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Ep. 68 Oct 3, 2025

WolfBytes Open Mic with Z3LLA! (October, 2025)

Z3LLA is a duo girl group, consisting of Juj and Kiana, that produces EDM. Most recently they have released their song “Supernova” which has proved to be a big hit! While still being new to the industry, the girls are rising to fame quickly, displaying heavy talent and a new way to listen to EDM through combined cultures and backgrounds. Join us as Brooklyn and DJ Smoke get to know Juj and Kiana and learn about their struggles, successes, tips of advice, and how they live their life! Chapter Markers: 00:00 - intro 03:29 - social media and chatting 11:37 - getting into EDM 19:00 - future dreams/how to help new artists 24:00 - health and support 31:23 - friends and pets 34:24 - health advocacy 40:00 - a woman in the industry 47:00 - artistry in socials 49:00 - cultural backgrounds

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Ep. 67 May 24, 2025

WolfBytes Open Mic with Exposé - Classic Dance Weekend! (May, 2025)

The 2025 Classic Dance Weekend is here! And what could be better than Maddog hanging with dance and pop legends Exposé! 0:00 Intro with Expose 0:44 Biggest hits 1:21 Concert Prep 3:08 Live Concerts 3:37 Favorite song to preform 6:26 It’s Showtime at the Apollo 8:26 Favorite memory of all time 11:06 What is Latin Freestyle? 14:35 Instant Hit 16:17 Never Getting Over You Getting Over Me 17:02 Record Label seasons changing with online marketing 19:15 Record labels in the 80s 21:30 Re-releasing songs 23:20 Future of Expose 25:34 The Expose trio’s relationship

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Ep. 66 Apr 17, 2025

WolfBytes Open Mic with Orjan Nilsen

DJ Flame hangs with legend Orjan Nilsen! 00:00 – Intro 00:18 – Welcome 01:24 – Sky Falls Down 03:45 – 20 Years of Producing 05:30 – Getting in touch with Armin Van Buuren 08:24 – Favorite track in all of 20 years 09:32 – Favorite Performance 11:00 – Tricks on Planning Sets 12:25 – Memorable Performances 16:12 – Vinyl vs Virtual 17:43 – Years Ahead 18:42 – Where the inspiration started 20:57 – Neurosurgeon DJ? 23:00 – Meeting other veteran DJ’s 25:00 – Upcoming Plans 27:10 – Final Performance Idea 28:30 – Words for young DJ’s 30:20 – New Music! 33:20 – Wrapping Up/Outro

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Ep. 65 Mar 6, 2025

WolfBytes Open Mic with Jared Lee (March, 2025)

Burns hangs with JARED LEE! 00:00. Introduction 03:20. Length of Creating a Track 04:56. Cord Changes and Contrasting Darker Energies 07:20. Artistic Evolution and Writing 09:30. Response to Back 2 Life 11:28. Differences in writing for yourself and awareness of writing for someone else 14:20. Collaboration that Jared gets recognized for the most 15:36. American Song Contest 17:20. Sports in Boston and Jared’s favorite sports 18:56. Miami Music Week and Ultra Music Festival 23:36. Dream collabs 26:40. Theme Song for Fantasy Island 30:36. The rest of the year and releasing more music 33:05. Theme of authenticity and where it comes from

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Ep. 64 Jan 2, 2025

WolfBytes Open Mic with HAYLA! (January, 2025)

Maddog and Burns hang with HAYLA! 00:40 - Dusk Album 02:03 - Career Growth 03:07 - Audience Connection 04:35 - Comment sections 06:14 - Connection through vulnerability 07:40 - Collaborations with KX5 08:40 - Where You Are with John Summit 09:45 - Shiver 12:15 - The creative journey over three years 14:09 - Where You Are impact 15:43 - Without You with Kygo 16:12 - Whitney Houston influence 17:12 - I Will Always Love You Remix 18:12 - Hayla’s hobbies 20:02 - Cooking 21:00 - HAYLA’s style and confidence 23:42 - HAYLA’s identity through clothing 25:40 - Thrifting style 26:30 - Most unusual confidence 28:12 - HAYLA’s future 30:15 - Christmas Song 30:56 - Discussion on writing a progressive House Christmas song. 32:45 - HAYLA Dusk Album Vinyl 34:15 - Outro