realizing citizenship. His creative process, his upbringings, upcoming projects, are all part of this 60 min talk with him, as he gets ready for Grammy week where he has 2 nominations! Thanks for listening and please Subscribe, Rate and Review the Podcast. A lot of work goes into bringing Down the Pit to you, and we would to know your thoughts on how we are doing! To become a Down the Pit supporter for as little as $0.99/month, please visit ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/down-the-pit⁠⁠ Visit tonebase.com for some amazing online courses and lessons for Violin, Piano, Cello, Flute, Guitar, etc. The best online platform with hundreds of instructional videos and lessons for musicians of all levels! Check it out and use Promo Code ⁠⁠SAMI-30⁠⁠ at Checkout for a 14-day FREE trial and 30% off for a yearly subscription. Sign up TODAY! Thanks to our corporate sponsor ⁠⁠U.S. PAVE⁠⁠ for their continued support! We are on Instagram/TikTok/Twitter @downthepit_pod Facebook: Down the Pit Podcast Co-hosts: Sami Merdinian: ⁠⁠@samimerdinian⁠⁠ - Ian Loew: @lunchmeat1836 Producer: Sami Merdinian Special Guest: Curtis Stewart Instagram: @curtis.stewart_violin https://curtisjstewart.com/ ⁠Please Support this podcast for more interviews!⁠

In this episode, our new producer, Lauren Williams, revisits an old genre through a new lens. Classical music, a historically exclusionary space, is going through changes. We explore the process of writing and performing boundary-pushing classical music with Seth Parker Woods, a Grammy-nominated cello player who pulls from the sounds and stories of the Black diaspora to write otherworldly compositions, and Curtis Stewart, a Grammy-nominated Violinist who experiments with beats and electronics in his virtuosic arrangements. We get a taste of how far the genre has come — and how far it has to go — from Afa Dworkin, a violinist and the creative director of The Sphinx Organization, which supports emerging composers of color. To wrap up the episode, we hear from Abel Selaocoe, a classical cellist from South Africa who has gifted the genre something new to play by tapping into ancestral memory. PA 030

Red Taylor, the spirited CEO of Red Taylor Insurance and host of the Red Hot Read podcast, joins us to share his riveting story of resilience and redemption. With over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry and ventures in real estate investment, Red opens up about the lessons learned from his journey as a serial entrepreneur, coach, and podcast host. This episode is packed with inspiration as Red recounts his dedication to helping others learn from his past mistakes, and how his faith and determination have shaped his path to success. You'll hear about the significant influence of his high school football coach and his transition from coaching college football to mentoring budding entrepreneurs.The journey takes an unexpected turn as we explore the transformative power of mentorship. Listen to the compelling narrative of a former college football player whose career-ending injury led him into coaching, encouraged by his mentor Curtis Stewart. Despite the tragic loss of Curtis, our guest's passion for coaching only grew stronger, leading to a pivotal role at Auburn University. This story underscores the profound impact a mentor can have and the life-changing opportunities that arise from embracing unforeseen challenges, offering valuable insights for anyone navigating their own career path.Throughout the episode, Red shares insights into entrepreneurship and leadership, drawing parallels between the worlds of sports and business. We explore the significance of self-belief, authenticity, and gratitude in achieving success. Red discusses his mission to empower faith-based entrepreneurs and his vision to impact 1 million lives through personal and professional development. If you're seeking guidance and inspiration on your entrepreneurial journey, this episode is a treasure trove of wisdom and actionable advice. Join us as we unravel the stories of resilience and success systems that can pave the way to your dreams.Welcome to the ATLG podcast I am your host Ken Joslin, former pastor turned coach & host of CREATE, the #1 Faith-based Entrepreneur conference in America. My mission is to help faith-based entrepreneurs become the best version of themselves by growing in our Core 5: Faith, Health, Relationships, Business & Finances. You can get more information as well as join our FREE Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/676347099851525 If you enjoyed the podcast, come join our FREE GSD Community of hundreds of entrepreneurs & a ton of FREE Content including CREATE Conference recordings with Ken, John Maxwell, Gary Brecka, Ed Mylett & more. growstackdrive.com/free

Send us a textIs Australia on the brink of a property boom? With inflation falling and interest rates about to drop, now could be your golden opportunity to get ahead in the market.In this video, we explore the potential for an upcoming property boom in Australia. Housing approvals are at their lowest in 15 years, and completions aren't keeping up either. So, even though prices are at their peak now, could they actually be undervalued in the coming years?

