# The Everyday Junglist’s Story of Passion and Perseverance: TF Word 1. [TF Word](https://www.ticketfairy.com/da/word.md) 2. [Interviews](https://www.ticketfairy.com/da/word/category/interviews.md) 3. The Everyday Junglist’s Story of Passion and Perseverance - [Interviews](https://www.ticketfairy.com/da/word/category/interviews.md) - [Music](https://www.ticketfairy.com/da/word/category/music.md) # The Everyday Junglist’s Story of Passion and Perseverance We sat down with Brian from The Everyday Junglist podcast to discuss his decade-and-a-half journey championing artists in the scene and explore how podcasts have become an essential platform for music promotion. [Sagar Deshmukh](https://www.ticketfairy.com/da/word/author/sagar0204.md) 1 oktober 2025 · 10 min. læsning ***We sat down with Brian from The Everyday Junglist podcast to discuss his decade-and-a-half journey championing artists in the scene and explore how podcasts have become an essential platform for music promotion.*** The way music is promoted has undergone a dramatic transformation over the years. At the top level, major labels deploy sophisticated social media campaigns backed by substantial budgets and dedicated marketing teams, while independent artists and smaller acts must rely on ingenuity and grassroots strategies to cut through the noise. Yet among these evolving promotional tactics, one powerful method continues to operate quietly but effectively: guest mixes and podcasting platforms. Few people embody this better than Brian, known to many as **The Everyday Junglist**, based in Michigan, United States. Brian has spent over a decade building a platform that serves as a crucial bridge between emerging artists and global audiences. His approach is refreshingly straightforward: if you’re passionate about your art and skilled at your craft, you have a solid platform to share it with the world. Brian operates The Everyday Junglist across two primary channels: SoundCloud and YouTube, maximizing reach across different audience preferences. SoundCloud attracts dedicated electronic music enthusiasts who actively seek new mixes, while YouTube captures broader audiences who discover content through algorithmic recommendations and visual elements. [DJ Krust-Exclusive mix-The Everyday Junglist Podcast-Episode 220](https://www.youtube.com/embed/shDk3g5uH7M?feature=oembed) Over the years, The Everyday Junglist has hosted names like DJ Krust, Spirit, DJ Hybrid, L-side, Gremlinz, Paul T and Edward Oberon, to name a few, while supporting numerous up-and-coming talents. According to Brian, many artists underestimate the strategic potential of podcast appearances and guest mixes. The common approach involves artists submitting completed mixes without considering the broader promotional timeline. However, the most effective strategy treats the podcast as an integral part of a larger release campaign. The true value of platforms like The Everyday Junglist lies in their ability to create anticipation and context around new music. The mix serves as a teaser, allowing listeners to experience new material within a curated musical journey before the official release. This approach generates organic discussion within the community. Listeners identify tracks they want to hear again, share timestamps in comments, and actively anticipate information about upcoming releases. The podcast becomes a catalyst for word-of-mouth promotion that money cannot directly purchase. With this vision in mind, we sat down with Brian to explore the journey behind The Everyday Junglist, the challenges and rewards of running such a long-standing platform, and why he believes guest mixes remain an essential part of the music ecosystem today. **TFword: Take us back to 2010 when you started The Everyday Junglist Podcast? What was the initial spark that made you think, “I need to create this platform for underground music?” BRIAN:** Seems so long ago, 15 years and they flew by. My friend Mark and I started the podcast in the Detroit area in 2010, we’re both DJs ourselves. He has been immersed in Jungle longer than me; I got into Jungle in 94’/95′. I started out going to Warehouse parties in 89’/90′ in Detroit. Illegal raves I guess you could say, catching sets from DJs like Plastikman, John Aquavivia, etc. I used to go over to Mark’s house as he lived a couple of blocks away and do a livestream on Facebook, the two of us DJing, back-to-back. I saw a friend who had started up a podcast and I thought it was a cool way to feature mixes. His platform was Podomatic and Mark and I started our podcast on this same platform. **TF: How did you personally discover bass music and jungle/drum & bass? Was there a particular track, artist, or moment that completely hooked you?  BRIAN:** I started listening to Acid House in 89/90′, my friends in High School were into it and we started going to Illegal parties. One of the first artists I was introduced to was F.U.S.E., Richie Hawtin, before he became Plastikman, incredible music! As for Jungle, in Detroit, we have a venue, St. Andrews Hall, they used to have a night called 3 Floors of fun with different genres of music on each floor. One night I went to the top floor and heard Danny the Wildchild & Phantom 45 from Chicago play Jungle there and was hooked. That experience prompted me to dig into Jungle/Drum N’ Bass and led me eventually to purchasing way too much vinyl, getting turntables, and learning to DJ. **TF: How do you go about discovering and selecting the artists you want to feature? BRIAN:** I’m always on the hunt for DJs to feature on my podcast. Some features are because I really like their productions, others are because I listen to their mixes and really feel them! I’m always watching and looking! This year, more than past years, I made a conscious choice to feature more mixes from female DJ’s as I feel like they are severely underrepresented in the Jungle scene, but just as wicked selectors as male DJs! [Submerse - Everyday Junglist Podcast - Episode 653 by Everyday Junglist Podcast](https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2178870943&show_artwork=true&maxheight=1000&maxwidth=702) ****TF:**What has surprised you the most about the process of running the show over the years?  