Hey, its James Oehler and welcome back to the Fringe Voices show. I just want to thank Niles as a new Patreon subscriber, the new ratings on Apple podcasts and the new review from bingo4213. Please rate, review and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. This week I’m featuring interesting friends of mine that do cool stuff.

Today we welcome Taavi Haapala, we talk about his rap group Bag Boyz, the musical colloboration project Hōi with his wife. Taavi's musical interests and influences. How Taavi approaches his music and his different styles. How Buddhism has impacted his life and art.  And just life. It's a great episode and let me know what you think and make sure to share this if you like it.

These are links to Taavi's projects:

Taavi's newsletter: THE BEST MUSIC PRODUCER™ Newsletter/Podcast
https://www.thebestmusicproducer.com/

BAG BOYZ: http://bagboyz.net/   
IG: https://www.instagram.com/bagboyz_official/

Hōi: hoimusic.love    IG: https://www.instagram.com/hoimusic/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/taavihaapala/

Nichiren Buddhism (SGI-USA) http://www.sgi-usa.org