This story was written by David Templeton for the March-April 2024 issue of Strings magazine and is read by Megan Westberg, Editor. “I would try to figure out which composer it was all on my own,”  Grammy-nominated violinist-composer Curtis Stewart says, speaking from his apartment in New York. “But the real reason I would do that, close my ears when the DJ was talking, is that I'd realized, early on, that knowing ahead of time if I was listening to Tchaikovsky or Bach or whoever would change how I listened to it. It changes the feeling you have. It changes the sense of exploration.” 

On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,' conductor James Blachly leads the Experiential Orchestra alongside violinist Curtis Stewart in the world premiere recording of Julia Perry's Violin Concerto on their new album, ‘American Counterpoints.' Find out more!

Curtis Stewart is a violinist/composer who is at the forefront of the new music world as a solo performer and recording artist, founding member of the Publiqartet, Artistic Director of the American Composers Orchestra and professor at The Juilliard School. We talk about his new Grammy nominated album, Of Love, the influence of his musician parents, teaching music at his own NYC high school for 10 years, and play a round of “Not My Gig”, where we find out just how much Mr. Publiquartet knows about…the Public Library.

Brandon and Sarah have a fascinating interview with the renowned violin soloist and composer, Curtis Stewart.  Curtis talks about his multifaceted career as composer, Artistic Director of the American Composers Orchestra, professor at The Juilliard School, and member of award-winning ensembles PUBLIQuartet.  He shares the ways in which he realizes a vision to find personal and powerful connections between styles, cultures and musical traditions, while “turning people's heads” towards important social issues through art.  He also talks about his personal journey with loss and grief, with his new all-original recording, “Of Love,” which is dedicated to his mother, Elektra Kurtis, a Greek/Jazz violinist who passed away from brain cancer.Support the show

The Artist Propulsion Lab podcast is back with the class of 2023. Violinist and composer Curtis Stewart begins with an audio essay reflecting on the life cycle of grief. In June 2023, Curtis released his latest album Of Love, which he dedicated to the memory of his mother, violinist, composer, and teacher Elektra Kurtis, who passed away in 2021. In this episode, he reflects on his experiences of grief and of creating Of Love.As part of his exploration of grief, Curtis also composed The Grief Monologues, based on listener-submitted voice memos, which you can hear on the episode webpage at wqxr.org. 

Hello, all you wonderful, gorgeous Scorekeepers! It's a momentous and bittersweet day here at THE SCORE HQ. After 2 years, 3 seasons, 58 episodes, a murderers' row of amazing guests and countless engrossing conversations, it's our last episode. BUT! It won't be the last you hear from the three of us, because we haven't been cancelled. Far from it! We can't spill all the details yet, but this fall we'll be embarking on a ridiculously exciting brand new podcasting adventure and we can't wait to share all the details with you! But until then, we are so happy to go out on one of our favorite notes, our 3rd annual Juneteenth panel, moderated by our very own Dr. Lee Bynum! This year, we're talking about the intersection of Blackness and arts education with panelists Queen Herawin (Hip Hop Education Center), John Lucas (Step Into the Light), Curtis Stewart (American Composers Orchestra) and Dacia Washington (Lincoln Center). All that, plus one last PBJ to carry you through the summer! We love you all so much and thank you for your support these last few years. It means more to us than you know. Now... let's do to it!Oh, and don't unsubscribe from this channel! We'll be back periodically throughout the summer with more details about where to come find us this fall! We can't wait to share this news with you, btw. It's BIG!!!Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds (Mabolé Iya Inawale)Guests: Queen Herawin, John Lucas, Curtis Stewart, Dacia WashingtonProducers: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones--LINKSHip Hop Education Center (Website)American Composers Orchestra (Website)Step Into the Light Foundation (Website)--New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Wednesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts is a great way to help people find our show. For more info about the exciting EDI work happening at MN Opera, please visit mnopera.org/edi. Email your questions or comments to thescore@mnopera.org.

