Music Medicine: Jessaii, Karma Sounds & the Money Nobody Tells You About

Recorded at B-Side Radio, Vancouver BC. 0:00 Welcome: intros and who's missing 1:50 A summer of rest and festival prep 2:36 Stevie Wonder and a cassette coincidence 5:26 First songs in Regina: 'Freedom' 6:31 Discovering reggae in Calgary 8:30 Vancouver's reggae scene and 'Rise' 9:54 Gilt & Co. and pacing while healing 10:55 A neuroaffirmative kids arts camp 11:44 Vocal coaching and IDEO Studio 12:36 Queen Level pivots to disabled artists 14:19 Making resources accessible 17:14 School with no supports in Saskatchewan 18:01 School districts cutting music 20:14 The kids who only fit in music class 21:52 Seven years of accidents and fallout 24:12 Single motherhood and food banks 26:29 Put your own mask on first 28:28 'Start Again': survival into medicine 29:30 How to actually organize support 32:38 On stage the pain disappears 33:46 AuDHD: gas and brakes at once 36:35 Accommodations in artist contracts 40:26 Introducing Karma Sounds 42:17 Karma Sounds' origins: art as refuge 44:51 Shy sax player to singer 48:40 The story behind 'Wings' 50:59 Melody first, healing in the hooks 55:08 ADHD, time blindness, perfectionism 58:29 'Disability' vs 'diverse abilities' 1:02:37 Opening the stage for Lauryn Hill 1:05:39 New single, and Bandcamp vs Spotify 1:09:12 Karma Sounds' Gilt & Co. show 1:12:28 Meeting Tracy Pequin 1:14:18 Tracy's path: three jobs to licensed 1:15:46 The RDSP and Disability Tax Credit 1:18:03 Canada Disability Benefit and finders 1:20:02 MAID, poverty, and asset limits 1:21:12 Predatory firms taking a cut 1:23:15 Why nobody knows these programs exist 1:24:52 What qualifies for the credit 1:26:47 Finding money people didn't know about 1:30:57 How to reach Tracy; the wealth transfer 1:36:59 Limiting beliefs and low expectations 1:39:50 Music: 'Getting Better', Karma Sounds 1:45:05 Closing with Jessaii: unmasking, dharma 1:49:47 What's next: 'Big Love' and festivals