Send us a text Welcome to Season 4, Episode 16, of "Secondhand Talent: The Podcast"!!! We're so happy we're here and so, so incredibly grateful for all of your love and support along the way. On behalf of all of us here at Secondhand Talent, Steiner & Steener - WE LOVE YOU, FRANDS!!! This week we have the pleasure of releasing to you the Secondhand Talent interview of Mike Palma! Mike Palma was born and raised in Chicago and has spent the last 2 decades dedicated to a prolific and creative career in music, entertainment and the arts all across the world. Since 2009, Mike has been playing shows, building rad art, and creating music with his ever-expanding network of friends, producers, musicians, and artists. For the last 23 years, funk music has been Mike's lifeblood. Over the past year in Medellin, Colombia (at the time of this taping) he has been writing and recording his own original album of, as he calls it, "Booty-shakin’ funk with ‘tude". The album release is planned for 2025, to be followed by a live tour. Mike has performed, recorded, and toured with dozens of Chicago-area groups over the years including: Local Motive, Firago, AfroZep, Stan P Band, EGI, and Shady Grady Mike's art career abruptly shifted into third gear when he became deeply involved in managing the construction of the effigy for Lakes of Fire in 2014. In 2015, Mike got the call from Anarchitype Productions founder AJ Tarzian to work on large art builds for parties and events. This led to the opportunity to design and build-out the Emporium Arcade Bar "Pop-Up" space in Logan Square, building over 20 themes over the course of a year and half, most notably the Stranger Things pop-up build in August of 2017, which garnered massive attention from the public as well as prominent local and National publications such as: Vice, the Eater, and People Magazine. Mike continues to work occasionally with Anarchitype Productions as well as other organizations to design/build large-scale experiential, immersive and interactive art installations. Some of Mike's most recent experience includes Kitty Kat Island, a city replica DJ stage with 30-ft laser cat (Love Burn Miami, Feb 2023) and as a principal artist for last month’s flagship Lumenaura Festival (City of Aurora, Oct 2024). Support the show With "Secondhand Talent", we want to devote a platform to taking moments to shine the spotlight on those that manage the spotlights. We want to use this platform to highlight some of our incredible colleagues in the industry whose names you might otherwise never hear. Thank you for joining us - come along, stay a while! Like, Subscribe, and TELL YO FRANDS!!! New Episodes Every Wednesday!!! Feel free to reach out to us at
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