GRAMMY-nominated violinist and composer Curtis Stewart releases of Love., an album dedicated to his mother, Elektra Kurtis-Stewart, who died of brain cancer on Sept. 7, 2021, at age 66. “He is a giant … combining omnivory and brilliance” (The New York Times), “a gem of a string player” (The Strad), “whose über passionate and virtuosic outpourings … grapple with reconciling the classical and jazz camps” (Downbeat Magazine). On of Love., a through-composed collection of 20 works, Curtis Stewart celebrates the perseverance of Kurtis-Stewart, a violinist and composer herself. Recorded in his late mother's Upper West Side, Manhattan, apartment  — the apartment where Stewart was raised, the apartment where he cared for his mom during her dying days — of Love. is a requiem to cherish life, time, and lifetimes.Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.comThis album is broadcasted with the permission of Katy Salomon representing Primo Artists.

Curtis Stewart is a violinist, composer and arranger, and the current Artistic Director of the American Composers Orchestra. He is also the son of two professional jazz musicians, and when, at some point, he was offered the choice between composition and improvisation, he said “yes please” and took both. So on his own and with the improvising string quartet known as PubliQuartet, along with The Mighty Third Rail, Curtis Stewart plays a huge variety of music. Stewart and several musical friends: (Aaron Diehl, Eleanor Oppenheim, students from the Kaufman Music Center, Special Music School, and PubliQuartet) give just a hint of his range, performing in-studio. (-John Schaefer) Set list: Trad.: "Thalassaki Mou" Stewart: "Call, Response" with PubliQuartetTrad.: "Deep River", with PubliQuartet, with Eleanor Oppenheim, students from the Kaufman Music Center, Special Music School of Love. by Curtis Stewart

I'm starting this podcast because the quality of property education SUCKS at the moment. We live in the attention economy.What that means now is that we're being taught more and more by teachers who have no idea what they're talking about.We have kids who've done very little, understand even less and talk NON stop.  For us, with my own story, a lack of quality education was a BIG reason why my family lost their home when I was 15.  Point is, the current education is dangerous.  You can just as easily get yourself into trouble by aimlessly following these sheepish advice and buying up a pile of lemons. On Australian Property Chat, I'll use my experience to cut through the BS.The purpose of this is purely to share what I know with the hope that it helps educate you, and that it helps inform your decision making process better.We'll talk to our network of fellow property people, about all things driving residential property markets. Me and my co-host Curtis Stewart have done it all – not long ago we were first home buyers taking advantage of incentives, we've bought and held properties, bought H&L packages, made mistakes, learned from them, pivoted, adjusted, and now I'm a developer in Sydney and have built a sizeable property portfolio.Our aim is simple on the show, it's to entertain & educate you about how to grow wealth through property.Note: all advice on this podcast is general in nature and reflects our opinions only.  You should seek individual financial advice about your circumstances. Reach out to us at www.australianpropertytalk.com.au

