Music Heals Trauma - Panel Q&A - Witness Underground Podcast #25 (S02E05)

Jun 25 2023 • 49 mins

Links discussed and posted in the discussion:

The Witness Underground Documentary Project:
https://WitnessUnderground.com

Watch & Support these ExJW artists:
https://Patreon.com/WitnessUnderground

Listen to the music:
http://WitnessUnderground.com/Art
http://Vaureenband.com

We're back again with another excellent Q&A featuring the artists highlighted in the feature documentary Witness Underground. One of our guests highlights the power of music and self expression to transform and even save lives.

From March through May we hosted live, private Virtual Cinema events, with a Film Festival style Q&A after each screening. The panel this time includes musicians: Annie of the band Vaureen (never-JW), Chad Rhiger of Daytrip, Ghost Army, HighTV, Ryan Sutter of The Lavone, Trumpet Marine and others. He's also the co-founder the Nuclear Gopher music production studio that the film discusses, and of course the film's director and this podcast's host, Scott Homan.

We had excellent guests in the audience as well that contributed a lot.

Join us for this engaging Q&A as we reflect on our past, present, and future as former Jehovah's Witnesses and musicians.

00:00 Introduction
05:44 Annie of Vaureen - Power of music to heal and save lives
08:26 Ryan's Sutter's JW music origin
13:38 Audience question - How did we decide to frame our documentary around the Jehovah's Witness indie music scene in Minneapolis?
15:26 Godfather & Speculatio - Chad's nicknames for Ryan & Scott
16:51 Audience question Has the cult become more lenient over time?
17:25 Ryan Relates last personal interaction with cult family members.
21:30 Song Errands by Ryan Sutter - inspired by interactions with cult member father.
22:30 Guest Trinity discussion what "Just Announced" means in cult terms.
28:37 "Control and fear is the enemy of love" discussion
29:26 The Apostle Paul McCartney & Pop Riveter on love
33:40 The Akai Pretty Songs About Ugly Things - Eric Elvendahl's production Opus excellent art!
35:14 Hira Hira - Ryan's blog that changed many lives and inspired this film - search instructions to download present version
36:44 Trinity guest - Their unraveling moment after leaving
40:05 Advice - Check the references and quotes
40:46 Advice - http://RecoveringFromReligion.org
42:28 Fuck I'm an atheist moment - also a great fresh start - label becomes powerless over time
47:10 Outro