E148 - Kevin Cappy on HummusVacuum, Blending Music & Comedy, Being a Content Creator & More!

About this episode

Kevin Cappy discusses his journey as a musician and comedian, blending his talents in the band HummusVacuum while navigating the challenges of content creation and social media.

Kevin Cappy is a musician, comedian and content creator in the band HummusVacuum (@hummusvacuum999) Cappy's made plenty of rounds in the Ohio music scene across Cleveland and Columbus, and now finds himself blending comedy, music and content creation in the coolest ways with his project HummusVacuum. As we dive into Cappy's story of pursuing music and blending comedy, we also cover his early days in the Cleveland, OH music scene and what brought him to Columbus, how he gained a large online following and what it's been like maintaining it along with the ups and downs of social media, learning to not tie our value to how our creations do (or don't do) online and detaching oneself from social media, some of his biggest lessons learned as a creator and musician and why it's important for us all to find something that makes us, us, and pursue it + a lot more ,in a really fun chat that ends with a LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE!!! —THIS EPISODE PARTNERED WITH: PromoWest Productions - @promowestlive For all upcoming shows & event info of who's coming through Columbus, OH, visit promowestlive.com or to purchase tickets directly, visit AXS.com

People in this episode

Guest: Kevin Cappy

Topics covered

• music
• comedy
• content creation
• social media
• self-discovery

Keywords

• HummusVacuum
• Ohio music scene
• online following
• live performance

Sponsors

PromoWest Productions

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Ohio, Cleveland, Columbus, OH

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