Julia Perry (1924-1979) was an American composer, who studied at Tanglewood, Juilliard and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger, where she won the Boulanger Grand Prix for her Viola Sonata. She was the recipient of two Guggenheim Fellowships and also studied in Italy with Luigi Dallapiccola. Despite her prolific achievements, Perry's work has fallen into obscurity, including her Violin Concerto of 1963. Here to shine a light on her work is violinist Curtis Stewart, who will be giving the premiere performance of Perry's Violin Concerto with the Experiential Orchestra and James Blachly on 2 December in New York. Curtis speaks with online editor Davina Shum about the unexpected logistics of programming an unknown work, as well as the challenges that come with the piece, and why this work should be performed more often. Curtis will perform Julia Perry's Violin Concerto on Friday 2 December 2022 at 8pm with the Experiential Orchestra and James Blachly, at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street, New York, NY. More information can be found here. Check out thestrad.com for the latest news, articles and reviews on all things to do with string playing. Register and subscribe to access exclusive archival content from 2010 onwards. Student discount! Get 50% off an online subscription! Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3eQ75AB  Find us on social media: Facebook.com/thestrad Twitter: @TheStradMag Instagram: @the_strad_

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CURTIS STEWART is a multi Grammy-nominated violinist/composer who enjoys bouncing between MTV specials with Wyclef Jean and sold out shows at Madison Square Garden with Stevie Wonder to stints at the Kennedy Center with the Jimmy Heath Big Band and runs at the Guggenheim, MoMA and Whitney Museums in NYC. Curtis has performed as a classical soloist at Lincoln Center, with the New York Philharmonic Bandwagon, as well as held chamber music residencies at Carnegie Hall, the MET Museum and National Sawdust. His work realizes a vision to find personal and powerful connections between styles, cultures, and music. Curtis teaches at The Juilliard School, Perlman Music Program, has been commissioned to write works for the Royal Conservatory of music, The Virginia Symphony, The Eastman Cello Institute, New York Festival of Song, PUBLIQuartet, and Carnegie Hall: Play/USA.  www.curtisjstewart.com"I have always grappled between being an educator, a creator/composer, a writer of verse, an improviser, quartet-mate, band-mate, administrator.   I can't seem to sit still in one role, and I have never seen myself as such - both because I am trying to survive as an artist, and because my passions for each one of the above vie for attention at all times.  I left teaching highschool for 10 years because the NYC Department of Ed was totally inflexible with me taking off days for performance.  I began creating my recent album OF POWER in my living room because I couldn't get together with my friends in PUBLIQuartet. In the end, it all balances on supporting myself just enough to be able to express and create from a place of authenticity, vulnerability and invention." ~ CJS

Applauded by The Washington Post as “a perfect encapsulation of today's trends in chamber music,” and by The New Yorker as “independent-minded,” the GRAMMY nominated PUBLIQuartet's modern interpretation of chamber music makes them one of the most dynamic artists of their generation. The ensemble's Jannina Norpoth and Curtis Stewart join Garrett (1:00:00) to unpack the music and inspiration behind their latest album, "What Is American". Scott continues his Pride Month-inspired musical picks with a work by Angela Morley, Garrett highlights orchestral music by Janelle Monáe, and the guys unpack the latest, including Opera America's scathing report on racial diversity, the recent decision made by SCOTUS, and more. Playlist: Technotronic - "Pump Up The Jam" Luigi Boccherini - Minuet Leonard Bernstein - "Mambo" from 'Symphonic Dances from West Side Story' Blue Lu Barker - "Don't You Make Me High" Malcolm X - "Stop Begging The White Man For A Job - CREATE Your Own Job!" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXE-TpGLFac) Janelle Monáe - "BaBopByeYa" Angela Morley - Theme from "Dallas" Angela Morley - "Harlequin" for Clarinet and Strings perf. PUBLIQuartet - Improvisations on Antonin Dvorak's String Quartet No. 12 perf. PUBLIQuartet - "Black Coffee" arr. Jorah the Andal - "Chirrut Îmwe" Suite (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBRI93pizlo) More: PUBLIQuartet: https://www.publiquartet.com/bio Recovering Women's Music From the Great Migration: https://www.sfcv.org/articles/feature/recovering-womens-music-great-migration Opera's Lack of Diversity Extends to Offstage, a Study Shows: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/arts/music/opera-diversity.html?fbclid=IwAR0zU8fn18M9KLrG9k_ZDjw4hEtopU0VoefYDB5WBo-2elyNEfrkIUUuuEE Field-Wide Opera Demographic Report: https://www.operaamerica.org/media/afsfdynw/demographicsreport_final_6-21-22.pdf