BRIAN:** The most surprising part to me is the enormous volume of artists who contact me and want to feature their mixes on my podcast. I consider myself a normal dude who has a passion for Jungle/Drum n’ Bass music and culture, so it’s very humbling to be approached by artists who either consider themselves fans of the podcast or who think enough of my platform that they want to be featured on it! ****TF:**Has your relationship with drum & bass or bass music as a whole changed or evolved** **through doing the podcast? BRIAN:** Tough one right here, when the podcast started in 2010, it was based around getting mixes from friends in the local scene in the Detroit area and stateside artists. Over time, I wanted more, I wanted to feature artists who were my idols and artists who I was buying their vinyl, I told myself never be afraid to ask. I have asked some pretty big names in the scene to feature guest mixes for me, some panned out, but  some didn’t, what I learned was I wasn’t gaining anything by being fearful and not reaching out in the first place, taking the attitude of you miss 100% of the shots you never take, so I took some shots and made some and was proud I did. I have since, like I said, made a concerted effort to feature female artists and male artists equally on my podcast, as a great DJ is a great DJ and that’s what I want people to recognize, also, since I have been lucky enough to help with the All Crews International Blogs, I have started to feature more DJ’s on a global scale, outside of the US/Canada, and the UK. ****TF:**How has the rise of streaming platforms and social media changed how you curate and** **distribute content compared to the early days? BRIAN:** In 2010, the podcast started out of the platform Podomatic, which was a great platform. I really liked it, but it had its limits, I transitioned to putting up mixes on my YouTube Channel, still do today, but primarily I focus on Soundcloud. I post the mixes on multiple Groups on Facebook, but Facebook seems like it’s dying. Instagram has become more of a focus than Facebook. I think when posting mixes, it’s important to collaborate with the artists and try to present the mixes in a clean format. In the early days, I was learning and things were not quite as tidy. ****TF:**What role do you think podcasts and independent platforms play in keeping the** **underground scene alive and thriving? BRIAN:** I think they’re crucial to the scene, as clubs are closing, tariffs affecting vinyl record sales, labels galore with tons of digital music, sometimes great music gets lost in the shuffle. Not everyone is able to sign big record deals or play out at clubs, parties, etc, so for a lot of artists podcasts and independent platforms are a place for their music to get a proper feature in a mix or another capacity. ****TF:**The Everyday Junglist Podcast has been a platform for underground talent for** **years. Why is championing the underground so important to you?** **BRIAN:** I simply love this music and it has enriched my life in so many ways! It has put a smile on my face, filled me with passion, gotten me through tough times and given great relationships and friendships with people whom I maybe would have never met, present company included, Sagar, so thank you! ****TF:**Michigan isn’t the first place people think of when they think of jungle or drum &** **bass; how has the local scene shaped your approach? BRIAN:**I would agree, but we are spoiled with music in the Detroit area, so many great DJs are here, albeit, a lot that are not Jungle/Drum N’ Bass. I will say, even though the scene is smaller here, we have some of the best selectors around. Coming up in the scene, you had to know your craft behind the decks. I have been to other parts of the states and outside of the states and there are some amazing Jungle/Drum N Bass DJs here. I will say that I’m not familiar with the local scene that much. Unfortunately, over the last 4 years, I have been experiencing some health difficulties that make it difficult to go out. Before that, for a few years previously, I moved away from the Detroit area and was concentrating on work and family. My approach to the scene was shaped in the beginning years of the podcast, but a lot less so now. ****TF:**What advice would you give to someone who wants to start their own podcast or** **platform around underground music? BRIAN**: The first piece of advice, I’d say, be fearless, ask people you really want to feature, approach your idols, dream big! Secondly, have great communication with the artists. Communication is everything and it’s crucial. Artists are taking the time to put together a mix for you, proper communication is the least you can do; it shows you’re interested, prideful, and care. Third, don’t get in your feelings if someone does not send a mix over or they send it over late if there was a deadline. People have so much going on in their lives and you never know what someone is going through. Lastly, express your love for music through your platform, try to make people feel the excitement you feel! ****TF:**If you had to sum up what the Everyday Junglist Podcast means to you personally,** **how would you put it? BRIAN:** My podcast has been a labor of love after 15 years. I love it, even though at times it’s hard work. I would not trade it for the world and feel happy to know that it may have a positive impact on others too, along with introducing them to music they may have never heard. ****TF:**What are your plans for Everyday Junglist moving forward? Any new formats,** **collaborations, or directions you’re exploring? BRIAN:** Plans for the immediate future are to keep things rolling! I have mixes booked into 26′ at the moment with amazing artists. I don’t have any collaborations to speak of, I would say, exploring a more worldwide approach in terms of featuring artists at the moment, with a heavy emphasis on artists from the UK, naturally. ****TF:**Are there any dream guests or artists you would love to feature who you haven’t connected** **with yet? BRIAN:** Another tough one, as I have so many favorites, I’m going to narrow it down to 4, in no particular order, as any or all would be a dream come true: 1. Dillinja, 2. Bizzy B, 3. J Majik, 4. Andy C ****TF:**How do you see the podcast fitting into the broader bass music ecosystem five years** **from now? BRIAN:** This is interesting as I’m starting to get more what I would call hybrid mixes coming through, featuring multiple sub-genres of Drum and Bass/Jungle or different genres in the same mix. These mixes still strive to keep the integrity of the name of the podcast intact, though, Everyday Junglist Podcast, with Jungle at the core. I think it will fit nicely in the ecosystem and hopefully grow! ****TF:**If you could give one piece of advice to producers trying to get their music heard in today’s saturated digital landscape, what would it be? BRIAN:** I would say to get your music in the hands of DJs who have radio shows, DJs who play out, send your music to record labels, even if you don’t hear back, you are conquering that fear. Put time and care into your craft and befriend and learn from pioneers in the game who’ve had success and always keep perfecting and learning. Don’t accept no for answer or silence to a demo, keep pushing and don’t give up. Lastly, do what you feel is right musically and do it with passion and fire! 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