Creator & Editor-in-Chief @ Memoir Mixtapes
I created a literary magazine and online community that celebrates the profound impact music has on our lives and our memories.
Created the Memoir Mixtapes brand, website, and editorial calendar
Built an active and engaged online community of readers, writers, and audiophiles from across the world
Curated, edited, and published 11 themed issues, as well as our daily song recommendations feature, working with hundreds of contributors in the process
Produced and hosted pilot podcast episode as a proof of concept for a spinoff project interviewing musicians about the songs that inspired their own musical journeys
The ultimate mashup of the two things we all love to talk about: ourselves & music.
I started Memoir Mixtapes, a music-themed literary magazine, in 2017 as a passion project. In the years that have lapsed since then, we have published music-inspired creative nonfiction and poetry from writers and audiophiles from across the globe. To date, we have published 11 full volumes of the Memoir Mixtapes magazine. Each issue has a distinct theme, and our contributors submissions are written in response to those prompts. Every piece is inspired by a song, and each volume is accompanied by a playlist to match the track list created by our table of contents.
The Memoir Mixtapes Podcast
In The Memoir Mixtapes Podcast, we interview musicians, artists, writers, and other creators through the lens of music. Using song-based prompts to guide our discussion, we learn about the significant songs from their lives, as well as the music that inspired them to become artists themselves. Each episode generates an accompanying playlist: the very soundtracks of our guests' lives.
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Daily Song Recommendations
In addition to our volumes, we also publish song recommendations from contributors three times per week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Ranging from 200-350 words, these miniature essays give writers a platform to share the significant songs & stories from their lives with our community of readers.