This week, Garrett and Scott spend some time reviewing and unpacking the latest Grammy Award ceremony, highlighting the show's performances by Lady Gaga, Doja Cat, Curtis Stewart, Chris Stapleton, and several others. In the second movement, Garrett revisits a bit of operatic video game music while Scott honors the birth anniversary of Muddy Waters. Perri and Charlotte from the "Thrilled to Announce" podcast join Garrett in the third movement to discuss digital creation, DEI in opera, and podcasting in the "classical" sphere. And in the weekly TRILLOQUY Scott offers a whistleblower letter written by a former employee of Chamber Music America, and Garrett sends a dark shout out to three senators who refused to vote for the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act. Support for TRILLOQUY comes from the Lakes Area Music Festival: https://lakesareamusic.org Playlist: Lady Gaga - "Do I Love You" Doja Cat - "Mooo!" perf. Curtis Stewart - "Isn't She Lovely" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Gd0T1hPBU) Chris Stapleton - "Cold" Muddy Waters - "Hoochie Coochie Man" Nobuo Uematsu - "Maria and Draco" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8D8x3NQySE) Kaija Saariaho - "Lonh" Tyshawn Sorey - "Autoschediasms" for Crash Ensemble, Part 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJj3mlIhYsw) Marlon Craft - "HANS ZIMMER" More: Thrilled To Announce Podcast: https://www.thrilledtoannounce.com Downbeat (Virgil Abloh speaks to the world as his muse): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJcOe90wMRQ Grammy 2022 Winners: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/arts/music/grammys-winners.html Who Gets To Define Classical Music?: https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2022/03/31/grammys-classical-music-black-artists Volodymyr Zelensky's Grammys Speech: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/volodymyr-zelenskys-grammys-speech-full-transcript/ar-AAVPbbj 5 Questions to Orlando Jacinto García: https://icareifyoulisten.com/2022/02/5-questions-to-orlando-jacinto-garcia-composer/ Grammy for Best Reggae Album Goes to a Bunch of White Guys: https://www.thecut.com/2022/04/white-guy-group-soja-wins-grammy-for-best-reggae-album.html Whistleblower Calls Out Chamber Music America: https://twitter.com/griffincandey/status/1510967274357805061?s=20&t=CIGKp9ggc12SdxWkS-8mlQ Three Republicans Just Couldn't Help Voting Against Making Lynching a Hate Crime: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/thomas-massie-andrew-clyde-chip-roy-lynching-bill-1314375/

Like many smaller classical music ensembles, the celebrated PubliQuartet found ways to keep going during the shutdown - largely by performing outdoors in some very unorthodox settings. One of these was the catacombs of The Green-Wood Cemetery, one of the venues where Death of Classical has been presenting eclectic performances since early 2020. What’s it like to perform during a pandemic in a space where you’re literally surrounded by the dead? Remarkably transcendent, it turns out. Featured in this Episode PubliQuartet (https://www.publiquartet.com/) (@publiq4tet) Curtis Stewart (@curtis.stewart_violin) Jannina Kara Norpoth (@janninan) Nick Revel (@revelnick) Hamilton Berry (@cellisthb) Death of Classical https://www.deathofclassical.com/ (@deathofclassical) Andrew Ousley (@andrewousley) The Green-Wood Cemetery https://www.green-wood.com/ (@historicgreenwood) Resources/More Info: https://www.wnyc.org/story/night-opera-green-wood-cemetery/ https://abc7ny.com/greenwood-cemetery-worker-gravedigger-brooklyn/6138904/

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with GRAMMY-nominated Jazz Violinist Curtis Stewart .. We caught up with him on July 1 as the world of COVID slows down to talk about his life in music and his brand new 2021 CD Bright Shiny Things .. It is a post-classical coming of agency album inspired by #BLM featuring songs of resistance and resilience for violin, voice, and electronics .. This cat has enjoyed an eclectic career bouncing between various realms of music: from MTV specials with Wyclef Jean and sold out shows at Madison Square Garden with Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, and Seal, to stints at the Kennedy center with the Jimmy Heath Big Band and performance installations at the Whitney Museum .. Dig his story .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Listen to each show at https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future. https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Grammy-nominated violinist Curtis Stewart joined me for the latest episode of Harmonious World.His new album - Of Power - conveys much that history needs to know about the Covid-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement and what it means to be alive in 2021.I'm tipping this for a Grammy nomination, but, as Curtis and I discuss in our conversation, the category it would sit in would need much discussions. Fundamentally classical, Of Power combines elements of improvisation and electronics alongside Stewart's own stunningly virtuosic violin playing.Thanks to Curtis for allowing me to play extracts from the album alongside our conversation.Follow me on instagram.com/hilaryrwriterFollow me on facebook.com/HilaryRobertsonFreelanceWriterFollow me on twitter.com/hilaryrwriterSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HWpodcast)

Curtis Stewart - director and founder of brokering company Confidence Finance - joins us again today. He continues to guide us through his investing journey and how he was able to expand his portfolio interstate!Follow along as he takes us through the research-driven strategy that allowed him to build not only his property portfolio but also his confidence and mindset as an investor, and learn how you can take steps to create your own successful strategy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Curtis Stewart - director and founder of brokering company Confidence Finance - joins us again today. He continues to guide us through his investing journey and how he was able to expand his portfolio interstate! Follow along as he takes us through the research-driven strategy that allowed him to build not only his property portfolio but also his confidence and mindset as an investor, and learn how you can take steps to create your own successful strategy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Curtis Stewart - mortgage broker and director of Confidence Finance - whose passion for finance and planning led him from working in government to starting his own business and building his own portfolio!Follow along as Stewart reveals how he was inspired by his time in Parliament House and overcame his fears to reap his successes!To find out even more, click here! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Curtis Stewart - mortgage broker and director of Confidence Finance - whose passion for finance and planning led him from working in government to starting his own business and building his own portfolio!Follow along as Stewart reveals how he was inspired by his time in Parliament House and overcame his fears to reap his successes!To find out even more, click here! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Investor reveals how he entered into the country's capital and his plans for the future   Curtis Stewart chats to podcast host Phil Tarrant, exploring why he chose Canberra and how first home buyer incentives propelled him into the market quicker.   The 27-year-old reveals the process he took to start climbing the property ladder, as well as the different levels of assistance for first home buyers, and how it worked in his favour in buying his first property.   The Queensland born investor also discusses why took a gamble and purchased two blocks of land in two different developments. You will also find out what to look for when investing in Canberra, the questions to ask when building a property and how his mortgage broker skills help fuel his investing. SUBURBS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Sydney Wright Goulburn Melbourne Wyndham Vale Werribee Geelong Gregory Hills   RELATED AREAS OF INTEREST: Build to rent could surpass strata properties How brain surgery turned this investor's passion for property into a career A guide for buying in NSW, Victoria and Queensland from making an offer to settlement Home values remain static as industry sits on its hands   FOLLOW US: Did you like this episode? Show your support by rating us on iTunes (The Smart Property Investment Show) and by liking and following Smart Property Investment on social media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. If you have any questions about what you heard today, any topics of interest you have in mind, or if you'd like to lend your voice to the show, email editor@smartpropertyinvestment.com.au for more insight!     www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au

After our first conversation nearly a year ago, I wanted to sit down with Curtis to have a follow up chat about life, music, politics and art. I was certainly not dissappointed!

Nick Finzer interviews Outside in Music Artist Curtis Stewart about his latest release for OiM "Of Colors"